Three matches took place in the Russian male basketball super -league on Tuesday. The Kazan UNICS won the third victory in a row, who beat the Surgut University on his site - 87:66. UNICS, like CSKA, has never lost this season. The Perm “Ural Grait”, who took the overward, took the third victory, which took over the “Spartak” from St. Petersburg in overtime-84:80, which allowed him to rise to 3rd place in the standings. Khimki won at the Rostov Lokomotiv - 79:64.

The program is conducted by Arslan Saidov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Kondopog Sergey Korobov takes part. Arslan Saidov: Russian President Vladimir Putin at these minutes is on the air of the central Russian television and radio channels. This is already a traditional event during which the head of state answers questions from fellow citizens. The Unified Center for Message Processing before the start of the air received about 2 million questions.

Mumin Shakirov: "Otar Ioseliani has been working in France for many years, began his career in Georgia, but never shot films about Russia" On October 24, the premiere of Otar Ioseliani “Gardens in the fall” was held in Moscow. The famous Georgian director shot a lyrical comedy about a scandalously dismissed French high -ranking official who found harmony and consent in the circle of old friends. Otar Joseliani remained faithful to himself.

Three years after the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Dmitry Orlov, a well -known Russian PR consultant, political strategist, general director of the agency of political and economic communications and by telephone from Washington, political scientist, professor Andrei Piontkovsky, are invited to the guests' time.

In the Dutch city of Essent, a chess super tournament of the 20th category with the participation of four grandmasters is held. Yesterday, parties of the third round were played there, both of them ended in a draw: the first issue of the world rating list Bulgarian Veselin Topalov played with Ivan Sokolov, representing Holland, and Shakhtyarov from Azerbaijan-with Hungarian Judit Polgar.

More than 1,800 people died in Russia over the past 11 years as a result of terrorist attacks, the injured - more than twenty thousand. These data were brought by the co-chair of the organization Nord-Ost Tatyana Karpova. These days, events are held in Moscow dedicated to the fourth anniversary of the capture of the Chechen militants of the theater center on Dubrovka. Then 130 hostages were killed.

According to the catch of the SRP agreement signed in 1994, the Sakhalinenergy company, which includes Shell Sakhalin Holdings BV (55%), Mitsui Sakhalin Holdings BV (25%) and Diamond Gas Sakhalin (20%) pays Russia for the use of 6%of the cost produced oil and gas during the entire period of implementation of the project as a royalties. The remaining income from sales after deducting operating expenses in the first years goes to compensation for investment of the company.

Pavel Krasheninnikov: "Since wine was proved in court, it means that we believe that this is so."

The volume from the Tabilization Fund of Russia, formed by state revenues from oil exports, will more than double by the end of 2007 compared to the current indicator and exceed 4 trillion rubles, said Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov. At the current rate, this is approximately $ 150 billion. Two years later, according to government forecast, the volume of the stab fund will reach 7 trillion rubles.

Yes, the presidential answers were specific and substantial 8 % No, Putin did not answer on the merits, and the acute questions were cut off 79 % No, I could not ask the president my question 4 % Vladimir Putin completely satisfies me and without any answers 9 % The survey is not a scientific research, reflects the opinions of only its participants

NATO Secretary General JAAP de Hop Scheffer today and tomorrow is negotiating in Moscow. The main topics are cooperation in the framework of the Russia -NATO Council, the situation around the nuclear programs of North Korea and Iran, the situation in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon. Cheffer will meet with the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Ivanov and Secretary of the Security Council Igor Ivanov, as well as with representatives of the State Duma.

In the future campaign, at the choice of the US president, they are increasingly dwelling at two possible rivals: Senator McCain from Republicans and Senator Hillary Clinton from the Democrats. They are already starting to fight off. The recently surfaced story about their joint trip two years ago to Estonia in a group of other senators turns out to be all the more interesting.

The Ministry of Defense of Germany reported that two Israeli fighter fired at the Livan coast of Livan. The victims are not reported. The representative of the Israeli military denied this information.