Russia can build a new export oil pipeline bypassing Belarus for a year and a half, ”said the head of Transneft, Semen Weinstok. The pipeline, according to him, will pass from Unuchi in the Bryansk region to the port of Primorsk in the Leningrad Region, and from there oil will be delivered to Europe in the Baltic Sea.

Washington welcomed a multilateral agreement on the nuclear program of North Korea. US Secretary of State Kondoliza Rice said that this is the first step towards creating a nuclear zone on the Korean Peninsula. The representative of the White House Tom Snow emphasized, however, that if Pyongyang violates the agreement, the question of international sanctions will again arise.

The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Melanie Bachin takes part. Alexey Kuznetsov: One of the largest network resources was closed in Tomsk, it existed at the capacities of the Tomsk State University. According to law enforcement agencies, the owners were engaged in the illegal distribution of unlicensed copies of films, software products and pornography. Melanie Bachin: thousands of Tomsk Internet users can use local Internet traffic for free.

In Iraq on Monday, over 130 people died as a result of a series of terrorist attacks and attacks. The largest number of victims - about 90 - in Baghdad, where several cars were blown up in the area of city markets. The attacks are committed on the day of mourning events in memory of the victims of last year's explosion of the Shiite mosque in the city of Samarra. Those events provoked a wave of inter -religious violence, which continues to this day.

The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov. A radio correspondent of Radio Freedom Jan Runov takes part. Alexey Kuznetsov: In connection with the trip of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan, our correspondent in New York Yan Runov conducted a conversation with an American expert about the US reaction to this event. Jan Runov: Question to Ilan Berman, Vice President of the Washington Council on American Foreign Policy.

According to BBC, citing the Chinese news agency Sinhua, the first detailed examination of the Great Chinese wall begins. Along with measuring the exact length, the study will allow you to apply the Great Chinese wall over its entire length. Disputes about the length of the wall have been conducted for a long time. “A wall of ten thousand Lee” is one of its names that allows us to judge its actual size, 1 Lee is 576 meters, which means that the length of the wall is 5760 kilometers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin once again called on the West to lift economic sanctions against the Palestinian administration, introduced after the came to power of the radical group of Hamas. Putin said this before the negotiations with the head of the Palestinian Autonomy Mahmoud Abbas at Amman Airport. A meeting with the Palestinian leader Putin completed his tour in the Middle East, during which he visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan.

Francis Ford Coppola intends to make an autobiographical film, the action of which takes place in Argentina. Now he is completing work on the picture "Youth without youth." This is the first tape of the director over the past ten years. In the future, Koppol would like to shoot paintings “at least Woody Allen,” which, as you know, puts it in the film almost every year. Coppol solved the financial problems thanks to successful commercial activities in the production and trade of wine.

The results of the next matches of the NBA regular championship "Uta" - "Atlanta" 102: 76. On the account of the player Utah, Russian Andrei Kirilenko, 11 points. Detroit - Los Angeles Clippers 92:74 "Denver" - "Golden Steit" 123: 111

Cards-Valentines and other love jewelry rapidly captures the life of new regions of the world Why is Valentinov's Valentin’s virus so contradictory? Today, on the eve of this holiday ( Valentine's Day ), most of humanity is most likely preparing gifts for its lovers. But Radio Liberty Observer, Culturologist Alexander Genis, wondered what it would seem to do other people's holidays so attractive in different parts of the world: “Holidays are the root part of the culture.

A member of the Senate of the state of New York Karl Krueger proposed prohibiting the use of digital players, mobile phones, communicators and other electronic devices when crossing streets in New York. According to Karl Kruger, when people listen to the players and talk on cell phones, they “turn off” from the outside world, and fall under the cars, reports Lenta.ru.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and King of Jordan Abdullah after negotiations in Aman confirmed the need to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on the principle of coexistence of the two states. The leaders of the two countries discussed the issues of interaction in the fight against terrorism, and also accepted a joint statement on the deepening of bilateral relations.

Kim Jong Ir (in the center) worked out the technology for creating a nuclear bomb, and now he can play a disarmament North Korea agreed to close the key elements of her military nuclear program in exchange for humanitarian aid. On the six -sided negotiations held in Beijing, an agreement was reached, which in the future can lead to the complete closure of the DPRK nuclear programs.

Former head of the presidential administration Yeltsin Sergey Filatov.