Former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev talks about the situation in the Chechen Republic: Mikhail Gorbachev: I think this is the result of the policy that has been pursued over the past ten years by the Russian leadership. In general, they laid out this republics, this part of the Russian Federation. Then, when they decided to restore order, they did not come up with anything other than to go there with the troops, presented a 48-hour ultimatum.

The root of the varnish contains a component that is of considerable interest for oncology. Experiments on cellular crops showed that this substance - lipochkon -a - enhances the effect of anti -cancer drugs on many malignant tumors. A message about the research of Robert Dipaol and his colleagues from the Robert Johnson medical school was made at the conference of the American Association of Oncological Studies held in Washington.

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Eight soldiers of the urgent service of the Far Eastern Military District committed suicide - they said on Thursday in the educational work of the district. One soldier committed suicide, being on a short -term vacation, the other in a parental house on dismissal. One conscript - out of fear of the army service and grandfather - committed suicide at the entrance of his own house.

Evgeny Bovkun, Bonn: Before departure to Istanbul, the German Chancellor Schroeder promised that together with France President Shirak would try to influence Boris Yeltsin. Fearing the escalation of the war in Chechnya and destabilizing the entire Caucasus, the Federal Government of Germany set itself the task: to exert soft pressure on Russia without losing it as a partner. This is what Shirak and Schroeder agreed on.

Andrey Babitsky, North Caucasus: Mrs. Sadako Ogata, the head of the UN department for refugees at 9 am, immediately after arriving at Sleptsovsk Airport in Ingushetia, went to inspect the refugee camps. The first she visited the satellite tent town, he is most often shown on television as a model of concern for people. Then she visited the North camp, refugees are located here in the 1958 railway cars.

Football. On Wednesday, the last four participants in the European Championship 2000 were determined. Among them were the Ukrainian team, which played in Kyiv draws with the national team of Slovenia 1: 1. In the 69th minute from the penalty, Sergey Rebrov opened the score, and after 10 minutes Miran Pavlin scored a return ball, and the Slovenia team entered the final of the European Championship in the sum of two meetings.

Russian President Boris Yeltsin, acting today at the OSCE summit in Istanbul, said that the West has no right to criticize Russia for a military operation in Chechnya. “There will be no negotiations with bandits and killers,” said Yeltsin. Russia for the political decision of the situation in Chechnya, but only after the complete destruction of terrorists. According to Yeltsin, as a result of terrorist attacks in Russia, 1580 people were killed, 935 were taken hostage.

The Russian government approved today the state support program for small business. The program provides for a gradual transition from state regulation to self -regulation of small businesses through entrepreneurial unions and associations. According to Ilya Yuzhanov, Minister of Antimonopoly Policy and Small Entrepreneurship, the program also includes a sharp decrease in tax burden and ensuring the legal security of small enterprises.

Lev Roitman: The recent representative survey of Russians established: more than half admit that Russia can be a victim of nuclear aggression. And almost three quarters do not trust America. On November 15, Alexander Avdeev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, said that America and Russia may be on the verge of armed conflict.

Sergey Novikov, Tula: The Tula Airborne Division carried out, in agreement with the Ministry of Defense, the call of reservist contracts. Now they are sent to perform combat missions to Chechnya. Contract reservists will partially replace military soldiers. Here is what the chief of staff of the division said Colonel Vladimir Crimean by phone: Vladimir Krymsky: The operational-tactical group performs in Chechnya the tasks set by the command, performs them confidently.

Arkady Dubnov, Istanbul: The bilateral meeting of Russian President Boris Yeltsin and US President Bill Clinton ended. Formally, nothing about the results of this meeting is unknown, but from unofficial sources it is known that Boris Yeltsin expressed his very sharp, apparently, much more sharp position in relation to attempts to interfere with Russia in Chechnya. Nothing else is known to this account.

Author of the program Yan Runov Ivan Tolstoy: American Anelise Orlik, a professor at Dartmouth College, wrote a book about the fate of Soviet-Jewish Americans. What are they like and how do they fit into American society? The author takes part in the program. The conversation is conducted by Yan Runov. Yan Runov: The American-English publishing house Greenwood Press, in the “New Americans” series, published the book “Soviet-Jewish Americans” by Aneliz Orlik.

Andrei Shari is discussing the OSCE summit in Istanbul and the development of relations between the West and Russia in connection with the war in Chechnya with the international radio observer Radio Liberty Giovanni Bencie and the director of the European Studies Center for the Institute and Canada in Moscow by Professor Yuri Davydov. The program also provides an excerpt from a speech at the US President Bill Clinton.

Hasin Raduev, Grozny: On the eve of the OSCE summit in Istanbul, the State Defense Committee of Chechnya extended an appeal to the Chechen people, perhaps this is the first document of this kind from the beginning of hostilities in the republic. The appeal states that although the leading states of the world condemn the actions of Russia in Chechnya and urge Moscow to a peaceful solution to the problem, Chechnya should not deceive and expect that the Russian authorities will abandon the war.