The program is conducted by Marina Dubovik. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Khabarovsk is attended by Alexei Minin. Marina Dubovik: About 300 people came to a rally organized by the Khabarovsk branch of the Communist Party. It took place, in the very center of the city, at the monument to Lenin, despite the attempts of the local authorities to disrupt it under plausible pretexts. Alexey Minin: The beginning of the rally was scheduled for 12 local hours.

One listener believes that I act incorrectly, almost not announcing letters, ridiculous “both in form and in content” (these are his words). He does not believe that there are no such letters, and since they are, then mine, they say, the obligation to pay any attention to them, especially since among them are funny, and it is not a sin to laugh.

The United States is ready to offer North Korea a peace agreement, the normalization of relations and economic assistance if she refuses the development of nuclear weapons, said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Speaking on the eve of the trip in Asia, Clinton expressed the hope that Pyongyang would not undertake, as she put, “provocative steps” that will complicate the situation. According to the incoming messages, North Korea is preparing to test a long -range missile.

Victor Erofeev: Our guests are a translator from English by Vladimir Bobkov, literary observer Alexei Mikheev, journalist, director of the Corpus publishing house Sergei Parkhomenko. The theme of our today's transmission - do we need foreign literature? Today, a topic of gifts arises around St. Valentine's Day. Would any of you give a book of a foreign author to his girlfriend and his beloved woman? Is foreign literature a good gift now? We will talk about this too today.

The finance ministers of the Big Seven countries are discussing today how to deal with the global economic crisis. According to the Reuters agency, the statement that will be accepted at a meeting in Rome said that the Big Seven countries are ready to do everything possible to combat the crisis, without erecting new obstacles to trade.

The program is conducted by Marina Dubovik. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Mumin Shakirov takes part. Marina Dubovik: Today, a meeting of the Bureau of the Yabloko party was held in Moscow. My colleague Mumin Shakirov worked at the meeting. He is now next to me in the studio. Please tell us what issues were discussed at this meeting, who participated, why?

The program "Results of the Week" is conducted by Dmitry Volchek. The former secretary of the Union of Journalists Igor Yakovenko and journalist of the New Times, Ilya Barabanov weekly, take part. Dmitry Volchek: I welcome the guests of the program with whom we will discuss important events of the last days: Igor Yakovenko, who until Thursday was the secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia, and even earlier the general secretary, and Ilya Barabanov, the journalist of the New Times.

In the Kemerovo region, an accident occurred at the Voroshilov mine, two rescuers died. According to the regional administration, the mine oxide increased at the mine. The arrived rescuers managed to withdraw all the miners - almost 200 people - but then an explosion occurred. To clarify the causes of the accident, the regional headquarters was created, headed by the governor of Kuzbass Aman Tuleyev.

In Beyrut, in conditions of increased security measures, thousands of people will conduct a march in the memory of former Prime Minister Lebanon Rafik Hariri today. The attempt on Hariri occurred on February 14, 2005. As a result of a powerful explosion, two dozen people were killed. Responsibility for the crime lies with Syria and its allies in Lebanon. Syria rejects the accusations.

In Pakistan, at least 17 people died during an explosion, presumably, an American rocket released from Afghan territory. According to Pakistani intelligence, the blow was inflicted in the province of South Vaziristan at a private house, in which militants were systematically hiding.

In Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, at least four people were killed as a result of an air unfficated aircraft airplane, the Pakistani authorities said. On Saturday, several people were also killed in a shootout in the Yuzhny Vaziristan area. Earlier, Pakistan Prime Minister opposed US attacks in the country, saying that such attacks are creating anti-American sentiments.

Daughter Masha said that girls from her second grade want to become fashion models, and she, on the contrary, wants to become an endocrinologist. We marveled at the rationality of the child and tried to find out why it was with the endocrinologist? “The word is very beautiful,” Kroshka admitted. Here! Here it is! Beautiful word! Give me him! Why is the Russian language, with such joy perceiving foreign words and making them relatives, stumbled on the concept of "charitable"?

The US Senate approved a plan for the economy’s stimulation proposed by President Barack Obama. A few hours before, the bill was supported by the House of Congress. Today's consideration of the plan was preceded by a compromise agreement reached on the eve between the legislators of both chambers of the Congress. The purpose of the plan, which is estimated at 789 billion dollars is to withdraw the American economy from the crisis, the most serious over many decades.

US President Barack Obama welcomed the adoption of a bill on the bill on stimulating the economy in the context of a global crisis. Obama called him "the main milestone on the way to economic recovery." In a weekly radio picture to the nation, the president said that he would sign the law in the very near future. On Friday, the US Congress approved the plan of tax reduction and allocation of additional funds proposed by Barack Obama to save the economy.