In Belarus, one of the leaders of the opposition, a former presidential candidate Alexander Milinkevich, was again detained briefly. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, this time Milinkevich was detained in the city of Belozersk, where he participated in the collection of signatures to nominate candidates for deputies of local councils. He was suspected of transporting drugs. They did not find drugs in the car, but they forced Milinkevich to write an explanatory note in the police.

According to ixbt.com with reference to trustworthy source, mobile phone production of Apple - iPhone - can be released in January 2007. The iPhone will have small dimensions and two batteries - for MP3 player and phone, which will be charged simultaneously from one charger. The phone will be equipped with a retractable keyboard, a flash memory and, possibly, a sensory display.

The Metropol Management Company, which is part of the Russian financial corporation with the same name, became the winner of the auction for the sale of property of the Moskvich Automobile Plant. In February 2006, the plant was declared bankrupt, and its property - more than 50 buildings on two production sites in Moscow, but without the land itself - were put up for bidding to repay debts, the volume of which exceeds $ 1 billion.

The Russian authorities expressed their readiness to provide all the necessary assistance to British investigators in Moscow The investigation of death in London of the former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko goes beyond the borders of Great Britain. On Monday morning, British investigators flew to Moscow.

The program is conducted by Dmitry execution. The Radio Liberty correspondent in St. Petersburg Tatyana Voltskaya takes part. The guest of the studio is the head of the advisory and educational valeological center "The Path to Health" Olga Kondratyeva. Dmitry executions: In recent months, several scandals in the field of medicine have erupted in Russia, corruption crimes related to theft of budgetary funds and fraud have been identified.

In Magnitogorsk, the body of the last - eighth - deceased was discovered on the site of the burned workshop of the metallurgical plant. Last week - immediately after the explosion and fire - the bodies of the seven victims were found. On Friday and Saturday, their funeral passed. In a fire, more than five thousand square meters of production space burned down. The enterprise has caused significant damage. A criminal case has been opened under the article "Violation of labor protection rules."

Marina Timasheva: “The organizers of the festival say they just dream of a time when no one else needs it. However, before that - oh, how far " The competition program of the Stalker film festival game, documentary and animated tapes that will be judged by five jury. Among the gaming tapes: “lively” and “ugly swans”, “free swimming” and “ellipsis”, “wanderer” and “island”. And many more information shows, and every day of the festival is thematic.

In the NHL championship in the Sunday program there were two matches: "New York Rangers" - "New York Ilanders" - 4: 7 "Anahaim" - "Los Angeles" - 2: 3

The General Secretary of the League of the Arab states of the AMR Moussa arrived in Lebanon to try to settle the political crisis that is flared up there. Amr Moussa called the situation in Lebanon "serious." In Beirut, thousands of Hezbollah supporters and other Prosiri forces demanding the resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers led by Fouad Siniora continue in Beirut. Sinior refuses to leave his post.

The Russian human rights center "Memorial" and "The movement of hostels of Moscow and the Moscow Region" intends to conduct their own investigation of the circumstances of the death of the Georgian citizen Manana Jabelia in Moscow. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, Jabelia died in a special -reception for foreigners on December 2. Two days before that, the Moscow City Court canceled the decision of the Nagatinsky court of Moscow on its deportation for violation of the passport regime.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. The Radio Liberty correspondent Kirill Kobrin takes part. Alexander GOSTEV: In Venezuela in the presidential election, the current head of state UGO Chavez won. Chavez - a supporter of the socialist model of the economy and the main opponent of the United States in South America - gained more than 60 percent of the vote, ahead of the candidate from the right -centric parties almost doubled.

In Lebanon, the fourth day continues the mass performances of supporters of the Hezbollah group against the pro -Western government of Fuad Siniora. The prime minister states that he will not obey the requirements of Hezbollah and other Prochiri forces and will not resign, since he is supported by a significant part of the population. On Sunday in Beirut, one of the demonstrators-shiits was killed. The shooting began when the protesters passed through a quarter inhabited mainly by Sunnis.

Many eastern Europeans live on credit. Shopping center in Prague The annual report of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), published the other day, confirms the trend that has been preserved over the past years - the so -called “old democracies” are far ahead of the economic growth indicators of the country of Central and Eastern Europe. Will there be "overheating"?

In Iraq, 9 American soldiers died over the past weekend. Two military personnel were killed and two were injured yesterday as a result of an explosion of mines in the north of Iraq. Seven more became victims of attacks in different areas of the country. About 50 bodies of the dead were found in Baghdad on Sunday. The UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in an interview with the BBC that the situation in Iraq is now much worse than during the years of the Civil War in Lebanon in the 80s.