"Favorite student." The story of the novel of a thirty -year -old man and a mature woman who fell in love with each other when he studied in the tenth grade, and she was his teacher. "Petersburg and Petersburgers". Once the biographer of St. Petersburg Nikolai Antsiferov said that "the action of St. Petersburg on the soul remains sharp and tense." Why? This is evidenced by poets, playwright, ballerina, local historian and other Petersburgers

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent Maxim Yaroshevsky takes part. Kirill Kobrin : From December 1 of this year, Orthodox combatants will appear on the streets of many Russian cities.

The process in the case of the murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya may begin again. The scandal, which erupted in the environment in connection with the closure of the hearing for the press, threatens the judge with a challenge, and the jury college. The head of the Moscow Chamber of Lawyers Henry Reznik believes that Zubov may lose their judicial status. “Let's assume that he simply did not understand the jury and thought that they did not want to see any press at the meeting.

In St. Petersburg, on November 21, Mother's Day is celebrated, Radio Liberty correspondent Tatyana Voltskaya reports. The day of matter is already celebrated in Russia on the last Sunday of November. In St. Petersburg, a magnificent holiday for 600 expectant mothers decided to triple on November 21 - to give them an evening entertainment program at the Moscow Hotel, spending half a million rubles on it.

The Swedish parliament ratified the Lisbon Treaty. In support of a document designed to make more effective the functioning of the European Union, more than two -thirds of deputies spoke out. The contract has already been approved by 25 of 27 EU member countries. It has not yet been ratified in the Czech Republic and Ireland, and the Irish rejected the contract in the referendum. To enter the document, it is necessary to accept its adoption by all countries of the European Union.

The State Duma approved the amendments to the current law “On the Customs Tariff”, which provide for a monthly revision of export duties on Russian oil. Until now, they have been revised by the government every two months on the basis of monitoring current export prices for Russian Urals oil. World oil prices after the peak reached on July 11 of this year - $ 147 per barrel, in just four months the three times decreased immediately. The current prices in world markets are about $ 50 per barrel.

On November 18, a meeting of the expert council on the situation around the radioactive pit on the Boulevard of Marshal Rokossovsky was held in the Moscow City Duma . For several years now, disputes have been going on around the upcoming construction of a residential complex for deceived equity holders on the site of a former landfill of household and industrial waste.

In St. Petersburg, the first international competition of Indian dancing performers began. It will end on November 23 on the stage of Dzerzhinsky. Participants represent various styles of Indian dance: from ancient, classic dances to modern compositions. On November 23, master classes will be held.

The history of modern pirates. History textbooks: instrument of the future, the 2nd fragment of the cycle. The development of the case of the Russian mafia in Spain. Science: How the War affects the psychological state of society

A group of Russian and American geneticists from the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the University of Pennsylvania and other universities reported the decoding of 80% of the mammoth genome. Researchers have identified nuclear DNA from the hair of several mammoths, which have been frozen in the eternal permafrost.

Chronology of the Maidan

In the south of Afghanistan, three civilians died as a result of the attack, four Afghan soldiers were injured. The suicide bomber blew up a mined car at the entrance to the military base in the province of Zabul. So far, no one has taken responsibility for the attack. It is known that the Taliban actively operate in this area.

The Russian State Duma today adopted in the third - the final - reading amendments to the Constitution, introduced by President Dmitry Medvedev. In early November, he proposed to increase the term of powers of the president from 4 to 6 years, and the Duma-from 4 to five.

The State Duma on Friday approved the amendments to the Tax Code, providing for a reduction in the income tax on companies and enterprises from 24 to 20 percent from 2009. According to experts, this will not facilitate the tax burden of enterprises. But the elimination of advance payments for income tax will allow companies to more flexibly distribute their funds in the conditions of a slowing economy.

In Ukraine, a commemorative week is held, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor . Its most important event will be the Saturday International Forum in Kyiv “My People will always be!”, In which delegations from 40 states will take part. Dmitry Medvedev refused to participate in the forum .