The results of the week Today in Russia one insulin bottle costs about five dollars. At the same time, only four rubles have been spent on the treatment of each patient with diabetes from the federal budget from the beginning of the 98th year. More than 60 million this year, less than eight and a half million rubles were allocated from the Diabetes Sugar program. In total, in Russia there are more than two million 100 thousand patients with diabetes.

The results of the week On October 26, the centenary of the Moscow Art Theater was widely celebrated. On this occasion, part of the chamberlain lane was turned into a pedestrian zone, a monument to Chekhov is opened here - the last work of the late St. Petersburg sculptor Mikhail Anikushin. At the opening of the monument, Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, Minister of Culture Vladimir Egorov, director Oleg Efremov, writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn performed.

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On Thursday, the leader of the Rotor football club (Volgograd) and the best scorer of several Russian championships, Oleg Veretennikov, was subjected to an unexpected attack . The ITAR-TASS agency reports to Oleg, who walked with his daughter near his house in Volgograd, an unknown man approached and splashed with a bottle of sulfuric acid in his face. The daughter of a football player, who has not turned 2 years old, received her face burns, and Veretennikov himself burned a hand.

The results of the week The form of a passenger customs declaration for all republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States will be introduced from January 1 of next year , on October 26, Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee of Russia Vladimir Meshcheryakov said. The new declaration, according to him, can be filled out both in Russian and other national languages, and with transit passage through the CIS, the new customs declaration will be filled out only once.

The results of the week The American Office for Control over food and medication permitted the clinical use of the new anti -cancer Kamptosar, created by Pharmacia & Upjohn Incorporaed. These injections for several months extend the life of cancer patients with metastasized tumors of the lower intestines.

"Correspondent hour Radio Liberty" is a new program of the Moscow edition. The name explains everything except one: the program will not have materials from two capitals - Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Lev Roitman: On October 20, Russian Minister of Internal Affairs Sergey Stepashin said that over the 9 months of this year, crime levels increased sharply, including serious crimes: murders, large theft, including theft of ammunition, weapons, terrorist acts. The forecast of the Minister is completely alarmed for the future: the economic crisis will entail even more crime, many will try to return the lost savings with criminal actions.

Presenter Lev Roitman Lev Roitman: On October 20, Russian Interior Minister Sergei Stepashin reported that over the 9 months of this year, the crime rate has increased sharply, including serious crimes: murders, major thefts, including theft of ammunition, weapons, and terrorist acts. The minister's forecast for the future is completely alarming: the economic crisis will entail an even greater surge in crime, many will try to return lost savings through criminal actions.

Presenter Yakov Krotov This program of ours is dedicated to the problems of sex education, or rather, problems not related to sex education in general, but to the fact that now in our Russian schools they are preparing a special program called “Sex and age education for students, the basics of sexology” and there are numerous voices of protest.

Host Savik Shuster "Radio Liberty's Correspondent Hour" is a new program from the Moscow editorial office. The title explains everything except one thing: the program will not contain materials from two capitals - Moscow and St. Petersburg.

In Russia, the market system of the economy is preserved, at the same time, the regulatory role of the state will be strengthened , ”Prime Minister Primakov said. According to him, food prices will remain market food. The state intends to introduce prices only for some goods, including medicines - insulin, anti -TB and anti -inflammatory drugs, drugs for cancer patients.