In Russian -American relations, “serious problems” will arise if Moscow cannot suppress the sale of Iraqi military equipment by Russian enterprises, US Secretary of State Paulleu said on Wednesday. The United States believe that the Russian authorities have not ensured sufficient control over the activities of a number of firms selling Iraq to night vision devices, anti -tank weapons and a number of other weapons.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Maryana Torocheshnikov, who is talking with lawyer Leonid Olshansky, takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky: Head of the Main Directorate of the Interior of Moscow, Lieutenant General Vladimir Pronin, signed an order prohibiting Moscow police officers to check documents from citizens who are not suspected of committing a criminal offense or administrative violation.

In New York, 140 people were arrested today during anti-war manifestation. About 400 people - in the morning rush hour - blocked the movement in the very center of Manhattan, laying down across the 5th Avenue, one of the most lively streets of the city. The Living Barricade lasted about two hours.

Jan Runov , New York: American jurists and military lawyers, not confident in the legal capacity of Iraqi justice after the war, work on the laws of wartime, which will be introduced in Iraq after the victory of the allies.

In Amsterdam today, the process of Walrt Van der Graifom, accused of the murder of the Dutch right -wing politician Pim Fordein, begins. Van der Grauf, captured with the red -handed, immediately pleaded guilty. In the case of a conviction - he is facing a lifelong conclusion. Fordein was killed in May last year - on the eve of universal elections, in which he intended to fight for the chair of the prime minister. This was the only political murder in Dutch history.

In Washington, at the 77th year of his life, a prominent representative of the US Democratic Party, a scientist and politician Daniel Patrick Moyniyen died. He was elected four times to the Senate from the state of New York, having worked in the upper house of the American parliament in a total of 24 years. The boy Moynichen cleaned the shoes on the streets of New York, then served in the fleet, entered the university, became an economist.

. The units of the Allies are advancing to Baghdad, meeting the resistance of the Iraqi forces. The correspondent of the Bi Bi television company reports on brutal battles for control of the strategically important city of En-Nassiria. Last night, about a thousand American paratroopers landed at the airfield north of the capital of Iraq - in the area controlled by Kurdish rebels. The beginning of the opening of the Northern Front is laid, ”Washington announced.

In Kyrgyzstan, forty people died this morning, when the passenger bus broke into the abyss and caught fire. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic, the tragedy occurred in the Naryn region. There were 50 people on the bus. Those who managed to escape received serious burns and injuries. A government commission was created to investigate the reasons for what happened.

Kristina Gorelik , Moscow: the founders of the sign of public recognition “The Symbol of Freedom” - the Union of Journalists of Russia and the Center for Support for Legal Initiatives - assure that only by irony the awarding of the laureates occurred on the day of the internal troops. However, this is symbolic, given that the sign was awarded to people who went through zones, camps, as well as human rights activists who are defending the rights of prisoners.

In Croatia today, mass protests were held against the recognition of General Retired Mirko Norach and his two subordinates. All three were considered national heroes in Croatia. However, the court in the city of Reek found them guilty of the murder of civilians-USS during the war for independence in 1991. Norach was sentenced to 12 -year conclusion, two of his employees - to 15 and 10 years.

The number of victims of today's car accident in Kyrgyzstan is 19 people, ”said the Ministry of Emergencies of the republic. The tragedy occurred in the Naryn region: the passenger bus fell into the abyss and caught fire. Initially, a much larger number of dead was reported - up to forty people. According to updated data, about 20 passengers were saved - they received serious burns and injuries.

In Iraq, the Union aircraft today again inflicted Baghdad's missile and bomb. According to journalists, several powerful explosions occurred in the city. Last night, several hundred American paratroopers landed north of Baghdad - in the area controlled by Kurdish rebels. Captured the airfield. The exact place of the operation is not called. In the south of the country, the Soyuzn planes attacked the Iraqi armored carpolona, breaking through from Basra and advancing towards the city of Karbel.

In the Ussuri Gulf, the body of one of the pilots of the Russian military helicopter crashed yesterday was discovered. The search for three other military personnel continues. The disaster occurred during the exercises. The helicopter fell into the water, flying from the deck of the Admiral Tributs anti -submarine ship.

Israeli troops held another anti-terrorist raid in the Gaza Strip, in the city of Beit Khanun. At least two employees of the Palestinian security forces were killed in the clashes. Israeli tanks were introduced in Beit Khan for several hours with the support of combat helicopters. According to the Israeli military, during the raid the soldiers were shelling. Three activists of Islamic groups were arrested.

The British government intends to almost double the funds allocated to the war in Iraq. Finance Minister Gordon Brown said in parliament that the country's defense department could spend more than four and a half billion dollars on conducting hostilities. The budget will be represented in parliament on April 9. Britain sent 45 thousand military personnel, 120 tanks, marine groups and more than a hundred aircraft to Iraq.