The program is conducted by Efim Fishtein. It participates in it: the former Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic of Czech Republic in Russia, Love Dobrovsky and Radio Liberty correspondents: in Warsaw - hedgehogs Redlich, in Budapest - Miklash Kun, in Bratislava - Grigory of Myasazhnikov. Efim Fishtein: Since the beginning of the next month, in relations between the Czech Republic and Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, significant changes will occur - the visa regime is introduced.

Hasin Raduev, North Caucasus: Messages in the Russian media about the disagreements between Maskhadov and Vice-President of Chechnya Vakhoy Arsanov, according to sources from the encirclement of the Chechen president, could appear due to discrepancies in the surname of Colonel Alash Arsaev, who was unclenched into ordinary senior Ichkeria officers. By order of Maskhadov, on April 20, 3 Chechen generals, 12 colonels and 3 major were deprived of military titles and government awards.

Russian aviation inflicts missile and bomb attacks on the southern part of Chechnya. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, Vedensky and Argun gorges are subjected to bombing. Russian units continue to conduct operations to search for basic armed groups in Vedensky, Nozha -Yurt and Kurchalsky districts of the republic. Over the past day, Russian blocks were fired 12 times.

George Kobaladze, Tbilisi: In the fight between the Georgian and Chechen residents of the Pankani gorge, up to 10 people participated on both sides. Cubs and stones were used. Several people received injuries, but there are no victims.

Hasin Raduev, North Caucasus: The Russian military extended the information that they have documents indicating that "there are serious disagreements in the leadership of the Chechen armed groups, as evidenced by the order of Maskhadov on the physical elimination of 5 well-known field commanders, including the vice president of Chechnya, Vakha Arsanov, for refusing to participate in hostilities against the Russian troops." Chechens refute these messages.

Yuri Bagrov, Ingushetia: Refugees from Chechnya living in the tent town in Karabulag did not expect to see today the deputy prime minister of the Chechen government of Kazbek Makhashev and the chairman of the Duma Committee on the Legislation of Pavel Krasheninnikov. It is understandable that the Chechens took the meeting of two politicians as the beginning of the negotiation process. Pavel Krasheninnikov and Kazbek Makhashev walked along the refugee camp "Consent".

Mirche Adamchevsky, Skopier: The formation of the government of national unity in Macedonia is delayed. The "Party of Democratic Prosperity", which represents part of the Albanian electorate, has not yet agreed to join the coalition. Today the party’s executive committee is sitting, and the final answer is expected. The block of the Macedonian parties, apparently, agreed on who will receive in the government what portfolios.

Oleg Kusov, North Caucasus: Despite the opportunity to freely return to the Chechen capital, refugees from Grozny living in Ingushetia, on the contrary, leave Chechnya. And on the territory of Chechnya, the Migration Service registers more than a dozen families per day who have decided to leave the republic forever. Not only Russian-speaking people are leaving Chechnya.

The leadership of the recently created California company Doubletwist stated that its employees in black deciphered the human genome. This work was performed using computer analysis of already published information about the structure of human DNA, made in cooperation with the Sun Microsystems corporation. The preliminary version of the genome contains information about 65 thousand already identified genes and another 40 thousand DNA fragments, the functions of which have not yet been clarified.

In Krasnoyarsk, 60 veterans of World War II received an apartment in a new house for the Victory Festival . In the fall of this year, another house will be rented, where part of the apartments is also intended for veterans. In the Norilsk district of Krasnoyarsk, there are 69 thousand people in the queue for housing, almost 90 percent of which are veterans of war and labor. In Moscow, a list of persons having benefits for installing the phone was approved - the city hall reported.

Part two. ( Part one ) Presenter - Evgeny Novikov Evgeny Novikov: At one time, members of the Russian delegation at the START-2 negotiations believed that by the year two thousand and seven, Russia would be able to afford no more than one to one and a half thousand missiles, with the level of three thousand written in the treaty.

Presenter of the program "Liberty Live" Peter Weil: The Senate Committee on the spending of budgetary funds approved the expenses for a peacekeeping operation in Kosovo after July 1, 2001, however, put forward a number of conditions that the Clinton administration must fulfill in order to receive these funds. From Washington, our correspondent Irina Lagunina reports.

Andrei Piontkovsky comments on the candidacy of Mikhail Kasyanov for the post of Prime Minister of Russia. The report of Mumina Shakirova is given. Peter Vile: The candidacy of Mikhail Kasyanov for the post of Prime Minister, nominated by Vladimir Putin, will be supported by the vast majority of deputies of the State Duma. This was announced by the speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament Gennady Seleznev.

At the World Hockey Championship in St. Petersburg, the composition of the quarterfinal couples was determined. In the final matches of the second stage in the group "E" the Russian national team outplayed the Sweden team - 4: 2, and Belarus won Switzerland - 5: 3. In the group "F", Canada defeated Slovakia - 4: 3, and Norway and Italy tied - 1: 1.

Radio Liberty correspondent Yuri Zhigalkin is talking with the co -director of the Center for Russian Research at Harvard University Marshall Goldman. Yuri Zhigalkin: Victory Day was the first major event during which the world was looking at Vladimir Putin, who performed in the new quality of the President of Russia. Many in the West hoped that his official employment would allow him to speak more clearly about his intentions and plans.