Yuri Bagrov, North Caucasus: The Russian authorities talk about the need to restore Grozny, even despite the 90 percent destruction of the city’s housing and mines on its territory. Among those who spoke out about the impossibility of restoring the Chechen capital, there were many ecologists. During the assault on Grozny, Russian artillery and aircraft completely destroyed the city fuel and energy complex. Oil went out of broken storages into the ground.

George Kobaladze, Tbilisi: Presenter of the program "Liberty Live" Dmitry Volchek: In Georgia, with a three -day visit is the chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Helle Dain. Yesterday, she met with Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze. Today she flew into the mountain village of Shatili, located on the Chechen section of the Russian-Georgian border.

When in the XIII century Europe began to awaken from a centuries -old sleep of barbarism, its path to civilization was largely predetermined. Her public institutions, art and architecture, her philosophical thought went back to a single model - the Great Roman Empire, which once extended on three continents.

Hasin Raduev, Ingushetia: Russian troops noticeably activated their actions in the south and southeast of Chechnya. After the transfer to Nozhai -Yurt, Vedensky and Shata districts of additional military units in the mountains, a special operation began, the purpose of which is to comb all inaccessible plots on the territory from the border with Dagestan to the mountainous area west of the Argun gorge. Eyewitnesses say that army columns are moving along the mountain roads almost daily.

Lilya Palveveva, Moscow: The Russian authorities and the Russian public can not agree on terms about events in Chechnya. The fact that mass consciousness defines as the "Second Chechen War" is called the authorities call the "anti -terrorist operation." If you believe General Manilov, then last week an important stage of this operation ended, namely: Valery Manilov: The defeat of the main gangs - the most significant, organized and capables.

The excessive content of iron in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid portends serious damage to the nervous tissue as a result of cerebrovascular impairment. This is evidenced by the results of Spanish neuropathologists published in the American journal Neurology on April 25. To assess the level of iron, Anthony Davalos and his colleagues measured the concentration of ferritin, a specific protein, the molecules of which are binded by the ions of this metal.

In the Urals - in the city of Kurgan - the threat of flooding of residential buildings in connection with the lifting of water in the Tobol River remains . During the day, the water level in the river rose by 71 centimeters and amounted to almost 8 and a half meters at a critical mark - 8 meters. About 700-t of the inhabitants of the mound were resettled from the zone of alleged flooding.

Lev Roitman: When I was 15 years old, my grandmother gave me a nylon shirt, and I became a terribly fashionable young man. Today, remembering that Khrushchev’s time, all newspapers then triggered about great chemistry, I would say, a young idiot. Large chemistry without powerful treatment facilities turned into a big trouble for the habitat. How do you assess today's situation? - The question of Marina Katys is a random Muscovite from her mini -request on the eve of this program.

Hasin Raduev, Ingushetia: In the area of the settlements of Sergeni-Yurt, Avtures and Bena, Russian units continue to search for fighters from the field commander Abu Valid, who attacked the paratrooper’s column on Sunday. The military believe that they could not go far and hide in the forests in the Vedena Gorge. Mobile groups of special forces, with the support of Mi-24 combat helicopters, are combing the terrain and mining of forest paths.

The Russian military column was attacked this morning in the Argun Gorge in the south of Chechnya. According to the first deputy head of the General Staff, Valery Manilov, the column was attacked near the entrance to the gorge, after which artillery and helicopters were struck by the positions of the Chechen detachment. According to Manilov, one Russian soldier was wounded, an infantry fighting vehicle was damaged.

The Russian team took second place on the hockey world championship among players under 18, which ended in Switzerland. In the final match, the young Russians lost to peers from Finland 1: 3. The third place was taken by the Swedes who defeated the Swiss 7: 1, and in the match for fifth place, Slovakia won in overtime at the Czech Republic 4: 3. All participants in the second stage of the Stanley Cup in the Eastern NHL Conference were determined .

In the Vedensky Gorge, Russian units continue to search for Chechen fighters who attacked a military column south of Sergeni-Yurt on Sunday . The Russian command admitted that 13 paratroopers were killed as a result of the attack and six were injured. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, the military also continue to conduct operations to search for basic detachments in the mountains in the south of the republic.

Evgeny Novikov: The Russians chose their president. The Americans have yet to do this in November. I asked well -known American experts in the field of national elections to talk about how this institution of the democratic system functions, which was worked out and polished in this country for more than two centuries.

A special program based on hearings in the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe of the US Congress, known as the Helsinki commission. Irina Lagunina: To begin with, I will give the words a representative of the American administration.

Andrei Babitsky - a special correspondent of Radio Liberty in the North Caucasus, for known reasons located in Moscow, comments on the situation in Chechnya. Dmitry Volchek talks to him. Dmitry Volchek: Andrei, the newspaper Today claims that the Kremlin has already decided on the candidate for the post of President of Chechnya, and according to the newspaper, this is Beslan Gantamirov. In general, the whole story with Gantamirov and his "semi -tuning" seems not quite understandable.