A Russian citizen died in a car accident in northern Italy. She was among several dozen passengers of a bus with tourists from Russia, who, when colliding with a truck, moved off the roadway. According to preliminary police data, many passengers were injured. There is no complete picture of what happened yet. It is only clear that the movement of transport on the highway between Ferrara and Bologna took place in a thick fog, with visibility, no more than 50 meters.

The human rights organization "Committee for the Protection of Journalists" is seriously concerned about the situation with freedom of speech in Russia and Venezuela. In the report of this organization, which was based in the United States, Vladimir Putin and Hugo Chavez are called "democrators" - popularly selected dictators.

US President George Bush introduced a draft budget for the next financial year to Congress. The project provides, among other things, an increase in military expenditures by $ 700 billion and - at the same time - a reduction in health and education costs. According to Bush, the project presented by him reflects the priorities of this moment - in particular, the need to combat terrorism. Democrats, who are now in Congress, have already critically responded about the budget.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. Radio Radio Freedom Jan Runov, Danila Galperovich take part. Andrei Shary: The International Committee for Protection of Journalists with Headquarters in the United States made a report called "Murders in the countries of the former USSR without punishment." The study states that over the past 15 years, 46 journalists have been killed in the countries of the former Soviet Union.

In the Novgorod and Arkhangelsk regions, more than five thousand people remain without light. According to the Ministry of Emergencies, 215 settlements are disconnected from the energy supply - due to wet snow, which was adhering to the wires. Hospitals work from reserve power sources. Emergency work is planned to be completed today.

The report of Yuri Savelyev on events in Beslan contradicts the conclusions of the official commission of "Murder in the countries of the former USSR without punishment" The man of the day - Valery Semenovsky, journalist, theater critic, editor of theater "Theater"

The program is conducted by Nadezhda Pertsev. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Ulyanovsk Sergey Gogin takes part. Nadezhda Pertseva: On February 1, Ulyanovsk officials were tested for knowledge of the Russian language. At the initiative of the regional governor Sergei Morozov, 2.5 thousand state and municipal employees of the region were tested for knowledge of the culture of speech, spelling and punctuation. In 40 minutes, the subjects answered 40 questions.

The world is at the turn of serious climate changes. This was stated by UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon at the International Conference of Ministers of Environmental Protection in the capital of Kenya Nairobi. He added that it is precisely those countries that are the least responsible for global warming that will suffer most of all from its consequences.

The Greece parliament voted against the vote of mistrust to the government. The question of confidence in the government, led by the leader of the conservatives of Costas Karamanlis, was raised by the socialists, demanding to appoint early elections. For economic reforms, the Greece government invited the parliament to amend the Constitution.

The Prosecutor General of Russia sent the Czech Republic a request for the extradition of Russian citizen Yevgeny Dogaev, due to Which the plane, flying from Moscow to Geneva, was forced to make an emergency landing in Prague.

The British department for emergency situations studies the circumstances of the emergence of a “bird flu” in the east of England. On the poultry farm where the ASH5EN1 virus was found, 150 thousand turkeys have already been scored. From Tuesday, Russia introduces temporary restrictions on the import of poultry products from the UK. This was reported in Rosselkhoznadzor. Scientists are afraid that the virus can mutate and cause a wide epidemic in the world.

In the Silkovsky district of Chechnya, an action movie is killed in a shootout, Interfax reports. A policeman died, two more were injured. During the special operation, law enforcement officers blocked the action movie Salambek Bushuev in his mother’s house. She also died of injuries. Weapons and ammunition were seized.

Swiss Roger Federer, winner of the Australian Open Championship, remains the first racket of the world. Behind him in the ranking of the Association of Professional tennis players is the Spaniard Rafael Nadal, and Russian Nikolai Davydenko is in third place. In the current rating of the Asia -Pacific region - the championship race - after Feder is the finalist of the Australian Open Championship, Chilean Fernando Gonzalez.

In Moscow, representatives of the aviation services of Russia and Georgia begin two -day negotiations on the resumption of air communication. Moscow suspended aircraft with Georgia, pointing to the debt of Georgian companies. According to the head of the company "Gruzavianavigation" Georgy Karbilashvili, it was about the debt of companies that have long been recognized as bankrupt and liquidated, the Radio Liberty correspondent reports.