The program is conducted by Mark Krutov. The observer of the newspaper "News Time" Arkady Dubnov takes part. Mark Krutov: Russian President Vladimir Putin today in Minsk, where his negotiations with the Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko will be held. Now with us on the direct connection, the observer of the newspaper "News Time" Arkady Dubnov, who, together with the Russian delegation is located in the Belarusian capital.

In the United States, a Marine Corceress was convicted of eight years in prison on charges of murder of an Iraqi soldier in the city of Falluja in 2006. A heavier accusation of an unintentional murder from an American soldier was removed.

The program is conducted by Mark Krutov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow, Maryana Torocheshnikov, takes part. Mark Krutov: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Minsk, where his negotiations with the Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko and a meeting of the State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus will take place today.

The number of UN employees who died three days ago as a result of explosions in Algeria reached 17. The bodies of six people were discovered under the ruins of two buildings of the UN representative office damaged by the explosion. The responsibility for the terrorist attacks in the Algerian capital, who claimed the lives of more than 60 people, took upon itself the local extremist group associated with al-Qaeda.

The remaining in adolescence, dangerous habits should not interfere with the Obama campaigns According to the Washington Post, the co -chairman of the headquarters of the election campaign, Hillary Bill Bill Shehin, in the Barack Obama’s biography, there are significant gaps related to the period of his youth, and this can create problems in the 2008 presidential election if Obama achieves his nomination of the Democrats of the Democrats.

Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin met on Thursday with his arrested deputy Sergei Storchak. This became known only today. The minister's prostitute refused to comment, saying that working issues were discussed. Storchak was detained in mid -November. He is accused of embezzlement from the budget of more than $ 40 million. Aleksey Kudrin sought a meeting with him for almost a month.

How to teach people to read good books? Does the press adequately reflect the current literary process? The program involves the literary critic Alla Latynina and the laureate of the Russian Bouquer Award Alexander Ilichevsky.

The European Union will send police forces and civilians to Kosovo. The EU country's leaders agreed at a summit in Brussels that two thousand law enforcement officers will go to the province as soon as an invitation from the UN or local authorities will receive. The European Union emphasized that he intends to play an active role in the future of Kosovo.

3 people were killed and at least 30 were injured in an explosion in the gas sector. According to eyewitnesses and doctors, the explosion occurred during the funeral. Its causes are unknown.

Russia can provide Belarus with a loan size of 1-1.5 billion dollars

Irina Lagunina: In Spain, the ruling socialist working party developed and submitted to the parliament a plan for the fight against xenophobia and racism in the country. This initiative was warmly supported by local human rights defenders. Why was a similar measure required? Says our Madrid correspondent Viktor Cheretsky. Victor Cheretsky: More than 50 million foreigners come to Spain annually, which is about 10 million more than the country's population.

The leaders of the European Union at a meeting in Brussels are discussing the problem of Kosovo. Kosovo Albanians have repeatedly warned that after December 10 they would unilaterally declare the independence of the region from Serbia. On this day, international intermediaries presented a report on negotiations between Protina and Belgrade to the UN, recognizing that they were unsuccessful. Serbia is categorically against the independence of Kosovo.

The UN conference on the problems of combating global warming ends in a few hours, but it has not yet been possible to eliminate acute disagreements. The European Union insists that specific numbers are made in the text of the final resolution, which oblige industrialized countries to reduce by 2020 by 25-40 percent release into the atmosphere of carbon dioxide. USA, Russia, Japan and a number of other states - object.

The program is conducted by Nikita Tatar. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Vilnius Irina Peters takes part. Nikita Tatarsky: On the transport route Minsk -Vilnius - revival. Bellying buses are transported by Belarusian tourists in a hurry to visit Lithuania before she joins the Schengen space. Indeed, after this, the Lithuanian visa for Belarusian citizens will cost not 5 euros, as now, but 60.