The international organization "Reporters without borders" condemned the attack on journalists who covered the presidential election in Armenia. The organization’s statement says about the beating of a correspondent of one of the opposition newspapers and two television journalists who have discovered serious violations of the voting procedure in several polling stations.

The program is conducted by Vladimir Baburin. Radio Radio Liberty Musanov and Andrey Babitsky, and deputy of the State Duma of Russia Sergey Yushenkov, participate. Vladimir Baburin: In Chechnya, forced preparations for the referendum planned on March 23 under the Constitution of the Republic are ongoing. In Grozny, blocks are demonstratively dismantly dismantled.

The United States is not going to transfer a significant part of their military facilities from Germany to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. This was stated on Tuesday by the NATO commander in Europe, American General James Jones. According to him, the United States is striving to strengthen relations with NATO members, but do not intend to reduce cooperation with old allies - including Germany.

In the Penza region, the census of the population began in areas of possible flooding during intensive melting of snow. Police and structures of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are brought into a state of increased readiness In Sarov, the Nizhny Novgorod region, each pensioner will receive at least 1900 rubles in March. The smaller the size of the elderly pension, the greater the size of a one -time surcharge.

The court in the American city of Baltimore found two Taiwanese businessmen guilty of trying to purchase American weapons for Iran. One Taiwanese was arrested on the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, the other is still on the wanted list. After the attacks of September 11, the US authorities sharply intensified the fight against illegal weapons.

Lev Roitman: Is it difficult to be a pensioner? Is it difficult to be a middle -aged person? Is it difficult to be young? I suspect that all these questions are in some ways devoid of meaning because the answer to them is how. But do the youth have, about her today, some special problems? Answer: Of course, there is. But what? With this question, our Moscow coordinator Veronika Bode turned on the street to Muscovites: special problems of youth, from your point of view?

US President George Bush expressed gratitude to the Pakistan authorities for the arrest of one of the leaders of Al-Qaeda, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad. The representative of the White House Ari Flysher emphasized that the arrest of Mohammad is a serious blow to al -Qaeda.

The miners of Ukraine begin an unlimited strike, demanding an increase in wages, repayment of debt on it and suspension of a government plan for the phased privatization of the coal industry. According to the leader of the independent trade union of the miners of Ukraine, Mikhail Volynz, from Monday, the miners have already stopped the miners of 11 mines of the Dnipropetrovsk, Lugansk and Lviv regions. According to the trade union, the authorities owed the miners about $ 245.

The host of the St. Petersburg hour of the Liberty Live program Tatyana Valovich: in Russia they always loved to eat deliciously, and the Shrovetide week was the reason for the preparation of a variety of dishes and the opportunity to show culinary art. We will talk about culinary art today with our guest, president of the Club of Chef-Povars of St. Petersburg and, perhaps, the most famous cook in St. Petersburg, Ilya Lrason.

Military maneuvers began in South Korea - together with American troops. The exercises will last a month. They have been held annually since 1961. On Sunday, four DPRK fighters tried to intercept the American reconnaissance member - above neutral waters in the Sea of Japan. Washington intends to declare an official protest. Pyongyang, who recently defrosting his nuclear program, claims that the troops of the United States and South Korea rehearse the invasion of the DPRK.

Three Palestinians were killed and several more wounded on Tuesday in shootouts with Israeli troops. According to the Israeli command, the military managed to detain the Palestinian in the city of Jenin, who shot the Israeli policeman and wounded two more. One of the arrested accomplices was killed in a clash. In the vicinity of the city of Tulkarm, the Palestinian teenager died - after the Israeli soldiers opened fire on the group of Palestinians who threw them with stones.

The United States intends to state the official protest of North Korea in connection with yesterday's incident on the Japanese Sea, when the DPRK fighters intercept the American intelligence aircraft. Fighters did not open fire, although one of them used a radar designed to guide missiles. The persecution lasted about 20 minutes.

The court in Turkey today justified 15 employees of German non -governmental organizations - for the lack of corpus delicti. 9 citizens of Germany and six local residents were charged with espionage and Turkish security. In particular, they were accused of that - under the guise of a struggle to protect the environment - they tried to prevent the development of gold mines in the West of Turkey.

The UN Human Rights Department again warns that the campaign to combat international terrorism should be carried out strictly within the framework of the law. The head of the department Sergio Di Mello, who will meet with representatives of the US leadership, made a warning. The American military base contains hundreds of people suspected of involvement in the Afghan Taliban groups and Al-Qaeda terrorist organization. Prisoners are denied lawyers.

The program is conducted by Vladimir Baburin. Czech television correspondent Libor Dvorzhak and radio observer of Radio Liberty Efim Fishtein participate. Vladimir Baburin: Vaclav Klaus became the president of the Czech Republic at the end of last week. The former Prime Minister and, until recently, the leader of the opposition, but enjoying the broad support of the Civil Democratic Party, replaced the head of the Czech state of the first president Vaclav Gavel.