New studies on the positive role of the Church in the development of astronomy, plants under stress are sources of drugs, as well as the latest scientific news - these are the topics of our transmission today.

Hasin Raduev, North Caucasus: Alkhan-Yurt, Kon-Yurt, Shamil-Yurt and a number of other settlements of the Achkhoy-Martan and Urus-Martan districts are surrounded by Russian troops. According to available information in these villages, from 100 to 300 Chechen fighters, who left Grozny three days ago in order to go to the mountains. Aviation and artillery strike at places where, according to Russian intelligence, the remnants of Grozny defenders were strengthened.

The Union of Committee of the Soldiers' Mothers of Russia turned to the General Prosecutor's Office with a request to determine the status of Russian troops participating in the military operations in Chechnya. There are still no official documents that would recognize these soldiers and officers with military operations, which makes it impossible to pay a decent pension to the military who received injuries. Since February 1, the average level of pensions in Russia amounted to 650 rubles.

In this issue: - in Kostroma, the soldier is buried again; - Who is guilty of the death of the Bashkir teacher Renata Sultanov?

There is still no news about the fate of the Radio Liberty correspondent Andrei Babitsky, who - according to the Russian authorities - was transferred on Thursday day to the unnamed Chechen commanders in exchange for two Russian prisoners of war.

Oleg Kusov, North Caucasus, Chechen-Ingush border: There are more details in the story of the detention of Andrei Babitsky. Through the Chechen-Ingush border these days, refugees from the villages of Achha-Martan and Urus-Martan are crossed in various ways, in which these days there are positional battles between Russian units and Chechen formations.

Andrey Trukhan: To the accompaniment of Krishna chants, several dozen young Muscovites and Muscovites, including infants, with their various anti -war slogans, are able to attract the attention of a considerable number of passers -by. Says one of the organizers of the action: Olga Mereyasova: My name is Olga Mereyasova. I am from anarchist anti -war movement.

The Washington Post newspaper published an editorial article on Saturday under the heading "Barbarism in Moscow". "The Russian government is irritated when someone is suspicious of his actions. Any critic is automatically into the number of those who limited themselves to the framework of the Cold War: forget about this, they say Russia's officials, times have changed.

The program is conducted by Giovanni Benxi. It is attended by Elitsa Kuryak, an employee of the Institute of International Economics and Politics in Belgrade, and Sergey Romanenko - a Russian historian and political scientist. Giovanni Bensi: There is no end to the Yugoslav crisis. The situation remains very tense in Kosovo and surrounding areas where Albanian armed militants from the so -called "liberation army of Presevo, Buyanovats and Medvedzhi" operate.

The guild of American filmmakers awarded the award for an outstanding contribution to cinema to Steven Spielberg. Previously, this award was named after the classic of the Griffith cinema, but now the guild decided that Griffith defeated his name with racist motifs in the famous picture of 1915 The Birth of the Nation. The prize of the guild of American film scenaries for the first time will get a foreigner.

The conversation of Savik Shuster with Movladi Udugov, one of the leaders of the Chechen separatists. Savik Shuster: Mr. Udugov, what do you and your commanders know about the fate of Andrei Babitsky? Movladi Udugov: I personally contacted almost all our commanders. None of them confirmed the fact of the so -called transmission or exchange of Andrei Babitsky for two Russian troops.

Lev Roitman: Why does a person strive for power? Serve the neighbor, that is, society in a broad sense? Serve the very neighbor - to yourself, maybe? To fall over the neighbor and the short? Enrich yourself personally? Questions. All these options, of course, are conceivable, conceivable together and separately, including personal enrichment. Especially in today's post -Soviet states, in Russia, including.

Conversation between Savik Shuster and Movladi Udugov, one of the leaders of the Chechen separatists. Savik Shuster: Mr. Udugov, what do you and your commanders know about the fate of Andrei Babitsky? Movladi Udugov: I contacted personally almost all of our commanders. None of them confirmed the fact of the so-called transfer or exchange of Andrei Babitsky for two Russian servicemen.

The Washington Post published an editorial on Saturday entitled "Barbarism in Moscow." “The Russian government is irritated when anyone is suspicious of its actions. Any critic is automatically pigeon-holed into the Cold War mentality: forget it, Russian officials say, times have changed. But last week, in the case of Andrei Babitsky, the Russian government acted as deceitfully and with such disregard for civilized behavior as the Soviet Union would have been embarrassed to behave.

Norwegian doctors from Tromce returned to life a woman who was in a state of clinical death caused by hypothermia of the body for at least two hours. The 29-year-old skier Anna Bagagenholm fell into ice water and spent about forty minutes there. When the rescued was taken to the hospital, the temperature of her body did not exceed 13.7 degrees. This is an absolute record of this kind.