In Serbia, the presidential election will be held today. The main applicants for this post are a pro-Western politician, the leader of the Democratic Party, the current head of Serbia Boris Tadich and the head of the nationalist Serbian Radical Party, Tomislav Nikolich. The main theme of the election campaign was the future of Serbia in the context of a possible proclamation of Kosov’s independence by the Albanian majority of this Serbian province.

The Russian opposition movement "Defense" will conduct a picket against arbitrariness during the draft campaign. The picket participants intend to express solidarity with one of the leaders of the defense movement Oleg Kozlovsky, a month ago forcibly sent to the army, despite a serious illness, reports Radio of Echo of Moscow. The action, in which activists of another Russia and a number of youth movements will take part, will be held at the building of the Russian Ministry of Defense in Moscow.

In Ingushetia, the house in which the mayor of the city of Karabulak lives. According to RIA Novosti, citing law enforcement agencies, around midnight, unknown people released a grenade at the house of Zelimkhan Evloev. The incident occurred in the village of Yandari Nazranovsky district. No one was injured. The damage is caused to the building. The search for criminals is going on.

Victor Shenderovich: Our conversation today we are on the air. My guest today is human rights activist Yuri Yakovlevich Gerchuk. Good evening, Yuri Yakovlevich. Yuri Gerchuk: Good evening. Victor Shenderovich: You could invite you without reason. Many of your colleagues in the Memorial society were here in this studio. But there is an occasion - next week, Anatoly Marchenko, the last Soviet human rights defender, the last Soviet human rights defender in the camps, is 70 years old.

Venezuela President Hugo Chavezed to establish control of banks that violate the conditions of lending to farmers established by the state. Chavez accused private banks of non -compliance with the rules of preferential lending to small businesses. Venezuela President also announced that his government approved legislative measures to establish a maximum rate of 15 percent for agricultural loans and extend the term of payments for these loans from three to 20 years.

In Ukraine, in the Donetsk mine, Shakhterskaya -Dreaming, two people died as a result of an accident, two more were injured. On Saturday evening, a projectile exploded in the face left by a brigade of passers after drilling. A criminal case has been opened. The mine continues to work as usual. In recent months, 106 people have become victims of accidents at the mines of Donbass.

We are discussing the attitude of Russians to the upcoming presidential elections with Alexei Levinson, the head of the department of sociocultural research of the Levada Center.

On Sunday, the 44th tour started. Here are the results of the matches played: "Amur" - "Chemist" - 0: 4 "Dynamo" - "avant -garde" - 3: 4 "Salavat Yulaev" - "Siberia" - 4: 1 "Ak Bars" - "Severstal" - 5: 3 "Vityaz" - "torpedo" - 3: 1 "Lokomotiv" - "Neftekhimik" - 2: 3 (in overtime) SKA - "Tractor" - 1: 2 (in overtime) "Metallurg" (Magnitogorsk) - "Lada" - 3: 2 (in overtime) "Spartak" - "Metallurg" (Novokuznetsk) - 5: 0 Ahead "Salavat Yulaev" - 104 points, "Metallurg" (Magnitogorsk) - 89, SKA - 85.

The Russian court refuses to change the measure of restraint against Makarov The European Court of Human Rights began to consider the fact of the Tomsk mayor Alexander Makarov: the next meeting will be held on February 12. However, the lawyers of the mayor’s departed from the post will not be attended by the process, since there is no financial opportunity to send them to Strasbourg. The defense of Makarov sent a complaint to the European Court six months ago.

Veronika Bode: today we guest Alexei Levinson, head of the department of sociocultural research of the Levada Center. We will talk about the attitude of Russians to the presidential election. What are the current ratings of presidential candidates? In what role do voters of Vladimir Putin see after the elections? Is the process of changing power in Russia constitutional, in their opinion? And what affects their choice and their attitude to this process?

The European Parliament press conference in Brussels will be named after Anna Politkovskaya, the Assembly press service said. As the correspondent of Radio Liberty in the Benilyux countries Sofya Kornienko reports, the head of the European Parliament Hanss-Gaert Pottering emphasized that the name of the Russian journalist has already become deeply symbolic. - Anna Politkovskaya was a brave woman who fought for freedom of speech and self -expression in her country.

The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov. The Radio Liberty correspondent George Kobaladze takes part. Alexey Kuznetsov : Today in Georgia, the inauguration of the newly elected president of the country Mikhail Saakashvili is nearing the end of the inauguration of the inauguration. We have a Radio Liberty correspondent in Tbilisi George Kobaladze on a direct broadcast line. George, hello! George Kobaladze : Hello!

In Georgia, the inauguration of President Mikhail Saakashvili in Serbia is taking place - the first round of the presidential election is the keyword of this week - the House of the European Court of Human Rights began to consider the fact of the Tomsk mayor Alexander Makarov