Igor Yakovenko: "I believed that it was necessary to distance himself from power" Former Secretary General of the Union of Journalists of Russia, and in the last year, just secretary Igor Yakovenko was ahead of schedule from office. He believes that because of his opposition to the authorities. In the leadership of the Union of Journalists of Russia (SDR), changes have occurred.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Volgograd Natalya Galkina takes part. Kirill Kobrin: The arrival of the head of the Council of the Federation, Chairman of the Fair Russia party, Sergei Mironov, caused an ambiguous reaction to Volgograd. And after his visit, employees of the traffic police began to more carefully check the passports of the vehicle of foreign cars.

In one handshake from Borges. Traveling around the table. Council of relevant gallerymen. August 24 this year will be one hundred and ten years since the birth of Borges. In June 2004, with the help of cunning diplomatic maneuvers, I lured his widow Maria Kodam to freedom (the first interview of the codam given to the Russian media can be read here ). So - if you use the expression of Tynyanov - I was at the distance of one handshake from HLB.

Mikhail Fedotov: "We are not going to sue our colleague" Doctor of Legal Sciences, Secretary of the Union of Journalists of the Russian Federation, former Minister of Press of the Russian Federation, one of the authors of the Media Law Media Mikhail Fedotov commented on the air of Radio Liberty, the decision of the Federal Council of the Union of Journalists of Russia, who today prematurely suspended the secretary of the SDR, a former general, Igor Yakovenko .

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Samara Sergey Khazov takes part. Mikhail Salenkov: Eight Samara enterprises have been announced about reductions since mid -February. It is expected that these abbreviations will replenish the ranks of the Samara unemployed into three thousand people.

On Thursday, Turkish President Abdulla Gul arrives in Moscow on Thursday. His negotiations with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are scheduled for Friday. Abdullah Gul will also take part in the Russian-Turkish business forum and visit Kazan. According to the results of the visit, it is planned to sign a declaration of deepening partnerships between the two states.

Victor Boot in anticipation of extradition A group of 27 American congressmen demanded that the administration of President Barack Obama achieve extradition in the United States Russian businessman Viktor Buta, arrested in March 2008 in Thailand on charges of weapons trade, the Secretariat of the House of Representatives of the US Congress said. This was reported today by RIA Novosti. As you know, Viktor Boot is in a Thai prison, waiting for a decision regarding extradition.

Expert RS of American-Iranian relations today's fact. The UK celebrates the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin

A letter by e -mail is not the first threat to Galina Kozhevnikova A human rights activist studying the problems of radical nationalism came a letter with threats. The authors report the intention to kill other people whose death can have a loud resonance. A letter addressed to the Deputy Director of the Information and Analytical Center, Galina Kozhevnikova, was received by e-mail.

According to Viktor Pinzenik, who was resigned today from the post of head of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, "the position of the Minister of Finance has become a hostage to politics." “Since I can neither change this situation, nor abandon my professional approaches, further stay in this post does not make sense for me,” Pinzenik wrote in a statement. As the Radio Freedom Vladimir Ivakhnenko reports from Kyiv, two weeks ago his service note was addressed to Yulia Tymoshenko two weeks ago.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. Radio Liberty correspondents Maxim Yaroshevsky and Denis Kamenchikov take part. Mikhail Salenkov: In a number of regions of Russia, national projects were criticized, primarily "health" and "affordable housing". Experts disagree. Some argue that the program, supervised by Vladimir Putin personally, continues to implement and fully finance. Others talk about the imminent crisis and freezing of projects.

In Ulyanovsk, to five years in prison, a former policeman was sentenced to beat up to the police. It was possible to prove three cases of beating people by the senior warrant officer of the police, - ITAR -TASS reported in the Investigative Department of the Ulyanovsk Region. The former assistant to the operational duty officer was convicted of abuse of power with the use of violence.

Irina Lagunina: President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko made an unexpected statement that he was trying to build relations with the European Union and with the United States, and that Russia is interested in this. How true the second part of this statement will be, time will tell.