Liberal economists at the Gaidar Forum in Moscow warned the authorities about the availability of serious problems in the field of management and finance. Representatives of the government convinced the reforms committed to their commitment, and denied the presence of a political crisis in Russia.

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Mitt Romni - so far the main candidate for the presidential presidential election from the Republican Party In the United States, the presidential campaign continues. The first in this race was launched by the Republican Party, which is looking for a candidate, capable of opposing US President Barack Obama in November . The Republicans have already held the so-called "coks" in Iowa and the "primaries" in New Hampshire-according to their results, Mitt Romny leads.

The British Ministry of Defense has begun investigation in connection with the media reports on the cruelty of British military personnel with children in Afghanistan. This was stated by a representative of the British Ministry of Defense, noting that the UK authorities "extremely seriously" reacted to accusations. According to the Sun newspaper, two British troops were detained on charges of bad treatment with two Afghan children for 10 years old - a boy and a girl.

The World Bank lowered its assessment of Russian GDP growth in 2012 from 4.4% to 3.5%, the previous forecast of the bank was published in June last year. For comparison, according to the plans of the Russian government, the total volume of the national economy according to the results of this year will increase by 3.7%. Also, the World Bank experts reduced the forecast of the growth rate of the global economy this year - from 3.6% to 2.5%.

Benny Golson “On an ideal disk,” writes our faithful listener Leo, “I would like to hear“ Whisper not. ”I would like this little thing, this little thing really put me on jazz!” On January 25, a tenor saxophonist, composer, arranger, author of Whisper not Benny Golson turns 83 years old. The next program "Jazz Time" is dedicated to him, which will be released on January 22 at 22:00 Moscow time. Benny Golson wrote Whisper not in 56 - in that era he played in the orchestra of Dizzy Gillespi.

In the north of the Gaza sector today, as a result of an Israeli strike, two Palestinian militants died. According to the Israeli command, the militants tried to install an explosive device at the fence, separating the Israeli and Palestinian territories. The representative of the command said that last year there were about 30 similar incidents. Local residents report that the Fire at the place of drawing was fed up, then a combat aircraft connected to the operation.

In Jerusalem, a massive demonstration of repatriates from Ethiopia, protesting against racial discrimination, took place near the parliament building. As our correspondent Ela Kotler reports, the reason for the protest was the scandal in the city of Kiryat-Malahi, where several Ethiopian families were refused to rent apartments. At the rally, a deputy of the parliament from the Kadim Party Shlomo Mula, a repatriate from Ethiopia, performed.

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Inflation in Russia for the period from 11 to 16 January amounted to 0.1%, and from the beginning of the year - 0.2%, the Federal Statistics Service said. For comparison, last year, for the first half of January, consumer prices in the country increased by 1.4%. A significant reduction in inflation at the beginning of this year is associated with the transfer of annual indexation of tariffs of natural monopolies from January to July.

Albin Kurti Irina Lagunina: For several months, footage of the northern border of Kosovo with Serbia blocked by Kosovo’s cosov’s border with Serbia did not leave the television screens - in protest against customs and border control, which Kosovo Albanian authorities were going to establish. But then, last week, these personnel were replaced by others - Albanians, supporters of the political movement “Self -determination”, went to the blockade of the northern border of Kosov.

Russia's Gazprom has agreed to reduce gas prices for five European companies. Does this decision indicate a change in the concern's policy in its largest market? After all, the size of the discounts, according to experts, will be insignificant. The company Gazprom Export, owned by the Russian Gazprom, has agreed with five major European buyers to adjust the price of long-term supplies of Russian gas taking into account current market prices in the European Union.

In the Afghan province of Hilmen in the south of the country, 13 people were killed as a result of two explosions. According to the representative of the province of Daud Ahmadi, during the explosion, perfect suicide bombers in the Kajaki district, seven police officers and two civilians were killed. In the area of above the explosion of the mines, an employee of the local security service, two bodyguards and a local resident were killed. The Taliban took responsibility for this attack.

Pekka Haavisto On January 22, the presidential election will be held in Finland. The latter before the election showed that the second most popular is the candidate from the Green League party, Pecca Haavisto. Pekka Haavisto told Radio Liberty how he intends to develop relations with Russia and fight corruption if it interferes with this relationship.