The American prison at the Military base of Guantanamo in Cuba will not be closed within the previous time - namely on January 22. This was announced today by US President Barack Obama, speaking on Fox News. The deadlines have to be moved due to the fact that, as Obama put it, things in Washington are not resolved as fast as expected.

US President Barack Obama intends to develop such an action strategy in Afghanistan that would allow the war. Talking with American media reporters during the Asian tour, Obama said that he would publish his plans in the coming weeks. He also noted that he does not intend to leave the Afghan conflict in inheritance to the future president of the United States. Barack Obama praised the contribution of the current Afghan President Hamid Karzai to preserve the unity of the country.

Washington again demanded a clear response from Tehran to new international proposals regarding his nuclear program. As the representative of the US State Department, Ian Kelly, emphasized on Tuesday, the time is expiring, and silence only strengthens fears about the prohibited nature of Iranian developments. The UN plan involves the production of nuclear fuel for the needs of Iranian energy not in Iran itself, but in other countries.

The real effective ruble course, taking into account changes in currencies and inflation in Russia and countries that are among its main trading partners, in 10 months of 2009 decreased by about 3%, said the head of the Russian Central Bank Sergey Ignatiev. According to the Chairman of the Central Bank, to smooth out significant fluctuations in the national currency, the Bank of Russia for the period from November 1 to 17 acquired about $ 6 billion on the domestic foreign exchange market.

In Dagestan, the son of the head of the administration of the city of Buinaksk, Magomedshamil Shakhbanov, stolen on Tuesday, was released. This was reported to the Radio Liberty correspondent by a source in law enforcement agencies of the republic. According to these data, the life of Shakhbanov is out of danger. There are no other details yet. Three unknown people took a 30-year-old man the night before from his house.

Slovakia intends to send another 250 of its military personnel to Afghanistan. This was stated on Tuesday at a meeting in London of the Prime Ministers of Slovakia and Great Britain Robert Fitzo and Gordon Brown. Now in Afghanistan, as part of the NATO mission, there are approximately the same number of Slovak military.

In Saratov, a book was published about the conflict at the local State University, which several years ago attracted the attention of the country's scientific and educational community. It contains media materials dedicated mainly to the so -called "defeat of the historical faculty" to the new rector. Then the press saw in these events a political background. "Rectorade. Chronicle of administrative arbitrariness 2003-2008".

The Public Chamber of Russia intends to understand the causes of death in the pre -trial detention center of the Hermitage Capital Investment Fund Sergey Magnitsky. This was announced on Wednesday "Interfax" by a member of the Public Chamber, the head of the Public Council under the Federal Service for the Penitentiary Maria Cannabikh. Magnitsky, accused of tax crimes, died in the hospital "Sailor Silence" on November 16.

In Dagestan, on Wednesday night, the son of the head of the city of Buinaksk Huseyna Gamzatov was stolen. According to information agencies, the incident occurred in the Druzhba microdistrict. Two unknown people approached the 30-year-old Shamil Magomedov, forcibly put him in the car and took him in an unknown direction. Law enforcement agencies are searching for the abducted.

Moscow sought to keep not only Bulgaria, but also other countries of the socialist community in the zone of influence. The Radio Liberty Transpartment of the 20th anniversary of the fall of communist regimes in Eastern Europe continues to interview with Viktor Afanasyev, the former editor-in-chief of the newspaper Pravda. The RS correspondent recorded it in 1993 through the fresh traces of the decay of the socialist block.

The play "Caligula" as part of the NET festival The Festival "New European Theater" (NET) brought to Moscow the performance of a drama theater from Varna. Albert Camu Kamyu Kaligula was given by Javor Gyrdv - his name in Russia is known: in 2008, he received the Prize of the Moscow International Film Festival for the debut film "Dzift". The director crossed the existential play Camus with some developments of Tinto Brass.

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The German government extended for a year the term of stay of its troops in Afghanistan. The military contingent of Germany in Afghanistan has 4,500 people and is the third largest after the American and British. German troops are deployed mainly in the north of Afghanistan, where recently the influence of the Taliban movement is more and more. On Friday, Berlin authorized the sending to Afghanistan an additional 120 military personnel - they will arrive in January to the Kunduz province.