The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov . The Radio Liberty correspondent Yuri Zhigalkin takes part . Alexey Kuznetsov : US President George Bush made an annual message to Congress about the situation of the country. We are waiting for Yuri Zhigalkin, who should tell us how the performance passed, although, according to experts, they did not expect any special surprises from him. Yuri, hello! Yuri Zhigalkin : Good morning! Alexey Kuznetsov : The US president has already performed.

According to the Yablochikov, the referendum must be submitted well -formulated issues The Moscow City Duma is considering the new city planning code. After the first readings, the project was supported by most deputies. Together with United Russia, the Communists voted for him. The disadvantage of the document, the capital's parliamentarians called "complex language and ornate formulations." The only vote against the bill belongs to the Yablonik Sergey Mitrokhin.

The French group Peugeot Citroen signed an agreement with the Government of the Kaluga Region on the construction of its assembly plant worth 300 million euros in this region. According to representatives of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Russia, since 2010 its total capacity will be 150 thousand cars a year, but only half of them will have to be on the French group.

In the south of Afghanistan, about 500 women held a protest against the abduction of an American employee of a humanitarian organization. The participants in the demonstration demanded that the authorities find and release the hostage. Side Mayzel and her Afghan driver were captured by a group of armed people last Saturday in Kandahar.

Alexander Genis: Even in the pre -election year, when all the attention was drawn to the war for the White House, the news from the Metro stunned New York. The head of the museum, Philip de Montubello, announced his ambulance. In our city, no one needs to explain who is a person who is 30 years old - more than any other director of the museum in America - headed the main attraction of the city.

Mikhail Sokolov: In the Moscow Studio of Radio Liberty-the leader of the People's Democratic Union and in the recent past, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kasyanov. Mikhail Mikhailovich, here I will not understand what your status is. You will not appeal the decision of the Central Election Commission - and then you are not a presidential candidate. Or you will appeal the decision of the Central Election Commission in court - and remain a presidential candidate.

Irina Lagunina: In January, the American Foundation Heritiga Faundeishn released the economic freedom index for the past 2007th year. The countries in this index are located in a descending order as the level of economic freedom decreases. An incredible spread between the states of the South Caucasus is striking - Armenia entered the first thirty economically free countries, while Azerbaijan was in the second hundred.

Regular NBA Championship "Utah" - "San Antonio" 97:91. As part of Utah, Andrei Kirilenko scored 23 points "Memphis" - "Dallas" 84: 103 "New Orleans" - "Denver" 117: 93 Los Angeles Clippers - Charlotte 100: 107

Remember me like this: the President does not smile at the prospect of remembers to compatriots by the father of the economic crisis and defeat in Iraq In his seventh and, as they believe, the last, the president, recognized the fact of a slowdown in the growth of the American economy. At the same time, he continues to insist that its fundamental foundations remain strong. Mr.

Nobel Prize laureate, Afro-American writer Tony Morrison spoke in support of a possible presidential candidate from the Democratic Party of Barack Obama. In 1998, Tony Morrison called Bill Clinton the "first black president." Barack Obama thanked the writer for support.

In the Urus-Martan district of Chechnya, 26 houses were left without light and gas as a result of the explosion of the artillery shell. On Tuesday night in the area of the village of Bamut, the military fought with a group of Mujahideen. One shell exploded near residential buildings in the village of Gexh. No one was injured. Recovery work is underway.

Modern public discussion around the figure of Lenin. The guests are Sergey Seregin, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, and David Schneider, one of the creators of the television movie “Lenin: that hid myths”