UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon said that the improvement of the situation in Afghanistan is a priority for the United Nations in 2009. Speaking in Kabul after negotiations with President Hamid Karzai, Pan Hi Moon emphasized the need to strengthen the coordination of the actions of international donors in order to achieve tangible results from financial assistance.

In the program "Time of Guests" on February 5 at 19:07: Is there an altherantive of anti -crisis activities of the Putin government? Guest - head of the group of strategic counseling, Former First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Sergey Aleksashenko. Mikhail Sokolov is broadcast. Ask your question to the program participants.

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Viktor Rezunkov: In our Petersburg studio today, a deputy of the State Duma, First Deputy Head of the Just Russia faction, a member of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Tax, the famous economist Oksana Dmitrieva. Today we will talk about the economic situation in Russia, discuss the forecasts that the government members make this year today, discuss the government measures to overcome the economic crisis.

The Kyrgyzstan government approved and transferred to the parliament the draft law on denunciation of an agreement with the United States on the placement of an air base of coalition forces in the republic. As Interfax was told in the press service of the Kyrgyz government, the document may be considered by deputies on February 5. Earlier, During the visit to Moscow, Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev, President of Kyrgyzstan, announced his intention to close the air base.

On October 8, 2008, the manas military soldiers sent a party to the humanitarian cargo to the victims as a result of a recent earthquake in the south of Kyrgyzstan The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. Military observer Viktor Litovkin takes part.

On the fact of the crash of the Mi-24 helicopter near Saratov, a criminal case has been instituted under an article on violation of flight rules. According to the Investigative Committee, various versions of what happened are considered, including the refusal of technology and pilot error. The military helicopter crashed on February 3 during planned flights. Three crew members died.

In the Komi Republic, the head of the Agency for Social Development, Konstantin Sazhin, was dismissed - in connection with a recent fire in the nursing home in the village of Podelsk. For the same reason, two deputy heads of the republic Vladimir Torlopov filed on Wednesday, but it was not accepted. Instead, reprimands are announced to officials. According to official figures, as a result of a fire, 23 people were killed in a nursing home in Podelsk. Three were saved.

In the gas sector, the Palestinian police, controlled by the Hamas group, seized humanitarian aid delivered to the UN for local residents. The UN representative in Gaza, Christopher Hannes, said today that the police made a raid on the UN warehouse on Tuesday evening, taking three and a half thousand blankets and more than 400 food packages. The Hamas group has not yet reacted to this message.

Will the relations of the United States and Russia change under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton? According to American political observers, the United States and Russia are cautious steps towards each other.

The lower house of the Czech Parliament postponed the vote on the placement of the American radar in Czech territory. Stronniks of the transfer of hearings say that it is still unclear whether the current US President Barack Obama will insist on the implementation of this plan. According to him, a radar station in the Czech Republic, like anti -thiletocks in Poland, should become an element of the American Problem System in Europe. Russia sharply objects to this.

In the capital of Taiwan Taibee, the 17th International Book Exhibition opened. The main theme is the literature and culture of Thailand. The exhibition is attended by 328 Taiwanese and 578 foreign publishers. At the opening of the Book Forum, President Taiwan urged visitors to actively buy books, despite the global economic crisis. The exhibition will visit about four hundred thousand people.

Efim Fishtein: The Barack Obama team lost a key player. A prominent American politician, a former leader of the Democrats in the Senate Tom Dashl withdrew his candidacy for the post of Minister of Health and Social Services. This is the third and most serious self -setting in the Obama administration. Says Vladimir Abarinov.