Anna Kachkaeva: Today we will talk about, it seems, a romantic idea, because we are returning to her for 15 years, but we talk all the time as a pipe dream - about public television. Which, it seems, was given a political will: the president said that public television should be. On January 17, the working group will be brought together by Mikhail Fedotov, the author of the law on public television, the first time it will gather.

Can Vladimir Putin play the advance of the opposition? The program on the air is discussed by: Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, State Duma deputy Sergei Obukhov, general director of the agency of political and economic communications Dmitry Orlov, head of the information and analytical service of the Human Rights of the Human Rights Evgeny Nilov.

Several people were arrested in Iran on charges of involvement in the murder of a nuclear scientist Akhmadi-Roshan. This was stated by the speaker of the Iranian parliament Ali Laridzhani, noting that the detentions were carried out on the basis of the evidence received during the investigation. The exact number of the arrested and the details of them did not lead to Larijani, saying only that they had already been in interrogation.

The Investigative Committee sent to the Russian Prosecutor General a package of documents necessary for extradition from Poland the former first deputy prosecutor of the Moscow Region Alexander Ignatenko. All the necessary documents on extradition have already been translated into Polish, ”said Vladimir Markin, official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Investigative Committee of Russia.

A source in the Italian government announced the abolition of the meetings of the leaders of Italy, France and Germany scheduled for this Friday in Rome. It was planned that negotiations on overcoming the debt crisis in the eurozone will be held on the eve of the Summit of the European Union, which should take place at the end of this month. It is noted that tripartite consultations were canceled at the request of the French side.

Founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wayles The English version of the Internet Encyclopedia "Wikipedia" this week can stop working for a day-in protest against the US Congress of piracy introduced to the US Congress. This was stated on Twitter by the founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wayls. On a specially created resource page, users and creators of Wikipedia should decide in the coming hours whether the daily disconnection of this non -profit site is advisable.

Consumer prices for automobile gasoline for the period from December 27 to January 10 on average in Russia decreased by 0.1%, the Federal Statistics Service said. The average cost of one liter of fuel amounted to 27 rubles or more than 84 American cents in terms. A decrease in gas prices was noted in 29 regional centers of the country, while at 39 they did not change. The increase in fuel prices occurred 15 regional centers.

In Beirut, the number of dead during the collapse of a residential building has increased today to 19. According to official figures, most victims are foreign workers who lived in Lebanon. The collapse of the building occurred on Sunday evening. The reason is not yet known. According to one version, the house was an old building, with cracks in the walls that could not withstand the lasting for several days of heavy rains.

Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin in Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi February 18, 2011 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev summed up a meeting on the progress of the construction program of Olympic facilities. Recall that the meeting itself took place on January 5. And the very fact that in order to develop a decree on the issue, which, it would seem, thoroughly “worked out” many times, it took more than 10 days, looks very eloquent. So, Dmitry Medvedev signed a list of instructions.

Hitler's book "My struggle" In Germany - for the first time after the end of World War II - excerpts from the book of Adolf Hitler "Mine Campf" ("My struggle") are reprinted. As the British publisher of the book, Peter McGoy, a brochure of 12-15 pages, containing excerpts from Hitler’s text with comments on a famous historian, said on sale on January 26th. Since 1945, the book has been banned in Germany.

The Single Picket of the Yabloko party took place right on the steps of the porch of the Kirov control of the FSB. The teacher of the Russian language and literature Yevgeny Yushkov demanded to stop the persecution of the opposition and put the special services under the control of citizens: “Special services are a state in the state. They are not controlled by anyone but Comrade Putin. It's time to stop these spies!

Parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan, January 15, 2012. In Kazakhstan, the results of early elections to the Mazhilis - the lower house of parliament are summed up . According to preliminary results, in the parliament - before that one -party - three parties pass at once.

Maria Lipman On his website Putin2012.ru and on the pages of the Izvestia newspaper on January 16 , Vladimir Putin published a software article entitled "Russia concentrates - challenges that we must answer." The political concept of the article by Vladimir Putin in an interview with Radio Freedom was analyzed by the expert of the Moscow Center of Carnegie Maria Lipman.

In the vicinity of the Iraqi city of Mosul, today at least 8 people were killed and several more were injured as a result of an explosion in a camp for displaced persons. According to the police, the mined car exploded. Among the dead and victims are women and children. Representatives of a small ethno -religious community of Shabak live in the camp. They are close to the Kurds and confess one of the varieties of Shiite Islam.

Tennis. Australian Open. Women. The first circle Nina Bratchikova (Russia) - Flavia Pennette (Italy) - 6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 2 Pauline Parrantier (France) - Alla Kudryavtseva (Russia) - 6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 3 Men. The first circle Flavio Chipolla (Italy) - Nikolai Davydenko (Russia) - 6: 4, 4: 6, 3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1 Roger Federer (Switzerland) - Alexander Kudryavtsev (Russia) - 7: 5, 6: 2, 6: 2