The price for the supply of Russian gas to Ukraine next year will not exceed 130 dollars per thousand cubic meters. This was announced today in Kyiv by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych after the end of negotiations with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. The heads of government took part in a meeting of the Russian-Ukrainian committee on economic cooperation.

The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Minsk is attended by Igor Karney. Alexey Kuznetsov: According to Belarusian human rights activists, about Kolo 20% of prisoners who are in prisons of Belarus, former heads of state enterprises and private business. The high probability of being behind bars, even for a slight offense, seriously scares Belarusians.

The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Evgeny Nazareta takes part. Alexey Kuznetsov: Today, the Sverdlovsk branch of the Yabloko party, together with the regional representation of the school of public policy, as well as the April club, arrange a creative evening in defense of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. It has been performed for three years since the ex-head of the Yukos is in conclusion.

Venezuela and China decided to create a joint investment fund of $ 6 billion. Such a decision was made following the negotiations of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela with the manager of the State Development Bank China. It is reported that the fund will finance large projects in agriculture, telecommunications, participate in the construction of railways and roads, the production of computer equipment and mobile phones.

In December, more than 30 unique documents will be put up for auction in New York, including the letter of the first wife of the English king Henry VIII, who served as a push to the departure of England from Catholicism. The letter of Ekaterina Aragon, dated 1534, is addressed to her nephew - the German emperor Charles V. Korolev asks him to use his influence in order to prevent her marriage with Henry invalid.

Lawyers Rustam Muminov, a citizen of Uzbekistan, who faces a deportation from Russia - appealed to the European Court of Human Rights with a complaint about the actions of the Russian authorities. Muminov was detained on October 17 at the office of the Civil Promotion Committee in Moscow - he did not have registration. The Tver court decided to deport it to Uzbekistan - despite the fact that the Prosecutor General’s Office had refused Tashkent to be issued.

In the Sea of Japan, the search for the crew of the sunken Russian dry carrier "Sinera" continues. According to the Ministry of Emergencies, weather conditions in the rescue surgery were slightly improved. The issue of sending an amphibian aircraft there is resolved. At the site of the death of the dry cargo, there are several ships. The distress signal from the "Sineriye", transporting the forest, entered on Monday - during the storm the logs fell off the deck and broke the side.

In Sweden, by court order, a Russian citizen Magomed Upaev, suspected of involvement in the kidnapping of a journalist, has been taken into custody. The investigation believes that Upa, participated in the abduction of the ITAR-TASS, Vladimir Yatsina in Chechnya in 1999. Yatsin was later killed.

The program is conducted by Nadezhda Pertsev. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Poland Alexei Dzikovitsky takes part. Nadezhda Pertseva: In Poland, the recent proposal of the Commissioner for the Rights of Children of Eva Suvinsk and to oblige all couples who live in informal civil marriage, register in the relevant state bodies, gave rise to a hot public discussion in the country. Alexey Dzikovitsky: Lodz.

According to the Polish Commissioner for Children's Rights, registration of civil marriage will reduce the level of domestic violence A hot public discussion in Poland gave rise to a recent proposal for the Rights of Children of Eva Sovinsky to oblige all couples who live in informal civil marriage, register in the relevant state bodies. Lodz. A girl aged two and a half years was taken to intensive care with severe bodily injuries.

In Budapest, the number of wounded in clashes between participants in anti-government actions and the police reached 130. The riots that flashed on Monday during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the uprising against the communist regime continued early in the morning. Demonstrators threw policemen and pieces of reinforcement. In response, waterlets, tear gas and rubber bullets were used. Over 30 people were detained.

The court in the American city of Houston (Texas) sentenced the former Executive Director of Enron Jeffrey Schilling to 24 years in prison for fraud. The company's management for several years, systematically overtaken income, has invested in risky financial transactions. In 2001, Enron went bankrupt. Thousands of people lost their jobs and savings.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko invited parliament to make changes to the current legislation and allow to open branches of foreign banks in the country, which have the authorized capital of at least 150 million euros. The provision of such a right to foreign credit organizations today is one of the main conditions for Ukraine’s entry into the World Trade Organization. By the beginning of September, 166 banks operated in Ukraine.

Matsushita Electric has developed a prototype of a four-layer optical bearer Blu-ray. The disk has a total capacity of 100 gigabytes. According to the developers, information can be stored on such discs for at least a hundred years. In the future, all Blu-ray drives will be able to work with such carriers, according to the Computer.