The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV . The Radio Liberty correspondent Olga Vakhonicheva takes part. Alexander GOSTEV : Today is World AIDS Day. According to the Ministry of Health, to date, over 360 thousand infected with HIV infection have been recorded in Russia. Recently, experts are increasingly talking about the transition of an epidemic from the environment of drug addicts to wider segments of the population. A radio correspondent Olga Vakhonicheva worked on this topic today.

The Pope Benedict XVI is completing a four -day official visit to Turkey. According to Elena Solntseva, after the morning service in the Istanbul Catholic Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, the pope flew to the Vatican. According to the Turkish media, the visit of Benedict XVI will strengthen the relationship of the West with the Islamic world. The newspaper Turkish Daily News reads that in a dialogue with Turkey, dad found the right words.

Rada sent Tarasuka (on the right) to resign. But President Yushchenko has not yet said his last word, whose quota includes the post of head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine resigned the Minister of Foreign Affairs Boris Tarasyuk. The parliamentary majority accused the head of the Foreign Ministry, in particular, that he contributed to a deterioration in relations with Russia.

The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (Mayrs) of Russia will increase the inflation forecast for 2008-2009 by 0.2-0.3% in connection with the growth of gas tariffs and electricity, said the representative of the ministry Andrei Klepach. Now it is from 4.5 to 6% for 2008, and from 4 to 5.5% for 2009. In turn, the Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andrei Sharonov said that the inflation rate in Russia in the coming years is unlikely to be reduced to 3-4%.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV . The Radio Liberty correspondent Andrei Babitsky takes part. Alexander GOSTEV : This week it became known that the Prague district court sentenced two young Georgian citizens living in the Czech Republic by four months of imprisonment to participate in the picket against racism in Russia. Both of them are found guilty of inciting hatred of the Russian people. My colleague Andrei Babitsky understood the situation.

"Atlanta" - "Toronto" 5: 0. Vyacheslav Kozlov made 3 productive passes “Washington” - “Dallas” 4: 3. One of the goals on the account of Alexander Semin ("Washington") “Phoenix” - “Los Angeles” 7: 4. The winners were distinguished by Oleg Saprykin. The victories of the hosts: "Carolina" - "Montreal" 4: 2 "Boston" - "Tampa Bay" 4: 3 - in the Bulite series "Ottawa" - "Florida" 6: 0 The lesions of the hosts: "New York Alenders" - "Philadelphia" 2: 3 "St.

Today is World AIDS Day. In a special message, the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said that success in the fight against this terrible disease depends on each person. The victims of the disease have already become 25 million people. About 40 million are infected with immunodeficiency virus. According to the UN, this year more than 4 million people became its carriers. About two -thirds of new cases of AIDS disease falls on Africa countries located south of Sahara.

In the body of the person who is closely in contact with Alexander Litvinenko, the presence of a significant amount of polonium-210 was also found. We are talking about Mario Skramella, who met with Litvinenko in a bar on November 1 - just a few hours before Litvinenko felt bad. The former FSB lieutenant colonel died a week ago in the London hospital from Polo-210 poisoning, losing the guilt for his death at the Russian special services and President Vladimir Putin personally.

The Moscow Publishing House "New Literary Review" publishes the book of Marina Zhezhelenko and Boris Roginsky "The World of Alfred Hitchcock." Here is the biography of the famous American film director, filmography, the context of the era, a detailed analysis of two Hitchcokov films - “39 steps” and “dizziness”, many illustrations. The UFO Publishing House with just the book of Natalia Golitsyna and Andrei Sharogo about James Bond opened a series dedicated to the heroes of mass culture.

At the world champion Vladimir Kramnik, who was held in Bonn, with the DEEP FRITZ super-computer, the fourth party, in which Kramnik played black, ended in a draw on the 55th move. The score was 2.5: 1.5 in favor of the computer.

At the final match of the Davis Russia -Argentina Cup in Moscow, the score became 1: 1 after David Nalbandan won Marat Safin - 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 4.

The December issue of Forbes magazine will still be published - with The original version of the article about the wife of the Moscow Mayor Elena Baturina. This was stated on Friday by representatives of the publishing house "Axel Springer" producing the publication in Russia.

The program will be a member of the Political Council of the Union of Right Forces, Vice-President of the Russian Federation of Windsurfing and Kaitesurfing Boris Nemtsov.

US authorities warn about the possible Internet attacks of al-Qaeda on an American stock exchange and banks. According to the authorities, recently on one of the Islamist sites there was a call to attack American financial sites in December in protest against the content of Muslim terrorism in prison in Guantanamo.