Yuri Bagrov, Dubai-Yurt, Chechnya: In the last 24 hours, the fighting in the Argun Gorge has become less fierce. Armed clashes between federal units and Chechen militants continued in the area of ​​the villages of Shatoy and Kharsenoy. The statement by the deputy commander of the United Federal Group in the North Caucasus, Gennady Troshev, about the complete destruction of Chechen gangs was clearly made hastily.

Vladimir Dolin, Moscow: Sergei Yastrzhembsky said that the federal center rejects any negotiations with Aslan Maskhadov. Sergey Yastrzhembsky: In a sense, we are ready for negotiations, and I can even name representatives of the federal authorities who are ready for negotiations - these are representatives of the prosecutor's office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the framework of the criminal case that was initiated against Maskhadov.

Yesterday, matches of the Champions Football League continued. In Group A, Barcelona, in its field, defeated the Portuguese Porto 4: 2. Rivallo spent two goals from the owners, Frank de Broat and Patrick Klyuvert were still distinguished. At Porto, both goals were held by Mario Jardal.

Elections in Saratov, interviews with Alexei Podberezkin Mikhail Sokolov: The absence of will in power in bringing the cases to the end - this is the main thesis of the promising open letter of the candidate for president of Russia Vladimir Putin to voters. But - in the absence of will, namely the will to the authorities of the applicant himself not to blame. He conquers new layers of the electorate. With the capture of Chatea, the City War was announced.

The Radio Liberty correspondent Andrei Babitsky believes that everything that happened to him looks like a “promotion of revenge”, planned by special services. Babitsky said that after the so -called "exchange" for Russian troops, he was with the supporters of Adam Deniev, who leads the Adamall movement and is associated with special services.

On the live broadcast of Radio, Freedom came to the treatment Andrei Babitsky. Peter Weil and Savik Shuster are talking to him. Andrey Babitsky: I am now at home, not in the hospital, doctors suggest that I can be on a stationary amber mode in a hospital located 10 minutes from my house, and I can go home in the morning and evening. I need to return to the procedures in the afternoon, which I do.

Yuri Bagrov, Dubai-Yurt, Chechnya: In the last day, battles in the Argun Gorge have become less fierce. Armed clashes between federal units and Chechen militants continued in the area of the villages of Shata and Harsen. The statement of the deputy commander of the United Federal Group in the North Caucasus Gennady Troshev on the complete destruction of Chechen gangs was clearly made hastily.

Radio Liberty correspondent Andrei Babitsky is located in one of the Moscow hospitals with a diagnosis of “heart muscle dystrophy”. Doctors insist that he spend at least two weeks in the hospital. Yesterday, the US Senate International Affairs Committee invited the Radio Freedom Journalist to speak to the committee members. The date of the performance will be determined later.

Lev Roitman: On February 29, Colonel General Gennady Troshev said that the capture of Chatein was a full-scale army operation in Chechnya completed. Let it be so, although military operations continue. Our conversation is somewhat about another - about the national well -being of Chechens suppressed by federal power. Chechens are not only in Chechnya, but also those who left Chechnya, long and recently.

The World Bank allocated two grants on a competitive basis - 155 thousand dollars to the Mariinsky Theater and 158 thousand St. Petersburg Conservatory. The Mariinsky Theater uses this money to create a studio for the publication of Si-di-romes, CDs and videos, as well as to create a website on the Internet. The conservatory will restore the Glazunov Hall. Small grants are also allocated to the State Historical Archive, the National Library and the Ethnographic Museum of St. Petersburg.

Andrey Trukhan, Moscow: According to Konstantin Titov, the current government, confident in the upcoming victory of Vladimir Putin in the presidential election, one after another, launches a kind of “trial balls” into the public consciousness - ideas about changing the constitution or a number of democratic laws that are already familiar to today.

George Kobaladze, Tbilisi: General Valery Chkheidze, head of the Department of State Borders, categorically refuted the statements of the Russian military that Chechen militants were retreated into the territory of Georgia after the defeat under Chatea. According to Valery Chkheidze, a stream of refugees from Chechnya to Georgia along the only road through Itum-Kale on Shatili stopped after the landing of the Russian landing in the Argun Gorge.

Georgy Kobaladze, Tbilisi: The head of the Department for the Protection of State Borders, General Valery Chkheidze, categorically denied the allegations of the Russian military that Chechen fighters retreated to Georgian territory after the defeat at Shatoi. According to Valery Chkheidze, the flow of refugees from Chechnya to Georgia along the only road through Itum-Kale to Shatili stopped after the Russian landing in the Argun Gorge.

Hasin Raduev, Ingushetia: According to the Russian military, under the control of the Chechen armed groups, there remains a section of the Argun gorge 12 long and 10 kilometers wide. Some detachments of Shatoy militants departed here. Now, using a mountainous terrain, they are trying to resist the Russian units advancing from the south. Chechen sources disseminate information about hostilities in the vicinity of the villages of zones and Yaryshmard.

Alexander Butchan, Prague: The hall of the theater center "Arch" - "Ark" could not accommodate everyone. The program of the evening of solidarity with Chechnya included newsreels about two Chechen wars, reports of eyewitnesses about filtration camps and a photo exhibition. But in the center of the program there were two documentary tapes, which were shot at intervals at 5 years old - in 1995 and 2000s, the famous Czech military correspondents - Yaromir Shtettin and Peter Prokhazkov.