In the center of Moscow, police officers brutally beaten two participants in the unauthorized picket of deceived equity holders near the building of the State Duma of Russia. According to Interfax, the chairman of the Association of Assistance to the injured co -investors, State Duma deputy Anton Belyakov, both victims are currently hospitalized with severe injuries. According to Belyakov, 12 people were detained.

Why do they continue to love the leader in Russia? About this in the program "Time of Guests" on Monday at 19 o'clock the historian, editor of the magazine "Domestic notes" Nikita Sokolov, and Alfred Koch, businessman and writer. Presenter - Anna Kachkaeva. Ask your question to the program participants.

In the Senate of the US Congress, votes are undergoing a finalized bill on the reform of the medical insurance system. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, the vote concerns compromise amendments made by the leader of the democratic majority of Harry Reed so that the bill was approved by all 60 members of the democratic wing in the future. According to US President Barack Obama, a bill worth $ 871 billion will be the largest measure to reduce budget deficit.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that negotiations on a new agreement with the United States on limiting strategic offensive weapons will continue in January. As stated in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs published today, it is necessary to agree on a number of issues. The ministry expects that the agreements can be achieved in the near future.

In the north of Iraq, in the city of Tal-Afar, the head of the municipal council and three of his guards became victims of the explosion. According to reports, the suicide bomber, who brought the explosive device assigned to it.

In line for laying wreaths at the grave of Joseph Stalin near the Kremlin wall Vladimir Kara-Murza: On the day of 130 years of Stalin , pioneers, Komsomol members, communists, war veterans came to the Kremlin wall to lay flowers to his grave. Human rights activists believe that the celebration of this date is the consequences of an unsuccessful personality cult.

The average maximum rate on ruble deposits in the 10 largest Russian banks decreased in the second decade of December to 13.18 percent per annum, the Department of Foreign and Public Relations of the Bank of Russia said. In the first decade of the month, it was 13.25 percent.

A new agreement on restriction of strategic offensive weapons (START) may be signed at the beginning of next year, said the chief of the General Staff of Russia, Army General Nikolai Makarov. According to the general, in the course of Russian-American negotiations, solutions were found on most issues. The main difficulties are related to the control regime for the implementation of the agreement, Makarov noted. The validity of the previous contract START-1 has expired on December 5.

Around the reform of the medical insurance in the United States boils serious passions. In the Senate of the US Congress, a series of voting on the final project of the Law on Reform of the Medical Insurance System begins. This reform, causing a violent polemic in American society, is the most important domestic political priority of the Barack Obama administration . The democratic majority of the Senate, despite the strongest snow storm in Washington, all last weekend was finalized by the bill.

Soon, 25 years, in our country, they informally declared freedom of speech. Remember how it looked at the beginning of perestroika or in the roaring nineties? It was possible to groanly, and “ogal ...”, all and all, hot discussions with foam at the mouth about the future of the country, people, civilizations, self -determination, etc. It seems that the media became independent from the state, etc. But who depends on what depends on or does not depend and how "freedom" we have become?

In Georgia, a number of opposition organizations intend to conduct a mass protest in connection with the tragedy in the city of Kutaisi today, where two people were killed on Saturday, when undermining the Glory Memorial. The organizers of the action that will be held in Kutaisi say that not only those who directly carried out the dismantling of the monument, but also representatives of the authorities should be held accountable.

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The chosen ones of the people continue their service to the state, which remains Stalin for them. Like -minded Joseph Stalin celebrate 130 years since his birth. Representatives of the Communist Party, led by the party leader Gennady Zyuganov, laid flowers to the grave of their idol, and historians and sociologists state: Russian society still has not been able to get rid of the myths of Stalin.

The pointer to the parliament in Kutaisi, which will stand at the site of the demolished memorial. The court in Tbilisi sentenced the director of the company to preliminary two -month conclusion (during the investigation), which on December 19 was engaged in the dismantling of the Glory Memorial in Kutaisi , as a result of which 2 people were killed. Today, in Kutaisi, more than 500 people gathered for a rally organized by opposition parties in connection with the tragedy that occurred.

The State Duma of Russia in the first quarter of 2010 plans to complete work on the law on the illegal use of insider information, the head of the Duma committee on the financial market Vladislav Reznik said during the parliamentary hearings, Radio Liberty correspondent Ivan Trefilov. The bill adopted by the State Duma in the first reading in April of this year contains several norms providing for the liability of journalists for the unlawful use of insider information.