[Radio Liberty: Programs: History and Modernity: Time difference] [19-03-05] Victory price. War and Gulag Author and leadingwood Toltz Vladimir Tolts: Relatively recently in Russia and the United States, presentations of the multi -volume collection of documents "History of the Stalin Gulag" were held.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent Yuri Veksler, Viktor Cheretsky, Semyon Mirsky takes part. Andrei Shary: Russian President Vladimir Putin in Paris is negotiating with the leaders of France, Germany and Spain. This “four” meeting should discuss preparations for the Russia Summit, the European Union, which will take place on May 10 in Moscow, as well as some other international and regional problems.

[Radio Liberty: Programs: History and Modernity: Documents of the past] [19-03-05] Soviet intelligence data on the provision in the territories occupied by the Germans Editor and leadingwardy Toltz Authors Elena Zubkova and Olga Edelman Olga Edelman: Summer 1944. A large offensive of the Soviet troops begins. The decisive summer operation is Belarusian. The troops of the 1st Baltic, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Belarusian fronts on June 22-23 begin an offensive on Vitebsk, Mogilev, Bobruisk.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is arriving today on a one -day visit to Ukraine, where he will hold negotiations with the new Ukrainian leadership. According to Russian agencies, Putin will meet with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Viktor Litvin. The parties will discuss interaction in the energy field, as well as plans to create a single economic space. IF ITAR

The regional branch of the Russian Party "Rodina" will conduct a demonstration of protest against the law on monetization of benefits today in the center of Moscow. It is expected that up to seven thousand people will take part in the action. Supporters of the "Motherland" will pass from Pushkinskaya Square on Tverskaya Street, an hunting row to theatrical square. In Togliatti today, about two thousand people protested against the replacement of benefits with monetary compensation.

[Radio Liberty: Programs: Human Rights] [19-03-05] Leading Christina Gorelik Leonid Nevzlin and Lyudmila Alekseev about political prisoners and about the possibilities of a democratic opposition in Russia; abandoned children in regional reports; An interview with Alexei Simonov to the French channel. Oleg Panfilov about journalists in post -conflict countries Kristina Gorelik: Today we will talk about political prisoners and the possibilities of a democratic opposition in Russia.

[Radio Liberty: Our guests: "Encyclopedia of the Russian Soul"] [19-03-05] Military secret Leading Victor Erofeev Victor Erofeev: Today, our guest is the president of the International University in Moscow Gabriel Kharitonovich Popov. The theme of our today's transmission is a military secret. What does a military secret mean? We will talk about the Great Patriotic War today.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who arrived on a one -day visit to Kyiv, is negotiating with the new Ukrainian leadership. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, at the meeting of Vladimir Putin with the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, the issues of border demarcation, the creation of a gas consortium and the problems of a single economic space will be discussed.

In Kyiv, negotiations between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine Vladimir Putin and Viktor Yushchenko are held. It is believed that one of the main topics of the meeting is the creation of a single economic space of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. During a one-day visit, the Russian president plans to meet with the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko and the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Viktor Litvin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin today will make a brief visit to Ukraine, where he will negotiate with the new Ukrainian leadership. According to Russian agencies, Putin will meet with his Ukrainian colleague Viktor Yushchenko, and then with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Viktor Litvin. The President of Russia arrives in Kyiv from Paris at 13 o’clock Moscow time.

In Kyiv, negotiations were held by the presidents of Russia and Ukraine Vladimir Putin and Viktor Yushchenko. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, the leaders of the two countries discussed the issues of borders demarcation in the Azovo-Kerch Water Wood and the problem of creating a gas consortium and a single economic space. This is Putin's first visit to Kyiv after Yushchenko’s victory in the presidential election.

In the city of Kirkuk in the north of Iraq, four Iraqi police officers were killed as a result of attacks. According to local authorities, one of them was shot dead on the way to work, three more died during an explosion of a bomb laid on the sidelines of the road. In Baghdad, an American soldier was killed yesterday.

The Japanese Princess Sayako was engaged today with Yosiki Kuroda working in the Tokyo Administration. The ceremony took place in the imperial palace. The groom officially asked the princess’s hands and reached traditional gifts. The 35-year-old princess, the youngest daughter of Emperor Akihito, thanked her parents for the blessing for marriage. The wedding will take place in the fall.

In Kyrgyzstan, supporters of the opposition, dissatisfied with the results of the recent parliamentary elections, captured the building of the Osh region administration. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, more than 500 people took part in the action. As the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic stated, seven administrative buildings in various regions and areas of Kyrgyzstan are in the hands of protests. Today in Osh, the Congress of Opposition Forces is planned - Kurultai.

US Secretary of State Condoliza Rice called on North Korea to immediately return to the table of multilateral negotiations, the purpose of which is the coagulation of the nuclear program of Pyongyan. The US Secretary of State emphasized that America has no plans to attack North Korea and is ready to give it security guarantees if the DPRK refuses the nuclear program. Rice made this statement in Tokyo, from where she flew to Seoul this morning.