In Melbourne, the quarterfinal match of the Davis Cup is held between the teams of Australia and Belarus. The Australians won both single fights of the first day: at first, Chris Guccione prevailed over Maxim Mirnoye - 7: 6, 3: 6, 7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 4, and then Llatyon Hughitt defeated Vladimir Volchkov - 6: 2, 6: 1, 6: 2. Australia is 2-0 ahead.

At a conference in Fabian society with a passionate speech about “English”, the Minister of Finance of Great Britain Gordon Brown spoke On April 23, in England, St. George's Day, the heavenly patron of the country, is celebrated. On the eve of this date, the British usually widely discuss their traditional national values and the problem of patriotism. At this time, stormy debates about the concept of “English”, which many consider synonymous with patriotism, pass.

The Royal Museum of Edinburgh announced the plans of the exhibition of Islamic art “behind the palace walls”. More than two hundred exhibits will be presented-ceramics, fabrics, glass and jewelry of the VIII-XIX centuries from the collection of the St. Petersburg Hermitage. Most of them had not previously exhibited outside of Russia. The exhibition will open in July and last 4 months.

In Kamchatka, the head of the regional branch of the Russian federal property, Anatoly Kanchin, suspected of excess of official powers. The criminal case against the official was opened on February 6. According to the investigation, in December, Kanchin violated the procedure for the sale of the arrested property, as a result of which the budget did not receive about one hundred thousand rubles.

All ministers who wrote a resignation of resignation presented the New Time party in the office and left the government in protest against the policy of the Latvian “First Party” - their partner in the ruling coalition. The resignation was announced by the Ministers of Justice, Economics, Defense, Education, Minister for Public Integration and Minister for Electronic Management.

The number of victims of the Chernobyl accident is from 30 to 60 thousand people, say British radiation security experts that analyzed the consequences of the disaster at the request of the European parliament. The figures published this week are an order of magnitude more than are given in the official report of the World Health Organization and the agency for atomic energy, which was released six months ago.

One of the suspects in the beating of the Minister of Culture of Kabardino -Balkaria Zaura Tutov - 24 -year -old Stanislav Novohatsky - pleaded guilty. In total, three suspects are in custody. One was arrested on Thursday, the sanction for the arrest of two more issued by the court on Friday. The attack on Tutov was committed on April 1, when he met his daughter at the House of Culture "Sokolina Gora". Tutov received serious injuries and was operated on.

Bangkok: Royal Palace, who regularly passed protest rallies The ruling party of Thailand is trying to resolve the constitutional crisis that arose in the country after mass protests, elections undergoing a boycott from the opposition, and the resignation of the Prime Minister. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Taxin Chinavat announced that he was ready to voluntarily leave his post.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Frolov. A radio correspondent Freedom Mumin Shakirov takes part. Mikhail Frolov : In these minutes, a rally dedicated to the International Day of the Gypsies begins in Moscow. Now at the place of its holding is the correspondent of Radio Liberty Mumin Shakirov. He is with us on a direct connection. Hello, Mumin. Mumin Shakirov : Hello! The rally has just begun. There is a pouring rain.

The program is conducted by Polina Oldenburg. Anna Kolchina, a Radio Liberty correspondent. Polina Oldenburg : In Moscow, the presentation of the book "Western outskirts of the Russian Empire" was held. The western outskirts are the territories of modern Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine. The authors, Mikhail Dolbilov and Alexei Miller, say that this book is the first of the series on the history of the outskirts of the Russian Empire.

The program is conducted by Polina Oldenburg. The Radio Liberty correspondent Danila Halperovich takes part. Polina Oldenburg: The arrest of Vasily Aleksanyan and the charges against him were practically not commented on by representatives of the Russian political and business elite. One of the few who decided on such a comment was the president of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Alexander Shokhin.

The Moscow prosecutor's office brought the head of the sect to Grigory Grabovoi in fraud. According to the investigation, Grabovoi, detained on Thursday, promised to "resurrect" the children of Beslan who died as a result of a terrorist action in September 2004. It is assumed that The pseudo -prize raised money from the parents of the dead children. The leader of the public organization "Voice of Beslan" Ella Kesaeva is satisfied with the decision of the prosecutor's office.

The Tagansky court of Moscow begins today to consider the statement of claim "National-Bolshevik Party" to the decision of the Ministry of Justice on the ban on the party. On Thursday, in the city of Angarsk (Irkutsk region), about 15 NBP members broke into the Transneft office, protesting against the construction of the Eastern Siberia oil pipeline - the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Lake Baikal.

In Kyiv, the trophy of the final tournament of the European Cup - a continental trophy for men's teams is being held. Two Russian clubs met in one semi -finals: Khimki near Moscow, defeated the winner of the previous draw - the St. Petersburg Dynamo - 63:61. The second participant in last year's final - BC Kyiv also lost. He lost in the semifinal match to the Spanish Honents - 78:88.