At the beginning of the twelfth, 11 people gathered at the Monument to the Monument to the monument. However, within a quarter of an hour, the picketers became 4-5 times more. They launched the posters “Stop political killings!”, “The killers of Farid Babaev to answer!”, “Anna Politkovskaya - 2006, Farid Babaev - 2007, Magomed Evloev - 2008. Kill the best!” In the hands of people photographs of the murdered Farid Babaev.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent in New York, Jan Runov, takes part. Kirill Kobrin: Places in the office of ministers or in the administration of the elected president of the United States Barack Obama are gradually filled.

In Dagestan, two police officers died in a collision with militants, Radio Liberty correspondent Timur Salimov reports. Information about the clash entered the duty unit of the Karabudykent regional department of the internal affairs at 10 a.m. The units of the internal troops and riot police carried out the combing of the forest between the villages of Kakashura and Kakamakhi. According to operational data, the sabotage terrorist group under the command of Magomed Alivagapov settled here.

In the Republic of Mari-El, the head of the local branch of the Pension Fund of Russia was charged with corruption. According to the investigation, Lidia Egoshina for two years received bribes worth about 850 thousand rubles. The accused does not admit guilt. In Yoshkar-Ola, the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office appealed to the court with a petition for the removal of Egoshina from office.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that the placement of elements of the American missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic is aimed against the strategic potential of Russia. Putin expressed this opinion, speaking on Monday at the International Conference on Humanitarian Law in St. Petersburg. He again called on the new administration in Washington to revise plans to deploy about the United States in Europe.

On Monday, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia fined Gazprom Neft and TNK-BP for overstating fuel prices in the domestic market. Gazprom Neft was obliged to pay 1 billion 300 thousand rubles to the treasury, and TNK -BP - 1 billion 112 thousand rubles. The service claims that companies abused their monopoly position in the market and violated the competition law. In terms of acquaintance, from April to July this year, they overestimated gasoline prices, diesel fuel, aircraft and fuel oil.

In Baghdad today at least 18 people were killed and more than 20 were injured as a result of two explosions. One of the explosive devices led a suicide bomber at the checkpoint at the input in the intensely protected government quarter - the "green zone". Another bomb, embedded at the roadside of the road, worked in the eastern part of the city when a bus with employees of the Ministry of Trade drove past.

Alexander Genis: Where are the presidential children study? To this question - with all historical details - is answered by the Washington correspondent of the American hour Vladimir Abarinov. Vladimir Abarinov: With the move to Washington, the daily life of the Barack Obama family will radically change. In some respects, it will become more pleasant and convenient.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns before the "rush" when developing a plan for assisting the EU EU Economics in the context of the financial crisis. Merkel expressed her fears in connection with the plan after a meeting in Paris with France President Nicolas Sarkozy, at which Borbier measures were discussed with an economic crisis. The European Commission plans to send 130 billion euros to support the EU economy.

In Dagestan there is a special operation to search for militants. There are reports of losses among police officers. According to Interfax, a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic, during the search operation in the Karabudakhkent district of Dagestan, the OMON fighters discovered a group of militants and entered into battle with them. According to preliminary data, there are victims among the police. Nothing is reported about the number of militants.

Moscow refutes Tbilisi's allegations of shelling by Russian military personnel with the presidents of Georgia and Poland. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the incident a provocation of the Georgian side - as Lavrov put it, the Georgian president invited the president of another country to Tbilisi and took him to another state.

The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia for the second time in a month reduced the forecast of the growth rate of the country's economy in 2008 - now from 7.3% to 6.8-7%, the materials of the ministry said. This fall, the International Monetary Fund also reduced three times the prognosis of Russian GDP growth according to the results of this year: from 7.8% at the end of September and to 6.8% in early November.

The leaders of France and Germany - Nicolas Sarkozy and Angel Merkel - are conducting negotiations in Paris today dedicated to the ways of withdrawing the European economy from the crisis. Sarkozy intends to convince Merkel to speak in support of the pan -European anti -crisis program. The European Commission estimated its volume of 130 billion euros. Germany has already allocated 32 billion euros as part of its own economy support program.