Saakashvili hopes that with Putin-prime minister it will be easier for him to agree In Georgia, the results of the presidential election are announced. The victory was won by Mikhail Saakashvili. The head of the CEC of the Republic, Levan Tarkhnishvili, said that the winner received 52.2% of the vote. The opposition accuses the country's authorities of falsification of elections and threatens mass protests.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Oleg Pavlov takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky : On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in Kazan, an explosion occurred, presumably domestic gas. According to this hour, at least seven people died. Says Oleg Pavlov. Oleg Pavlov : Today, in the aircraft manufacturing region of Kazan, about half of the first night in a 3-story 3-tier residential building on Malaya Pecherskaya Street, an expected household gas occurred.

US President George Bush held negotiations with Israeli leaders today in Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated at a joint press conference that his country would do everything possible to implement a peaceful plan "Roadmap", which provides for the creation of an independent Palestinian state. At the same time, according to Olmert, "the world is impossible until terror stops." George Bush expressed hope for the speedy achievement of the Israeli-Palestinian agreement.

Brazil’s police discovered Pablo Picasso “Portrait of Suzanne Bloch” and the painting “Coffee collector” Candido Portinari, stolen in December from the Museum of Arts to San Paulo. Two people were detained. The robbers penetrated the museum on December 20. The Picasso picture is estimated at $ 50 million, and thoroughly at 5-6. In the Museum of the Arts of San Paulo-one of the largest in Brazil-there is no automatic alarm. None of the eight thousand exhibits of this museum are safe.

In Kyrgyzstan, a radioactive material was detained by a train abroad, allegedly to Iran. The radioactive substance was discovered by customs officers on the border of Kyrgyzstan with Uzbekistan in a freight train following Tajikistan. The composition contained a wagon with metal dust and garbage, from which severe radiation emanated, Interfax reports. The Kyrgyz authorities began an investigation to establish the nature of the substance, to find his sender and addressee.

Oleg Kusov: Will the presidential elections in Georgia affect relations between Moscow and Tbilisi? In today's program, the editor -in -chief of the Friendship of Peoples magazine Alexander Ebanoidze, Moscow political scientist, head of the Center for Study of International Relations of the Institute of Public Design Valery Egorian and the Georgian political scientist SOSO Tsiscarishvili from Tbilisi. And then I want to immediately start with the question to you, Mr. Tsiscarishvili.

Kid Knut in the Berlin Zoo Irina Lagunina: The biggest news of the European Union this week is the birth of a Nuremberg White Bear in the zoo of the German city. This is over the past year - the second cub Born in Germany, the Polar Predator, who was saved. In general, white bears rarely have offspring in zoos. The first - named Knut, from the Berlin Zoological Park - brought 15 million euros of income and became an absolute European star.

In Georgia, several hundred supporters of the opposition held a protest against the official results of the presidential election, the winner of which was announced by Mikhail Saakashvili. Manifestants demanded a recalculation of votes and provide opposition access to a direct television. The opposition plans to hold a long -term demonstration in Tbilisi on January 13.

Irina Lagunina: Recently, especially after the November dispersal in Tbilisi, the opposition demonstration, the statement that the Georgian political regime reproduces the worst features of the Russian authoritarian model, has become a common place, especially in the Russian press and in the statements of the Georgian opposition. But now, in Georgia, extraordinary elections took place, and Mikhail Saakashvili defeated them again.

The world championship among girls under 18 years of age continues in Kalgary. On Wednesday, the Russians suffered a second defeat at the tournament, losing to peers from Sweden - 0:14. The results of other matches of the day: USA - Switzerland - 11: 0 Finland - Czech Republic - 3: 5 Canada - Germany - 10: 1

One of the leaders of Afghan Taliban states that he was released from prison for a bribe. According to the BBC, Mullah Nagibullah, the Field commander of the Taliban in the province of Gilmen, was involved in the attack on British military personnel in Afghanistan. According to him, over the past three years, he has already been released from prison three times for a bribe. The Afghan authorities could not confirm or refute Talib's statements.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov . A radio correspondent of Radio Freedom Veronika Bode takes part . Mikhail Salenkov : Applications of the newly elected Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, in particular, his application to begin relations with Russia from the net sheet, my colleague Veronika Bode asked the expert of the Center for Carnegie Alexei Malashenko. Alexey Malashenko : Firstly, it was expected.

In Dagestan, a special operation against militants resumed with dawn. According to the military, a group of Mujahideen - from 10 to 15 people - is located near the village of Tinitz in the Tabasaran district of the republic. The operation, during which the militant was killed and a soldier was wounded, is carried out from Tuesday forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB and the Ministry of Defense.

This year, George Clooney will not take a publicly "golden globe" in his hands: "I am a member of the six trade unions and will not betray colleagues in the pickets." One of the most brilliant and significant Hollywood events of the year is the Golden Globe award ceremony, established by the Association of Foreign Press, will be a victim of the class struggle in Hollywood.