Vladimir Dolin, Moscow: The elections in Chechnya, or their imitation, according to the plan of the Russian government, apparently, should become an element of political settlement, as the Russian government understands it. Today, the chairman of the election commission of the Chechen Republic, Abdulkimim Arsakhanov, said that only presidential elections will be held in the republic on March 26, and elections to the State Duma will be held later.

On January 26, the man of the day Radio Liberty is the new Prime Minister of Serbia Zoran Dvinzhich. On Thursday, late in the evening, the deputies of the Serbian Parliament supported his candidacy for the post of head of the Serbian government. Zoran Dvinzhich is 48 years old. He was born in the city of Bosan Shamats. He received a philosophical education in Yugoslavia and Germany.

Semyon Mirsky, Paris: The draft resolution demanding that the delegation of Russia from participating in the work of PACA was nominated by the fraction of the European People's Party "Christian Democrats". A document published by the Political Committee of the Council of Europe offers a different approach.

In the journal Science on January 21, an article of Japanese researchers who designed genetically engineering tobacco, which is not afraid of high temperatures, was published on January 21 . The ability of plants to resist the heat is inversely proportional to the concentration of some fatty acids in chloroplast membranes? organoids of the cell in which photosynthesis occurs.

In Melbourne, the open championship of Australia in tennis continues . The first finalist was the second racket of the tournament American Lindsay Davenport, who in the semifinals won her compatriot Jennifer Capriati 6: 2, 7: 6. In the final, Davenport will play with the first racket of the competition by Swiss Martina Khingis, who easily won the Conchines of the Conchines of Martinez 6: 3, 6: 2. Today the next matches in paired competitions have been played .

The program is conducted by Savik Schuster. It is attended by Radio Liberty editor Vladimir Dolin, Czech journalist Peter Prokhazkova, Oleg Panfilov, head of the monitoring service of the Russian vowel protection fund, Mikhail Fedotov, secretary of the Russian Journalist Union, mother of Russian journalist Alexander Khinshtein and Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Ilya Dadashidze.

The program is conducted by Tengiz Gudava. He talks with the President of the International Helsan Rights of Human Rights, the chairman of the Moscow Helsinsky group Lyudmila Alekseeva and the co -chair of the human rights center of the Russian Public Organization "Memorial" Oleg Orlov. Tengiz Gudava: Our topic today is Chechnya and the protection of human rights.

Hasin Raduev, North Caucasus: Russian troops continue the assault on Grozny. A fierce battle occurred on the eastern outskirts of the Chechen capital near the Yuzhny bus station. Russian motorized rifles under the cover of armored vehicles yesterday in the afternoon made a breakthrough along Khackalskaya Street to Square a minute. On the part of the state farm, another group has advanced in the same direction.

Hasin Raduev, North Caucasus: The camp of Chechen refugees "Sputnik" is located on the eastern outskirts of the Ingush village of Sleptsovskaya. The tent town is now covered with snow. The picture is almost fabulous. But winter is forced to live here, winter is not pleasing. The tents are cold. Summer soldiers' tents do not hold heat well. You have to drown a lot, but there is not enough firewood. These days, a real flu epidemic began in the refugee camp. In tent towns, it spreads very quickly.

The search for radio correspondent Freedom Andrei Babitsky, who was missing in Chechnya, continues. The representative of the radio leadership Freedom and Liberty Europe goes to Moscow for meetings with Russian officials. The last time Babitsky got in touch on January 15th. Babitsky - Freedom working for radio for 10 years - was a correspondent in Chechnya and during the first war of the 94th - 96th years.

The second finalist of the Australian Open Championship in tennis , following the American Andre Agassi, was Russian Evgeny Kafelnikov, not meeting the worthy resistance of the Swede Magnus Norman 6: 1.6: 2.6: 4. The opponent of Agassi according to the semifinal, his compatriot Pit Sampras again injured and apparently will be forced to pierce the upcoming match for the Davis Cup between the teams of the United States and Zimbabwe.

The residents of Volgodonsk, who suffered from the attack on September 16 last year, should transfer 258 million rubles in the shortest possible time - such an order was given to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation at a government meeting on Thursday. In Khabarovsk, in connection with the flu epidemic, from February 27 to 3, classes in schools were stopped, the chief sanitary doctor of the region said.

Russia is able to provide the domestic grain market without resorting to import, Vladimir Putin said today at a government meeting. According to official figures, grain deficiency in Russia, mainly faraway, is about 9 million 300 thousand tons this year. Given the food and imports, the country has resources of less than 66 million tons - with needs of 75 million.

Oleg Kusov, Chechnya: Apparently, the Russian military counted the operation to capture Grozny. The military leaders regularly call the new terms for the capture of the Chechen capital under control. However, judging by the eastern outskirts of Grozny, these terms are quite conditional. For a month now, the fights of quick response, riot police and motorized rifles have been conducting combat operations for a month now. Fire support is provided by several helicopters and artillery.

Mikhail Sokolov: The Duma crisis seemed to have no significant influence on the presidential rating of Vladimir Putin. Forty -two percent of VTsIOM surveyed believe that the acting The president is related to the conflict in the Duma, and thirty -eight percent - against sixteen - they think that Putin is acting correctly. But the election of Gennady Seleznev by the speaker is not a victory. Twenty -seven percent approve of this event, twenty -five - “against”.