The US-Norwegian expedition was investigated by the Fimbul Ice Shelf, located in the eastern part of Antarctica, reports The Associated Press . This huge array of ice is issued to the ocean by almost 200 kilometers. According to data presented by scientists, over the past years, the water temperature under the glacier increased by one degree. Scientists emphasize that if all the ice is melted in East Antarctic, the level of the oceans can increase by 60 meters.

In the Vladimir region, elections of deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the fifth convocation were held, Radio Liberty correspondent Svetlana Ganenko reports. Participation in them was taken by nearly 34% of residents of the region who have the right to vote. The largest representation in the Legislative Assembly will be the party "United Russia", the list of which was headed by the Vladimir Mayor Alexander Rybakov.

In the near future, Russia will send Palestinian autonomy medicines, food and other humanitarian goods. In addition, as a gift of autonomy, 50 armored personnel carriers and two civilian helicopters were prepared as a gift of autonomy. This is stated in the message of the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev to the participants of the International Conference in Egypt to assist the GAZ sector. The message was announced by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Sharm Abshekh.

Member of the Public Chamber Alexander Brod addressed the Chairman of the Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov and the Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika with a request to check the facts of refusal to register candidates during the past election company. In an interview with Radio, Liberty Alexander Brod said: “We received a certain number of complaints from different regions.

"Dream of Gaft, retold by Roman Viktyuk" "The Dream of Gaft, retold by Roman Viktyuk" presented the contemporary theater. Most critics considered a nightmare. But the audience wants to see Valentina Gaft - even in a dream, at least in reality. Crowds of the suffering besiege the theater in the hope of an extra ticket. Who is right? It is difficult to talk about the artistic merits of the performance.

Tatarstan distinguished himself in the elections. In the photo: Chairman of the State Council of the Republic with his wife The Voice Association today presented the preliminary results of past elections to local authorities . Observers reported a “hot line” about more than 300 violations of the law committed during the vote.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Mumin Shakirov takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky: Today it has been exactly a year since the date of election by the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. The attitude towards him for this year has not changed, this is evidenced by the research data of the Levada Center.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The economic observer of Radio Liberty Sergey Seninsky takes part. Kirill Kobrin: The moment of leaving the current crisis will be the time when private demand begins to come to life - what the state’s efforts should be directed to, Russian finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said today at the investment conference held in Moscow. What factors can contribute to the revival of private demand in the country?

The leader of the Fair Russia, the speaker of the Federation Council Sergey Mironov, said that his party will seek the abolition of voting results where violations could distort the results. According to him, the members of the election committee convicted by observers must bear criminal liability, if there are grounds for it.

Alexander Genis: The financial crisis hit an American family with unequal force. The men had worse. 82% of the dismissed belongs to the male sex. Such inequality is explained by the fact that the reductions, first of all, fell on the industries, where men traditionally worked. These are construction, auto industry and other factory production. The field of services, medicine, education, where more women are busy, suffered relatively less.

The American publishing house Little, Brown and Company intends to publish the unexpressed novel David Foster Wallace, who became famous in 1996 thanks to the thousand -grass novel "Endless Joking". Time magazine included this book in the list of the hundred best English -speaking novels published since 1923. David Foster Wallace suffered from chronic depression and committed suicide in 2008 at the age of 46.

Elections in Khimki Dmitry Oreshkin: "People do not really see the connection between the elections and the crisis"

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Danila Halperovich takes part. Kirill Kobrin: Russia may enter into a serious conflict with the European Court of Human Rights, such a conclusion is made both in Strasbourg and in St. Petersburg, where the Russian judge of the European Court of Human Rights Anatoly Costyle with the judges of the Russian Constitutional Court recently took place.

The Faina sailors found out who, except President Yushchenko, they owe their lives It became known who gave money to buy out the sailors of the Faina vessel, who were held for several months hostage by Somali pirates. A private person who did not spare money for the life of 17 Ukrainians, two Russians and one Latvian, this is Viktor Pinchuk - a Ukrainian billionaire and son -in -law of the former president of the country Leonid Kuchma.

In Spain, on Sunday, regional elections were held in the national autonomies of Galicia and the Basque Country. Their preliminary results show that some sharp changes are not expected here. As our correspondent said Victor Cheretsky, despite all the efforts of the Central Government of Spain, remove the Basque from power in the country, where separatist trends are strong, regional nationalists, the latter, judging by the election results, will still form a local administration.