First, the Constitution was introduced to the Andreevsky Hall Russian human rights activists noted that Dmitry Medvedev began his inaugural speech with the obligation to respect and protect human rights and freedoms. According to the chairman of the Moscow Helsinki group Lyudmila Alekseeva, the words of senior officials in Russia often diverge from business.

The two -minute siren, which sounded at 11 o’clock, became a signal for the beginning of numerous memorable ceremonies throughout Israel, reports RS Rovshan Huseynov. The official ceremony with the participation of the president, the head of government, members of the office and parliament, as well as foreign guests and diplomats, was held at the country's main military cemetery in Jerusalem.

Mikhail Sokolov: Today, in the Moscow Studio of Radio Liberty, the State Duma deputy Mikhail Emelyanov, “Fair Russia”, member of the Political Council of the Party of the ATP Boris Nadezhdin. And with us, there should be a deputy of the State Duma of Russia Sergey Markov, United Russia, and from Germany, publicist Ilya Milstein, “Grani.ru” should be.

The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Bratislava Inna Zemlyanoy takes part. Alexey Kuznetsov: The capital of Slovakia Bratislava is rapidly becoming one of the "expensive" cities of Central Europe. What explains the rapid increase in prices and what can the inhabitants of Slovakia expect after the introduction of a single European currency in the country, which can happen in the near future? This is our correspondent in Slovakia.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent Alexander Wagner takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky : In Czech media, more and more information appears about what will be specifically spelled out in two agreements on the placement of the radar of the missile defense system, which intend to sign the Czech Republic and the United States.

Observers converge: such a show on Russian TV has not yet been The entry of the post of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was widely covered on the air of domestic electronic media. About his impression of the television transmission of the inauguration ceremony and what and why was shown, tells Andrei Sharom the television viewer of Radio Liberty, Anna Kachkayeva: - In my opinion, everything was very elegant, quite quickly, dynamically, directed, quite a lot of historical eclecticism ...

The program is conducted by Alexei Kuznetsov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in New York Yuri Zhigalkin takes part. Alexey Kuznetsov: The primary elections of the US President in Indiana and North Carolina were held in America. They did not become a turning point, which Hillary Clinton was seriously hoping. Yuri Zhigalkin: In order to strengthen, rather, to even preserve her chances of nomination to the president from the Democratic Party, she needed an unconditional victory in both states.

The Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan confiscated the property of the former son -in -law of President Nursultan Nazarbayev - Rakhat Aliyev. He was taken away from the Habar television center in Alma -Ata, a swimming pool, an airport in the city of Atyrau and other assets, including money - over 30 thousand euros. In March, the president’s former son -in -law was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison on charges of preparing a coup. Rakhat Aliyev lives in Austria.

Putin specifically emphasized: the authorities are moving from the former president to the new directly For the first time in Russia, the departing and the new presidents transferred power to each other directly. The guests during this program wondered about the composition of the new government and discussed the country's leadership cars, the journalist Arkady Dubnov, who was present at the inauguration of Dmitry Medvedev, says.

In North Ossetia, two people were killed in North Ossetia on the construction of the high -mountain section of the Dzaurikau -Tskhinvali gas pipeline. This was announced by the representative of the press service of the Republican Ministry of Emergencies. According to preliminary data, when the workers lay a pipe in the area of the village of Buron, stones came off the mountains.

The European Commission and the European Central Bank announced that Slovakia could join the Euro-Zone from January 1, 2009. The final decision will be made at a meeting of the Ministers of Finance of the European Union in July. Slovakia is the second of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, in which a single European currency will replace the national one. The first was Slovenia - in 2007. Today, the euro zone unites 15 countries of the European Union.

At the European Championship among young men (the age of football players - up to 17 years), the second round matches of the second round were played: Group a Türkiye - Scotland - 1: 0 Holland - Serbia - 1: 0 Turkey has 6 points, in Serbia and Holland - 3 each, in Scotland - 0. Group c Switzerland - Ireland - 1: 0 France - Spain - 3: 3 Spain and France - 4 points each, in Switzerland - 3, in Ireland - 0.

Senator Barack Obama won the primary election of the US presidential candidate from the Democratic Party in North Caroline, his rival Hillary Clinton won the Indiana with a small margin. In North Carolin, Obama gained 56 percent of the vote against 42, the Clinton received. This victory is considered an important step towards the nomination of Obama as a presidential candidate. The next vote will be held on May 13 in the state of West Virginia.

Irina Lagunina: Some historical events leave their mark not only in cultural monuments, but also in our genes. And today, genetics use the latest methods to find out the new details of the old past. One of these interesting studies - about the search for descendants of Genghis Khan, says Ilya Zakharov -Gzekhus, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Alexander Markov and Olga Orlova talk to him.

Not receiving the permission of the authorities, the opposition began to hold its shares on the principle of surprise Several shares of the opposition took place on Tuesday in Moscow. The police did not allow some of them the Coalitions “Other Russia”, others were successful, despite the fact that the metropolitan authorities did not issue permits for their holding.