Before the limit of the reduction of the Russian currency indicated by the Central Bank, about one and a half rubles remained The official dollar rate set by the Central Bank on January 30 amounted to 34.69 rubles, adding 1.47 rubles immediately. The euro went up by 1 ruble 31 kopecks, up to 45.34 rubles. According to observers, the rapid collapse of the ruble is due to the resumed demand for currency by players after the end of the tax payments.

Elena Rykovtseva : 60 years ago, the advanced article “Pravda” “About one antipatriotic group of theatrical critics”, edited personally by Stalin, was published. She became the first programmatic publication, as historian Boris Sokolov, who called on society to the fight against "rootless cosmopolites" writes.

Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Cyril The program "Time of Guests" sums up the results of the elections of the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. The main question is discussed by the program participants: who is he the new patriarch - a shepherd or politician? And why the administrative resource was so actively used in these elections and the campaign was carried out so aggressively.

Shepherd or politician? The election of the Patriarch is the editor -in -chief of NG Religion Mark Smirnov and political scientist, Deputy General Director of the Center for Political Technology Alexei Makarkin.

The case in Sokolniki outraged the public. Protest shares and the efforts of lawyers led to the fact that the criminal case was nevertheless opened Lawyer Yevgeny Chernousov and human rights activist Lev Ponomarev turned to the Commissioner for Human Rights Vladimir Lukin and the Moscow and General Prosecutor's Office. They are engaged in the case of a police beat in April last year of a group of teenagers in Moscow near the Sokolniki metro .

The Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of Russia recognized the termination of the criminal case on the mass execution of Polish officers in Katyn in 1940. The court came to the conclusion that the statute of limitations for the then existing Criminal Code of the RSFSR of 1926. The complaint was filed by relatives of the dead officers who achieve their rehabilitation.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the European Union to support three European projects for the construction of gas pipelines. In a letter sent to the Chairman of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barrosa, the Chancellor emphasized that the Russian Northern Stream and South Stream, as well as the Nabukko gas pipeline, are extremely important for diversification of sources and transport routes of gas in the EU.

NATO Secretary General JAP de Hop Scheffer warned of the possibility of the emergence of new territorial disputes due to the melting of the ice of the Arctic. Speaking at the NATO conference in Iceland, Jaap de Joop Scheffer emphasized that completely new shipping paths may appear in the region, and this will increase the risk of incidents. Experts believe that the disappearance of the Arctic ice cover opens access to energy resources that lie at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev talked with the President of the USSR and the editor of Novaya Gazeta Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with the President of the USSR, co -owner of Novaya Gazeta Mikhail Gorbachev and the editor -in -chief of the New Dmitry Muratov . Muratov himself, as well as the press service of Gorbachev, confirmed this information to the Radio Liberty correspondent.

Irina Lagunina: From January 26 to 30, a conference of international non -governmental organizations under the auspices of the Council of Europe is held in Strasbourg. For the first time, the international youth human rights movement takes part in her work as a full member. The status of a full -fledged member is assigned to organizations that have proved its effectiveness and competence in the development of European human rights projects. MPD received it on December 29 last year.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Berlin Yuri Veksler takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky: In Germany, a warning strike of railway workers is taking place. She led today to numerous abilities and delays in passenger trains.

In St. Petersburg today, a group of activists of the prohibited National Bolshevik Party tried to seize the reception of Vladimir Putin, demanding a personal meeting with the Prime Minister of Russia. According to Radio Liberty correspondent Tatyana Voltskaya, three supporters of Eduard Limonov entered the premises of Putin’s reception, the name with them leaflets and anti -crisis theses.

Eduard Limonov The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Mumin Shakirov takes part. Andrei Shary: Let us return to the Russian political chronicle, in particular, to the plans of the radical non -systemic Russian opposition to organize a new wide campaign for protest against government social policy. This was talked about today again.

Legislators will not let children see pornography on the network, in books and on TV To protect minors from information causing their physical and moral health, a package of six bills, which were introduced to the State Duma by representatives of various committees of United Russia and Fair Russia, should protect.