The People’s Council of Turkmenistan unanimously approved Kurbankuli Berdymukhammedov as a presidential candidate. Berdimuhammedov temporarily acts as head of state after the death of Saparmurat Niyazov. According to the Constitution, he has no right to run. However, deputies proposed amendments to the basic law. At the same time, five more candidates were approved and it was decided that the elections will be held on February 11.

The Moscow prosecutor's office removed the charges from one of the leaders of the Russian aircraft -building corporation Sergei Tsivilev. He was accused of especially large -scale fraud, however - as the prosecutor’s office reported - there were no sufficient grounds for this. Tsivilev, as well as the general director of the Aviamromnab company, Musaila Ismailov, was charged with an attempt to sell counterfeit spare parts to Poland to fighters.

Three matches of the Russian Super League championship were played: "Tractor" - CSKA - 1: 2 "Metallurg" (Magnitogorsk) - "Vityaz" - 2: 1 (overtime) "Lokomotiv" - "Dynamo" - 3: 2

In Moscow, a meeting of the directors of the Lokomotiv football club took place. The new president of the team was Yuri Semin, who was replaced by Valery Filatov in this post. In place of the head coach of the team, instead of Oleg Dolmatov, Anatoly Byshovets was appointed.

The new president of the Russian Premier League was the general director of the Saturn Ramensky club Mikhail Vorontsov. Before the meeting of the presidents of all Premier League clubs, President CSKA and the President of the Premier League Yevgeny Giner also claimed this post. But during the meeting, he withdrew his candidacy, and Vorontsov was elected unanimously.

The debut singer of the Lyona Lyon’s song contest took off to the top of the British hit parade. A week ago, Lewis won on the X-Factor telekonk, and her song “A similar moment” immediately ended up in the charts in the first place, which for four weeks occupied the hit of the Take that “patience”. However, in the rating of albums, the last Take that “beautiful world” disc is still leading.

The program is conducted by Mark Krutov. Journalist Arkady Dubnov takes part. Mark Krutov: Today, the People’s Council of Turkmenistan - Hulk Maslahaty, - the highest representative body of the country, must set the date of the presidential election today and announce candidates for this post that remained vacant after the sudden death of Sapurmurat Niyazov.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Today, the Belarusian side refused to go to the Russian gas supplies for the next year, proposed by the leadership of Gazprom on an ultimatum. We discuss the topic with Viktor Alksnis, a deputy of the State Duma from the Rodina faction, a member of the CIS Committee. Are you in solidarity with today's position of official Minsk? Victor Alksnis: Yes, no matter how surprising it sounds.

The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov. Journalist Arkady Dubnov takes part. Alexey Kuznetsov: The People’s Council of Turkmenistan, the country's highest representative body, must set the date of the presidential election today and announce candidates for this post. Our colleague Mark Krutov talked about the most probable candidates and the possible development of events with the Moscow expert on Central Asian problems, the observer of the News News newspaper Arkady Dubnov.

In Iraq, the Court of Appeal left the death sentence to Saddam Hussein. The former dictator and two of his close associates were sentenced to death for crimes against humanity. Now the verdict must be approved by President Iraqi Talabani and two vice presidents. In Baghdad today, as a result of several explosions, at least 14 people were killed, dozens were injured. Three mined cars exploded in one of the areas of the city, inhabited mainly by Shiites.

The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Russia proposes to consider the possibility of creating a state corporation, which will ensure payments to employees in bankruptcy of enterprises.

Guest in the studio Director of the Main Geophysical Observatory. Voeykova Valentin Meleshko Top conversation Modeling the Earth's climate and the quality of forecasts

The program is conducted by Polina Oldenburg. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Warsaw Alexei Dzikovitsky takes part. Polina Oldenburg: Christmas in Catholic Poland celebrate almost 100 percent of the inhabitants, and the pre -holiday consumer bustle has long become one of the main attributes of this time. Our correspondent says about how the Poles choose gifts, what is given to adults and children.

Journalist Arkady Dubnov about the most likely candidates for president of Turkmenistan and possible development of events