Andrey Sherkin, Pskov: “A misfortune came to Pskov,” all local newspapers come out with such headlines today. On March 13, the first “cargo 200” arrived in Pskov from Rostov on the Don - 12 people of those who died in that battle near Ulus -Kert. Journalists wonder: how could it happen that a small unit could not get help, and why was the paratrooper commander to call the artillery fire to solve the military problem?

Hasin Raduev, North Caucasus, Chechen-Ingush border: Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia at the Adler 20 post at the village of Sleptsovskaya informed me that for the first time during the entire time of the war yesterday and today the number of people returning to Chechnya exceeded the number of those who leave the republic.

Radio Liberty columnists Pyotr Weil, Vladimir Tolts and Anatoly Strelyany discuss a book of interviews with Vladimir Putin. A conversation between Anatoly Strelyany and one of the authors of the book, journalist Natalya Gevorkyan, is also presented.

Irina Lagunina, Washington: The most recent example of the Western military working with the press was the press room at NATO headquarters during the air strikes in Yugoslavia. Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic significantly helped the Alliance military organize this campaign by almost completely restricting international press access to the conflict area.

The imperial idea on the Internet - Aleksnadr Kostinsky continues its review, this time on the extremely right flank of the spectrum. Kostinsky In the last program, we talked about the Internet node on foreign and defense policies, abbreviated - swap www.svop.ru, whose members were the most famous politicians, financiers, businessmen and journalists of Russia, representing the center and right side of the spectrum of the prevailing directions of Russian socio -political and sociological thought.

Presenter of the Liberty Live program Vladimir Baburin: “France still considers the territory of Chechnya an integrated part of the territory of the Russian Federation,” assured France President Jacques Shirak, Chairman of the Council of Russia, Yegor Stroev, whom he adopted in the Champs Elysees on Monday.

Aya Kuga, Belgrade: Yugoslav troops entered today in the southern part of the buffer zone on the border between Serbia and Kosovo. In Belgrade, it is officially reported that the operation to enter the Yugoslav forces into the southern sector of the security zone on the border with Macedonia takes place without incidents and resistance of the local Albanian population. The paratroopers and police special forces were deployed for several hours in an area of 25 square kilometers.

When we landed in Miami, it was raining, and with the hope of a golden tropical tan had to say goodbye. It, however, is for the better: on the winter Prague Street there is a risk of going down for an idiot, shortening leisure in the solarium, or even simply for the victim of jaundice. Fifteen, Celsius - for February, it was as if quite well, but as in past visits, local residents complained about an unprecedented cold.

Interview with Mikhail Fedorov - former Minister of Press of the Russian Federation, the former Ambassador of Russia to UNESCO, one of the authors of the Russian Act of Russia, Secretary of the Union of Journalists. Alexander Batchan talked with him.

Presenter of the Liberty Live program Vladimir Baburin: Salman Raduev took responsibility for the attempt on the life of Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze on February 9, 1998. The Ministry of State Security of Georgia states that, as is evident from the testimony of the accused in the assassination case, they were trained in the camps of terrorists in Chechnya. However, Salman Raduev does not yet appear in the materials of the investigation in this case.

He has been cooperating with RS since 1991. The editor and host of the Road to Freedom Program Vitaly Portnikov on Facebook , Twitter Portnikovv@rferl.org

Sergei Prokofiev’s opera “War and Peace” in the production of Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky, whose premiere under the control of Potlery Gergiev took place at the Mariinsky Theater on March 11, 13 and 14, will no longer see the audience of St. Petersburg in the near future. In the summer, it will be presented at the Mariinsky Theater festival in London Covent Garden, in the fall-in the Milan Theater of La Scala, and next winter-in the Metro-Opera in New York.

Interview with Aslan Maskhadov Radio Liberty. Vladimir Baburin spoke with Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov by phone. Vladimir Baburin: Mr. Maskhadov, the Russian media have been broadcasting reports about battles in the area of ​​​​the village of Komsomolskoye for the ninth day, why are the battles there so protracted? What is this, a stronghold? Aslan Maskhadov: There is no stronghold there, you probably know that we usually did not defend populated areas, because civilians die...

Radio Observers Freedom Peter Vail, Vladimir Tolts and Anatoly Shot are discussing the book of an interview with Vladimir Putin. Anatoly in the shooter with one of the authors of the book - journalist Natalya Gevorkyan is also given.

Irina Lagunina, Washington: The latest example of the Western military with the press is the press center of the NATO headquarters during air strikes in Yugoslavia. The President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevich significantly helped the military of the North Atlantic Union to organize this campaign in that he almost completely limited the access of the international press to the conflict area.