Nostalgia for times of the USSR has become part of the life of the new Russia. Including - and its modernization A special way of Russian changes: modernization in Russia goes forward, turning back. At the time of the Romanovs and the Soviet Empire, nostalgia does not replace, but complements the next wave of collective memories - about the "happy 1990s" years. To start with the fact that the very expression "Russian modernization" cannot be called stable.

On Monday November 1 at 22:07 on the air, the program "Life Life". Memory of Vladimir Baburin. Mikhail Sokolov is broadcast. Repetition of November 2 at 1 hour in the morning and at 15 o’clock. A direct broadcast phone 8-800-200-2212 Free for all regions of Russia Pager 8-495-660-1055 Subscriber "Radio Liberty" SMS +7-903-743-2801

In Grozny, according to updated data, on Monday night, during a special operation, ten police officers were injured. According to RIA Novosti in the Office of the Investigative Committee on Chechnya, law enforcement officers blocked a militant in the Oktyabrsky district of the city. He showed armed resistance and threw a grenade at the police. The extremist was killed with return fire, his personality was established. A pre -investigation check is carried out on this fact.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky in the hall of the Khamovniki court On the eve of pronouncing the last word in the second process in the Yukos case , Mikhail Khodorkovsky for the last time clarified his legal position. Speaking on November 1 with a remark, he, in particular, said: - If the state accusation falls to deception, then this means that they have no other arguments - or, in any case, they are considered them not so significant to do without deception.

Football. Italian championship. 9th round "Palermo" - "Lazio" 0: 1 "Bari" - "Udinese" 0: 2 "Breshia" - "Napoli" 0: 1 "Caglia" - "Bologna" 2: 0 "Cesena" - "Sampdoria" 0: 1 "Parma" - "quevo" 0: 0 "Skating" - "Fiorentina" 0: 0 After the 9th round: "Lazio" 22 points Inter 18 "Milan" 17

Football. Championship of Spain. 9th round "Rasing" - "Osasuna" 4: 1 "Malaga" - "Real Sociedad" 1: 2 "Deportivo" - "Espanyol" 3: 0 "Sporting" - "Villarreal" 1: 1 "Athletic" - "Hetafe" 3: 0 "Atletico" - "Almeria" 1: 1 After the 9th round: "Real" 23 points "Barcelona" 22 "Villarreal" 20

Today, the last 48 families of Pogorelians from the village of Ivatino Melnkovsky district received keys to new houses, Roman Mikhailov reports Radio Liberty in Vladimir. All the necessary communications are brought to each house - there is water, sewage, light, phone and even satellite communications. The necessary furniture, dishes, household appliances were purchased. Meanwhile, the first 15 families have been settling in new houses for 10 days.

In Iraq, the broadcasting of the independent television company al-Baghdadias, whose representatives stated that the militants who captured the hostages in the Christian church in Baghdad were contacting them on Sunday and declared their readiness for negotiations. It is reported that the building of the television company was occupied by government troops, its director was detained on suspicion of contacts with terrorists.

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Venezuela President Hugo Chavez ordered the expropriation of the largest private steel company Sidetur. This decision of Chavez is not the first to change the form of ownership of Venezuelan enterprises, which causes concern in the country's business circles. President Chavez said that he would continue to carry out the strategy of "building socialism" in Venezuela.

Participants in an alternative campaign on the Triumphal Square Vladimir Kara-Murza: On October 31, 2010, a sanctioned rally was held for the first time on the triumphal square in Moscow in history in defense of 31 articles of the Russian Constitution . The action, which was announced by 800 participants, was held by three human rights organizations - the Moscow Helsinsky group, the human rights center "Memorial" and the Movement for Human Rights.

In the capital of Somalia, the city of Mogadisho at least 15 military servicemen of government troops were killed and about 20 were injured as a result of an attack by militants. According to reports from the Somali capital, the bases of the Somali army and peacekeepers of the African Union were subjected to fierce shelling this morning. The Somali government controls only a number of areas of the capital - the rest are under the control of radical Islamist groups.

Russian President drove to Kuril Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday arrived with a working trip to the southern Kurils. Japan expressed a protest in connection with this. The president’s plane landed at Mendeleevo Airport on the island of Kunashir. Until now, the senior leaders of Russia have never visited the Kurils.

Local elections in Ukraine: the success of democracy or the success of power? In 19:07, political scientists Konstantin Matvienko and Igor Polishchuk participate in the program "Time of Guests" on Monday November 1 at 19:07. Vitaly Portnikov is conducting the program. A direct broadcast phone 8-800-200-2212 Free for all regions of Russia Pager 8-495-660-1055 Subscriber "Radio Liberty" SMS +7-903-743-2801

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was the first of the country's leaders to visit the southern Kurils - islands whose territorial affiliation is disputed by Japan. The Japanese leadership protested in connection with this trip. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited Kunashir - one of the four islands that Japan claims. Until now, the highest Russian leaders have not visited the islands, which in Russia are called southern Kurils, and in Japan - "northern territories".