The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent Igor Karney takes part. Andrei Shary : According to the estimates of Belarusian economists, due to the simultaneous devaluation of the national currency, the population of the republic lost about $ 1 billion. First of all, holders of ruble deposits in banks suffered.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent is attended by Rovshan Huseynov. Andrei Sharry : At least 40 people died as a result of an Israeli missile strike at a school in a newspaper under the auspices of the UN. Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday in the evening. Among those killed as a result of a direct hit of the rocket in the building of the Al-Faluj school in the Jabali refugee camp, several children.

The names of British writers who won the five nominations of the Costa literary prize became known. The main triumph was 91-year-old Diana Ethill, who won the “Autobiographical Prose” category. Another winner was recognized by Irishman Sebastian Barry - his book “Secret Scripture” was called the novel of the year. The best book for children was recognized as the “righteous Henry” by the writer Michelle Magorian.

Journalist Ramazan Eserges was arrested in Kazakhstan. He was arrested in the Alma-Ata hospital, in which the journalist was hospitalized in late December after a hypertensive crisis. The authorities confirmed the arrest of the editor of the weekly Alma-Ato, saying that the journalist was accused of disclosing state secrets.

Elena Rykovtseva : Once again with the past New Year, and with Christmas Christmas, and with the old New Year of our beloved, dear, respected listeners! All the best, all the best! Newspapers still do not go out, and do not intend to go out, in my opinion. Television, along with the radio, are now blown throughout the press. But we do not discuss ourselves, so only television remains. So, how did you meet this time with him? - This is the question that we ask today to our listeners.

The UN insists on a thorough investigation of the circumstances of the shelling of the Israeli troops of the school territory in the north of the Gaza Sector. According to representatives of the UN in Gaza, at least 30 Palestinians were killed as a result of shelling on Tuesday, 55 were injured. It is argued that most of them are civilians.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Today is a Christmas Christmas Eve, he precedes the holiday of the Nativity of Christ and completes the Christmas post. In the morning, in the Novo-Spassky Monastery of the capital, the Divine Liturgy was performed by the locomotive of the Patriarchal throne, Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Kirill. He controls the Russian Orthodox Church before the election of the new Primate at the end of January.

Nazim Hikmet is restored in Turkish citizenship - the most famous poet in the history of the country. Observers regard this step as the desire of Ankara, hoping to join the EU, to demonstrate a constructive position in response to accusations of violating human rights. In the midst of the Cold War, in 1951 Hikmet was deprived of citizenship and spent more than 10 years in prison because of his communist views. He died in exile in Moscow in 1963.

The United States is called for an immediate conclusion A truce in the gas sector - subject to a number of conditions. A truce should be "durable, constant and not limited in time, ”said the representative of the State Department of the United States Sean McCormak. Washington claims that the main obstacle to A truce is ongoing missile shelling Israeli territory by the militants of Hamas.

The American dollar strengthened its position, and the euro weakened. On Monday evening, the dollar exchange rate in the international currency market Forex was a dollar of 36 cents per euro, which is 3 cents above the Friday evening in New York. Experts associate this with the expectation of a sharp decrease in the basic interest rate by the European Central Bank.

Islamabad strongly rejected the accusations from India that terrorist attacks in Mumbai, which claimed more than 170 people, were organized with the participation of Pakistani official structures. Earlier on Tuesday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speaking in Delhi, noted that without the protection of such structures, extremists from the Lashkar-e-Taib organization based in Pakistan could not organize such large-scale terrorist attacks.

The first lady of the United States Laura Bush entered into an agreement with the publishing house Scribner on the publication of memoirs. As our correspondent Vladimir Morozov said, Laura Bush will sit for memoirs immediately after her husband President George Bush will go into the rest. She needs to rush, since the release of the book is scheduled for 2010. Representatives of the publishing house Scribner and Laura Bush refused to name the amount of the fee.

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