The evidence of the state prosecution of lawyers did not convince On Tuesday, the Moscow District District Military Court continued the case of the murder of the Novaya Gazeta observer Anna Politkovskaya. Today's meeting was held quite quickly, the court was not even interrupted for lunch. Actually, the state prosecutors did not provide evidence: the protocol of inspection of the car of the Makhmudov brothers and the search conducted in their apartment.

In Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada deputies elected them to the chairman of Vladimir Litvin, who announced the creation of a new ruling coalition of Blok Yulia Tymoshenko, the pro -presidential “Our Ukraine - People’s Self -Defense” and the Litvin bloc, the Radio Liberty correspondent in Kyiv Vladimir Ivakhnenko.

Some former Belykh colleagues believe that he exchanged opposition interests for the position of state official On Monday, it became known that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev nominated the candidacy of the former leader of the Party of the ATP of Nikita Belykh to the post of governor of the Kirov region. It is expected that its approval as the head of the region will be held at the next meeting of the regional Legislative Assembly on December 18.

The program is conducted by Sergey Tarasov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Ekaterina Lushnikova takes part. Sergey Tarasov: The former leader of the ATP Nikita Belykh can become the new governor of the Kirov region. Such a candidacy was proposed by President Dmitry Medvedev for the consideration of the Kirov Legislative Assembly. The President’s decision was a complete surprise to Kirov politicians.

The volume of Russia's GDP in January-September increased by 7.3% compared to the indicator of the same period last year, the Federal Statistics Service said. At the same time, the rates of its growth in the third quarter amounted to 6.2%, becoming minimal over the past three years. In November, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia twice reduced the forecast of the growth rate of the country's economy in 2008-from 7.8% to 6.8-7%.

In Ingushetia, four people were wounded as a result of armed attacks. In the Sunzhensky district, the post at the entrance to the military unit in the village of Troitskaya was fired, - a soldier was wounded. Almost simultaneously in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, the ensign of the police was wounded by unknown. Two more people - a policeman and a civilian - were injured in Nazran.

The most successful performances on Broadway were this season “All my sons” Arthur Miller, first staged in 1947, and Chekhov’s “Seagull”, which was premiere in 1896. The budget for the staging of Miller's play amounted to 3 million 250 thousand dollars, the Seagull budget - 2 million 55 thousand.

International forces in Afghanistan reported the destruction of the famous field commander of the Taliban Muhammad Bobi in the province of Logar. He was killed on Tuesday night during the joint raid of Afghan and international troops. Bobi was considered the organizer of many explosions, armed attacks and abductions in the area of Afghanistan.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Olga Vakhonicheva takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky : Today, the funeral of the Patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia Alexy II, who died on Friday morning at the 80th year of his life, took place in Moscow. In the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, a memorial divine liturgy and funeral service passed. Alexy was buried in the Annunciation chapel of the Epiphany Cathedral in Moscow.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Andrei Shary takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky : In Greece, the mass riots do not stop, flashed after the murder by police of a young activist of anarchist organization. The forces of law and order, which have already arrested about 200 demonstrators, failed to cope with a wave of violence. Anti -government protests are wrapped in street pogroms, burned cars and shops.

One of the largest US publishers - Tribune Company - announced bankruptcy. It is reported that the debts of the publishing house amount to about 13 billion dollars. Tribune Company is the owner of a network of daily newspapers, including Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, as well as 23 television stations. The official bankruptcy announcement will allow the company to restructure its operations and sell part of the assets to try to pay off debts.

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The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent Maxim Yaroshevsky takes part . Andrei Shary : The former leader of the “Union of Right Forces” Nikita Belykh, whose candidacy was introduced by President Dmitry Medvedev to the post of governor of the Kirov region, intends to leave the opposition movement “Solidarity”, which he took part in the creation of.