The Russian State Duma will consider on Friday the package of bills on counteracting corruption in the first reading. The projects of 4 new laws, introduced by President Dmitry Medvedev, provide for increasing control over civil servants - in particular, they contain the requirement to annually declare the property and income of civil servants themselves and their families themselves. Officials will also be obliged to report on all cases of bribes known to them.

The program is conducted by Sergey Tarasov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Lily Palvelieva takes part. Sergey Tarasov: An exhibition of works of nominees "Kandinsky Award - 2008" was opened in the central house of the artist. It presented works created over the past two years. Following Moscow, they plan to show this exhibition in Kyiv and London. The winners of the competition will be called in December this year. Lilya Palvelieva: “Kandinsky Prize” was established last year.

The program is conducted by Sergey Tarasov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Tbilisi George Kobaladze takes part. Sergey Tarasov: Today in Tbilisi there will be a massive manifestation of protest, which is dedicated to the anniversary of last year's events - dispersing the rally and manifestation on Rustaveli Avenue. However, among opposition leaders there is no unity of opinions regarding the advisability of nominating radical requirements in the current conditions.

Russian citizens do not believe that they can lose their jobs in the near future. During a survey conducted by the All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion , more than 60 percent of the respondents replied that they exclude or doubt the possibilities of their quick dismissal. Only 3 percent are sure that it will happen. At the same time, 28 percent of those participating in the survey still expect a reduction in jobs at their enterprises in the coming months.

The leaders of the African countries at a meeting in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Friday called for the immediate cessation of fire in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was also stated that the countries of the region can send peacekeeping forces to the DRC. At the same time, the heads of African states called on the UN Secretary General of Pan Hi Mun to strengthen the mandate of the UN peacekeepers in the Congo, whose contingent has 17 thousand soldiers and officers.

In October, unemployment amounted to 6.5 percent in the United States. This is the highest level over the past 14 years. The report of the Ministry of Labor says that 240 thousand people lost their work in October. As the correspondent of Radio Freedom Vladimir Morozov reports, the number of jobs is reduced for ten months in a row. Experts note that unemployment is growing unusually high pace. In September, it was 6.1 percent, in October 6.5.

The Russian People's Democratic Union, headed by Mikhail Kasyanov, is preparing a large-scale protest against the actions of the authorities in the context of the financial crisis. On November 11, in 40 regions, the opposition will hold pickets under the slogan “Enough crises at the expense of the people!”, Radio Liberty Kasyanova Advisor Elena Dikun.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The observer of the Georgian service of Radio Liberty Koba Liklikadze takes part. Kirill Kobrin: Today's public Tbilisi protest - the beginning of a new cycle of political confrontation in Georgia. According to my colleague Andrei Sharym, the observer of the Georgian service of Radio Koba Liklikadze, the final configuration of the new opposition coalition will become known a few weeks later or even, perhaps, months.

The Russian State Duma took today in the first reading the package of anti -corruption measures proposed by the president. It includes the basic bill "On Combating Corruption" and three more documents amending 26 federal laws. According to new norms, control over public employees is intensified, in particular, the requirement of the obligatory annual declaration of property and income of not only officials themselves, but also members of their families is introduced.

The Communists celebrated the next anniversary of the October Revolution with a massive procession in the center of Moscow. Upon completion of the training camp on Pushkinskaya Square, the protesters moved along Tverskaya, a rally and a concert were held on the theater square.

The volume of Russian foreign trade in January -September 2008 increased by 50.7% compared to the indicator of the same period last year - up to $ 573 billion, the Federal Customs Service said. The export of goods from Russia amounted to $ 371 billion, which is 52.5% more than a year earlier. Import volumes increased by 47.6% to $ 202 billion.

In Brussels today there will be an informal meeting of the leaders of the European Union states. They will discuss the plan for reforming the world financial system proposed by the presiding in the EU by France - on the eve of the summit of 20 leading states of the world in Washington on November 15, which will be dedicated to the global financial crisis.

On the eve of the extraordinary congress of the “Union of Right Forces”, scheduled for November 15, where it will be a member of the party’s self -dissolution, a member of its political council Maria Gaidar accused the first deputy head of the Russian Presidential Administration of Vladislav Surkov of involvement in the collapse of the ATP. She submitted a statement to the General Prosecutor's Office of Russia on Thursday, posting his full text on her blog.

About the political situation in the country, analyzing, through the prism of the press, which took place at the last week numerous rallies and marches and other events, the political observer of the newspaper "Delo", a professor at the European University in St. Petersburg, Vladimir Gelman and political scientist Alexei Shustov.

On Friday in Tbilisi, a massive manifestation of protest will be held, which is dedicated to the anniversary of last year's events - acceleration by the authorities of the rally and manifestation on Rustaveli Avenue. However, among opposition leaders there is no unity of opinions regarding the advisability of nominating radical requirements in the current conditions.