The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Alma-Ata Sergey Kozlov takes part. Alexey Kuznetsov: Russia and Kazakhstan agreed on the price of gas supply and the joint development of new deposits. Sergey Kozlov: One of the foundations of economic cooperation of Kazakhstan and Russia is the extraction, processing and export of hydrocarbons. It is here that real integration is felt, primarily of large oil and gas production corporations.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Igor Karney takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky : Today, with a weakening to the Belarusian people and the National Assembly, President Alexander Lukashenko appealed. The performance, which was broadcast live by all Belarusian television channels and radio, turned out to be shorter than usual with Lukashenko. Says our Minsk correspondent Igor Carnee.

Greek and Turkish fighters collided above the Aegean Sea. The disaster occurred at the moment when the F-16 of the Greece Air Force tried to intercept the Turkish fighter in the controversial airspace. The Turkish pilot was saved. The search for the Greek pilot continues.

In the Supreme Court of North Ossetia, the verdict of the sentence to the participant in the school in Beslan Nurpashi Kulaeva continues. Today, the judge reads the conclusions of the investigation on material evidence. The day before, the announcement of the testimonies of the victims and witnesses was completed. Reading a document (several hundred pages) has been going on for a week. It is expected that the punishment will be declared in the coming days.

On Monday, the Russian stock market collapsed immediately by 9.05% The fall in the Russian stock market has stopped today. The RTS index by 11.30 in the morning increased by almost 3%. Meanwhile, from the beginning of May, he lost more than 20%in price. The main collapse occurred on Monday.

The organization of GUAM will be transformed today into a new structure - "Organization for democracy and development - guam." The organization’s documents will be signed in Kyiv by the participants in the summit of the countries of the GUAM - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova. According to the Foreign Minister of Ukraine Boris Tarasuka, from now on, Guam will be the subject of international law, his structure will also change.

In the center of Moscow on Slavyanskaya Square, a rally of protest of deceived investors of construction companies takes place. As the correspondent of Radio "Freedom" reports from the scene, about a hundred people want to get a meeting with the country's leadership and demand that the authorities provide them with guarantees for receiving housing or a refund of money under terminated agreements.

Interview with Professor Richard Pipe about American-Russian relations, about the Chechen war, about the possibility of a third period of Vladimir Putin Efim Fishtein: The name of Richard Pipe, an honorary professor of history of Harvard University, is probably known to many of our readers. Professor Pipes is considered one of the largest experts in Russian and Soviet history in the world.

The acting Australian Prime Minister Peter Costello said that the authorities react too slowly to sexual abuses in relation to women and children in the tribes of Australian Aboriginal and exaggerate the significance of the so-called “cultural nuances”. “Rape is a rape, whoever you are, even if your culture allegedly allows this,” said Costello. Earlier in Australia, documents were published indicating the rape of seven -month and two -year -old girls.

Japanese researchers from the Laboratory of Fundamental Research of the NTT Corporation announced the creation of an ultraviolet LED with a record short -length radiation - 210 nanometers . The composition of the LEDs includes aluminum nitrate and silicon. New LEDs will ensure the further development of optical disks technology. It is also expected that new LEDs will allow you to get rid of the use of environmentally hazardous mercury in powerful fluorescent lamps.

"Mockery of prisoners in places of imprisonment." Participants in the program: a former employee of the penal system, and now the editor of the Department of Crime and Punishment, Yuri Aleksandrov, lawyer Rustam Chernov, human rights activist Boris Panteleev, former concluded Mordovian colony, Lev Makuev and Irina Kozulin, the wife of a president of the republic in the Belarusian dungeons in the past elections of Alexander Kozulin.

In Düsseldorf, the holder of the Davis Cup team of Croatia in the framework of the team of the world defeated the US team 2: 1. In another match of the “blue” group, the Chile team won the Spanish team 3-0. In the “red” group, Germany tennis players defeated rivals from Italy, and the Czech Republic inflicted the defeats of Argentina. Both of these matches ended with a score of 2-1.