The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Vladimir Ivakhnenko takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky : In Ukraine, the conflict continues around the resignation of Boris Tarasyuk from the post of head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Despite the court’s decision and the presidential decree on its restoration, today Tarasuka did not allow ministers to meet a meeting of the Cabinet. From Kyiv, the Radio Liberty correspondent Vladimir Ivakhnenko transmits.

In New York, a private museum of the local mafia entitled "Made in America" was opened. Its owner is our Albert, whose great -grandfather was a native of Russia. All exhibits of the collection are associated with the murders, life and death of the “godfathers” of organized crime, the heyday of which came in the mid -twentieth century. Among the kings of the New York Mafia there are many people with Russian roots.

The program is conducted by Nadezhda Pertsev. The correspondent of Radio Freedom Lily Palveliev takes part. Nadezhda Pertseva: An exhibition “On the waves of our memory has opened in the State Historical Museum. City life of the 1920s-1960s. " The history of the Soviet country is represented through household items of various social strata of the population.

The State Duma of Russia called on the international community to take into account the results of the referendum on independence in South Ossetia on November 12. In the unanimously adopted document, deputies emphasize that the referendum was carried out in accordance with the legislation of South Ossetia, as well as in compliance with all democratic principles and norms. In Tbilisi, the State Duma statement was regarded as a provocation.

The situation in Iraq is extremely difficult and continues to deteriorate, ”says a special American commission that has developed recommendations on further US Action in the Middle East. According to Western agencies, the commission fears chaos and a humanitarian catastrophe in Iraq. The report, in particular, contains calls to the US administration to start direct negotiations with Iran and Syria.

In the Irkutsk region, only ten people died from the poisoning of surrogate alcohol over the past day. The total number of patients with a diagnosis of "toxic hepatitis" approaches three and a half thousand. Died - 118 people. Another victim of the surrogate is reported from the Volgograd region. About eight hundred people are sick toxic hepatitis here, 28 - they died.

The fact that the murders of the deputy chairman of the Central Bank, the head of the branch of Vneshtorgbank 24 and the co -owner of the special network constructed occurred for two and a half months, the prosecutor's office is considered a combination of circumstances The number of disclosed crimes associated with the laundering of illegal income in Russia is growing.

The Swiss ichthyologists, led by Redouan Bshary), described an example of collective hunting coral salmon ( Plectropomus Pessuliferus ) and Javanese, or Buru, Mureni ( Gymnothorax Javanicus ) in the Red Sea. The fish of these two species complement each other well. Murena is hiding in the crevice of the coral reef, and the coral salmon hunts near her in open water.

Australian doctors from the Harvan Institute of Medical Research, led by Professor Charles Mackay, studied dendritic cells - white blood cells, the main function of which is the initiation of an immune response. It turned out that the immune activity of these cells completely depends on the protein connecting fatty acids (fats). These proteins are responsible for transportation, storage and disposal of fats inside cells.

In Moscow, in the presence of Scotland-Yard experts investigating the circumstances of the death of Alexander Litvinenko, a witness was questioned in this case. We are talking about Dmitry Kovtun, a business partner of the Russian businessman Andrei Lugovoi, who met Litvinenko in London shortly before his death. In the near future, British investigators intend to interrogate the most meadow, which takes place in one of the Moscow clinics an examination for possible poisoning.

Givenchy black black dress, in which actress Audrey Hepburn starred in the film “Breakfast at Tiffany” of 1961, left a hammer in London for 900 thousand dollars. For the role of Holly Golitley, three versions of the dress were created. The second version of the dress is in the possession of Givenchy in Paris, and the third in the museum of outfits in Madrid. A sleeveless dress went to an anonymous buyer who participated in tenders by phone.

Atomic energy is not only one of the strategic industries in which the state strengthens the position, but also highly profitable The State Duma approved in the first reading a bill on the reform of Russian nuclear energy. It involves the creation of a new company - Atomprom, which will unite all enterprises of this industry - from the extraction of raw materials and nuclear engineering to electricity.

In the US Senate, the candidacy of Robert Gates for the post of Minister of Defense begins today - instead of the resignation of Donald Ramsfeld. On Tuesday, Gates approved the Senate Committee on Armed Forces. At the hearing in the Committee, Gates said that the United States was not able to stabilize the situation in Iraq, and warned about the dangers of expanding the religious intermediary in the country to regional conflict.