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Will the budget decisions adopted by the State Duma for 2011 restore the Russian economy after the crisis help? The program is discussed by deputies of the State Duma of Russia Vladimir Golovnev ("United Russia") and Valery Zubov ("Fair Russia").

The European Union closed its aircraft for aircraft of all Afghan airlines. The officially declared reason is the inability of air carriers from Afghanistan to ensure the necessary security measures. The ban comes into force on November 24. Afghan air carriers are trying to lease more modern aircraft or buy Western companies to manage their air park. So, for example, one of the largest Safi Airways in Afghanistan said she intends to buy a North European airline.

The British publishing house The Bodley Head published the book of historian Timothy Snider “Bloody Earth: Europe between Hitler and Stalin” (“Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin”). The author compares two modes and talks about the millions of those who died during the reign of two dictators - in particular, about the fate of those who were on the “bloody land” in the zone where a friendly meeting took place, and then a clash of totalitarian regimes.

Hundreds of people became victims In Cambodia, on November 25, it was declared a day of mourning for the dead as a result of a crush on the bridge over the Tonspa River. According to official figures, about four hundred people were killed, more than seven hundred were injured. The tragedy occurred in Phnomopen on the last day of the water festival, one of the important holidays of Cambodia, which is celebrated according to tradition annually at the end of November.

The Khabarovsk Territory does not threaten the consequences of an accident at a chemical plant in China, which occurred on November 20. This was reported to "Interfax" in the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, noting that the study conducted over the past two days in the region has not revealed any dangerous changes in the environment.

In Kyiv, entrepreneurs resumed a protest against the new Tax Code today. On the eve of Independence Square, a tent town was broken, where the protesters spent the night. Entrepreneurs intend to continue their shares until the president of the country will impose a veto on the tax code adopted by the Parliament. On Thursday, large -scale performances throughout Ukraine are scheduled.

The Israeli parliament finally approved a referendum on territorial concessions. It is primarily about Eastern Jerusalem and Golan Heights, which Israel officially considers part of its territory. According to Radio Liberty correspondent Ela Kotler, a document stipulating the conditions for transferring the territory of the Golan heights and East Jerusalem to the control of another state, was adopted by a majority of 65 votes against 33.

The wedding of the British Prince William and Kate Middleton will be held on April 29 next year in Westminster Abbey in London. This was reported on Tuesday by the British royal family. The engagement of the 28-year-old William and his peers Middleton was announced last week. Prince William is the second, after his father, the heir to the British throne.

The US DPRK Special Messenger Stephen Bosworth believes that the resumption of negotiations with Pyongyan under his nuclear program is now impossible. The diplomat connected his opinion with information about the new Uranus enrichment plant in North Korea, about which the American nuclear scientist Siegfried Heker, who returned from the DPRK, spoke about. According to Heker, hundreds of centrifuges were installed at the enterprise, and he was shocked by what he saw.

In Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, 10 Islamists were detained on Tuesday. According to the Belgian authorities, they are subjects of Belgium, the Netherlands, Morocco and Russian citizens. It is reported that some of the arrested are suspected of preparing a terrorist attack in Belgium. Others, presumably, recruited militants for one of the Chechen extremist groups.

Stanislav Belkovsky In the Radio Liberty program, "Politics Time" Stanislav Belkovsky comments on the first deputy head of the Russian Presidential Administration Vladislav Surkov and the calls of Liberals to resign as President Dmitry Medvedev. - Vladislav Surkov suddenly spoke that Russia was not going to sovereign democracy, not to a special democracy, about which for many years he was repeated, but to the west, to normal Western democracy.

Artillery of North Korea fired at the South Korean island of Yonphendo in the Yellow Sea Will there be a war between South Korea and the DPRK - after November 23 North Korea carried out the artillery shelling of the South Korean island of Yonphendo in the Yellow Sea? How will neighbors in the region react? On the air of Radio Liberty - a specialist in North Korea, professor at the University of Kunmin in Seoul Andrey Lankov : - No one is going to start a new war.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin noted the dynamism of the development of Russian-Chinese cooperation. At a meeting in St. Petersburg with the Prime Minister of the State Council of the PRC, Wen Jiabao Putin said that the turnover between the two countries increased by 56 percent this year and reached $ 42 billion. The strategic partnership of Russia and China Putin called an important factor in strengthening stability and security in the world and the Asia-Pacific region, in particular.