In New York, at the 72nd year of his life, the artist and writer Vagrich Bakhchanyan , a close friend of Sergei Dovlatov, Peter Vail, Alexander Genis and Edward Limonov, one of the prominent representatives of the circle of Moscow conceptualists-directions criticizing Soviet ideological myth and Soviet symbolism.

Mikhail Sokolov: Together with me in our Moscow studio, the head of the Institute of Energy Policy, a member of the Bureau of Movement "Solidarity" Vladimir Milov. We also waited in the studio of the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, a representative of United Russia Vladimir Golovnev, but somehow he is in no hurry to us. I think we will start our conversation with the event of yesterday, but important enough.

As a result of a fire in a military warehouse in Ulyanovsk, according to preliminary data, two firefighters were killed. This is reported by Interfax. According to the local administration, there are no missing people. For some time, 43 people were considered the missing who managed to hide in the shelter and were soon saved. It is also reported that six people received burns, two are in a state of moderate severity.

Does Dmitry Medvedev have an anti -crisis economic program? On Friday November 13, at 19:07, the program “Guests Time” is debated the head of the Institute of Energy Policy, a member of the Solidarity Bureau Vladimir Milov and the first deputy. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy (faction "United Russia) Vladimir Golovnev. Leading Mikhail Sokolov. Ask your question to the program participants.

Germany called on the government of Afghanistan to activate the fight against crime and corruption if it wants to maintain Berlin's trust. According to the Minister of Defense of Germany Karl-Theodor Tsu Guttenberg, who arrived on his first visit to Afghanistan, Berlin wants to see specific steps from Kabul in this direction. In December, the German parliament will consider the extension of the country's peacekeeping mandate in Afghanistan.

In Ulyanovsk, the chances of finding alive people who were in the warehouse of ammunition, where the fire occurred, is extremely small. This was stated by the Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region Sergey Morozov. According to him, 35 people are missing. In an interview with Radio Liberty, journalists of the local independent newspaper Simbirsk Courier reported that there were dead and wounded as a result of the fire. Local authorities confirm the information only about ten hospitalized.

Irina Lagunina: The Government of the Kamchatka Territory unites the natural parks of the Bystrinsky, Nalychevo, South Kamchatky and Klyuchevskaya Peninsula. They will be included in the Unified Institution “Kamchatka volcanoes” - according to officials, this will reduce the costs of maintaining the management apparatus. Russian ecologists recall that Kamchatka parks are UNESCO world natural heritage objects.

In the capital of Afghanistan Kabul, an explosion occurred at the NATO military base. Information about victims and destruction is specified. It is reported that the police are suspected of committing a suicide explosion.

In the Zavolzhsky district of Ulyanovsk, where there was a large fire in a military warehouse, shells explode. According to local authorities, the wounded are entered by the hospitals, their number is set. In a number of residential buildings located with the scene of the incident, glass was knocked out. In the city, traffic is blocked along a number of streets. In the region of the emergency, operational services work. The causes of the incident are established.

In Saudi Arabia, residents of 240 settlements on the border with Yemen were evacuated, ”said the UN children's fund (UNICEF). Earlier this month, Shiite militants acting in the north of Yemen entered the neighboring country, forcing the Saudi Air Force to strike at Yemenskaya territory. Er-Riyad said the military operation will continue until it is possible to stabilize the situation on the border.

The theme of the program "Encyclopedia of the Russian Soul" on Saturday November 14 at 18 o’clock: "Irony and Self -Irony." Guests - writer Igor Volgin, director Alexander Zeldovich, journalist Vladimir Solovyov. Leading Victor Erofeev.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown hopes to convince the Coalition allies in Afghanistan to additionally send up to 5 thousand military to this country - not counting the US military. The British government decided to send an additional 500 troops to Afghanistan if other NATO countries also agree to increase their contingents.

Nineteen people, according to the latest data, were injured as a result of an explosion in the capital of Afghanistan Kabul, next to the NATO military base. According to the North Atlantic Union, 9 foreign military and 10 civilians of the base were injured. It is reported that the explosion occurred as a result of the attack of the suicide bomber. The Taliban took responsibility for him. The Phoenix base, located next to Kabula Airport, is one of the largest coalition bases in Afghanistan.

In the Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya, twenty militants were killed at the village of Halzhi during the special operation. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, the operation was led by State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov. According to him, the bodies of the three killed are identified - these are the close leader of the North Caucasian armed underground of Dok Umarov. Delimkhanov reported to President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov that among the dead there may be Umarov himself.

In the south of the Philippines, at least 23 people died in a clash between the military and Maoist rebels. It is reported that on the island of the Mindanao, a detachment of rebels of about 100 people in attacked employees of a logging company, disarmed the guards and destroyed the equipment. Police and army units began surgery against the rebels. During the 7-hour shootout, 12 military and police officers and at least 11 Maoists were killed, the rest of the rebels managed to hide.