The dominance of special services in the Russian authorities and the initiative to return the monument to Dzerzhinsky on the eve of the Chekist's Day is discussed with the former political prisoner, the party leader of the Democratic Union Valeria Novodvorskaya and the KGB General, the former People’s Deputy Oleg Kalugin.

In Ingushetia, the personality of the suicide bomber, who on the eve of attacking a traffic police post on the mined car, was identified. According to the prosecutor’s office, this is Batyr Dzhaniev - the brother of the widow of the murdered oppositionist Maksharip Aushev, who, along with other members of her family a day before, was an attempt. It is assumed that Dzhaniev took revenge for what happened.

Last night, the cadet of the Omsk Tank Engineering Institute Denis Gaponenko, being on guard, left his post, taking with him an automatic machine and two stores with combat cartridges. The signal of the disappearance of Gaponenko entered the attendant part of the Internal Affairs Directorate at 3 hours 35 minutes. The police immediately introduced the interception plan. The cadet managed to find in one of the apartments on Adrianov Street in Omsk. There he was with his acquaintance girl.

In Cambodia, the UN Tribunal charged the former head of state in the genocide of the “Red Khmer regime” 78-year-old Khiyu Samfan. The same accusations this week were brought by the ideologist of the “Red Khmers” Nuon Chea and the former Foreign Minister Jenge Sari. In addition, they are accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Red Khmer regime in 1975-1979 - it is believed that up to 2 million people were killed.

Irina Lagunina: For two weeks of work at the UN conference, on climatic changes in Copenhagen, there were so many minor ups and so many large falls that the analysts, in the end, began to guess, and what can she give. They expected that the US President Barack Obama could act as some decisive message, since the fate of the agreement depended largely on the United States and China.

Russian diplomats in Tbilisi are trying to find out the fate of Russian citizen Madina Makhmadova, who was detained on the Georgian-Turkish border for an attempt to illegally enter the country, Radio Liberty correspondent George Kobaladze. The Georgian side reports that Makhmadov was detained at the SARPI checkpoint while trying to illegally enter the country. This wording can mean both the invalidity of documents and an attempt to get into Georgia, bypassing official checkpoints.

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.

The leaders of the 25 countries participating in the climatic summit, ending today in Copenhagen, developed a draft political declaration during the meeting late at night. The adoption of the document is scheduled for today. It is assumed that the declaration will serve as the basis for the conclusion of an international agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Israel expressed indignation in connection with the theft from the gates of the former Nazi camp of the death of Auschwitz in Poland of the infamous inscription "Arbeit Macht Frei" - "Labor makes free." She began to symbolize the Holocaust - the Nazi destruction of six million Jews during the Second World War.

In the Sergokalinsky district of Dagestan, the regime of a counter -terrorism operation was canceled. According to reports, a group of militants of up to 30 people led by a certain Magomed-Ali Vagabov was blocked there. During the shootout, none of the parts suffered losses. According to Interfax with reference to the FSB, the militants disappeared in the forest, a mortar blow was delivered along the routes of their possible departure.

The Moscow Government and its critics evaluate the cost of housing services in different ways The Movement "Solidarity" and the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights held a series of shares in Moscow against raising tariffs for housing and communal services. One of them passed on December 19 in the city center. Since the New Year, the fee for housing and communal services will increase sharply, the corresponding resolution has already been signed by the mayor of Luzhkov.

The United States reported that Pakistan, for incomprehensible reasons, set aside the issuance of hundreds of visas to American diplomats and employees of various companies. As the representative of the American State Department Robert Wood noted, the actions of Islamabad cause serious concern. Wood emphasized that such wires nullify the US effort to counteract extremists in Pakistan and support the economy of this country.