Veronika Bode: Today is our topic - about Russians to the problem of AIDS. How serious do citizens of the country see here? What is the attitude of society to HIV-infected themselves? How, according to citizens, you need to deal with the spread of this disease?

In the United States, an Afghan diplomat was arrested on charges of beating and insulting his wife. According to the prosecutor's office, the vice-consul of the Afghan consulate in New York Mohamed Fagirad was detained at his house on Friday. Fagirad announced his diplomatic immunity, but the prosecutor's office considered that such immunity concerns only violations related to the work of the diplomat.

On February 16, in the Astrakhan region, a day of mourning was announced 15 dead in a fire in a residential building in the village of Molodezhny. Among the victims of the tragedy are four children. 6 people are hospitalized with burns and injuries. 66 residents are evacuated. All 28-and-free families will be allocated 100 thousand rubles. Investigate the reasons for the tragedy will be the Investigative Committee at the Russian Prosecutor's Office in the Southern Federal District.

In Venezuela today, a referendum is being held on the question of whether to allow the country's president to be elected an unlimited number of times for this post. In 2007, President Hugo Chavez already brought this initiative to the referendum, but was defeated. Now public opinion polls show that he can win. Chavez, who first came to power in 1998, promised to rule for decades in order to build his own version of socialism in Venezuela.

5 people died in a plane crash in Iran. According to reports, a small training plane crashed when approaching the airport of Isfahan. All the dead are crew members. It is still unknown whether the plane was a civil or military. The causes of the disaster are investigated.

The body of the captain of the Ukrainian dry cargo "Faina" - Russian citizen Vladimir Kolobkov on Monday will be delivered to St. Petersburg. According to the Echo of Moscow radio station, the Swiss Airlines Swiss airline will be transported. Vladimir Kolobkov died on September 28, 2008 - 3 days after the ship was captured by Somali pirates off the coast of Kenya. On February 5, the pirates, having received a ransom of more than 3 million dollars, left the board of the Faina.

A powerful landmine is neutralized in Ingushetia. According to Interfax at the headquarters of the temporary grouping of troops in the North Caucasus, a homemade explosive device with a capacity of 8 kilograms of TNT was discovered on the night of a police officer in Karabulak on Sunday opposite the house. Fugas is neutralized by explosives.

In the north-west of Pakistan, in the Swat Valley, the Taliban announced a 10-day ceasefire. The representative of the Taliban Muslim Khan said that this is a gesture of goodwill during the negotiations between the militants and the Pakistani authorities. The Khan called the same gesture of goodwill yesterday's liberation of the Chinese engineer, captured hostage 5 months ago. According to reports, a truce agreement can be signed on Monday. Such agreements were not carried out before.

Representatives of Afghanistan will take part in the development of the United States of the new plan for the fight against terrorism. The corresponding proposal of the Afghan side was accepted by US President Barack Obama. This was reported today at a press conference in Kabul Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and a special messenger of the United States in the region Richard Holbrook. A delegation, headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, will be sent to Washington.

Today, commemorative events are held in Russia, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. In Moscow, veterans of the conflict that lasted 9 years will lay flowers to the grave of an unknown soldier and the monument to the internationalist soldiers. During the conflict, almost 15 thousand Soviet soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Afghans died. The last Soviet units left Afghanistan on February 15, 1989.

The program is conducted by Marina Dubovik. The correspondent of Radio Freedom Lily Palveliev takes part. Marina Dubovik : And now the traditional heading "keyword", which is my colleague Lilya Palvelieva. Lilya Palveveva : The keyword of this week is the "Range". On Tuesday, on the waves of Radio Liberty, such a forecast of the former mayor of Moscow, the famous economist Gabriel Popov, sounded. Gabriel Popov : Millions of people will rise in the coming months.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev spoke about some measures to overcome the economic crisis on the air of the Russia channel. In particular, he said that the federal budget allocates 44 billion rubles for employment protection programs. These funds, as the president noted, will go to create new jobs, including in small businesses, as well as the construction of new facilities that can create additional jobs.

In the Japanese Sea off the coast of Primorye, according to Russian rescuers, eight sails of the New Star dry truck under the flag of Sierra Leone were killed. Eight people were saved by Russian border guards. The ship began to sink 50 miles from the port of the find on Sunday. From it, all foreign citizens were evacuated to two rescue inflatable rafts, according to various sources, all foreign citizens. Sailors who were on one of the rafts picked up a border boat.

All Australia on Sunday, church services were held in memory of the victims of forest fires in Victoria. Over the past century, more than 180 people have become victims of the largest natural disaster in Australia. More than 1800 houses burned, thousands of people were left without shelter. The fight against fires that flashed last week continues to this day. The police believe that at least two fires were laid intentionally.

The Chinese engineer, captured in Pakistan by the Taliban, was released. In August 2008, Lun Xiaovay, this morning, arrived at the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad, where the correspondent of the Sinhua agency had already met with him. Lun Xiaovay was released on Saturday in the northwestern border province of Pakistan. This message became good news after the execution of the Taliban of the Polish engineer and the threats of militants to kill the American captured by them.