The program "Topic of the Week" is conducted by Dmitry Volchek. The program is attended by Ukrainian writers Oksana Zabuzhko and Yuri Andrukhovich. Dmitry Volchek: We will continue the conversation about the election of the President of Ukraine.

The presidents of Russia and the USA Vladimir Putin and George Bush reached a preliminary agreement on the conduct of the Summit of the two countries at the beginning of next year. This was announced by the press secretary of the Russian leader Alexei Gromov. The meeting of Putin and Bush took place on the sidelines of the summit of the countries of Asia-Pacific cooperation, which is held in the Chilean capital of Santiago.

Bosnia authorities decided to block the financial assets of those citizens of the country that are accused of the international tribunal of war crimes during the Balkan armed conflicts of the mid-1990s. Prime Minister Adan Terzich said that the accounts of the 21st person have already been “frozen”. The list includes the most wanted military criminal - former military leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radovan Karadzhich.

The representative of the US Department of State Adam Elley expressed serious concern in connection with the information that Iran continues to develop, which ultimately aimed at creating nuclear weapons. At a press conference in Washington, Erakes said that these developments were ongoing, despite the recently reached Iran’s agreement with the EU countries on the immediately termination of Uranus enrichment work.

In Iraq, the rebels made a series of attacks and explosions on Saturday in various areas of Baghdad. The American soldier, 7 Iraqi police officers, one guard, and four civil servants died. As it became known on Saturday, in Baghdad she was released and had already arrived in Warsaw Polka Teresa Borch-Khalif, who lived for 30 years in Iraq with her husband-Iraqi and captured in hostage three weeks ago.

The unification of the United Nations employees criticized the leadership of the UN, which impedes an open investigation of abuse in the organization. In a statement by the association, whose members are more than 5 thousand people, it is noted that at least two senior UN employees guilty of serious official misconduct escaped responsibility. At the same time, the document emphasizes that the UN employees still trust the general secretary of the organization of the organization of Kofi Annan.

In Baghdad, during the attack of Iraqi rebels, a US soldier was killed on an American patrol. Earlier, as a result of other attacks of rebels in the Iraqi capital, three police officers and four employees of the Ministry of Public Works were killed. The American command reported that 15 rebels were killed during the operation in Mosul. The bodies of 9 dead Iraqi soldiers were found.

In the capital of Chili Santiago today, a two -day summit of countries - participants in the organization of Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation opened. The main topics of the summit are trade liberalization and security. On the sidelines of the Asia -Pacific Forum, a meeting of the presidents of the United States and Russia - George Bush and Vladimir Putin took place. They discussed the situation in Iraq, as well as the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea.

The authorities of Rybinsk once again lengthened the history of the city - now its age will be counted from 1071. Local historians believe that this year, the annals of the Ust-Camba settlement, located in the territory of the present Rybinsk, are first mentioned in the annals. This year, Rybinsk had already celebrated his five hundredth anniversary, and two years later the local authorities planned to celebrate the 935th anniversary of the city.

The case of the sensational murder of seven residents of Cherkessk is revealed - said Nikolai Shepel, deputy prosecutor general of Russia on Friday evening. According to him, the crime is based on economic interests. Earlier it became known about the resignation of the prosecutor of Karachay-Cherkessia Vladimir Gannachka-what the participants in the mass actions in Cherkessk insisted on, who achieved an open investigation of the murder.

Snow storms hit many regions of Europe. In Ukraine, more than 1.800 settlements were left without electricity as a result of icing of power lines. Airports worked in Moscow with interruptions. In Austria, storm winds caused damage to houses and enterprises, many regions were left without electricity. Snowfalls and ice violated the traffic on the roads of Germany.

Presenter Lev Roitman e-mail: RoitmanL@rferl.org Lev Roitman: Last Sunday, in the presence of Vladimir Putin, the Russian flag was raised over the headquarters of the 201st Gatchina Motorized Rifle Division. This happened not in Gatchina near St. Petersburg, but in Tajikistan near Dushanbe. The President of Russia, in the presence of the presidents of Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, opened a Russian military base near Dushanbe.

Author and presenter Vladimir Tolts "There is a custom in Rus'..." Vladimir Tolts: The Motherland hears. She hears, especially in our time, different things. And in Soviet times there was a saying: There is a custom in Rus' Listen to the BBC at night. Today's program from a series about the history of foreign radio broadcasting to the USSR and Eastern European countries is dedicated to the work of the BBC. My guest in the studio is Frank Williams, director of marketing at RFE-RS Corporation.

An international agreement on a complete ban on human cloning will not be accepted. The UN General Assembly Committee on Legislation has terminated 3 years by discussing the proposals of a group of countries, led by the United States, insisting on such a ban. Another group of states, primarily European, requires to allow embryo cloning for medical purposes.

In Baghdad, Iraqi rebels attacked the police station. Eyewitnesses report three killed police officers. New clashes between rebels and American troops occurred in a suburb of the capital inhabited by the Muslims-Sunnis. Today in Baghdad two bombs embedded on the roads exploded. OR of the victims is not reported.