The Polish government created a television channel for broadcasting on the Belarusian audience. As the head of the channel Alexei Dzikavitsky told the France -Press agency, "this will be the only independent channel in Belarusian - for those Belarusians that do not have access to other channels than the controlled ruling regime." Broadcasting of the channel should begin on December 10 - on International Human Rights Day.

Laureates of the Triumph Independent Prize were announced in Moscow, annually awarded for the highest achievements in the field of literature and art. Among the laureates are the screenwriter Yuri Arabov, the scenographer Eduard Kochergin, director Alexander Petrov and composer Alexei Rybnikov.

The volume of deposits of individuals in Russian banks in September increased by 1.8% compared to the previous month and amounted to about 4.6 trillion rubles, the Federal Statistics Service said. For the current exchange rate, this is almost 189 billion dollars. The share of the state “Sberbank” in the total volume of bank savings of Russian citizens on October 1 amounted to 52.7%, which is 0.8% less than in early 2007.

The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Warsaw Alexei Dzikovitsky takes part. Alexey Kuznetsov: In Poland, in stores, about 1 billion 200 million euros are stolen annually. Despite all the efforts of the owners of retail chains, this figure is growing all the time. Alexey Dzikovitsky: The well -being of the inhabitants of Poland is growing steadily. Firstly, due to the record pace of economic development.

The South Korean radio station "Open Radio" began broadcasting on North Korea speeches and performances of South Korean politicians who participated in presidential companies. The purpose of these broadcasts is to teach citizens of the communist dictatorship lessons of democracy. Open Radio first aired in 2005. According to the editor -in -chief of the radio station, its audience in North Korea is about 200 thousand listeners.

In Iraq, the US military man during the operation against Al-Qaeda militants accidentally killed a peaceful resident and three wounded. The soldiers opened fire on their car. The command also reports the arrest of the al-Qaeda fighter. In Baghdad, the house of the Minister of Electricity of Iraq Karim Vakhid, a member of the ruling in Iraq of the Shiite Alliance, was fired. Two guards were injured. Minister Karim Vakhid was not at home during the attack.

The English teacher Gillian Gibbons, freed from Sudanese prison, returned to her homeland. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown welcomed her return, saying that "common sense had prevailed." Gibbons was sentenced to 15 days in Sudan for the fact that her students called the plush Mishka Muhammed (that is, the name of the Prophet). In the country there were calls to execute the teacher.

Russia rejected the criticism of Sunday elections to the State Duma by the OSCE representatives and the Council of Europe. In a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry, published on Monday evening, the position of observers from the parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE and the Council of Europe is called the "set of slogans." Earlier, observers criticized the course of the election campaign and elections in Russia, saying that they were not fully democratic and free.

Russian political scientists summarize the past elections

North and South Korea are conducting negotiations on economic issues in Seoul today. Consultations are held against the backdrop of general warming in relations between the two countries, who have agreed on the strengthening of peace and economic partnership in October. Meanwhile, in Pyongyang, a high -ranking US representative Christopher Hill is conducting negotiations on the nuclear program of North Korea today. The DPRK agreed to turn the program in exchange for international assistance.

At the World Championship, passing in France, the Russian gandbolers tied with rivals from Brazil - 31:31.

Mikhail Sokolov: In our studio, Boris Nemtsov, a member of the Political Council of the Union of Right Forces. You still seem to be presidential candidate. Well, what, Boris, will we repent for mistakes? Your voter - the Posoputin bourgeois and the shopkeeper, abandoned you. And the sane intelligentsia in Russia died out.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Today, a scandal was continued with the publication of an interview in the Kommersant newspaper businessman Oleg Schwartzman, a civilian activist, a secret financier of the group Igor Sechin and the ideologist and performer of “velvet reprivatization”. We discuss the topic with the writer Julia Latinina, the observer of the Echo of Moscow radio station.

In the north of Pakistan in the city of Peshavar, a suicide bomb blew up a bomb. There are no victims besides her. According to the authorities, this is the first case of an attack by a suicide bomber in the country. It is not known who was her goal. She blew up a bomb near the military post and the Christian missionary school.

The Canadian ambassador was expelled from Iran. According to Canadian Foreign Minister Maxim Bernier, this step of the Iranian authorities was “absolutely not justified” and the result of the refusal of Ottawa to accept diplomats proposed by Tehran. Relations between the two countries worsened in 2003, when the Canadian photographer of Iranian Zyra Kazemia was killed in Tiegran's prison.