In Vladivostok, mass food poisoning of students of the University of Economics and Service occurred. About 30 people were hospitalized. Presumably, they were poisoned in the university dining room. The university has been announced quarantine. An investigation is underway.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. Radio Radio Freedom Lyubov Chizhov and Maxim Yaroshevsky participate. Andrei Shary: Russian non -state environmental organizations oppose the adoption of the Forest Code, which was developed at the Ministry of Economic Development. Ecologists say that the consequences of the adoption of a new version of the document may be catastrophic.

CSKA basketball players, having defeated the Euroleague's victory yesterday over rivals from Lithuanian "Zalgiris" on their site - 78:75, won first place in group "B". The second place at Maccabi from Tel Aviv, who defeated the Italian Monetapaska - 88:86. On Monday, a draw for the second stage of the tournament will take place in Barcelona. CSKA fell into the so -called first basket with McCabi, Barcelona and the Ephesus Pilsen Turkish club.

The host of the St. Petersburg hour of the Liberty Live program Olga Pispanen: today in the St. Petersburg studio Igor Knyazkin, candidate of medical sciences, director of the St. Petersburg Center for Prostatology, author of the book "History of St. Petersburg Prostitution". First, let's listen to a report on the topic that we will discuss.

January 21 - Lenin's Day, 80 years ago. In front of me, the article of the Moscow publicist Valery Kajay "bury forever or who belongs to the idea of turning the body of Lenin into holy relics." Valery Kajaya is involved in our current program. And he answers his own question simply: the idea belongs to Stalin, like the idea of the mausoleum himself. Well, the body of Lenin in the mausoleum, the mausoleum in the heart of Russia. Well, Lenin is also in the heart?

The new Prime Minister of Latvia was appointed by the former Minister of Ecology Indulis Empsis. Einar Repshe’s predecessor fired after the party he headed by the majority in parliament. Emsis intends to create a coalition from all five large law-centric parties and thereby achieve political stability on the eve of Latvia's entry into the EU.

Vladimir Abarinov , Washington: the head of the interim civil administration in Iraq, the ambassador Paul Bremer held a press conference yesterday in Baghdad, at which he set out his vision of the situation in the country and the prospects for the transfer of power to the national government. Currently, the Ambassador Bremer said, the largest rotation of troops since the Second World War is taking place. More than 100 thousand American troops return from Iraq to their permanent bases.

The NATO Union will help Greece to ensure security during the Olympic Games upcoming this summer. An agreement on this was reached during a visit to Athens of the Secretary General of NATO Japa de Jopa Cheffer. The North Atlantic Union will provide, in particular, Avax reconnaissance aircraft.

Jan Runov , New York: In America, the National Guard tanker was accused of trying to convey military secrets to the al-Qaeda terrorists. Experts say that such a severity of the prosecution, for which the death penalty threatens, have not been brought from the time of the Cold War. 26-year-old Ryan Anderson from the tank brigade, which in March will be sent to Iraq for one year, is assigned to the National Guard of Washington.

Leading Sergey Seninsky Overview of publications of the next issue of the British weekly "Economist". Sergey Seninsky: The release opens the panorama of economic news and events of recent days - one week of the year "One week of the year" Maria Salycheva: The dollar exchange rate to the euro last week reached a new record low level - lower than 1.29. But the very next day, it rose sharply again - immediately by 2.5 cents.

The Parliament of Belgium adopted on Thursday the law that grants immigrants to immigrants from the countries of the European Union the right to vote in local elections. Around the document, hot discussions flared up. Three of the four parties of the ruling coalition supported the law. Against - the fourth participant in the coalition - the Flemish liberal -democratic party opposed. The Senate has already approved this law.

The host of the Topic program Andrei Sharry: the man of the Day of Radio Liberty February 20 is an American diplomat and politician George Kennan, who turned 100 years old. George Frost Kennan graduated from Princeton University. Career diplomat, specialist in Russia. In 1933, after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the USSR and the USA, he came to Moscow, worked as a translator of the ambassador. In 1952, he himself became an American ambassador in the Soviet Union.

The United States may abandon the idea of the Iraqi Provisional Government at regional assemblies of voters. The representative of the White House Scott McClellan admitted that the idea clearly did not find support in Iraq. Now, according to him, a number of other options are being discussed. He repeated, however, that the date of transfer of power to the Iraqi himself remains the same - June 30.

Victor Rezunkov: Today we will talk about the latest events in St. Petersburg, which shocked not only Russia, but also caused a wide resonance in Europe and in America. On February 9, a few days after a terrorist act in the Moscow metro, a group of teenagers killed a 9-year-old Tajik girl in St. Petersburg.

The program is conducted by Arslan Saidov. Oleg Vakhrushev talked with the head of the Sverdlovsk branch of the All -Russian Society of Sobriety and Health. Arslan Saidov: Exactly 150 years ago, in 1854, the first sobriety society appeared in Russia. During the years of perestroika, they began to fight for sobriety. The "All -Union Voluntary Society for Sobriety" arose. Now it is the All -Russian Society of Sobriety and Health.