The leader of "Fair Russia" Sergey Mironov The Fair Russia party presented the anti -crisis charter of social solidarity. " It is invited to sign it to the leadership of authorities, large entrepreneurs, leaders of the Duma factions and business communities.

USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev The USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev in an interview with Radio Liberty made a sharp criticism of the party system that developed in Russia. He reproached United Russia and the deputy head of the Kremlin administration Vladislav Surkov in the destruction of political competition. Thus, the theses of Gorbachev, publicly formulated by him at yesterday's lecture at the International University, were developed and supplemented.

Alexander Volkov, Creator Dmitry Medvedev Alexander Volkov again became the president of Udmurtia. Not everyone is satisfied with this decision of the State Council of the Republic. Today's mass protest in Izhevsk is the sixth for the current political season. The main slogan of all rallies was the demand to send the President of Udmurtia as a leader who was not able to solve the serious economic problems of the region and did not want to enter into a dialogue with society.

In Polish Krakow, a two -day meeting of the defense ministers of NATO countries is ending today. The main topic of discussions today is the reform of the North Atlantic Union. The negotiations will also take part in the defense ministers of Georgia and Ukraine. Yesterday, the ministers of NATO countries discussed the situation in Afghanistan. The United States, which announced an increase in its contingent, require allies more active participation in combat operations.

Irina Lagunina: On Thursday, at the CIA headquarters, the new director of the department Leon Panetta took the oath. The US Vice-President Joe Biden set up new tasks participating in the ceremony. Says Vladimir Abarinov. Vladimir Abarinov: The oath ceremony was held in the lobby of the main building of the CIA buildings complex, which bears the name of George Bush Sr., who headed the reconnaissance department in 1976-77. The vice president did not fail to celebrate his merits to America.

The program is conducted by Evgenia Nazaret. The Radio Liberty correspondent in St. Petersburg Tatyana Voltskaya takes part. Evgenia Nazarets : Unexpected difficulties arose during the election campaign in the municipal elections in St. Petersburg for some opposition candidates: police officers are the authenticity of the signatures given for them, and include people to recall their signatures.

The program is conducted by Evgenia Nazaret. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Tomsk Melanie Bachin takes part. Evgenia Nazareta : In Tomsk, disabled people and parents of children with disabilities announced a hunger strike. They require compliance with regional and federal laws to freely provide land. For more than a year of the family, where there are disabled people, they cannot ensure that they are allocated a piece of land for housing construction.

Scientists from Dime Hydrophobic Materials from the United Arab Emirates proposed a new method of water saving. When watering on sandy soils, especially in the countries of the Arab East and in Africa, a large amount of water immediately leaves the soil and plants suffer from a lack of moisture. They have to be watered several times a day, which with a lack of water becomes a very serious problem. Scientists proposed to sprinkle a special water -repellent coating onto the grains of sand.

The program is conducted by Evgenia Nazaret. The correspondent of Radio Liberty Tamara Lyalenkov takes part. Evgenia Nazarets : The Federal Bailiff Service proposed a number of amendments, which should be made to the law on bailiffs. The State Duma approved this bill, so far in the second reading. Will they be able to influence the attitude of citizens to the service of bailiffs? This was tried to find out the correspondent of Radio Liberty Tamara Lyalenkov.

On February 20, the annual carnival begins in Rio de Janeiro. It is expected that due to the financial crisis, the number of foreign tourists will be reduced by 10% compared to last year, but the total number of participants will grow. The most popular mask this year is US President Barack Obama. The Brazilian government in the framework of the AIDS combat campaign will give participants in the carnival of 10 million condoms.

Anna Politkovskaya, 2001 The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. A radio correspondent of Radio Freedom Jan Runov takes part. Andrei Shary : About the American reaction to the court decision on the murder of the Novaya Gazeta observer - Radio Liberty correspondent in New York, Jan Runov.

The Swedish automobile company Saab, a loss -making unit of the American General Motors, appealed to the Swedish court for temporary protection against creditors. Over the next months, Saab intends to reorganize its business in order to become a completely independent company from January 2010, the SAAB statement said. Reorganization plans do not exclude the sale of the company to new owners.