The program is conducted by Evgenia Nazaret. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Yekaterinburg Denis Kamenchikov takes part. Evgenia Nazareta: An exhibition of election posters has opened in Yekaterinburg. The presented collection has been going on for seventeen years. Looking at the stands located on the walls of the memorial center of the first president of Russia Yeltsin, local political scientists, not without regret, recalled the old days when a lot depended on the elections.

Two representatives of Russia continue to participate in Warsaw. On the eve of Nikolai Davydenko, Irji Vanek won the Czech - 4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 1, Evgeny Korolev prevailed over the Italian Potato Truch, who is second - 5: 7, 0: 4, refused to continue the struggle due to injury. On Thursday, Davydenko and Korolev will converge in a full -time duel. In London, Marat Safin, who lost Chilean Fernando Gonzalez - 3: 6, 6: 7, completed the performance.

The program is conducted by Dmitry Volchek. The correspondent of Radio Liberty in Washington Vladimir Abarinov takes part. Dmitry Volchek: TODERAL FACTION CENTER. The Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, on a visit to the United States, said that he would resign if the Czech Parliament does not ratify the US agreement on a missile defense. With me in the studio, our observer Efim Fishtein. Efim, what does this statement testify to?

Irina Lagunina: Next year, the first gas exchange in Russia will be created in St. Petersburg, the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller said during the recent Economic Forum. In the future, according to him, the St. Petersburg Exchange will become the largest in Europe, and gas will be sold on rubles on it. Why a gas monopolist exchange? First of all, in order to be able to sell more expensive gas in the country, experts are believed by my colleague Sergei Seninsky ... Sergey Seninsky: ...

In the Amur Region, 60 people were injured in the passenger train. The condition of the six is difficult, according to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies. The train, in which over 400 passengers were located, followed from Khabarovsk to Neryungri. In the area of the city of Shimanovsk, ten wagons of the composition came off the rails and overturned. Restoring work is underway at the scene of the accident.

The Spanish automotive industry is suspended due to the strike of truck drivers. All 18 car factories in the country experience the lack of components and fuel, which usually deliver on trucks. Autoindustry accounts for up to 5 percent of Spain GDP.

In the north of the gas sector in the village of Baith Lahia, four people died in the explosion and 20 were injured. According to eyewitnesses, the explosion occurred in the house as a result of an air strike. Israeli military deny involvement in what happened, suggesting that the explosives were inside the house. Palestinian rescuers claim that among the dead and wounded - mainly members of the same family.

The NASA space agency brought into the orbit a new telescope Glast, which will conduct observations using gamma radiation. Astronomers plan to use it to study “dark matter”, supernova stars, pulsars and central parts of galaxies. It is reported that the equipment of the new telescope is ten times more sensitive than the devices of its predecessor - the Komton telescope.

The British parliament, after stormy debate, adopted a law extending the maintenance of suspects in terrorism without a charge from four weeks to 42 days. The opposition conservative party and human rights organizations consider this decision an attack on human rights. According to Radio Liberty, Natalya Golitsin, the government managed to draw this law after five -hour stormy debates in the House of Commons.

The Norwegian Parliament decided to legalize homosexual marriages, according to Radio Liberty in Scandinavia, Sergei Dzhanyan. The Norwegian parliament - Storting, adopted a law that allows homosexual pairs to marry, adopt children, and also have access to the artificial fertilization procedure.

The US State Department expressed regret in connection with the death of Pakistani troops as a result of the American airstrike. As stated in the statement, the American and Pakistani military will conduct an investigation and take measures so that this does not happen again. The US Department of Defense, however, called premature assertions that Pakistani troops became victims of air strikes.

Moscow is concerned about the information that the leadership of the UN mission in Kosovo is taking steps to curtail its work. The Russian Foreign Ministry accused the head of the Mission Joachim Ryukker of “arbitrariness”. The format of international presence in Kosovo can be changed only by decision of the UN Security Council, but Ryucker did not receive any indications on this subject, said the Russian Foreign Ministry representative Andrei Nesterenko.

On Thursday, the trial of Azerbaijan’s serious crimes began the process of accused of participating in an armed terrorist group. As the correspondent of Radio Liberty Farid Arifoglu said, a citizen of Saudi Arabia Nail Abdul Kerim al-Bedevi, nicknamed Abu Jafar and another 17 people, in a bench of the defendants. The process takes place in closed mode. According to the investigation, Abu Jafar was closely connected with international terrorists from Al-Qaeda and Al Jihad.

The last, third club of the "B" series was determined, which will perform in the "A" series next season. They became the "lechch", which overcame the Albinolef club in the playoffs - 1: 0. Earlier, the places in the elite of Italian football were received by Kieva and Bologna.