The singer and composer, popular among Muslims, Yusuf himself, famous for the songs of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, said that pop music was the source of spirituality for his work. He made this statement on tour in Cairo. Yusufu itself is 25 years old. He grew up in London in the Azerbaijani family. The texts of his songs are written in several languages: English, Arabic, Turkish. The repertoire of Yusuf himself includes the song “Muhammad” dedicated to the victims of the tragedy in Beslan.

The Supreme Commissar of the UN Human Rights Louise Arbur held several meetings with the leadership of Chechnya, the Russian Imperial House in court will seek a decision to recognize Nicholas the second victim of political repression of the 11th game day of the Winter Olympiad in Turin

David Irving was convicted of his statements by the seventeen years ago: in 1989 he denied in his interviews and lectures the existence of gas chambers in Auschwitz and justified Hitler The court in Vienna sentenced the British historian David Irving to three years in prison for the denial of the Holocaust. In the UK, the verdict of the Austrian court is widely discussed. Without justifying the views of Irving, many in England are wondering if the Austrian law limits freedom of speech.

Five detained in the case of the murder of the Kazakhstan opposition leader Altynbek Sarsenbaev are employees of the special services, ”said the National Security Committee of Kakhzakhstan. In total, 6 people were detained in this case. The bodies of Sarsenbaev, his guard and driver were found on February 13 near Alma-Ata. The opposition accuses the authorities of involvement in the murder. The authorities denied this.

Anna Kachkaeva: Today for me the program is unusual - today I conduct it not from Moscow, but from the Petersburg Studio Radio Liberty, because here and the next two days almost the entire information light of the country's television broadcasting gathered. Muscovites, a wonderful jury, led by Svetlana Sorokina, arrived here.

The head of the UN Human Rights Department, Louise Arbur, met today with the leadership of Chechnya. She discussed the situation in the republic with the President of Chechnya ALU Alkhanov, with the acting Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov and the prosecutor of the republic Valery Kuznetsov. From the Terrible Louise, Arbur goes to North Ossetia.

The authorities of Iran confirmed that last week one of the leaders of the opposition Khojat Zamani was executed. He was found guilty of the explosion in the Tehran court in 1998. In the explosion, 3 people were killed. Lights up in a paramilitary group "Mujheedin Hulk". The human rights organization "International Amnesty" expressed concern that the Iranian oppositionist was deprived of proper legal protection.

The refusal of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office to recognize Emperor Nicholas the Second and members of his family as victims of political repressions Guest-Alexander Korolev-Pereleshin, vice-leader of the Russian noble assembly

Valery Zorkin again became the chairman of the Constitutional Court of Russia. He was already elected this post twice-in the early 1990s and in February 2003. The election of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court is held every three years.

US Secretary of State Kondoliza Rice makes a trip to the countries of the Middle East. Today she is negotiating in Egypt. Until February 24th, the American Secretary of State will also visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Among the main topics that Rice plans to discuss, is a conflict around the Iranian nuclear program and the situation in the Palestinian autonomy, where the radical group of Hamas came to power.

The program is conducted by Pavel Davydov. The correspondent of Radio Liberty in Chelyabinsk Alexander Valiev takes part. Pavel Davydov: the Chelyabinsk Military Court sentenced Private Alexei Shashko by the year of maintenance in the disciplinary military unit for beating colleagues. This is the second verdict based on the results of the investigation of cases of hazing in the Chelyabinsk tank school. On the eve of the age of four, Sergeant Ivan Chernykh was conventionally sentenced.

Serbia authorities refute reports of the arrest of the former army commander of the Bosnian Serbs Ratko Mladich - one of the most wanted war criminals. Representatives of the Prime Minister of Serbia Voislav Koshtunitsa and the Serbian police denied that Mladic was detained in Belgrade. Earlier, the Serbian media were distributed information about the arrest.

Auder Mudsabaev Elena Rykovtseva: How and why it began - they can’t really install yet. Although they are almost dealing with the police. It seems that one official in Novomoskovsk, Tula region (!) Said that Ukraine will limit the supply of salt to Russia. But you never know what nonsense did the officials say? Why exactly this one caused an all -Russian tantrum, as a result of which salt and sugar could not be bought even in Moscow? Mystery!

In Russia, due to recent frosts, up to 30% of winter crops and about 10% of gardens and vineyards died, said Minister of Agriculture Alexei Gordeev. In this regard, according to him, at the end of April, a decision may be made to conduct commodity interventions, during which grain from state reserves is sold. At the end of last year, the state, on the contrary, purchased grain in the market in order to prevent prices.

The International Federation of Journalists sharply criticized the closure of the Gorodskoye Vesti newspaper in Volgograd, which published a drawing that depicted Jesus Christ, Moses, Buddha and Prophet Mohammed, sitting in front of the TV. According to the Secretary General of the federation of Aidan White, the excitement around the publication is at least not justified - there was no malicious intent in the action of journalists.