In the Samara region, more than 500 enterprises announced the reduction of employees planned in January. With details for Radio Liberty Sergey Khazov: As the head of the Department of the Federal State Employment Service of the Samara Region Nikolai Grishchenko said, due to mass abbreviations at Samara enterprises, the employment service expects about 10 thousand new unemployed.

Iranian President Mahmud Akhmadinjad called on Arab leaders to interrupt all the contacts with Israel and exert political and economic pressure on Israel in order to force him to stop the military offensive in the gas sector. Akhmadinjad gave an interview to Al-Manar TV channel, belonging to the radical group "Hezbollah", which is supported by Iran. Iranian President said that Arabs should also put pressure on Western countries that support Israel.

Yuri Zhigalkin: Wall Street scared by the ghost of the Great Depression. The reputation of Russia suffers from a gas crisis. Economic difficulties are the best remedy for illegal immigration. These are some of the topics of the section "Today in America." Another attack of fear was covered by Wall Street on Wednesday after publication of data on a significant drop in sales in the retail network.

In the west of Afghanistan, a military helicopter crashed in the province of Herat. 13 people were killed, including a high -ranking army general. It is reported that the helicopter crashed in the mountains in severe weather conditions.

The British film Academy of Film and Television Arts named contenders for a bonus, which is considered the British analogue of Oscars. 11 nominations - the film "Millionaire from the slum", whose main character is a boy from the Indian city of Mumbai. The same number of nominations at the picture "The strange case of Benjamin Batton." The title of the best film will also fight: “The Dark Knight”, “Substitution”, “Frost-Nickson”, “Milk” and “Reader”.

Latvians did not expect such a reaction of their police In Latvia, disputes continue about who is to blame for the incident on January 13 in Riga, when the police unusually cruelly for citizens of the country dispersed mass protests . About 40 people were injured, more than 120 were detained by the police. The country's authorities announced responsibility for the riots of the organizers of the rally on Domskaya Square - first of all, the party “Society for another policy”, Interfax reports.

According to a study conducted by Deloitte, 65% of Americans consider the main entertainment system in the house a personal computer, not a traditional TV. 32% of respondents use a mobile phone for entertainment. The younger the respondents, the more important the computer is for them and the TV is less important.

The veteran of the human rights movement Lyudmila Aleksseva stood to the side of the Ingush opposition In Moscow, on Thursday, a protest was held against the appointment of the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia Musa Medov, chief inspector of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The name of Medov is associated with the murder of the Ingush oppositionist Magomed Evloev .

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. Radio Liberty George Kobaladze and Veronika Bode take part. Mikhail Salenkov: Joseph Stalin did not get into the list of semi -finalists of the Channel One project of Georgian television “Big Dozen Georgia”, which began almost simultaneously with the similar program of Russian television “Name of Russia”.

In Altai, investigators finished work at the site of the Gazpromavia helicopter, which killed 7 people, including the presidential representative in the State Duma, Alexander Koskopkin. The inspection lasted three days. The survey of all eyewitnesses is completed, the West Siberian Investigation Department said. The investigation works out four versions - adverse weather conditions, the human factor, the refusal of the helicopter mechanisms and poor -quality fuel.

In the gas sector, Artobelete was subjected to the headquarters of the UN department for refugees, the United Nations said. According to her, at least 3 people were injured. It is claimed that prohibited shells with white phosphorus got into the building. There are also messages about the shelling of the house, where several media are based. It is not clear, we are talking about the same or different shelling. Israel has not yet commented on what happened.

The famous Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Vasilievich Firtash is the owner of the Group DF international holding company. He also controls 45% of the Rosukranergo gas transmission registered in Switzerland (Gazprom belongs to 50% of the shares of this company, another 5% to another Ukrainian Ivan Fursin). Until January 1 of this year, the company delivered all the Central Asian gas to Ukraine, buying it from Gazprom Export, and part of the Russian one to Europe.

The exchange rate of the American dollar in relation to the ruble reached a record level. At the auction of the Moscow interbank currency exchange, the dollar exceeded the level of 32 rubles. The former maximum was set on January 8, 2003, when the dollar rate amounted to 31 rubles 88 kopecks.