The program is conducted by Tatyana Valovich. The Radio Liberty correspondent in St. Petersburg Tatyana Voltskaya takes part. The guest of the studio is a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Sergey Andreev. Tatyana Valovich: In St. Petersburg, the results of research on the sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, made jointly with the sociological center "Megapolis", were published.

During a visit to Germany, a statement of murder customers may interfere with an objective investigation during a visit to Germany, Anna Politkovskaya colleagues believe In Russian cities, rallies of memory of Anna Politkovskaya, killed on October 7, are held. Memorial shares on Monday were held in Grozny, Krasnoyarsk and Saratov, and on the eve - in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Ali Khamraev The famous film director Ali Khamraev once embodied the progressive Uzbek cinema, followed by Tarkovsky and Joseliani. He is the author of such paintings as “triptych”, “a person goes behind the birds”, “Without fear”, “Extraordinary Commissioner” and “Seventh Bullet”. In different years, Ali Khamraev met and talked with such creators as Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra and Akira Kurosava. With Andrei Tarkovsky, he began to be friends in VGIK.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov today begins an official visit to South Korea. The main topics are economic cooperation and the situation around the DPRK nuclear program. As a source in the government told ITAR-TASS, Moscow intends to offer Seul to expand investment cooperation and take part in a number of large projects in Russia.

More than 60 cadets of the Military Space Academy in St. Petersburg were infected with Typhus abdominal. This was confirmed by the head of the press service of the space forces Alexei Kuznetsov. In recent days, more than 200 cadets of the Academy have been hospitalized with suspected infectious diseases. According to one version, we are talking about violation of sanitary standards.

In Sweden, another new minister resigned. The Minister of Culture Cecilia Stegogo, who, like her colleague, the Minister of Trade, was accused of retired of tax evasion. The new right -center government came to power in Sweden just two weeks ago.

The deadline for the conclusion of the adviser to the head of the RAO "UES of Russia" Valery Pasata, sentenced in Moldova by 10 years, was halved. Lawyers sought a complete excuse for Pasat and intend to challenge the decision in the highest judicial chamber of Moldova. In January, the court found the Pasata guilty of abuses when the US fighters are sold by MiG -29 - when he was the Minister of Defense of Moldova. Pasat and its protection consider the process politically motivated.

It turned 9 days since the death of the Novaya Gazeta correspondent of Anna Politkovskaya by Governor Valentina Matvienko following three years of her work - the assessment of St. Petersburg sociologists came to Russia one of the most prominent European historians, the professor of Berlin University, Mikhail Ryman, housing prices in the Russian capital over the past 12 months increased by almost 100 percent today in America.

The Switzerland government conducts software tests that will allow it to secretly listen to negotiations on Internet telephony. According to the Swiss newspaper Sonntags Zeitung, the police and intelligence service will be able to infect computers of users of the Trojan program and listen to conversations. Any such steps require a judicial order.

The Pope Benedict XVI will visit Turkey at the end of November, ”the Vatican official said today. Pontica’s visit to Turkey was threatened after recently dad in one of the speeches quoted the anti-Islamic statement of the Byzantine emperor of the 14th century. This caused a violent reaction in the Muslim world. A trip to Turkey will be the first visit of the current head of the Roman Catholic Church to a Muslim country.

On Monday, a match of the Russian championship in basketball took place. In the Super League match, the University-Yugra at its site in Surgut lost to the Moscow Khimki sub-Moscow club 83:92.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent in London Natalya Golitsyna takes part. Andrei Shary: Filled 50 years of the Surozh diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, located in the UK. Judging by the participation in the anniversary celebrations of the head of the department of external church relations of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Kirill, after what happened last summer, the Moscow Patriarchate gives the fate of its parishes in the UK.

Against the backdrop of mass literature, the new book of Edward Radzinsky “Alexander II: Life and Death” seems almost a scientific treatise In the next issue of the Farm “Book Corner” there are two books: Edward Radzinsky “Alexander II: Life and Death”; Vladimir Printedv “Stalin. Roosevelt. Truman. USSR and USA in the 1980s. " An increased interest in history today is characteristic not only for mass literature.