Scientists of the Institute of the Technological Institute of Georgia have developed an experimental installation for optical communication systems, which will be 100 times faster today. If, based on the proposed idea, a real element of the optical network is created, its throughput will grow to a trillion bit per second.

Vladimir Abarinov , Washington Christmas in America, as in the whole baptized world, is the most beloved and touching holiday. But recently, he has become increasingly becoming a field of ideological battle. Christian publicists believe that a political correct minority takes away from American children one of the treasures of national culture and shalt almost a crusade in defense of Christmas. This year, these "new crusaders" behaved especially violently.

The gas stain that arose as a result of the Amur of the Pohythkimikates entered the Amur River after the explosion at the Chinese chemical plant left the limits of Khabarovsk. According to the regional center of the Ministry of Emergencies, the city is canceled in the city today of increased readiness of operational services. Analysis of water samples did not reveal the content of hazardous substances.

[Radio Liberty: Programs: Time and Peace] [29-12-05] Economic results of the year; Human rights movement in Kazakhstan; Forgotten episodes of the Cold War Presenter Iririna Lagunin Irina Lagunina: year 2005 in the international economy ... the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol and the revaluation of the national currency by China, high prices for oil and new rules of international trade ...

In St. Petersburg, the seventh International Winter Festival "Art Square" was opened. He passes under the motto "Shostakovich and his time." For the first time in the years of the festival, his founder and artistic director Yuri Temikanov did not stand up for the conductor’s remote control, granting this right to the composer’s son, Maxim Shostakovich. The soloist in the program was the pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Frolov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Prague Ivan Tolstoy takes part. Mikhail Frolov: One of the most high -profile cultural disputes of the outgoing year was the conflict around the Palace Square of St. Petersburg.

The court in the United States decided to deport the 85-year-old native of Ukraine John Demyanyuk, who was accused of active awarding to the Nazis during the Second World War. Demyanyuk is fighting for the right to stay in the United States for almost 30 years. He denies all the accusations, claiming that he was a simple prisoner of war and never worked as an overseer in the death camp.

Iran expresses the willingness to consider the last proposal of Russia regarding the enrichment of Uranus. Deputy Head of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Javad Wadi said that the proposal will be studied in the most serious way. Russia recently proposed to enrich Uranus for the Iranian nuclear program on its territory - as part of a joint project. Vadi once again repeated, however, that Iran insists on the right to conduct these works on his own.

According to the specified data of the Ministry of Emergencies, in a fire in the neuropsychiatric boarding school "Dmitrovsky Pogost", seven people died in the Shatursky district. Another 12 were injured and burns of varying severity and are in the village hospital, Vera Volodina reports. The fire began this morning at 4.02 in a two -story brick building a kilometer from the village of Korobovo Shatursky District. The premises of the boarding school were 53 patients and two employees.

The program is conducted by Oleg Vakhrushev. The program is attended by a Radio Liberty correspondent Yuri Bagrov. Oleg Vakhrushev: The Beslan Mother Committee believes that the released conclusions of the Torshin commission do not give an answer to some key questions. However, the Committee will express its attitude to the report only after it gets acquainted with its full text.

[Radio Liberty: Programs: Russia: From a Christian point of view] BOOVENSION and Christmas Leading Yakov Krotov Yakov Krotov: The theme of our program is dedicated to Christmas, or rather the bondness. We have the wife of the Mitrofanov’s wife, - Alexander, Pastor, dean of the Moscow Theological Institute of the Union of Evangelical Christian Baptists, his wife Irina is the head of the work of Sunday schools with gospel Christian Christians, the director of one of the Sunday schools.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. Correspondents Maxim Yaroshevsky, Mikhail Salenkov and Yuri Veksler take part. Alexander GOSTEV: Russian-Ukrainian gas battles are supplemented by all new and new ups and downs and paints. Just two hours ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he proposes to provide Ukraine with a loan to pay for Russian gas supplies at market prices. According to Putin, the amount of a possible loan is up to 3 billion 600 million dollars.

The Moscow City Court formed a jury collegium to consider the murder of the editor of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine Pala Khlebnikov. The process will pass behind closed doors, because the case is “secret” on the case file. Khlebnikov was shot dead in Moscow in July last year. According to the investigation, the murder was committed by a criminal group, which is involved in a number of other high -profile crimes, including the murder of Deputy Prime Minister Chechnya Jan Sergunin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to provide Ukraine with a loan to pay for the supply of Russian gas at market prices. According to Putin, the amount of a possible loan is up to 3 billion 600 million dollars. The Russian president met today with the Minister of Energy of Ukraine Ivan Plachkov and the head of the company "Naftogaz Ukraine" Alexei Ivchenko. Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin and Gazprom’s leadership also took part in the negotiations on the gas problem.