Iraqi President Jalyal Talabani arrived in Tehran. The purpose of negotiations with senior Iranian leaders was an improvement in relations between the two border countries. As expected, the Iraqi colleague will be accepted by Iranian President Mahmud Akhmadinjad, as well as the head of the Council for the appropriateness of the decisions of Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani. This is the second visit of Talabani to Tehran over the past two years.

The program is conducted by Evgenia Nazaret. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Olga Vakhonicheva takes part. Evgenia Nazareta: The authorities of Kyrgyzstan on the eve of the Russian human rights activist Vitaly Ponomarev, director of the Central Asian program of the Memorial Center, were not allowed into the country. The employee of the Memorial was stopped by the border control at the Bishkek Airport Manas and sent back to Moscow.

Irina Lagunina: The Government of Serbia is amazing the scandal, which, at first glance, should not have anything to have any relation to state affairs. A case of a fight in a bar in America is raised to the international level. The fight was taught by the Serbian student Miladin Kovachevich. Even US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is engaged in business. Official Belgrade admits that only with the permission of this case can one hope to improve relations with the United States.

Andrey Illarionov in the Radio Liberty studio The performance of the ex-adviser of President Putin Andrei Illarionov at a hearing in the US Congress caused an ambiguous reaction in Russia and America. Illarionov repeated the main theses of his speech on the air of Radio Liberty. He, in particular, said: - Joseph Biden in Munich suggested, as you know, to carry out a “reboot” and start a relationship between Washington and Moscow from scratch.

The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. The Radio Liberty correspondent in St. Petersburg Tatyana Voltskaya takes part. Alexander GOSTEV: The Constitutional Court of Russia prohibited the forced hospitalization of citizens with mental deviations without a court decision. The chairman of the Constitutional Court Valery Zorkin admitted that a number of articles of the Civil Procedure Code of Russia do not comply with the Constitution.

Member of the Central Election Commission Igor Borisov (on the right) unsuccessfully talked with journalist Alexander Minkin On February 27, on the eve of the "Unified Voting Day", the message "Meeting of IB Borisov and A.V. Minkin" appeared on the website of the CEC of the Russian Federation. Borisov is a member of the Central Election Commission, Minkin is a journalist of MK. Why met?

In Moscow, a fire was eliminated in an invalid cafe at the Dynamo stadium. Earlier it was reported that the fire of a room with an area of 100 square meters occurred as a result of an explosion on Leningradsky Prospekt. According to law enforcement agencies, a gas cylinder was voted. Firefighters extinguished the fire, but a roof collapsed at a one -story building. There is no information about the victims. Several fire brigades worked at the scene.

US President Barack Obama announced on Friday that American troops in Iraq would complete all military operations by August 31, 2010. At the same time, from 35 to 50 thousand US troops will remain to support the Iraqi security forces. Completely American troops will leave Iraq by the end of 2011. Barack Obama said that he had consultations according to this plan with Prime Minister Iraq Nuri Al-Malika and ex-president of the United States George Bush.

The Turkish Airlines Liner near the Asterdam Schiphol Airport returned to Turkey. According to Radio Liberty correspondent Elena Solntsev, twenty passengers of the Boeing crash arrived in Turkey. Basically, these are wounded, which are directed to local hospitals. Doctors evaluate their condition as satisfactory. The attending physician of one of the clinics of Ankara said: “The victims of fragmentation wounds. However, they are in a state of psychological shock.

Trilateral consultations between the United States, Pakistan and Afghanistan will continue, ”said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday. She met in Washington with Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan - Shah Mehmud Kureshi and Rangin Dudfar Spanta. Both ministers also held bilateral negotiations. According to Hillary Clinton, the purpose of the consultations is to develop a new strategy for the fight against extremism and ensure security in Afghanistan and Pakistan.