Should the civil society be considered a decision to lay the route through the Khimkinsky forest? This is stated in the program "The City of Time" on Wednesday December 15 at 21 hours, expert transporter Mikhail Blinkin, human rights activist Lev Ponomarev and ecologist Alexei Yablokov. Leading Vladimir Kara-Murza. 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

Football. European League. Group tournament.

The acting special envoy to the United States in Afghanistan and Pakistan after the death of Richard Holbruck was appointed Frank Rajero. Assistant Deputy Secretary of State for Military-Political Affairs of Rajero worked as deputy holbruck. The US State Department expects Washington’s policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan will not change in connection with the death of a former special settlement.

In the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow, today begins the announcement of the sentence in the second criminal case against former co -owners of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. They are accused of theft of oil and the legalization of illegal income. The prosecutors asked each of the defendants by 14 years in prison. Yesterday in Moscow and Yekaterinburg, shares were held with a demand to justify Khodorkovsky and Lebedev.

What is the meaning of the direct TV communication of Vladimir Putin with the people? On Thursday, December 16, 2010, at 12.00 Moscow time, Russia, Russia 24, Rossiy 24 radio stations, Vesti FM and Radio of Russia, will be released by a special program with Vladimir Putin. Putin’s guests will be able to ask the studio and those with whom the prime minister will communicate during direct inclusions from the cities of Russia.

Accused of the murder of the Spartak fan Aslan Circassian The 26-year-old resident Aslan Cherkesov accused of the murder of the Spartak fan, Alan Cherkesov, appealed his arrest on Wednesday. As RIA Novosti reports with reference to the representative of the court, in the cassation appeal, Cherkesov asks to recognize the decision of the Moscow district court to detention illegal. The date of consideration of the complaint has not yet been scheduled.

In Khabarovsk, a fire is localized in a warehouse of building materials. According to Interfax with reference to the representative of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Khabarovsk Territory, the fire area was 800 square meters. In the liquidation of the fire, 20 units of equipment and 69 personnel were involved. According to preliminary data, there are no victims.

Presidential candidate Nikolai Statkevich Irina Lagunina: The analytical group “Economist Intelligence” published on Wednesday the democracy index in the world. Russia in it is 107 out of 167 states, and is in the category of hybrid regimes - that is, between democracies and authoritarian countries. The only European country that is classified as authoritarian is Belarus. She is in 130 place.

Guillermo Farinas In the European Parliament today, a ceremony of presenting the annual Sakharov Award was held for contribution to human rights. This year the laureate of the award was the Kubinsky dissident Guillermo Farinas, known for his human rights activities and more than once announced the hunger strike in prison. In monetary terms, the prize is 50 thousand euros. The laureate himself, however, was not present at the ceremony - the Cuba authorities did not allow him to leave the country.

Yulia Tymoshenko The leader of the Opposition Party "Fatherland", ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said that the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine opened a criminal case against her. The former Prime Minister is charged with the misuse of almost three hundred thousand dollars received by Ukraine in 2009 by selling quotas for greenhouse gas emissions within the framework of the Kyoto Protocol. According to the investigation, this money was aimed at the previous government to pay pensions.

Senegal announced his intention to withdraw his ambassador in Tehran in connection with the interception of a large batch of weapons from Iran in Nigeria. Previously, the relationship with Iran broke the Gambia, where, as reported, it was planned to deliver 13 containers with Iranian weapons. The goals of the supply of weapons from Iran are not clear.

The US Presidential Administration Barack Obama accused the Senator from the Republican Party Jim Demint of preventing the ratification of a new contract with Russia on STOD. Prior to this, Demint said that he would seek to read out the full text of the document in the Senate. This procedure can take up to 12 hours.

About one thousand people detained the police on December 15 in Moscow The employees of the Department of Countering Extremism on December 15 were sent to various points of Moscow in connection with possible mass performances by radical youth. The authorities and law enforcement agencies of the Russian capital worked quickly: serious conflicts were avoided. About one thousand people detained the police - these are the official data of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate .

In Moscow, additional forces are pulled into the Kievsky Station area police - after information about the possibility unauthorized shares of radical movements. Near the metro station "Kyiv", in underground crossings and at Squares near the European shopping center are on duty enhanced police outfits, armored vehicles and buses with OMON employees, as well as Tiger combat vehicles. Earlier, the metropolitan police denied information about mining shopping center.