Andrey Sharogradsky: The man of the day Radio Liberty November 26 is the president of the Troika-Dialog group of the Troika-Dialog company Ruben Vardanyan. He became the laureate of the Russian contest "Entrepreneur of the Year". Ruben Vardanyan was born in 1968, gradually graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University, in 2001 he listened to a course of lectures at the Harvard Business School for Supreme Management.

In Kyiv on Friday evening, negotiations of candidates for president of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych will take place with the participation of the current president Leonid Kuchma and international intermediaries. The agreement on this was reached in the afternoon in the negotiations of Kuchma with the Polish leader Alexander Kvasnevsky and a member of the leadership of the European Union Javier Solanna, who arrived in Kyiv to help resolve the political crisis in Ukraine.

About 200 people were saved in Georgia, which were blocked by snow avalanches on the military road. Among passengers of buses that are under snowy rubble, there are no injured. Two local residents died from hypothermia. The Georgian road is closed - Lavins again went back in its individual sections last night.

The Russian State Duma today approved a law that limits the consumption and sale of beer. The document was finalized by the conciliation commission after it was rejected by the Federation Council. The law prohibits the retail sale and use of beer in children's, educational, medical organizations and in the adjacent territories, as well as in public places, including on streets, stadiums, in squares and parks. The law will enter into force 30 days after publication.

In Ukraine, President Leonid Kuchma began negotiations with the Polish leader Alexander Kvasnevsky and a member of the leadership of the European Union Javier Solanna, who arrived in Kyiv to help settle the political crisis associated with recent presidential elections. Later, the President of Lithuania Vadlas Adamkus and the OSCE Secretary General Jan Cubis will join international intermediaries.

More than 16 and a half thousand people are still considered missing as a result of a war in Bosnia in 1992-95, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday. Over 9 years, the Red Cross and other organizations established the fate of almost 5 thousand missing. Most of them were dead. Almost 250 thousand people became victims of the war in Bosnia, about 1 million 800 thousand were left without shelter or were forced to flee their native places.

In North Ossetia, 83 children were hospitalized with acute food poisoning. As Interfax previously said, the injured are kindergarten pupils in the suburbs of Vladikavkaz. Children felt bad after dinner. The causes of poisoning are clarified.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The program is attended by a Radio Liberty correspondent Natalya Golitsyna. Andrei Sharogradsky: Arthur Haley, one of the most popular writers of our time, the author of such world-famous bestseller as “Airport”, “Hotel”, “Wheels”, “Chanels”, died in the Bahamas of his life in the 85th year of his life. Natalya Golitsyna: Contrary to widespread opinion, Arthur Haley was neither an American nor a Canadian, although his passport was Canadian.

Afghanistan - according to the UN estimates - took first place in the world for the production of opium. The head of the UN Department for Control of Drug Trace and Crime, Antonio, Maria Costa, announced this in Vienna at a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. According to the UN, this year the production of opium in Afghanistan increased by 64 percent and the revenue from its sale amounted to 2 millard $ 800 million.

The program is conducted by Olga Pispanen. The First Deputy Director of the Central Research Institute of Robotics Alexander Kondratyev takes part. Olga Pispanen: Today we have in the studio the First Deputy Director of the Central Research Institute of Robotics Alexander Kondratyev. But first, let's listen to the report, which we will discuss live today. In St. Petersburg, the Rosbalt news agency was opened by the Press Club “Guest-scientist”.

The State Duma of Russia today considers the bill in the new edition that limits the consumption and sale of beer. The document was finalized by the conciliation commission - after the Federation Council did not accept it. In the new edition, the list of public places where the retail sale of beer is prohibited to be prohibited.

The program is conducted by Oleg Vinokurov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Oleg Kusov takes part. Oleg Vinokurov: Exactly 10 years ago - November 26, 1994 - the forces of the Provisional Council of Chechnya with the support of Russian helicopters and armored vehicles attacked the city of Grozny. The operation ended with a complete failure.

The program is conducted by Oleg Vinokurov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Yekaterinburg is attended by Svetlana Tolmacheva. Oleg Vinokurov: The 15th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was celebrated in Yekaterinburg. For this date, the regional Ministry of Education prepared a textbook for schoolchildren of 2nd and 3rd grades, which tells about the main provisions of the Constitution of Russia. The previous textbook was addressed to first -graders.

The program is conducted by Polina Oldenburg. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Warsaw Alexei Dzikovitsky takes part. Polina Oldenburg: Poland is increasingly included in the resolution of the conflict situation around the presidential election in Ukraine. Alexey Dzikovitsky: Back on Thursday, in the afternoon, Alexander Kvasnevsky, speaking in Warsaw, said that he was ready to act as an intermediary between representatives of official Kiev and the Ukrainian opposition.

The board of the oil concern "Yukos" believes that the Russian authorities seek to completely destroy the company. As stated in the statement made public on Friday, the leadership of Yukos intends to develop a plan for urgent measures for three to four months in the near future - to prevent technological accidents and relieve social tension in subsidiaries.