Despite the promise of Vladimir Putin to give the headquarters FSEG Dipstatus and the content, the Secretariat of the Association will go to the capital of Katar The Forum of Gaza Exporting countries (FSEG) was held on Tuesday in Moscow.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Investigation of the conflict in South Ossetia was extended until April 2009. This was announced today by the chairman of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor’s office, Alexander Bastrykin, at the presentation of the report “Ossetian tragedy. White book of crimes against South Ossetia. August 2008. " In addition, a list of articles on which criminal cases have been instituted can be increased.

A senior Pentagon representative told the American agency Associated Press that the United States suspects Russia of the S-300 missile anti-aircraft systems. The official said that, if it is true, then such actions pose a threat to US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Russian state -owned weapons export company confirmed on Monday that it was supplying defensive weapons to Iran, including Earth - Air missiles.

The results of the year will summarize the leader of the People's Democratic Union Mikhail Kasyanov.

The next launch of the Russian Bulava rocket ended unsuccessfully. The rocket was self -destructed, exploding in the air, - Russian agencies report with reference to military sources. Tests of the ballistic intercontinental missile of the Bulava marine base have been carried out since 2003. Of the launches spent from this time, almost half was unsuccessful. The adoption of the missile is scheduled for next year.

In Latvia, the Cooperation Cooperation Council appealed to the president with a request to dissolve the Sejm and hold early elections, Radio Liberty correspondent Mikhail Bombin. This decision was made in connection with the critical situation in agriculture. The first bankruptcies have already occurred, and mass liquidation of farms may begin. The statement states that, having decided to reduce subsidies, the Sejm and the government thereby demonstrate the state’s reluctance to help producers.

Iraq parliament approved an agreement extending the term of stay in the country until the end of July next year of troops of several countries, including Great Britain. Voting was preceded by the resignation of the speaker of the parliament of Mahmud al-Mashhadani, due to the conflict of which the agreement was not adopted on Monday with the deputies on another issue, as expected. Iraq previously concluded a separate agreement with the United States.

In Egypt in the car accident, six were killed and 17 citizens of Russia were injured. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the Ministry of Health of Egypt. The disaster occurred on Monday evening. A group of tourists returned to Sharm-Ash-Sheikh from a tour of Jerusalem. About 10 kilometers from the city of Dahab, the bus rolled over. Among the dead are five women and a man. The circumstances of the incident are investigated.

7 Russian tourists, according to the latest data, died in a car accident in Egypt. 17 people are injured, five are in critical condition, the France Press agency reports with reference to medical sources. According to the Russian Soyuz of the Turin industry, among passengers there were citizens of Ukraine. The Vice-Consul of Russia in Egypt Yusup Abakarov said that the citizenship of the victims has yet to be established. A tourist bus has crashed near the resort of Dahab.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accepted the head of the Palestinian autonomy of Mahmoud Abbas on Monday in the Kremlin. Both leaders met for the first time. Abbas visits Russia at a time when in the gas sector controlled by the radical movement of Hamas, a truce with Israel was announced. At the same time, politicians in Israel express strict assessments to Hamas and warn about possible actions to remove the group from power in the Gaza Strip.

Interpol Secretary General Ronald Knobe called on India to more actively cooperate with law enforcement agencies of other countries in the investigation of terrorist attacks in Mumbay. Having visited India and Pakistan, Noobe said in Islamabad that the Indian authorities still did not provide Interpol with any data on the alleged organizers and participants in attacks, as a result of which more than 160 people were killed in the largest city of India.

Mikhail Sokolov: In the Moscow Studio of Radio Liberty - the leader of the Russian People's Democratic Union Mikhail Kasyanov. If anyone has not forgotten, was our guest Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. And what else to talk about at the turn of the New Year, if not about the crisis, since he, indeed, will determine the fate of the Russian population in 2009.

The program is conducted by Sergey Tarasov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Lily Palvelieva takes part. Sergey Tarasov: “For Radio” - the exhibition, which opened in one of the Arbat lanes, is so concisely called. In this project, the artist Vladislav Efimov reflects on such a Soviet phenomenon as a radio station. Lilya Palvelieva: The gallery is located in Gagarinsky Lane and already on the way to it becomes fun: graffiti in the gateway serves the landmark.