A person who introduced himself as a prosecutor of the Naursky district of Chechnya, but did not name his name, said today that Radio Liberty correspondent Andrei Babitsky, who was held on January 16 in Chechnya by the Russian authorities, is alive and well. Having called the wife of Babitsky Lyudmila on the phone, the man said that he contacted her on behalf of the journalist himself, to meet with whom - according to him - he was leaving now. The exact whereabouts of Babitsky is not yet known.

Aya Kuga, Belgrade: At a meeting of the UN Security Council, the issue of the situation in the south of Serbia will be discussed today, where in the five -kilometer strip of demarcation on the administrative border with Kosovo, the sorties of the Albanian extremists do not stop.

Vyacheslav Polunin Presenter Marina Timasheva Marina Timasheva: Today in the Moscow studio of Radio Liberty Vyacheslav Polunin, the famous mime, clown, artist, creator of the Litsedei theater. Vyacheslav Polunin: The word “personal life” for me is like something out there somewhere on the horizon, like a mirage. (Laughs.) Personal life? I wish I knew what it was. You always think: “This is personal life, what is it like, what is it?” My whole family, all my time, all I have is my theater.

Leonid Nikitinsky: Our guest today is Yuri Skuratov. And the first question, Yuri Ilyich: How to call you right now? Prosecutor General or, perhaps, presidential candidate? Yuri Skuratov: Of course, it is correct to talk about the general prosecutor, since legally I remain the general prosecutor. True - temporarily, as stated in the presidential decree, is removed from the performance of his duties. As for such a form of appeal as a "presidential candidate", this is premature. Why?