The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. Radio Liberty correspondents Andrei Shary, Ayia Kuga, take part. Alexander GOSTEV: President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko yesterday at a meeting with the ambassadors of the Big Seven countries in Kiev, he said that it guarantees uninterrupted transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine. Yushchenko once again said that a two -million -dollar gas debt to Russia is settled, but in Moscow they deny this.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. The radio observer Freedom Andrei Sharry takes part. Alexander GOSTEV: The festive New Year's mood this year is faced with anxious expectations of the economic crisis. How do Russians feel in these conditions? What is the authorities preparing them for? The psychological portrait of the Russian at the New Year's table is drawn by the famous Moscow psychologist Olga Makhovskaya. The conversation with her is my colleague Andrei Shary.

In Yevpatoria, according to the latest data, 13 people died in an explosion in a five -story building. 21 people were saved, the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine reported. Fate is even more than 20 - unknown. As a result of the explosion that happened last night, two entrances were destroyed, in which there are 35 apartments. According to the Minister of Emergencies of Ukraine Vladimir Shandra, in the basement of the house the cylinders with oxygen stored there could explode.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. Correspondents of Radio Liberty Mumin Shakirov, Marina Loboda take part. Alexander GOSTEV: The Russian authorities prohibit rallies and pickets of motorists requiring import duties on foreign cars. This was announced today in Moscow by human rights activists and members of the Russian Federation of Russian car owners.

The program is conducted by Mark Krutov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Olga Vakhonicheva takes part. Mark Krutov: Exactly a year after the statement of the mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, the need for the demolition of panel nine -story buildings, this decision was documented in the general plan of the capital. At the last meeting of the government, the authorities planned until 2025 to demolish all the skyscrapers in the city that are not subject to reconstruction.

The suspect in the murder of the mayor of Kandalaksha Nina Varlamova was charged. The 51 -year -old local resident - the former deputy of the city council Dmitry Kireev - was detained after the seriously wounded Varlamov named his name before his death. During the preliminary investigation, information was confirmed that Kireev repeatedly threatened Varlamova. He himself refuses to give evidence, - the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office said.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as a result of the outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, 9 people died, another 21 fell ill, the France Press agency reports. The epidemics of a deadly fever caused by Ebola virus flashed in Central Africa three times in Central Africa. In 1976, about 500 people became victims of the disease, from which there are no effective drugs. The last epidemic recorded in the West of the Congo in 2007 took away the lives of 26 people.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko announced on December 26 in the afternoon of mourning for the dead as a result of the explosion of the house in Yevpatoria. Earlier, he and Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko arrived at the place of tragedy. According to the latest data, the bodies of 19 dead were extracted from the rubble, 21 managed to save. The searches of almost 20 people continue, the Ministry of Emergencies reported.

It is more profitable for manufacturers to sell grain to the state at high intervention prices than to export low Russia reduces the supply of grain for export. According to the Institute of Foreign Market, in October, their volumes decreased by 22.5 percent compared to the same month of last year, and in November - by 17 percent compared to last year's indicator (up to about 1.7 million tons).

The famous Spanish tenor Placido Domingo recorded a disc with songs on the verses of the deceased Pope John Paul II. The disk is called "endless love" and contains twelve compositions, the music for which is written Domingo and Italian musicians. For the first time, Domingo performed the “song of the world” to the words of the pope in 2003. It is known that Pope John Paul II wrote 24 prayers and spiritual chants in his life.

In the south-east of Turkey, militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (RCP) conducted an offensive operation on Wednesday, in which three Turkish soldiers were killed. This happened a few hours after the heads of Turkish and Iraq Recep Erdogan and Nuri Al-Maliki agreed in Ankara on joint actions against Kurdish separatists. The rebels of the RCP are based in the north of Iraq, from where they regularly make raids into the territory of neighboring Turkey.

In the Ingush village of Ekazhevo, unknown people threw a grenade into the courtyard of one of the houses, in which, according to preliminary data, the family of an employee of the Nazran prosecutor's office lives. According to Interfax, citing law enforcement agencies of the republic, no one was injured, the house was damaged. The investigation is conducted.

Musician Sergei Shnurov dismissed his group "Lenigrad", which existed eleven years. The concerts planned in St. Petersburg are canceled. Sergey Shnurov is the author of most songs of the group and its frontman. Earlier it became known that the musician creates a new project called “Ruble”. This news is commented by the Radio Observer Freedom Elena Fanailova: “The fourth line, when searching for Google,“ Liberty cords ”falls. This is a song from Boomer II, it is a lot in MP3 and on YouTube.

In Yevpatoriya, during the analysis of the rubble of an exploding residential building, the bodies of two dead were found, 16 victims were extracted, one of them was seriously injured. According to the head of the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine Volodymyr Shandra, up to 80 people can remain under the rubble. According to the minister, two entrances, in which there are 40 apartments, were destroyed. Rescuers work at the scene. A special government commission flew to Yevpatoria.