"A lot of lies."

On March 2, the current and future participants of the Grani-TV project gathered in the Mayak Moscow club. The event was held under the slogan "We do not play in the box." It was attended by Lyudmila Alekseeva, Irina Yasina, Mikhail Kasyanov, Vladimir Ryzhkov, Dmitry Muratov and many others. We bring to your attention a fragment of Viktor Shenderovich's speech. Photo report Radio Liberty report

Victor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko. Photo from Newizv.ru The Ukrainian side should not aggravate the disagreements in negotiations with Gazprom on the repayment of debt for the consumed gas. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko at a meeting with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

Maxim Reznik. Photo from the site lenizdat.ru The leader of the St. Petersburg branch of the Yabloko party, Maxim Reznik, was detained on Monday night. As the Echo of St. Petersburg reports, he is still in the 76th police department. He was detained near the party’s office when he tried to separate the fight. The police detained him "as a participant in the brawl." According to Reznik, he is charged with resistance to police officers.

The emblem of the US State Department The US presidential administration George Bush critically evaluates the presidential election in Russia, but is ready to work with Dmitry Medvedev. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the official representative of the State Department.

Alexander Skobov. Photo from the site www.freevoice.ru *But the boss cannot be smart, Because it cannot be.* Alexander Galich a flurry of literary images caused me in the recent article by Irina Pavlova the opinion of the American historian Richard Pipe that Russia needs Peter. But I'll start in order, without emotions and not with Russia.

The march of disagreements in MOCKVA. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru In Moscow on Turgenevskaya Square, the unauthorized "Marsh of the Disagreements", organized by the opposition coalition "Another Russia" began. As the correspondent of the faces reports, about 50 people gathered in the square, while all approaches to the square were covered with police and riot police.

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Shot CNN The leader of the presidential race among the American Democrats, Senator Barack Obama said that he was disappointed with the Russian presidential election. “These elections were not completely free and honest due to the lack of free press, as well as the opposition of opposition figures and political parties,” the Obama statement, which his headquarters sent Reuters after the announcement of the victory of Dmitry Medvedev.

Gas burner. Photo from Interfax.by Gazprom reduced gas supply to Ukraine. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced on Monday by the official representative of the Russian holding Sergey Kupriyanov. According to him, gas supply is reduced by 24 million cubic meters per day. This is 25 percent of the total gas supplied by Russia. Between the press secretary of Naftogaz of Ukraine, Valentin Zemlyansky said that deliveries were reduced by 30 million cubic meters per day.

Hugo Chavez. Photo by ar Venezuela President Hugo Chavez ordered to send troops and tanks to the border with Colombia. According to the Air Force, 10 battalions will be sent to the border, which is several thousand military. Chavez called President Columbia Alvaro Urist. Speaking with a weekly television personality to the nation, he also stated that the Venezuela embassy in Colombia would be closed. Ecuador also closed his embassy in Colombia and began to pull off the troops to the border.

Elections in the Perm Territory. Frame NTV In the seven regions of Russia, the voter turnout in the presidential election exceeded 90 percent, said the chairman of the Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov. As RIA Novosti reports, he said this at a press conference on Monday. According to him, in the Chechen Republic, the turnout amounted to 91.2 percent, in the Yamal -Nenets Autonomous Okrug - 91.9, Karachay -Cherkessia - 92.2, Ingushetia - 92.3, Mordovia - 92.8 percent.

Dmitry Medvedev. Photo by ar First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is gaining 70.23 percent of the vote in the presidential election. The results obtained after the counting of 99.5 percent of the ballots, said the head of the Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov at the first final press conference after voting, RIA Novosti reports.

On Monday, the Moscow City Court sentenced the conclusion for a period of 10 to 13 years of three participants in the Orekhovo-Medvedkov group. As ITAR-TASS reports, they are found guilty of several murders and attempts. One of the crimes for which they are convicted is the attempt to kill the head of the Russian Gold company Alexander Tarantsev. The assessors considered that the defendants did not deserve condescension.

The march of disagreements in St. Petersburg on March 3, 2008. Photo by Elena Lanskaya In St. Petersburg, about two thousand people entered the "march of disagreements" authorized by the authorities. As the correspondent of the Grani.ru reports, among the participants of the action was the leader of the DDT group Yuri Shevchuk. The "marsh of disagreements" passed along the route from Greek Avenue along the 4th Sovetskaya Street and ended with a rally in the Chernyshevsky Square.

Dmitry Volov with five illegally issued ballots. Photo from the blog of Ilya Yashin The Yabloko held an action in Moscow and St. Petersburg to verify compliance with the election law. On the day of voting, the party activists went around several sites and received ballots without absenteeism. About the results of the St. Petersburg campaign was told on the air of the television channel, the leader of the local branch of the party Maxim Reznik.