The program is conducted by Giovanni Benxi. He talks with Radio Liberty correspondents in Paris and Bonn Semen Mirsky and Evgeny Bovkun, as well as with Svetlana Gannushkina, a member of the Russian government commission on migration. Giovanni Bensi: Our attention today will focus on a small European country - Belgium. In this country, as in all Western European states, a large mass of immigrants live, primarily from Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe.

Amiotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lud Gorig's disease, is an incurable disease that affects the motor neurons of the spinal cord - most likely has a viral nature . Employees of the University of California in Irvain and their French colleagues from the University of Rockefeller in Lyon came to this conclusion.

Vladimir Baburin talks with Chairman of the Glasnost Defense Foundation Alexei Simonov. Vladimir Baburin: Alexey Kirillovich, the day before, the commander of the Russian federal group in Chechnya, General Kazantsev, spoke about the new procedure for the release of refugees - women, children and old people will be released, and men, not even men - children will not be released, but will be checked.

Radio Liberty correspondent in the North Caucasus Khasin Raduev spoke with the head of the administration of the Chechen village of Chiri-Yurt. Khasin Raduev: The village of Chiri-Yurt is located approximately 18 kilometers south of the regional center of Shali in the foothills of the Argun Gorge. It is considered to be “liberated” from Chechen armed formations since December 12 last year. Russian troops are stationed around Chiri-Yurt.

With the head of the administration of the Chechen village, Chiri-Yurt was talked by the Radio Liberty correspondent in the North Caucasus Khasin Raduev. Hasin Raduev: The village of Chiri-Yurt is located approximately 18 kilometers south of the district center Shali in the foothills of the Argun gorge. It is considered to be "liberated" from Chechen armed groups since December 12 last year. Around Chiri-Yurt are Russian troops.

Visitors to the Amazon.com virtual bookstore, whose clientele is the whole globe, voted for the best books and music of the century . Among the books in the first place are the "lord of the rings" of John Tolkien. The top ten included the “Remissed” “Ulysses” by James Joyce, “Above the abyss of rye” by Jerome Salinger and “Bunrail of anger” by John Steinbek.

The program is conducted by Giovanni Benxi. He talks with Mark Smirnov - director of the Center "Religion and Society in the CIS and Baltic countries", and Yakov Krotov - journalist, specialist in religious issues, Radio Liberty correspondent.

Radio Liberty special correspondent Andrei Babitsky, now in Grozny, answers questions from Savik Shuster and Vladimir Baburin. Andrey Babitsky: This night and this afternoon there was very intense, unprecedented in intensity shelling on the outskirts of Grozny and the center of Grozny. The area around Minutka Square has been completely plowed, I was under heavy shelling today, the strongest I have ever been under, in the area of ​​the 20th precinct - the village of Aldy.

In the final of the club of the World Cup in Brazil, two Brazilian clubs will meet - Corinthians and Vasco da Gama. On Tuesday, in the final matches of the Vasco da Gami football players, they prevailed over rivals from the Mexican Nekaxi - 2: 1, and Manchester United defeated South Melbourne - 2: 0. Thus, Vasco da Gama scored nine points, and Necax and Manchester are four.

Oleg Kusov, North Caucasus: The federal forces, according to the command of the United Federal Group in the North Caucasus, returned to their control the Chechen cities of Gudermes and Shali. The armed detachments of the Chechens held several important objects in Gudermes, Shali and Argun for several days, retreating, and then not in full force, only after massive artillery and aviation blows.

Oleg Kusov, Chechnya: The counterattack of Chechen armed groups in the cities of Gudermes, Argun, Shali and Urus-Martan was suspended only after the federal side used artillery and aircraft. The Russian military talks today about the clear actions of the units.

Oleg Kusov, Chechnya: The counter-offensive of Chechen armed formations in the cities of Gudermes, Argun, Shali and Urus-Martan was suspended over the past 24 hours only after the federal side used artillery and aviation. The Russian military is talking today about the clear actions of the units.

Georgy Kobaladze, Tbilisi: The Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, according to the Constitution, the second person in the state, Zurab Zhvania, made a sensational statement on Tuesday evening, which could lead to a sharp aggravation of relations between Tbilisi and Moscow, and perhaps to something more than just another diplomatic scandal and an exchange of notes of protest.

Oleg Kusov, North Caucasus: Federal forces, according to the command of the United Federal Group in the North Caucasus, have returned to their control the Chechen cities of Gudermes and Shali. Armed detachments of Chechens held several important objects in Gudermes, Shali and Argun for several days, retreating, and even then not in full force, only after massive artillery and air strikes.

George Kobaladze, Tbilisi: The chairman of the Georgian Parliament, according to the Constitution, the second person in the state, Zurab Zhvaniya, made a sensation statement on Tuesday evening, which could lead to a sharp exacerbation of the relationship between Tbilisi and Moscow, and maybe more than just another diplomatic scandal and exchange of notes of protest.