Presidential conversations with large business captains sometimes lead to radical changes in the life of the latter. Putin and Khodorkovsky in 2001 In order for the Russian economy to reduce its dependence on world raw materials, both the Kremlin and business are interested. Therefore, at today's meeting of Vladimir Putin with the largest Russian entrepreneurs, the topic of economic diversification will become central.

A group of American scientists in the leadership of Dina Bunomano (Dean Buonomano) from the University of California (UCLA) proposed a new model that describes the ability of the brain to feel the course of time. For decades, scientists believe that the brain has an internal watch that allow it to monitor the time. The new model offers a physical analogy to explain this phenomenon. If you throw the stone into the lake, then circles on the water will go from it.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent Igor Karney takes part. Kirill Kobrin : The head of the Russian company Transneft, Semen Weinstok, prevented the new oil pipeline to Western Europe bypassing Belarusian territory. The reaction of Minsk and the possible consequences for Russian-Belorussian relations are told by Radio Liberty correspondent Igor Carnee.

A group of researchers led by Dr. Rafael Navarro-Gonzales from the National Autonomous University of Mexico University (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) found evidence that sugar was not always a barren desert. The discovery was made as a result of the study of Fulgurites (Fulgurites) - glass hollow tubes that form when lightning hits the ground and melts the sand.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. Radio Liberty correspondents Maxim Yaroshevsky and Jan Runov take part. Andrei Shary : The meeting of Vladimir Putin and representatives of 20 large enterprises of Russia, which are part of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, was preparing for several months, and was held today on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the RSPP. They talked about a lot, including on energy problems.

Karen Agamirov: “The right to an effective financial system” is our current topic. Transfer participants: publicist Yuri Boldyrev, director of the Institute of Problems of Globalization Mikhail Delyagin and First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Credit Organizations and Financial Markets Pavel Medvedev. The other day showed a plot on television about the nursing home in Switzerland.

The assembly of the Ford Focus vehicles in demand by Russians can suspend The labor team of the Ford Motor Company plant, located in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, decided on February 14 to start an unlimited strike, during which the workers promised to completely stop the work on assembling Ford Focus cars. This car remains one of the most popular foreign cars in its class in the domestic market. The Ford Motor Company plant earned in Vsevolozhsk in the summer of 2002.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on the move of the Constitutional Court from Moscow to St. Petersburg. The president will determine the start of the court’s work in St. Petersburg later. In Moscow, according to the document, a court representation will be opened. At the same time, Putin approved the amendment to the law on tourism, which provides for the financial liability of operators to customers.

In St. Petersburg, on suspicion of attacking a student from India, a 23-year-old girl was detained. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, another suspect is wanted - a 32 -year -old man without a specific place of residence. Last week, an Indian student of the Pediatric Medical Academy was attacked in the apartment of the house on Voroshilov Street.

In Mecca, on the initiative of the Saudi authorities, negotiations of the leaders of Fatha and Hamas on the creation of the government of "national unity" are negotiating. According to Rovshan Huseynov, before meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Politburo Hamas Haled Mishaal assured the Saudi king Abdullah that there could be no failure at this meeting. One of the leaders of Hamas, Autonomy Prime Minister Ismail Khania also stated that Hamas and Fatha had no other choice but to agree.

Julia Latynina about the meeting of Vladimir Putin with leading Russian entrepreneurs

The program is conducted by Nadezhda Pertsev. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Warsaw Alexei Dzikovitsky takes part. Nadezhda Pertseva: In Poland, the advertising campaign of his products began ... the Order of Benedictine. The monks say that their cheeses, smoked meats, and films are prepared according to unique recipes, and trade is not a sin at all. Alexey Dzikovitsky: The transition from a planned economy to a market not everyone in Poland was beneficial.

The head of the Palestinian Autonomy Mahmoud Abbas and the leader of the Hamas Khalled Mishaal group are negotiating today in the Holy City of Mecca (Saudi Arabia). The purpose of the meeting proposed by the Saudi king Abdalla is to discuss the possibility of forming a government of national unity and the termination of the conflict in autonomy. In recent days in the gas sector during armed clashes between the militants of Hamas and Fath, over 20 people were killed, dozens - were injured.