Frame from the new film by Andrei Konchalovsky "Nutcracker" On January 1, the film of Andron Konchalovsky "The Nutcracker and Rat King" will be released in the Russian rental. The film was shot in 3D format and Russian money, but made by foreign masters, and almost all roles, except one, were played by English -speaking actors. The only exception is Julia Vysotskaya, Fairy, she is Mom Marie.

The House of Representatives of the US Congress adopted a bill providing for a ban on the service of open gays and lesbians in the American army. For the document, supported by President Barack Obama, 250 congressmen voted - both democrats and republicans. Against were 175. The bill was sent to the Senate.

Germany will begin the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan next year and completely withdraw its contingent by 2014. Such a statement was made today, speaking to parliamentarians, German Foreign Minister Gido Westerwell. Deputies met the words of the minister with long applause. The German contingent in Afghanistan has four and a half thousand military personnel and is the third largest in the international coalition under the command of NATO - after the American and British.

Evgeny Bobrov Human rights activists demand an effective investigation of an attack on lawyer Yevgeny Bobrov, who specializes in the protection of housing rights of citizens - primarily migrants, refugees and disabled people. Bobrov was beaten by two unknown in the evening of December 15 in the suburbs, at the door of his house. Evgeny Bobrov received a concussion, one eye does not see him.

During the "direct line" of communication with the Russians, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin noted that the growth of the country's economy in 2010 is 3.8 percent. Even before the start of the air, Putin received more than 700 thousand questions. Basically, they relate to topics as increasing salaries, standard of living, housing, pensions, social benefits. Observers expect Putin to talk about his plans for participating in the presidential election campaign.

Putin says, comments Muratov. The "direct line" of Vladimir Putin with the people looks live and immediately discusses with the audience of Radio Liberty the editor -in -chief of Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov.

The organization "International Amnesty" criticized the leadership of the Kyrgyzstan in connection with the riots in the south of the country in the summer of this year. The report of human rights activists emphasizes that the Kyrgyz authorities could not ensure the objective trial of the June events and provide proper support to thousands of victims as a result of interethnic clashes. The conclusions of the "International Amnesty" were reported by the Kyrgyz service of our radio station.

The Prime Minister of India and the chairman of the State Council of the PRC are conducting negotiations on the development of economic cooperation today. Manmohan Singh and Wen Jiabao are discussing, among other issues, the possible participation of China in the construction of infrastructure facilities in the Kashmir region.

Marina Timasheva: Some believe that history as '' Politics overturned into the past ' -' Innovation '' relatively recent, from the era when there were already parties, elections, newspapers. But here is the monograph by Alexei Sirenov '' The Stepnoy Book and the Russian Historical Thought of the XYII-XYII centuries '', published by St. Petersburg University and the publishing house `` Alliance-Archeo ''.

The criminal case under the article “Entertainment for Murder” was initiated in connection with the attack on the deputy mayor of the city of Angarsk (Irkutsk region) Dmitry Chernyshev. According to the regional investigative department, the main version of the investigation is related to the professional activities of Chernyshev, who oversees the housing and communal services in Angarsk.

Sergey Magnitsky The European Parliament called on the Russian authorities to speed up the investigation of the circumstances of the death of a lawyer of the Hermitage Capital Foundation Sergei Magnitsky. He died in November last year in the Moscow pre -trial detention center. Relatives of Magnitsky and human rights activists believe that he was not provided with medical care in time.

Kubinsky Dissime Guillermo Farinyas Irina Lagunina: On Wednesday, the European Parliament presented the Andrei Sakharov Award "For Freedom of Thought" by the Cuban dissident Guillermo Farignas. The second time in a year, the European Union quite rigidly determines its attitude to the Cuban regime. The first time this happened in October, when the EU confirmed the continuation of sanctions against Cuba.

By 2015, India and China intend to increase trade between two countries to one hundred billion dollars. This was announced today in Delhi at the end of negotiations between the prime ministers of India and the PRC - Manmohan Singh and Wen Jiabao. Six bilateral economic agreements and transactions totaling $ 16 billion were signed. From India, the Chinese prime minister will go to Pakistan.