In Austria, an agreement was concluded on the formation of a new government. It will include representatives of the People’s Party and the ultra -right Party of Freedom. The cabinet can be offered today. The People’s Party, whose leader is the Chancellor of Austria Wolfgang Shüssel, will receive 11 ministerial posts, the Freedom Party, which unsuccessfully performed in the elections, is only three. Shyussel failed to agree on cooperation with the Green Party.

The host of the program “Themes of the day” Andrei Sharry: the man of the Day of Radio Freedom on February 28 is the American TV presenter Oprah Winfrey, the first black woman who fell into the list of the richest people of the planet, compiled by the Forbes magazine. Born in 1954 in the state of Mississippi. She graduated from the university in Tenness. The journalist began his career as a reporter at the radio station in Neshville.

The United States has imposed sanctions against three Chechen groups today. These are the "Riyad -Salkin of the Chechen martyrs", "Islamic Special Purpose" and "International Islamic Brigade". According to the US State Department, groups are associated with the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization and are involved in the capture of hostages in Moscow last October. Group accounts will be frozen.

The European Union allocates 12 million euros to Lithuania - for the implementation of an agreement with Russia on transit trips of residents of the Kaliningrad region. According to the terms of the agreement, the trips of Kaliningraders to Russia through the territory of Lithuania will be carried out according to special documents. The funds allocated to the EU will go to the manufacture of documents and the creation of a checkpoint on the border of Lithuania with the Kaliningrad region.

In the city of Angarsk, the Irkutsk region, the general director of the Sib-Oil oil company Talgat Kharisov was killed. According to the ITAR-TASS agency, the murder was committed on February 25. Kharisov’s body with gunshot wounds was found at the entrance of his house. According to the investigation, the murder is ordered.

Aeroflot Association of Trade Unions announced a warning strike on March 3. Aeroflot employees believe that the company's management does not fulfill obligations to improve working conditions and increase salaries. In a three -hour action, according to trade unions, more than five hundred people will take part. According to the Aeroflot administration, the strike will not break the air transportation schedule.

The host of the St. Petersburg hour of the Liberty Live program Viktor Rezunkov: While in St. Petersburg they continue to discuss the situation at the Nakhimov school, information has appeared in the newspapers about no less serious problems in another elite military school - Suvorovsky. What is happening at all? We will talk about this today with the chairman of the human rights organizations "Soldiers' mothers of St. Petersburg" Ella Polyakova.

"Comparing the tsarist power with this ..." from the statement of the worker Rogalev 1926. "Chairman of the All -Russian Central Executive Committee Gr. Rogalev Mikhail Nikolayevich Statement Comrade Kalinin! I ask you to listen to me. I am a simple and illiterate worker. I went to the factories for 14 years old. Comparing the tsarist power with this, according to all laws, orders, decrees, etc. That is a very huge difference.

In Petrozavodsk, accelerated work began on the transfer of residential buildings to supply natural gas. Until now, the townspeople could only use liquefied gas, freezing in pipes in severe frosts. It was because of this that in January of this year, 20 thousand apartments for two weeks were disconnected from gas supply. In the Nizhny Novgorod region, on March 1, tariffs for utilities will increase sharply: by electricity more than 25 percent, and for heat - more than a third.

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If Iraq begins the liquidation of AS-Samud-2 missiles, this will be a serious evidence of the country's disarmament, ”said Hans Blix military inspectors today. Blix confirmed that yesterday I received a written notification of Iraq authorities that they, in principle, are ready to obey the UN order of the destruction of missiles. Blix considered the message not too intelligible and requested explanations from Baghdad. The elimination of missiles should begin no later than this Saturday.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. Radio Liberty correspondents Mikhail Salenkov, Tatyana Voltskaya and Ivan Trefilov take part. Andrei Shary: In the All-Russian strike of education, health and culture, more than 20 thousand people took part on Thursday. In Astrakhan, Samara, Saratov, Irkutsk, the Amur Region, Buryatia, Kamchatka and Sakhalin, thousands of rallies organized by trade unions of the budget sphere were held.

The Iraqi authorities agreed to fulfill the UN demand and destroy the AS-Samud 2 missiles. According to representatives of the UN, the corresponding letter to the adviser to the Iraqi President of Aser al-Saadi sent the head of the International Commission for the disarmament of Iraq to Hans Blix. US President George Bush regarded Baghdad’s proposal as another trick, emphasizing that the issue of missiles is just the tip of the iceberg.

The head of the largest Swedish organization in defense of the world, Maria Ermanno called on foreigners who arrived in Iraq to become a "live shield" - immediately leave the country. Saddam Hussein uses you for propaganda, ”she said, turning to voluntary defenders. Ermanno especially noted that the Baghdad regime fully finances the stay of these people in the country and organizes their press conferences. In fact, she emphasized, supporters of the world support the dictator.

The Super -sounding aircraft "Concord", which made Paris - New York on Thursday, lost part of the tail, but was able to land safely. None of the 47 people who were on board the Concord of Er France were injured. The same plane last week made a forced landing in Canada - due to interruptions in the motor. "Concords" are operated only by British Airuez and Er France. The British company is going to abandon aircraft of this type - due to unprofitability.