President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that there will be no "pink", "orange" or "banana" revolutions in his country. Lukashenko made this statement on Friday after the Christmas worship in the Holy Duccan Cathedral in Minsk. Lukashenko emphasized that peace and security in the country "will be preserved, no matter what it costs" and asked not to return to this topic anymore. The United States called Lukashenko the last dictator of Europe.

[Radio Liberty: Our guests: "Encyclopedia of the Russian Soul"] [08-01-05] Why in Russia they do not like the rich? Leading Victor Erofeev Victor Erofeev: Hello and with the past holidays of all our radio listeners of the Encyclopedia of the Russian Soul program. Today, our guest is the poet Evgeny Rhine. Eugene does not have to represent, he is a wonderful, beautiful poet, obviously, the first poet of Russia today. Hello, Eugene. Evgeny Rhine: Hello, Victor.

The Russian Embassy in Thailand established a connection with two more Russians who were in the natural disaster zone on December 26th. 8 citizens of Russia are still considered missing. Two are officially dead - a tourist from Moscow and her 6 -year -old son. Russia continues to assist the victims, sending aircraft with humanitarian goods to the region.

In the south-west of Pakistan, an attack on the state gas pipeline was made. In a shootout, according to various sources, from one to three people were killed, including a military personnel of government forces. One of the missing missiles got into the gas pipeline, a fire broke out. Who is responsible for the attack is unknown.

The American congressman, Democrat Tom Lantos arrived on a visit to North Korea. During the four -day trip, he will discuss with the leadership of the DPRK the prospect of resuming negotiations to resolve the crisis around the nuclear program of Pyongyan and the problem of observing human rights. In September, North Korea refused to participate in the next round of multilateral negotiations. The three previous round ended to no avail.

In the center of Yoshkar-Ola, the Radio Liberty correspondent in Mari El Elna Rogacheva is beaten. According to the journalist, on Friday about 8 in the evening, three young people suddenly attacked her and without any explanation began to beat. They did not demand any money or things.

Andrei Sharry: The Man of the Day of Radio Liberty January 7 is an American journalist Seymour Hersh, a laureate of a prestigious German prize for contribution to the development of a free press. This award is annually awarded by the Mass Media Fund in Leipzig. In addition to Hersh, this year it will also receive Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya for a series of publications about Chechnya (Anna has more than once the hero of our heading "Man") and two German reporters.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent Andrei Sharogradsky takes part. Kirill Kobrin: The EU announced that the volume of assistance to Southeast Asia, which suffered from the tsunami, will be approximately half of the total amount allocated by the international community. At the same time, according to observers, with regard to specific actions in the affected areas, European countries were far behind the United States and some other states.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent Andrei Babitsky takes part. Andrei Shary: A tragedy in Beslan might have not happened if there were no war in Chechnya, or if the other was the policy of the Russian authorities in Chechnya. But the war continues or is it fading? From the formidable reporting of a special correspondent of Radio Freedom Andrei Babitsky. Andrei Babitsky: What is the armed Chechen underground after Beslan?

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed the hope that the new leadership of Ukraine "would prefer pragmatic approaches to the election rhetoric." At negotiations in the Moscow Region on Friday with the head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Vladimir Litvin Putin emphasized a large amount of economic and humanitarian ties between Russia and Ukraine and their active development in the past year.

The Russian aircraft An-124 Ruslan will deliver about a hundred tons of humanitarian goods to Indonesia in the next hours. According to Interfax, on board Ruslan - medicines, food, dishes, tents, blankets and other necessary things for the victims as a result of a natural disaster. Earlier, another plane flew into Thailand with 30 tons of humanitarian cargo.

On Saturday, four militants were killed on the outskirts of Nazran on Saturday in a shootout with local power structures. Several dozen employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB surrounded a private house in which an armed group settled, which supposedly took part in the June attack on Ingushetia. The battle lasted several hours. This is the third such operation in Ingushetia over the past two weeks.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent Irina Lagunina takes part. Andrei Shary: Today in Jerusalem was detained for several hours by the police, and then one of the candidates for the post of head of the Palestinian autonomy of Mustafa Barguti was released. The reasons are still unknown. According to the results of public opinion polls, Barguti takes second place, significantly lagging behind the leading candidate.

In the Pakistani city of Gilgit, at least 11 people died in clashes on religious grounds. The order is restored with the help of troops. The commandant hour has been introduced. The riots flashed on Saturday after an attempt on the leader of the local Shiites Auu Ziauddin. He was seriously wounded. No one took responsibility for the attack. However, the police suspect that this is the result of inter -religious growth. Shiites make up 15 percent of the 150 millionth population of Pakistan.

Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said that new relations arose between the USA and Europe that can help the resumption of peace negotiations in the Middle East. Barnier made this statement on Friday, speaking on French television. He noted that Europe and the USA, in cooperation with the UN and Russia, could contribute to the implementation of the “Road Map” plan aimed at resolving the conflict between Palestinians and Israel.