Former British officer Simon Mann, who was serving a 34-year-old prison term in Equatorial Guinea for an attempt by a coup, was unexpectedly pardoned by President Theodor Obang NGem. Some details of this unusual case are reported from London Radio Liberty, Natalya Golitsyna. In March 2004, Zimbabwe authorities blocked a stop in Harara and headed to the Equatorial Guinea South African transport aircraft. On board were 64 armed legionnaires, led by Simon Mann.

In Nazran, a criminal police officer was wounded. According to Interfax in the prosecutor's office of the republic, unknown people fired at Leza Yandieva’s car near the building of the Ingushetia Ministry of Internal Affairs. The victim is hospitalized, an investigation is underway.

The US Auto -Building Company General Motors refused to sell the German company Opel belonging to its previously announced decision. The General Motors report, published on Tuesday late in the evening, said that Opel will restructure instead of the sale of a Canadian Magna control package in an alliance with the Russian Sberbank. In the government, Russia was perceived calmly, ”said“ Echo of Moscow ”with reference to the first deputy prime minister Alexander Zhukov.

Dmitry Volchek: The other day, the exhibition dedicated to the Czech art theorist, the artist and writer Karelian Taiga ended in Prague. The laureate of the Nobel Prize, the poet Yaroslav Seyrter called his generation “the generation of taiga”. The story about the exhibition and the fate of Karelian Taiga prepared Nelly Pavlaskova. Nelly Pavlaskova: Karel Taiga, who was born in 1900 and died in 1951, was the rare example of a polyphonic artist, organizer and art critic.

The American military considers it necessary to strengthen the means of tracking space launches in Asian countries. The head of the Strategic Command, Air Force General Kevin Clinton, said on Tuesday that the United States would like to better understand the directions of the development of the Chinese space program.

In the United States, candidates from the Republican Party defeated the governor’s elections in the Governor's elections in two states. In Virginia, Republican Bob McDonnel won. In New Jersey, the Democrat Governor John Korzan was replaced by another representative of the Republican Party-Chris Christie. In New York, where the mayor was chosen, the independent candidate Michael Bloomberg with a little advantage bypassed Democrat Bill Thompson and remained for the third term.

Virginia voters voted for the Republicans. A year after the crushing defeat in the presidential election and elections to the Congress, which gave rise to forecasts about the sunset of the Republican Party, the Republicans had a reason to celebrate the victory. The victory, although small against the background of the All -American political landscape, as the White House assures the numbers in the hand, but, nevertheless, completely clear.

In St. Petersburg on November 4, on the day of popular unity, clashes of nationalists and anti -fascists occurred. 4 people were detained. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent Tatyana Voltskaya, this year the campaign of the Russian March nationalists was not agreed with the St. Petersburg authorities, and instead of it far from the city center, the so -called "right rally" was held in Polyustrovsky Park.

The weapons found by Israeli sailors on the ship in the Mediterranean Sea were intended for attacks on Israel, ”said Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of this country on Wednesday. The vessel under the flag of the state of Antigua and Barbuda is towed by the Israeli port of Ashdod. The military reported that there were dozens of containers with weapons, including missiles on board. The Israeli authorities claim that the weapon was from Iran and was intended for the Lebanese group "Hezbollah".

The final summing up of the day of the past, the prospects of the day of the coming, discussing hot topics with guests of the morning broadcast.

4 people died and over 10 were injured in the disaster of a passenger bus in the Stavropol Territory. According to agencies, the intercity bus lost control and flew to the ditch, presumably due to the bursting wheel.

Dmitry Volchek: The book “The Public Life of Leningrad” was published in St. Petersburg during the years of perestroika. 1985-1991. "It was prepared using the Memorial Scientific and Information Center. Tatyana Voltskaya met with the compilers of the collection.

"Do the days of popular unity demonstrate the depth of the abyss between power and society?" We are talking about this with the coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergei Udaltsov, the initiator of the St. Petersburg Civil Committee Grigory Solominsky and the General Director of the National Strategy Council Valery Khomyakov.