The authorities of Georgia are ready to provide South Ossetia with broad government as part of a single Georgian state, ”said the Prime Minister of the country Zurab Zhivani. According to him, with proposals on the political status of South Ossetia on Wednesday at a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili will speak.

In Paris, a memorial to victims of the Holocaust was opened today - a wall with the names of 76 thousand Jews sent from France to the Nazi death camps. The monument was opened by French President Jacques Shirak. The ceremony took place today in Berlin. Speaking at it, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder emphasized that anti -Semitism is still alive and the fight against it is the responsibility of the whole society.

The Arab television channel "Al-Jazira" showed today a video with the appeal of a hostage captured in Iraq. A person on a video film calls himself Roem Halllahs, an American contractor stolen in Baghdad on November 1 last year. He is asking for help to the leaders of the Arab countries, especially to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and emphasizes that he is not going to ask for anything to ask for his president - George Bush.

The new government of Ukraine will be formed before the end of this week, ”President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko said on Tuesday in Strasbourg. According to him, four candidates for deputy prime miners have already been identified - out of five. On Monday, Viktor Yushchenko signed a decree on the appointment of Yulia Tymoshenko acting as Prime Minister of the country.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. Radio Liberty correspondents Kirill Kobrin, Oleg Kusov, observer Vitaly Portnikov take part. Andrei Shary: President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko arrived on Monday with a brief working visit to Moscow, this is his first working trip abroad after the inauguration that took place the day before.

The Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow District today suspended the proceedings on the complaints of the Yukos concern - on the recovery of more than 99 billion rubles of tax debt from Yukos for 2000. The decision was made due to the fact that the statements of Yukos are now planning to consider the Presidium of the Supreme Arbitration Court of Russia.

In Pakistan on Monday, two explosions occurred in the city of Kvetta (Belujistan Province). No one was injured. A powerful bomb exploded near the main Kvetta-Karachi railway. 5 engineers who examined the place of the explosion were injured. A few hours before, an explosive device in an administrative building in Kvetta worked. The local nationalist group took responsibility for both explosions.

In the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny, a car with the Russian military was blown up today. Two soldiers died, three were injured. Today, in the Kurchaloevsky district of Chechnya, two police were detained suspected of cooperation with the formations of Aslan Maskhadov. The names of the detainees are not disclosed.

Today is the last day when the Iraqis living abroad can register to participate in the elections on January 30. The registration period was extended for two days. Until now, only every fourth Iraqan abroad has expressed the intention to take part in the vote. On Monday, a member of the EU leadership Javier Solan said that for Iraq it would be a “disaster” if the country's Sunni community is not represented in the new parliament.

The International Human Rights Rice Rice Uchch Uchch accused the Iraqi security forces of arbitrariness, illegal arrests and the use of torture in prisons. According to human rights activists, the prisoners are beaten, they are tortured by electric current, they are tormented by hunger, and the transition government, according to Huumen Raits Uchch, at least indulges in systematic violations of human rights.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Oleg Kusov takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky: The new President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko arrived in Moscow for negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Before departure to Moscow, Yushchenko signed an order on the appointment of Yulia Tymoshenko acting as Prime Minister of Ukraine.

The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Mikhail Salenkov takes part. Alexey Kuznetsov: Today is January 25, Tatyana's day. Moscow State University named after Lomonosov marks 250 years. According to the rector of Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichi, solemn events dedicated to the anniversary will be held within three days. Mikhail Salenkov: The 250th anniversary of Moscow State University began to be celebrated on Monday, January 24.

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova became the first semi-finalist of the Australian Open Championship. Today in the quarterfinals, Maria in three sets defeated another representative of Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova. For access to the final, Sharapov will play with the American Serena Williams, who knocked out the second racket of the tournament from the draw, the Frenchwoman Amelie Mororemo.

In Moscow, near the building of the Ministry of Defense on Arbaba Square today will be a rally of protest against reducing the number of deferrals from drafting into the army. The action is held by the Youth Youth Department of the Yabloko party, an independent union of students, the Moscow Helsinki group, a newborn human rights movement and other organizations.

In Beijing, there is a two -day meeting of representatives of the South Asian countries, which discusses the creation of a system of early warning about the tsunami in the Indian Ocean basin. The victims of the natural disaster on December 26 in the South Asian region became, as it is now expected, up to 280 thousand people.