Tatyana Voltskaya , St. Petersburg: April 8 celebrates International Gypsies Day. What is the gypsy society today, what is its situation in modern Russia and St. Petersburg? The last census of the population showed that about 200 thousand gypsies live in Russia. But these data are clearly underestimated. Many people are recorded in official documents by Moldovans or Hungarians. According to various estimates, gypsies in the country from 500 thousand to a million.

The host of the St. Petersburg hour of the Freedom Time program Olga Pispanen: On April 8, International Gypsies Day are celebrated. What is the gypsy society today? We will discuss his problems in modern Russia and abroad today on the air of Radio Liberty with Nikolai Samulevich, chairman of the inter-regional public organization "The Gypsy Community of the North-West." First, let's listen to a report on the topic that we will discuss.

In the world annually, about a million two hundred thousand people die in car accidents, up to 50 million are injured. According to the World Bank and the World Health Organization, daily car accidents on average take the lives of three thousand people. 80 percent of disasters occur in developing countries, where only a fifth of the total number of cars in the world move along the roads.

In Chechnya, a locomotive was undermined in Chechnya on the railway. No one was injured. According to Interfax, the paths were damaged, explosive equipment and law enforcement officers were sent to the scene of the undermining.

Olga Korneeva , Yekaterinburg: the sisters of the Yekaterinburg women's Novo-Tikhvin monastery write icons for Russian temples and fulfill private orders. Andrey Rublev and Theophan Greek are their main teachers. The monastery was born on the outskirts of Yekaterinburg about 10 years ago. Around the same time, the confessor invited the inhabitants of the monastery to write icons. The sisters decided that ancient works would be samples for them.

Advisor to the US President on National Security of Condoliza Rice today gave public testimonies under the oath of an independent commission, which is investigating terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. Rice said, in particular, that the administration of previous US presidents - unlike the George Bush administration - did not attach the proper importance of terrorism for 20 years.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. Radio Liberty correspondents Dmitry execution and Viktor Rezunkov take part, who is talking with the chairman of the board of the Belluna Ecological Center Alexander Nikitin. Kirill Kobrin: The sentence to Igor Sutyan, found guilty of espionage, goes beyond the usual espionage stories, especially since this is not the first such thing in post -perestroika Russia, it is enough to recall Nikitin’s business or Pasko's case. The chief editor of the St.

The Moscow City Court today will announce the verdict in the case of Zarema Medikhoeva, pleaded by the jury, guilty of terrorism, attempted murder and illegal storage of explosives. Medikhoeva was detained on July 10, 2003 in the center of Moscow. According to the investigation, she intended to drive an explosive device located in her bag. Upon trying to neutralize the seized bomb, the explosive technician Major Georgy Trofimov died.

US Secretary of Defense Donald Ramsfeld said that the situation in Iraq is under control, despite the battles in which about 200 people have died in recent days. At a briefing in the Pentagon, Ramsfeld noted that the planned return to the United States from Iraq of some American units can be postponed and warned of the possibility of new clashes in the near future.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. Radio Liberty correspondents Alexei Dzikovitsky, Vladimir Ivakhnenko, Irina Studov and Andrey Sharogradsky participate. Kirill Kobrin: In Iraq, the escalation of violence continues, the coalition troops are fighting with armed extremists, both from the number of Shiites, followers of Sheikh Moktada of As-Sadra, and with the Sunnis.

Astronomers from the Anglo-Australian Observatory discovered many ultra-compact dwarf galaxies. They are in the cluster of galaxies in the constellation of the furnace at a distance of about 60 million light years from the ground. Open galaxies only do not much surpass large ball stellar clusters in size. In case of a crossbar of about 100 light years, they contain tens of millions of stars. In the pictures, ultracompact galaxies are almost indistinguishable from weak stars.

All semifinals of the rally of the Champions League football league were decided. The Spanish “La-Korunya” in a response quarterfinal match defeated the Italian “Milan” 4-0 and, despite the defeat in the first meeting 1: 4, entered the semifinals. Her opponent will be the Por-Tugal Porto, who tied at a party with the French Lio-No 2: 2. The second semifinal pair was made up by Chelsea and Mona-Ko.

Marina Timasheva , Moscow: Last night in the circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, the Festival "Kinotavr" celebrated the 15th anniversary of his birth. The festive program was called "Memories of the Future", but the main holiday is ahead. From June 5 to 15, the anniversary festival will be held, as usual, in the city of Sochi. The head of the Kinotavr Group of Companies Mark Rudinshtein loves the game. The 15th festival is not only a movie, but also tennis.

In the north of Afghanistan, the troops of the famous military commander Abdul Rashid Dustum took after the fighting the capital of Faryab province. According to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Afghanistan Ali Ahmad Jalali, the governor of the province managed to escape. The incident is a serious blow to the authority of the Afghan leader Hamid Karzai and the entire central government in Kabul.

In Iraq, 13 foreigners were stolen over the past day, including three Japanese citizens. According to the Arab television company Al-Jazira, which stole the Japanese unknown group threatens to execute them if Tokyo does not withdraw troops from Iraq. Among the captives is a woman. The abductions of the British who worked under the contract, seven citizens of South Korea and several citizens of other countries are also reported.