The Russian Ministry of Emergencies now has a lot of work on the shore Activists of environmental organizations warn that the destructive hurricane in the Crimea and the storm in the Black and Azov Seas can be the beginning of a whole series of natural disasters that threaten regions that have not previously been subjected to powerful blows of the elements.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Alexander Ilyichevsky takes part. Mikhail Salenkov : We follow the election debates, debates of applicants for places in the Russian parliament. Only 2.5 weeks left before the elections. Participants in the debate on Channel One are discussing, and by the end of this week they will discuss the defense capacity and safety of Russia. Today, my colleague Alexander Ilyichevsky watched the discussion.

In Pakistan, supporters of the opposition leader Benazir Bhutto announced their intention to hold a protest today, despite the location of the authorities. The purpose of the march from Lahore to Islamabad is to force the president of the Musharraf first to leave the post of commander in chief and cancel the state of emergency to the parliamentary elections in January. The authorities placed Bhutto for a week under house arrest, explaining this to security considerations.

Any instability in the world pushes oil prices even higher Oil costs almost $ 100 per barrel. According to experts of the International Energy Agency, by 2010, average annual prices will increase by another 10%, and by 2015 will decrease by one and a half times. One of the reasons for high oil prices is the cheaper American dollar - the main currency of almost all transactions in the oil market.

In the 4th round of the large chess tournament "Memorial Mikhail Tal" in Moscow, all parties ended with nickel results. So played Magnus Karlsen (Norway) with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Boris Gelfand (Israel) with Dmitry Yakovenko (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary) with Evgeny Alekseev (Russia), Alexei Shirov (Spain) with Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) with Kamsky Kamsky) (USA). Kramnik, Karlsen and Mamedarov, who scored 2.5 points are leaded.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would seek freezing international investment in the Iranian economy if Tehran does not stop working on the enrichment of Uranus. Speaking on Monday in London, Brown described the nuclear program of Iran as the "most threat" of the non -proliferation of nuclear weapons. According to the British Prime Minister, London intends to demand to the UN and the EU tightening sanctions against Iran.

In Los Angeles, film director Delbert Mann died. He was 87 years old. In 1955, he became famous thanks to the low -budget film “Marty”, awarded four Oscars and a golden palm branch of the Cannes Film Festival. The main character of the picture is a butcher from Bronx, who falls in love with a modest girl. This film was shot in 16 days. From 1969 to 1971, Delbert Mann was president of the guild of American directors.

The leader of the “Union of Right Forces” Nikita Belykh said that the Kremlin was pressure on the party candidates for the State Duma. According to the Belykh, the presidential administration persuades candidates to leave the election lists of the ATP. Belykh mentions the name of the administration official Oleg Govorun.

Afghan intelligence services rejected the accusations of the torture of prisoners raised by human rights defenders. The representative of the National Security Director said that prisoners are treated in accordance with the law. The torture of prisoners in Afghan prisons is said in the report of the International Amnesty. The organization called on the NATO forces command not to transfer prisoners to the Afghan authorities.

Vitaly Kaloev left the hall of official delegations, clearly embarrassed by the attention of the press Vitaly Kaloev, ahead of schedule from the Swiss prison, returned to Russia last night. Kaloev left the imprisonment in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court of Switzerland. In 2005, he was sentenced by the Swiss court to eight years in prison for the murder of the Skygaid air traffic controller Peter Nielsen.

Natural disasters 2 % The pursuit of the profit of shipowners and exporters 39 % Bad work of notification services 5 % All factors together 45 % This is a coincidence of adverse circumstances, this happens everywhere 9 % The survey is not a scientific research, reflects the opinions of only its participants

The Moscow Publishing House "Three Squares" has published a book of short stories and essays of the London writer Zinoviy Zinika, "At Himself abroad." Zinik, the author of a dozen Romanov, emigrated from the USSR in 1975. The last thirty years has been living in London. He writes in Russian and in English. He works as an editor in the Russian BBC service.

The Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said that Russia threatens to split Georgia just as the Mediterranean Island of Cyprus was divided into the Greek and Turkish units. According to him, during the CIS summit in Minsk, Russian President Vladimir Putin told him that Moscow could create a new Cyprus in Abkhazia. Moscow has not yet commented on Saakashvili's statement.

In the parliamentary elections in Denmark, the ruling right -centric coalition wins. According to voter surveys at the exit from the sections, the block of liberals and conservatives will receive 92 places in the new parliament, the opposition led by social democrats - 83 places. In case of victory, Denmark Prime Minister Anders Fog Fog Rasmussen will get the opportunity to head the government for the third time in a row.