The host of the Freedom Time program Andrei Sharry : the man of the Day of Radio Liberty April 13 is the famous Kubinsky singer and musician, soloist of the Buena Vista Social Club group Ibrahim Ferrer. On Monday and Tuesday, he gave two concerts at the Moscow Variety Theater. In Russia, Ferrer has not been for more than 40 years. Ibrahim Ferrer was born in 1927 in the suburbs of Santiago de Cuba.

Mikhail Sokolov: Together with me in the Moscow studio - a member of the Federation Council, the head of the Committee on Agrarian and Revolutionary Policy Ivan Starikov. Ivan Valentinovich, today the speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov gave to President of Russia Vladimir Putin, as he said, the proposals of the upper house of parliament to the annual message of the head of state to the Federal Assembly.

Jan Runov , New York: On Monday, April 12, US President George Bush at a joint with Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, a press conference in Texas said that the United States should protect ordinary Iraqis from gangs trying to take the law into their own hands. On Tuesday at the end of the day, President Bush will give another press conference on events in Iraq.

In Hungary, three immigrants from the Middle East were arrested, who planned to blow up the Holocaust Museum in Budapest. The head of the city police, Laszlo Shalgo, said that the conspirators did not try to make an attempt on Israeli President Moshe Katsava, who arrived on a visit to Hungary. The wound reported that the conspirators were about to blow up the bomb during the opening ceremony of the museum, which should be present Katsav.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrived in Washington today, where he will negotiate with US President George Bush. The main topic is the plan for the evacuation of Jewish settlements and the withdrawal of troops from the Gaza sector proposed by Israel. Earlier, Bush approved the Israeli initiative, but emphasized that she could not replace the international plan of the Middle Eastern settlement. The Palestinian leadership condemned the proposal of Israel - as contradicting this plan.

The Moscow Basmanny Court today is considering the possibility of extending the term of detention of Alexei Pichugin, a former employee of the Yukos concern service, accused of murder. The previous period of the arrest of Pichugin expires on April 19. The Prosecutor General of Russia asks to leave him in custody for another 2 months - until June 19. According to Pichugin’s lawyers, the maintenance in prison is destructive for his health - in recent months, Pichugin has lost almost 30 kilograms.

Prepared by Leonid Gergeo: On April 13, 1941, in Moscow, Soviet and Japanese foreign ministers of Molotov and Matsuok signed a neutrality pact between the USSR and Japan. Tokyo stubbornly achieved the conclusion of the same non -aggression agreement with Moscow as the USSR had with Germany, but the Kremlin limited himself to neutrality. As a result, the Soviet Union improved its foreign policy position, and Japan has the opportunity to increase the expansion south.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. Oleg Kusov worked on the topic. The correspondent of Radio Liberty in Volgograd is involved, Andrei Alikbaev. Andrei Shary: A socio -political organization will be created in Russia to protect the rights of national minorities, said Kamilzhan Kalandarov, director of the Institute of Human Rights, Kalandarov. The founders of the new organization will be the Institute of Human Rights, the Union of Muslim journalists and the Islamic human rights center.

The United States consider the UN plan to unite Cyprus the only real chance to solve the Cyprus problem. The representative of the US Department of State Richard Bacacher called on the Turkish and Greek communities of the island not to hesitate with the implementation of the plan. The UN proposals must be submitted to the referendum in both parts of Cyprus in late April. Representatives of the Greeks and Turks-Kiprotov expressed objections to a number of points of the association plan.

In the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh in a shootout killed an Islamic militant and police officer. Four more police officers were injured. The shootout began when the police stopped a car in which there were two alleged extremists. Last year, more than 50 people were killed in Saudi Arabia as a result of terrorist attacks committed by suicide bombers.

In the vicinity of the Iraqi city of El Falluja, an American helicopter is shot down. The victims are not reported. In Baghdad, Al-Arayi, the closest assistant to the radical Shiite leader of the Moktada of As-Sadra, whose detachments raised a rebellion in the city of En-Sajaf, was arrested in Baghdad. The arrested tried to establish contacts with regional leaders in Baghdad. Additional troops of the coalition are being pulled to En-Udzhaf.

The Bolshoi Theater was awarded the national theater awards' Golden Mask ''. The best dramatic performance of a large form is called the "Examiner" of the St. Petersburg Alexandrinsky Theater of St. Petersburg, the best performance of a small uniform - "Double inconstancy" of the Novosibirsk Theater "Globus". In the nomination, the director of the Drama Theater was won by Lev Dodin (the play "Uncle Vanya" at the European Theater).

Natalya Guzeva , Kemerovo: As a result of the explosion of methane at the Taizhin mine in the city of Osinniki, the Kemerovo region on the night of April 9 to 10, 45 people were killed according to the latest data. Today in the Kemerovo region, the day of mourning has been announced. In the city of Osinniki and the village of Vysokoye, the funeral of the dead miners will be held. The accident at the Taizhin mine has become the largest disaster in Kuzbass in recent years.

The host of the program is Yuri Zhigalkin. Yuri Zhigalkin: Did the former coordinator of the anti -terrorist activity of the White House Richard Clark sinned against the truth in his book? The fight against illegal immigration is a new task of the American police. US medical authorities prohibit the sale of food additives with a Russians close to the name of the Russian. You will hear about this in the program "Today in America".

Eight employees of the Russian company Interenergoservis were taken hostage in Baghdad. Three of them, according to the latest messages, Russians, five are Ukrainian citizens. The location of the captured has not yet been established. According to the company's general director Alexander Abramov, at first there were nine hostages, but one - a Russian citizen - was released.