The host of the Liberty Live program Andrey Sharry: Our correspondent Mumin Shakirov works in the Rosinform Center today. Assistant acting Russian President Sergei Yastrzhembsky made a very important statement for us today - the correspondent of our radio station Andrei Babitsky with his consent is exchanged for three Russian troops. Mumin Shakirov: I just left the building of the Rosinfenter, where the assistant to the I.O. President of Russia Sergey Yastrzhembsky.

The BBC news service on Wednesday reported the brilliant success of doctors from the clinic of the London Royal College . In November of 98, for the first time in the world, a combined transplant of the liver and bone marrow was carried out there. The operation was done by the young resident of the Belfast Hugo Hennessy, who suffered from one of the varieties of hereditary immunodeficiency, whose victims usually do not live up to 20 years.

Interview with Irina Hakamad The first four percent drop in the election rating of Vladimir Putin up to fifty -eight percent of those who wish to vote for him, some explain to the parliamentary crisis, others - the fact that the number of dissatisfied with the course of the Chechen war is growing. But this is unlikely to interfere with the acting President become the head of state. Image makers of the Kremlin managed to create the image of Putin - antipode of Yeltsin.

Vladimir Baburin talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the government Aslan Maskhadova Ilyas Akhmadov. Vladimir Baburin: From the 15th, we have no confirmed information about Andrei Babitsky. We did not contact him, we have not seen the personnel with him, since then when he was detained. As for the information that Sergei Yastrzhembsky gives, one is so contrary to the other that it is difficult to call it objective.

Savik Schuster is talking with Western journalists working in Russia: the correspondent of the Figaro newspaper in Moscow Ler Montville, Giulette Keza, the observer of the Italian newspaper Istanpa, and Owen Matthews, the Newsuik weekly correspondent in Moscow.

The volume of Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves is 13 billion 100 million dollars, the Department of Foreign and Public Relations of the Bank of Russia said. Compared to last week, gold and foreign exchange reserves increased by $ 300 million. The Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Russia closed access to the export pipe to 13 budget debtors. The Ministry of Topenergo sent a letter to the state company "Traskneft", which is a monopolist in the field of oil transportation.

The host of the Liberty Live program Andrey Sharry: Our correspondent Mumin Shakirov works in the Rosinform Center today. Assistant acting Russian President Sergei Yastrzhembsky today made the following statement there: "The correspondent of our radio station Andrei Babitsky with his consent is exchanged for three Russian military personnel." Mumin Shakirov: In the sensational news, which was reported by Sergey Yastrzhembsky, there are a lot of obvious.

Vladimir Dolin, North Caucasus, Mozdok: Yesterday, Radio correspondent Freedom Andrei Babitsky was released from custody on a subscription about a lower -off of the departure from Moscow. But in Moscow, the journalist never appeared.

The program is conducted by Tengiz Gudava. It participates in it: the president of the independent television company Rustavi-2, Erosi Kitsmarishvili, a representative of the public human rights organization "Institute of Liberty" Giga Bokeria and his own correspondent of Radio Liberty in Tbilisi Yuri Vachnadze.

American film actors Billy Crystal and Jamie Lee Curtis will receive comic awards of Harvard University. The award is called "raw powder" and is awarded by students of the oldest American theater society. By tradition, Billy Crystal will be forced to change into a women's dress and walk along the streets of a university town. In the past, the Awards of the Raw Pudding were awarded to Julia Roberts, Stephen Spielberg, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford and other cinema cognizations.

Sergey Novikov, Tula: A train with a tactical group of the Tula Guards Airborne Division consisting of 600 military personnel was sent from the Testnitskaya station of the Moscow Railway to Chechnya. The group is formed from military service soldiers and contractors. All of them for several weeks underwent special training in the training center of the division. This party of the Blue Berets will completely replace Tulyaks-prisoners who have been in the North Caucasus since August last year.

The deputy of the State Duma, a member of the Yabloko party Vladimir Averchev answers the questions of Savik Schuster and Peter Vail. Savik Shuster: Vladimir Petrovich, what is the position of "apple" on the issue of Andrei Babitsky? Vladimir Averchev: When we saw this first message, it just shocked. It was impossible to look at Yastrzhembsky without shame and disgust. We have prepared the draft application "Yabloko" on this issue.

The program is conducted by Savik Shuster and Andrey Shari. They talk with a Radio Liberty correspondent in the North Caucasus Khasin Raduev. Andrey Sharry: Andrei Babitsky, in accordance with the statement of Sergei Yastrzhembsky, was transferred to the Chechen side in exchange for three Russian troops. According to Yastrzhembsky, Babitsky gave written consent to the exchange. As his statement quotes the Interfax agency, he stated that he agreed only to help prisoners of war.

Elena Bonner comments on the case of Andrei Babitsky. Andrei Shary and Savik Shuster talk with the famous Russian human rights activist, Andrei Sakharov's widow Elena Bonner. Andrey Shary: On the live telephone line from Boston is Elena Bonner, a famous Russian human rights activist, the widow of Academician Sakharov. Elena Georgievna, do you have any comments about the very unpleasant situation that has developed with our colleague?

Radio Liberty correspondent Andrei Babitsky, detained in Chechnya in mid -January, was transferred to the Chechen side in exchange for three Russian troops, ” an assistant to the IO of the President of Russia Sergey Yastrzhembsky said at a press conference in Moscow today. According to him, the exchange occurred today - at the intersection of roads between Argun and Shali. Yastrzhembsky called the names of the Russian troops on whom the journalist was exchanged.