The European Commission and Austria, the current chairman of the European Union, are asking Russia for explanations in connection with the tension around the "gas problem". The letter to the Russian government says that the European Union does not intend to impede Gazprom’s attempts to infiltrate European markets, but Russia must - in turn - provide European companies with access to its oil -gas industry.

The United States takes an active part in resolving the conflict in the Sudanese province of Darfur. In the region - for negotiations with the authorities and rebels - the deputy Secretary of State Robert Zelelik arrived. The African Union has developed a peace agreement, according to which the authorities of Sudan should disarm the Arab militarized groups who are atrocious in Darfur.

Elena Rykovtseva: With the past May Day, dear listeners, and with the upcoming working week, about which all the newspapers were written on the eve without exception with deep indignation: they say, they deprived the people of the holidays. The wave of newspaper indignation was so powerful that it is very similar that next year on May 2, holidays will be returned.

The rating of French Prime Minister Dominic de Wilpen fell to a 20% mark The National Assembly of France is investigating the role of Prime Minister De Wilpen in an attempt to arrange a scandal that would denigrate the reputation of the Minister of Internal Affairs Nicolas Sarkozy, the likely rival de Wilpen in the upcoming presidential election.

Protection of the rights of workers. Participants in the program: Deputy of the State Duma of Russia Oleg Shein, expert in the field of labor legislation Ilya Rassolov and lawyer Mikhail Fedorov.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent Yuri Bagrov takes part. Andrei Sharry: The French embassy in Moscow began in an accelerated manner to issue visas to Russian tourists who could not leave for France last weekend. Due to the lack of visas to France, it was not possible to fly out, according to various sources, from 1.5 to 2 thousand Russians. Some tourists promise to compensate for the damage from the loss of the tour.

The final decision on the withdrawal of Georgia from the CIS will be made in a week. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Georgia Irakli Okashvili, speaking on the air of the Imady television company, the Radio Liberty correspondent George Kobaladze reports from Tbilisi. On Tuesday, the Georgian government discussed the specific issues and the consequences of this decision. This was announced to journalists by the State Minister of Economic and structural reforms of Kakha Bendukidze.

In the Caspian Sea, mass death of seals and sturgeon fish occurs, ”Kazakhstani television reported on Tuesday. On the shore of the Kazakhstani sea of the Sea - in the area of the Kalamkas oil field - 70 dead seals and 800 dead Sevryugs were found. Experts do not exclude that the cause of the death of marine animals and fish could be oil emissions or some kind of illness.

Internet bar in China. There are already more than 111 million Internet users in China The coalition of Chinese Internet activists released a petition, which disagrees with censorship on the Internet and government control over more than 100 million users of the Chinese network segment. Among hundreds of China citizens who signed the petition, authors, editors and readers of 13 sites of the Chinese Internet.

In the Moscow City Court today, consideration of a criminal case on the murder of the editor of the Russian version of the magazine "Forbs" Paul Khlebnikov will continue. The process takes place in closed mode. It is expected that the prosecutor will ask to be sentenced to three accused - natives of Chechnya Muse Vakhaev and Kazbek Dukuzov, as well as the Moscow notary Fail Sadretdinov. Khlebnikov was shot dead in July 2004 in Moscow.

The Decree of the Russian government on the abolition of import duties on technological equipment for industry has entered into force, the analogues of which in Russia are usually not produced. Import duties are reduced to zero with respect to 800 items of industrial products supplied for agriculture, metallurgy, woodworking, shipbuilding.

The cover of the new album of the Aquarium group "Careless Russian Tramp" Of course, to the new album of the Aquarium, the “careless Russian tramp”, released by the musical company “Mystery of Sound”, can be found endlessly, for those who wish to jump and trample on it - just the perfect trampoline. The Aquarium actually has three or four melodies for all occasions. Indeed, from the very first time you will find out: oh, again the “goats”, but “Kostroma, Mon Amur”, the fifth double.

Two German engineers stolen in January were released in Iraq. This was just announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany. Details of the liberation of the prisoners are still unknown.