Jehudi Menukhin considered music a unique occupation. He said that she demands from the musician the work of the mind, soul, eye, fingers of the right and left hands. My necrologist Sir Jehudi is purely personal. In the late 70s, I, a bewildered emigrant, wrote to Menukhin a letter from Germany to England and asked him to stand up for the Ukrainian musician and human rights activist to Mykol Gorbal, who was waiting for the trial in Kyiv.

Lev Roitman: Last Sunday in Grozny, another, fourth in a row, an attempt on the president of Chechnya Aslan Maskhadov occurred. Who committed it? Is there a connection between this attempt, the abduction of the 5th General of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs of Gennady Spiguin and the explosion of March 19 in the market in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia? It is not entirely excluded, but with what then to link the three previous attempts on Maskhadov?

Dr. Michael Soulolin from the University of Pennsylvania presented a report at the radiological conference in Orlando on the new method of extending the life of patients with cancer of the colon. In half of the patients, such tumors give metastases to the liver, and only transplantation of this organ can save them. The technique of chemioembolization allows you to deliver the medicine to the affected area of the liver and at the same time block its blood supply.

and other radio essays Igor Pomerantsev Previous Essay Next The unbearable truth of life At the beginning of April I was in London. Living in a warring country is uncomfortable. It's mentally uncomfortable. I saw about two hundred Serbian demonstrators near the residence of the British Prime Minister on Downing Street. They gather there every day to protest against the bombings. I approached them. I asked about Albanian refugees from Kosovo.

Today's program is opened by Viktor Sonkin’s material about the views on the Internet by the famous writer and scientist Umberto Eco. Then Dmitry Atlas will talk about the release of the new version of the popular Microsoft Internet Explorer program and the possible reaction to this event of the competing company Netscape. In conclusion - Oleg's material Homeland about the struggle for freedom of speech on the Internet. Radio "Freedom", the program "Seventh Continent".

According to Roshydromet, a high spring flood is expected on most rivers of the European part of the country. According to forecasts, in the Volga-Kama basin, it will be close to the maximum over the past 20 years. The highest level of water, exceeding the norm of the spring maximum by one and a half to two meters, is expected on the rivers of the basin of the upper and middle oka.

In early April I was in London. Living in a warring country is uncomfortable. Soulwear uncomfortable. Near the residence of the British Prime Minister on Dauning Street, I saw hundreds of two Serbian demonstrators. They gather there every day: protest against bombing. I went up to them. He asked about the Albanian refugees from the braids. I was amicably and convinced that all this is a lie, that the British press completely was insolving.

The shooting of the documentary "Meetings with Pushkin. From Italy with love" ended . The author of the script and director of the picture is Andrey Khrzhanovsky. Leading on the screen, emphasizing the world significance of the Russian poet, is the famous Italian filmmaker Tonino Guerra, a long -term employee Federico Fellini. Khrzhanovsky and Guerra have already shot together the animated film "Long Journey" according to Fellini's drawings.

The headquarters of OPEC-the organization of oil exporting countries in Vienna, today an agreement has been signed by reducing oil exports by about 330 thousand tons per day . The agreement, which, in addition to the member countries, was signed by Russia, Mexico, Oman and Norway, aims to stabilize oil prices, which have more than doubled over the past two years. The other day, Russia agreed to reduce oil exports by 3 months by 4 percent of the current level, starting on April 1.

Presenter Alexey Tsvetkov Today's program opens with Viktor Sonkin's material about the views on the Internet of the famous writer and scientist Umberto Eco. Then Dmitry Atlas will talk about the release of a new version of the popular Microsoft Internet Explorer program and about the possible reaction of the competing company Netscape to this event. In conclusion - Oleg Rodin’s material on the fight for freedom of speech on the Internet. Radio "Liberty", program "Seventh Continent".

Chechen questions of Russian answers Leading Lev Roitman Lev Roitman: Last Sunday in Grozny, another, fourth in a row, an attempt on the president of Chechnya Aslan Maskhadov occurred. Who committed it? Is there a connection between this attempt, the abduction of the 5th General of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs of Gennady Spiguin and the explosion of March 19 in the market in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia?

Yuri Zhigalkin: Few American observers believe that the position of Moscow on the Kosovo problem is seriously taken into account by Washington, if only because the given consists in the fact that the United States is much more involved in the resolution of the Kosovo crisis than Russia. Washington risks large, demanding, together with his partners on NATO from Milosevich, to sign a peace agreement and going to use his aircraft for air strikes. And in fact, in his hands a formal initiative.

Negotiations between the American envoy Richard Holbruck and the President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevich are interrupted and it is not known whether they will resume. The Holbrook arrived at the US Embassy in Belgrade to inform Washington about the situation. The previous round of negotiations ended late at night to no avail. Miloshevich did not change his position and still refuses to sign a peace plan in Kosovo, objecting to the placement of NATO peacekeeping forces in the province.

The Helsinki has begun the World Figure Skating Championship. The first men entered the fight. In qualification competitions, the best grades in group "A" was received by Russian Alexei Yagudin, his compatriot Alexei Urmanov took the second place, the third - Takeshi Honda from Japan. Another Russian skater - Evgeny Plushenko - was ahead of everyone in group "B". Here is the second result from the American Michael Weiss, and the third is the Canadian Elvis.

In Belgrade - after a short break - negotiations were resumed between the American messenger Richard Holbruck and President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Miloshevich. The first - four -hour - the meeting ended late at night to no avail. Miloshevich did not change his position and still refuses to sign a peace plan in Kosovo, objecting to the placement of NATO peacekeeping forces in the province.