President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych will visit Russia today. In Gorki near Moscow, his negotiations with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and a meeting of the Interstate Commission will be held in Gorki. Bilateral relations in the economy will be discussed, including the supply of Russian gas to Ukraine. Among the meetings are also a simplification of the border regime between countries and the construction of the bridge across the Kerch Strait.

In Russian blogs, prizes are being discussed, the delivery season of which is in full swing. The topic was even recently in charge of the "unofficial" Twitter account of the head of the Russian state, the MedvedEvrussia blog. The President writes : Unfortunately, I can’t personally congratulate the winners @Premiaruneta. Therefore in absentia. You are well done, success to you! ) The ceremony of presenting the seventh annual Runet Prize was held on Thursday in Moscow.

Fidel Castro Irina Lagunina: What is actually happening in a Cuba, whose authorities are talking about reform? Is it about indigenous transformations, the so -called Cuban "perestroika", or about an attempt to save the regime experiencing a deep crisis without changing its essence? Says Victor Cheretsky.

Human rights activists urge the Russian authorities to give not only political, but also a legal assessment of executions by the NKVD by the Polish prisoners of war in 1940. According to Interfax, one of the leaders of the Memorial Society Yang Rachinsky welcomed the State Duma’s intention to accept the statement “about the Katyn tragedy and its victims” at today's meeting.

Jacques Derrida, French philosopher The Prague Institute of Totalitarian regimes published archival data on how the State Security Service of Socialist Czechoslovakia followed the underground seminars, which were held here by world -famous scientists. Among them was the famous French philosopher Jacques Derrida. After the events of 1968, the so -called "surveillance management" was organized in the Czechoslovak Security Service.

Today, Kim Khvan Chin, the former head of the Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the South Korean Armed Forces, was appointed the new Minister of Defense of South Korea. Such a decision was made by President of South Korea Lee Men Buck. The former minister resigned yesterday - after the recent shelling of the South Korean island from the DPRK. Then 4 people died. Today in the same area the cannonade was again heard, but the South Korean territory was not fired.

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin fired the head of the council of the Nagorno -region of the Russian capital, Alexander Borobnoy from the post and public service. The reason for the dismissal is “the provision of knowingly false information at the conclusion of a service contract,” the mayor says. About what kind of false information was provided by the burial is not reported.

Russia and Ukraine will look for compromise solutions in energy cooperation. This was agreed by the presidents of the two countries Dmitry Medvedev and Viktor Yanukovych at a meeting in Gorki near Moscow. Medvedev noted the understanding of Moscow that the energy security of the whole of Europe depends on the relations of Russia and Ukraine in the energy. The Russian president expressed interest in the entry of Ukraine to the Customs Union.

The official Pyongyang states that the military exercises in the Yellow Sea, which intend to hold South Korea and the USA in the coming days, will put the Korean peninsula on the line of war. In published by the DPRK state information agency, the statement of the exercise are called "another provocation." China previously expressed concern in connection with the planned exercises.

India called on Pakistan to strictly punish those involved in a terrorist attack on the city of Mumbai, which happened exactly two years ago. In Mumbay today, mourning ceremonies took place and a parade of anti -terrorist units was held. The deputies of the India Parliament honored the memory of the dead with a minute of silence. As a result of an attack by a group of militants on a number of objects in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, 166 people were killed.

In the area of the South Korean island of Yonphendo, who was shelling from the DPRK on Tuesday, the sounds of artillery shooting were again heard today. Nevertheless, according to the South Korean military, the explosions of shells in the country were not recorded. The circumstances of the incident are clarified. The DPRK has on South Korea responsibility for the previous shelling, as a result of which four people were killed from the South Korean side.

In the Kayakent district of Dagestan late on Thursday evening, unknown people threw a grenade into the car of the head of the local police department. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to law enforcement agencies of the republic. The policeman received slight injuries and was taken to the hospital. A operational group is working at the scene, the attackers are being searched.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will make an annual message to the Federal Assembly on November 30 in the Kremlin. This was announced today by the Speaker of the State Duma of Russia Boris Gryzlov. Last year, Dmitry Medvedev for the first time before the announcement of the message outlined his concept in the article "Russia, forward!" And he urged fellow citizens to discuss him. Then more than 16 thousand proposals came to the presidential site.