In Afghanistan, 9 troops of the National Army were killed and one was seriously wounded in an explosion of mines under a military truck. Mina was laid on the road in the vicinity of the city of Spinboldak near the border with Pakistan. The military accuses the Taliban of what happened. Afghan troops, together with the American, are conducting a long -term operation to strengthen security in the country on the eve of the parliamentary elections scheduled for spring.

In Moscow today there is a meeting of the leadership of the Party of the Union of Right Forces. It is participated in the members of the Federal Political Council of the party and regional leaders. Among the main issues is the development of the mechanism for the election of the party leader - the chairman of the Federal Political Council.

The Hollywood star Sharon Stone in five minutes raised a million dollars in Davos to fight malaria in Africa. The actress arranged an impromptu auction at a meeting of the World Economic Forum and the first announced that she donated 10 thousand dollars. A few minutes later a million was collected. Money will go to fight against malaria among children. In Africa, up to 150 thousand children die every month from malaria.

The Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia called the December events in Blagoveshchensk (Bashkiria) - "massive, in no way explained, unreasonable violation of human rights." According to Vladimir Lukin, we are talking about hundreds of victims of police arbitrariness. The prosecutor's office of Bashkiria recognized only about 50 people beaten by police officers. The local court refused to issue sanctions for the arrest of police officers undergoing this case.

The famous Russian entrepreneur and politician Boris Berezovsky may soon move to Ukraine. Berezovsky himself reported this on Friday in an interview with the Russian Internet publication Gazeta.ru. He motivated his decision with the desire to "be closer to Russia." Berezovsky, whom the Russian authorities are looking for on charges of fraud, expressed confidence that the new leadership of Ukraine would not give it to Moscow.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The program is attended by a Radio Radio Freedom Vera Volodin. Andrei Shary: Relatives of police officers from the Sergius Posad who died in Chechnya in 2000 are asking for Russian President Vladimir Putin to invest in personal control.

9 police officers died on Friday evening in Chechnya, at the Caucasus highway. According to the ITAR-TASS agency, cars in which employees of the Department of Successful Protection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya were traveling were blown up in the landmines near the village of Alkhan-Yurt.

[Radio Liberty: Programs: Science and Medicine] [29-01-05] The surgeon is a phlebologist Leading Marina Katys: Every fifth woman and every ninth man in the world suffer from varicose veins of the lower extremities. In Russia, every fourth woman and every sixth man have certain violations of the function of the veins of the legs. Many mistakenly consider varicose veins an ordinary aesthetic problem with which one way or another has to put up.

In the Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya, a battle occurred on Saturday, in which three Mujahideen and one special forces were killed. In the Vedensky district, two teenagers were blown up on a homemade mine. With severe wounds, they were taken to the hospital.

Less than a day remained before universal elections in Iraq. Despite the enhanced security measures, the attacks were committed today at least in 11 cities. 17 people were killed. The objects of attacks were military bases and polling stations. Iraq citizens living abroad - about 280 thousand people - began to vote on Friday. Polling stations are open in 14 countries.

Andrey Shary: The Man of the Day of Radio Liberty January 28 is a teacher from Poland Marina Gulya. On her own initiative, she organized and spent a “day of joy” for Chechen children from Polish camps of refugees - the so -called event. Marina Gulya is 39 years old, she was a Belarusian, born and grew up in Ukraine. She graduated from the pedagogical institute in Cherkasy. 13 years ago she moved to Poland. He teaches Russian in one of the lyceums of Warsaw.

At the European Figure Skating Championship in Turin, gold medals in ice dancing were won by the Russian couple Tatyana Navka and Roman Kostomarov. In second place is the Ukrainian duet Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov. Russian skaters have already climbed three times to the highest step of the podium at this championship: Evgeny Plushenko became the best in men's single skating, and Tatyana Totmyanina and Maxim Marinin among sports couples.

In Moscow on Friday evening, State Duma deputy Andrei Savelyev, one of the participants of the hunger strike, announced representatives of the Rodina faction, was hospitalized. According to Interfax, the leader of the faction Dmitry Rogozin, the state of health of Savelyev seriously worsened. According to Rogozin, a hunger strike against the law on monetization of social benefits will continue.

The prosecutor's office of Bashkiria recognized the victims of more than 50 residents of the city of Blagoveshchensk, who received severe injuries as a result of beating by policemen. The local court, however, refused to issue sanctions for the arrest of police officers under this case. According to human rights activists, from December 10 to 14 last year during police raids in Blagoveshchensk, hundreds of men were detained and beaten and raped by many women.

In Moscow, a meeting of the leadership of the Union of Right Forces takes place, in which the Political Committee of the Party and Regional Leaders participate. Delegates must decide how the chairman of the political council will be elected, who should then approve the Congress of the ATP. One of the leaders of the Union of Right Forces Boris Nadezhdin said in an interview with Radio Liberty that the congress would most likely take place in March.