Karen Agamirov, Moscow: “There is no question, the gangs must be fought,” the union of families of military personnel agrees, “will the state will only appreciate the feat of the soldiers, and whether the families of the children who have died in Chechnya will support the mothers of the“ Afghans ”who have not returned: the promises of those who sent their sons to war a little. Soldier's mother: We are mothers, mostly, our age is a pension one.

The jury of the Russian opera Prize "Casta Diva", established by critics, called the performance of the year "Semyon Kotko" - the opera Sergey Prokofiev in the production of Yuri Alexandrov and with Valery Gergiev for the conductor's remote control. Vladimir Galuzin was recognized as the singer of the year for the party of Herman in the “Queen of the same Mariinsky Theater. The title "Cavalier of the Year" was awarded the historian of the music theater Abram Gozenpud.

Yuri Bagrov, Ingushetia: Among the crimes committed in Chechnya, international human rights organizations pay special attention to the facts of abuse of Russian military over Chechen women. Women in any war remain defenseless. There are many evidence of beatings and abuse of women and girls in Chechnya. Refugees from Chechnya also tell about this. According to them, the number of victims of abuse is constantly growing.

Hasin Raduev, Ingushetia: Despite the restrictions introduced in Chechnya for the movement of the civilian population on the eve of the Elections of the President of Russia, the Caucasus 1 checkpoint on the Chechen-Ingush border is functioning as usual. The military say that so far they have not received any instructions on this score. According to reports from Komsomolsky fights, they stopped here. The relative lull was established throughout the foothill of the republic.

Russia is counting on mutual understanding with the new head of the International Monetary Fund by Horst Clerst, according to the executive director from Russia in the IMF Alexei Mozhin, this is a well -known person in Russia, and no surprises on his part should be expected. Recall that the Board of Directors of the Fund at a meeting on Thursday unanimously elected the former head of the European Bank for the Reconstruction and Development of Horst Keler to the new director of the IMF.

In Chechnya, from today to March 27, a ban on any movement around the republics is introduced in connection with possible terrorist attacks and sabotage on the day of the President of Russia. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, the protection of 320 polling stations opened in Chechnya was strengthened. In Grozny, Gudermes and other large settlements, the transportation mode and verification of documents is tightened. The battles in the village of Komsomolskoye ceased.

Khasin Raduev, Ingushetia: Despite the restrictions imposed in Chechnya on the movement of civilians on the eve of the Russian presidential elections, the Kavkaz 1 checkpoint on the Chechen-Ingush border operates as usual. The military personnel say that they have not yet received any instructions in this regard. According to reports from Komsomolskoye, the fighting here has stopped. A relative calm has established itself throughout the foothills of the republic.

Oleg Kusov, Ingushetia: More than 200 thousand Chechen refugees, as you know, live in Ingushetia. Representatives of the Russian authorities promise to organize a vote in all tent towns of refugees on March 26. However, communicating with their inhabitants, I did not notice that they expected this event. At least, aloud about elections these days, Chechens prefer not to speak.

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Ruslan Saidov, Kostroma: "No dictatorship"! "We are not an acting electorate!" - Under such slogans in Kostroma, a rally was held against Vladimir Putin. Students of a local university held an unauthorized action. According to them, they came to the central square of the city on their own initiative. Young people did not campaign for any of the candidates for the presidential post, only calling on March 26 not to vote for Vladimir Putin.

Representatives of Yabloko and ATP are talking. The program is conducted by Mikhail Sokolov. Psychologist Leonid Gozman and a deputy of the State Duma from the Yabloko faction Sergey Mitrokhin participate in it. Mikhail Sokolov: Leonid Gozman is a psychologist who represents that part of the ATP and the “Democratic Choice of Russia” party, which support Vladimir Putin. His opponent is a deputy of the State Duma from the Yabloko faction Sergey Mitrokhin.

Yuri Bagrov, Ingushetia: Among the crimes committed in Chechnya, international human rights organizations pay special attention to the facts of abuse of Russian military over Chechen women. Women in any war remain defenseless. There are many evidence of beatings and abuse of women and girls in Chechnya. Refugees from Chechnya also tell about this. According to them, the number of victims of abuse is constantly growing.

Ruslan Saidov, Kostroma: "No dictatorship"! "We are not an acting electorate!" - Under such slogans in Kostroma, a rally was held against Vladimir Putin. Students of a local university held an unauthorized action. According to them, they came to the central square of the city on their own initiative. Young people did not campaign for any of the candidates for the presidential post, only calling on March 26 not to vote for Vladimir Putin.

Karen Agamirov, Moscow: “There is no question, we need to fight bandit formations,” agrees the Union of Military Families, “only will the state appreciate the feat of the soldiers, and will it support the families of the children who died in Chechnya? The mothers of the “Afghans” who did not return testify: the promises of those who sent their sons to war are worth little. Soldier's mother: We are mothers, mostly of retirement age.

Oleg Kusov, Ingushetia: More than 200 thousand Chechen refugees are known to live in Ingushetia. Representatives of the Russian authorities promise to organize voting on March 26 in all tent cities of refugees. However, talking with their residents, I did not notice that they were expecting this event. At least, Chechens prefer not to talk out loud about elections these days.