Tengiz Gudava talks with the author of the book "Famous Chechens" by Musa Gishaev . Tengiz Gudava: The Chechen war in the literary field - so, probably, you can name the topic of this issue of the "Caucasus" program. So, an almost detective plot: a trailer from Belgium, loaded with two thousand luxurious books, was detained at the customs post of Ravensky near Moscow. The book is called "Famous Chechens" printed by the Belgian company "Bravelpas".

During the hostilities, at least three thousand civilians died in Chechnya - representatives of the Chechen diaspora reported on Wednesday. The largest number of the dead is in the Nozha -Yurt and Veden regions of the republic. Currently, about 200 thousand people of civilians are in a territory not controlled by federal troops.

The program is conducted by Vladimir Baburin , he talks with the historian and literary critic Leonid Batkin . Vladimir Baburin: Speak Leonid Batkin. He is not a politician and not even a political scientist, he writes books, honestly, good books about the Renaissance, his hero - Leonardo. He is a wonderful historian, literary critic, an art critic, it seemed to him that he would have been before today's Russian "information wars"?

The first matches of the second stage of the Champions League were held on the football fields of Europe . In the group "C" Madrid "real" in Kyiv defeated Dynamo 2: 1. Raul and Muryentes distinguished themselves as a composition of Real Madrid, and Sergey Rebrov spent the Kiev residents 5 minutes before the end of the meeting. In the same group, the Norwegian "Rusenborg" in Tronheim received the finalist of the last draw of the League Munich "Bavaria".

The chances of parties to get to parliament. Interview with Sergey Kiriyenko Mikhail Sokolov: What are the chances of twenty -eight parties participating in the Duma elections in parliament? Here are the data of the latest polls: for November 22, the All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion, 1600 respondents, 83 settlements, and for November 12-14 - agencies of regional political research, 200 settlements. 3000 respondents. 64-67 percent of voters is going to vote.

Vitaly Portnikov, Moscow: One of the leaders of the Serbian opposition - Vuk Drashkovich has already met in the Russian capital with former Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin. As you know, Chernomyrdin was a special representative of Russian President Boris Yeltsin to resolve the Yugoslav conflict. Therefore, Vuk Drashkovich began his consultations in Moscow precisely with this politician, as if emphasizing that his main goal is to discuss the future status of Yugoslavia and Kosovo settlement.

On November 28, in the Russian State Library, the Amate Musical Theater, together with the Lev Tolstoy Museum of the Yasnaya Polyana, will present Prokofiev’s opera “War and Peace”. The premiere is dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the publication of the novel. The museum and the library will also present the anniversary exposition. The New Year's Eve of the millennium, which was planned to spend in the New York Center, Javitsa, was canceled due to the fact that no one is buying tickets.

The Russian government today approved the bill on amendments and additions in the Civil Code, simplifying the procedure for restrictions or termination of power supply of non -payers - individuals or organizations. According to the bill, having made a warning to the non -payer, suppliers will receive the right to terminate or limit the supply of electricity, and will also be able to require compensation for losses incurred in connection with the disconnection.

Andrey Trukhan, Moscow: The cancellation of the registration of the Vollment Association "Savior" - this small, but fundamental victory of Russian democracy, as it has already managed to dubulate it on the sidelines of the Central Election Commission, was not easy for it. After all, it was about the abolition of its own decision of the three -week prescription, to which the registration of the Association "Savior" was recognized as legal.

Presenter of the program "Liberty Live" Peter Weil: Armenia and Azerbaijan are developing the concept of security of the Caucasian region. According to observers, these efforts are associated not only with attempts to solve the Karabakh problem, but also with the general deterioration of the situation in the Caucasus due to the war in Chechnya. The correspondent of Radio Liberty in Yerevan Ara Tatevosyan reports.

Hasin Raduev, North Caucasus: Due to bad weather, thick fogs and wet snow, refugees from Ingushetia return to Chechnya. Today, at the Adler 20 post, cars from Ingushetia are several times more than on ordinary days. People are in a hurry to take advantage of the bad weather, to take out relatives from the most distant areas of Chechnya, as well as make products to those who do not want to leave. On the roads in the southern part of Chechnya, only artillery threatens cars.

US federal authorities allowed to use another medicine designed to prevent strokes. Each capsule of AGGrenox, produced by the American branch of the German company Boehringer Ingelheim, contains 25 milligrams of aspirin and 200 milligrams of dipyridamol. Such a complex prevents thrombosis is much more effective than pure aspirin. Clinical tests conducted in Europe showed that the daily use of two capsules of the new medicine by almost 40 percent reduces the likelihood of a repeated stroke.

Yuri Zhigalkin, New York: It was known that in the last weeks there were serious debates in the White House as to whether it was worth threatening Moscow with interruption of financial support due to its action in Chechnya, which provoked a serious humanitarian crisis. The arguments for were, according to people close to the White House, if only because the continuation of Russia's lending looks in the eyes of many, as financing its military campaign in Chechnya.

Lev Roitman: Old truths do not cease to be the truth from the fact that they are old. With this introduction, the old truth: free elections are impossible without free printing. The same old truth in today's updated way is without free mass media. Recently, parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan and presidential in Ukraine took place. In December, elections in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, in Azerbaijan and, of course, Russian elections to the State Duma.

Freedom of speech and freedom of choice - only together! Leading Lev Roitman Lev Roitman: Old truths do not cease to be the truth from the fact that they are old. With this introduction, the old truth: free elections are impossible without free printing. The same old truth in today's updated way is without free mass media. Recently, parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan and presidential in Ukraine took place.