Armenia and Azerbaijan "reached progress" in negotiations on the problem of Nagorno -Karabakh. It is reported that the meeting of representatives of Yerevan and Baku took place as part of the so -called Minsk OSCE group on observation of the Karabakh issue. The ministers of the OSCE member countries gathered on Tuesday in Athens. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that such meetings significantly contribute to the development of dialogue between the parties.

The head of the Investigative Committee at the Chechnya Prosecutor's Office Viktor Ledenev said: the murder of human rights activist Zarema Sadulaeva is not connected with her professional activities, she died simply because she was next to her husband, voluntarily deciding not to leave him in a dangerous situation. Viktor Ledenev noted that there are testimonies confirming the version that the criminals were going to kill only her husband Sadulaeva, Dzhabrailov.

We are talking about this with the former head of the analytical department of the company "Yukos", a former deputy of the State Duma Alekd Kondaurov

Media and civil society: the experience of "color revolutions". The leaders of representative offices of the Henry Bellya Foundation Bellya are talking with Vitaly Portnikov in the Press hour program at 13 o’clock: in Ukraine, Kirill Savin, in Georgia - Iris Kempa and an activist of the Civil Company "Time" Evgeny Zolotarev. Ask your question to the program participants.

North Korea conducts a denomination of its currency - Von. This was reported by the South Korean media with reference to anonymous representatives of the DPRK conducting trading operations with China. The exchange rate is set at the rate of 100 to 1, in other words, two zero will disappear on the new Severokrarian bills. The denomination was not reported in advance. It is alleged that the reform was a complete surprise for the local population.

In the GAAG International Court of the UN, hearings began on the issue of the legality of the proclamation of Kosov’s independence from Serbia in February last year. Belgrade accuses Kosovo of violation of international law and insists on an objective legal assessment of Protina’s actions. Hearings will last until December 11. However, the verdict can be made only after a few months. Decisions of the International Court are not legally compulsory - only advisory.

Andrey Sotnik The decision of the Standing Chamber of the International Arbitration Court in The Hague in the HAAG in the Yukos case is commented by the financial analyst Andrei Sotnik commented. - The constant chamber of the arbitration court in the Hague considered that the Government of the Russian Federation, according to the energy charter, could become the defendant in the lawsuit of the shareholders of the Yukos. How does this threaten Russia?

Australia remains a reliable ally of the United States in Coalition in Afghanistan. This was stated by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Radd after negotiations with US President Barack Obama in the White House. The Australian contingent in Afghanistan has more than one and a half thousand troops. Today, as expected, the US president will announce the decision to send more than 30 thousand military personnel to Afghanistan.

Portraits of the dead Alik Dzhabrailov and Zarema Sadulaeva (at a mourning rally in Moscow, August 13, 2009) The head of the Investigative Committee at the Chechnya Prosecutor's Office Viktor Ledenev said: the murder of human rights activist Zarema Sadulaeva is not connected with her professional activities, she died simply because she was next to her husband, voluntarily deciding not to leave him in a dangerous situation.

The choice of the symbol of the Winter Olympiad in Sochi will be submitted to the All -Russian referendum in 2011. This was announced by the president of the Sochi-2014 Organizing Committee Dmitry Chernyshenko. In accordance with the established rules, the emblem should be approved three years before the games. According to Chernyshenko, the selection of symbols of the Olympiad will begin in April 2010.

Evgeny Chichvarkin On December 1, the London Westminster Magistral Court considers the case of the extradition of the former co -owner of the Euroset company Evgeny Chichvarkin at the request of the Russian General Prosecutor General. The press leaked to the press that the British royal prosecutor’s office intended to refute Chichvarkin’s statement that the criminal case instituted against him in Russia was politically motivated.

Beijing believes that the best way to resolve the dispute around the Iranian nuclear program is negotiations. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on all interested parties to great diplomatic efforts to achieve agreements. On Monday, the speaker of the Iranian parliament Ali Laridzhani said that Tehran did not refuse to resolve the conflict by consulting with international intermediaries. Recently, the situation around Iran’s nuclear program has sharply aggravated.

The 62-year-old Japanese diplomat of Yukia Amano is officially entering the post of general director of the International Agency for Atomic Energy (IAEA) today. He will replace the Egyptian - Laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize Mohammed El -Baradey, who headed the IAEA for 12 years. Since 2005, Amano has represented Japan in the Council of Managers of the IAEA. He was elected the head of the agency in July this year.

Russian judges themselves want independence ... Russian servants of Themis are seriously concerned about the problem of increasing the confidence of the company to the judicial system. This was discussed today at the plenary meeting of the Council of Judges. One of the tools for solving the problem should be the updated Code of Judicial Ethics.

The White House is seriously treated with HIV problems today-World AIDS Day. A report, widespread by a joint UN program for HIV -sleeping, an increase in the spread of the disease in Eastern Europe and Central Asia - the number of infected people there approached one and a half million. The report states, in particular, about the ongoing growth of the number of infected in Ukraine and in Russia. In Ukraine, according to the UN, at least 1.6 percent of the adult population are infected.