The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent in New York, Jan Runov, takes part. Andrei Shary: In the elections of the 44th President of the United States of America, a convincing dinner was won by a candidate of the Democratic Party Barack Obama. He scored significantly more than the minimum required 270 votes of the colleagues of electors and much-almost double-ahead of his opponent, republican Senator John McCain.

Consumer prices for automobile gasoline on average in Russia for the period from October 21 to 27, 2008 decreased by 1.9%, the Federal Statistics Service said. The cost of one liter of fuel amounted to 22 rubles 28 kopecks or at the current rate - about 82 American centers. A decrease in gas prices was noted in 66 regional centers of the country, including in Moscow and St. Petersburg, while at 16 they remained unchanged. The increase in fuel cost occurred in the 1st regional center.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Prague Andrei Shary takes part. Kirill Kobrin: Director of the Institute of the USA and Canada, Sergei Rogov, considers Obama the victory of Obama a new important milestone in American history. The scale of the problems facing the new president is such, the expert believes that in case of their decision, Obama may go down in history like Franklino Delaino Roosevelt. My colleague Andrei Shary talked with Sergey Rogov.

Dmitry Medvedev Vitaly Portnikov: In these minutes, President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev appeals with a message to the Federal Assembly of Russia. Let me remind you that the president’s speech was postponed several times, reading this document, that there were a lot of diverse comments around him before Dmitry Medvedev spoke. And he himself spoke on his video blog with a characteristic of work on the message. Today the message is read.

The program is conducted by Irina Lagunina. The Radio Liberty correspondent Vladimir Dubinsky takes part . Irina Lagunina : I must say that the format of the presidential election in America is different from any other country in the world and has a rather interesting story. Now on the direct broadcast of Washington, our correspondent Vladimir Dubinsky, whom I asked to prepare such a brief historical certificate. Vladimir, good morning! You have a word. Vladimir Dubinsky : Good afternoon, Irina!

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent Danila Halperovich takes part. Kirill Kobrin: The most important Russian event of today: President Dmitry Medvedev made his first message to the Federal Assembly. In this speech, he made several important statements and proposals. In particular, Medvedev proposed increasing the term of presidential powers to six years, and the term of powers of the State Duma is up to five years.

The program is conducted by Irina Lagunina. Film director Andrei Zadansky takes part. Irina Lagunina: During the Barack Obama election campaign, his team was very successful, according to experts, to use his image of a young leader who could lead the country to change. On television, music videos with the participation of Obama were demonstrated, audio recordings of his performances (sometimes also laid to music) were distributed.

In the Ingush city of Malgobek, a policeman died as a result of the explosion. According to law enforcement agencies, on Wednesday morning, the explosive device worked in the car of the traffic police officer of Ingushetia Magomed Korigov. From the wounds he died in the hospital. An investigation is underway.

The program is conducted by Irina Lagunina. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Washington Allan Davydov takes part. Irina Lagunina: On the line of direct broadcast from Washington, our correspondent Allan Davydov is now. Allan Davydov: During these watches, the circumstance that you can call is paid attention to - an element of American political culture, and you want - the rules of the game.

The Minister of Internal Affairs Mexico Juan Camilo Mourinho died on Tuesday in a plane crash. According to the Mexican authorities, a small plane flying from the city of San Luis-Potoshi fell in one of the regions of the capital of the country-Mexico City. All 8 people on board were killed. The causes of the disaster are being clarified.

The Democratic Party of the United States strengthened its position in Congress in the election on Tuesday. According to preliminary data, democrats, and so possessing a majority in both wards of Congress, now control 56 of 100 seats in the Senate and 251 out of 435 seats in the House of Representatives. After the election of Barack Obama, the Democrats control both the legislative and executive branches of the authorities.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will make a message to the Federal Assembly today. This is Medvedev’s first message as the president - he took office in May of this year. By tradition, the message will be announced at a joint meeting of both chambers of the Russian parliament, which will be held in the Big Kremlin Palace. The content of the presidential message has not been disclosed in advance.

In the United States, at the same time as the presidential, elections were held in both chambers of Congress. All 435 members of the House of Representatives and 35 out of a hundred senators were elected. According to preliminary data, the Democratic Party increased its majority in both wards. Now, after the election of Barack Obama by the President of the United States, the Democrats control both the legislative and executive branches of the authorities.