The volume of Russian foreign trade in January decreased by 46.6% compared to the indicator of the same month last year - up to $ 25.7 billion, the Federal Customs Service said. The export of goods from the country amounted to $ 17 billion, declining by annual terms by 50.3%. Import volumes decreased by 37.4% to $ 8.7 billion. The main trading partner of Russia in January was China, the turnover with which amounted to $ 2.4 billion - this is 35.4% less than in January 2008.

The program is conducted by Dmitry Volchek. Dmitry Volchek: Today it turned 56 since the death of Stalin. A few days ago, the Party of Yabloko spoke with the initiative to introduce criminal liability for the justification of mass repressions. Today, this initiative was supported by the "right business".

The Russian state company Gazprom stated that the Ukrainian company Naftogaz made the necessary payments - in this way, there are no more threats to terminate Russian gas supplies to Ukraine. Naftogaz reported that she had a last payment of $ 360 million - for gas received in February. Gazprom confirmed the receipt of payment.

In the village of Vozdvizhenka under the Ussuriysk, search work was completed on the spot. This was reported by the correspondent of Radio Liberty in Primorye Marina Loboda . The explosion of domestic gas occurred about one in the morning in local time, in one of the apartments of a three -story building in the village of Vozdvizhenka near Ussuriysk. As a result, there was a collapse of the inter -story floor and roof. Six apartments were injured.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow, Maryana Torocheshnikov, takes part. Kirill Kobrin: In Moscow, preliminary hearings are continuing in the Khamovnichesky court in the second case of former leaders of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. The process of the process is monitored by our correspondent Maryana Torocheshnikov. Now she is on the phone on the air of Freedom. Maryana, you have a word.

Georgia accused Russia of violating its airspace simultaneously in two places - the area of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Russian planes and helicopters carried out aerial photography to the areas of Georgia adjacent to the conflict zone. The General Committee of the Russian Air Force denied these accusations. This was reported from Tbilisi by Radio Liberty , Georgy Kobaladze .

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the investigation of facts of violation of electoral legislation in the past regional elections. This was reported by Reuters. The United Russia party won the election, but opposition parties announced massive violations and falsifications. The head of the CEC Vladimir Churov previously rejected any statements of the opposition about violations during the vote.

In Pakistan, surviving after the attack on the motorcade, in which the national team of Sri Lanka was driving, they accuse Islamabad of the inability to organize a good athletes to organize athletes security. Briton Chris Brodan, an international screaming judge, who was in the column, said that security forces could not repel the attack of 12 extremists who opened fire and then disappeared. Two other witnesses - Australian judges - also criticized the organization of security.

The program is conducted by Dmitry Volchek. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Danila Halperovich takes part. Dmitry Volchek: The issue of restoring NATO relations with Russia was fully discussed today at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of foreign ministers. The decisions made in Brussels tells the correspondent of "Freedom" Danila Galperovich.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Kyiv Vladimir Ivakhnenko takes part. Kirill Kobrin: In Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada created a commission to investigate the events that took place on March 4 at Naftogaz Ukraine.

The Turkish court sentenced the 26 -year -old resident of Kharkov to 30 years in prison - for hacking. Maxim Yastremsky was accused of stealing information and assigning money from bank cards of customers of American and Turkish banks, Radio Liberty correspondent Elena Solntseva reports from Turkey. According to the media, the hacker, under the name "Maxik" hacked more than fifty thousand credit cards, thus earned more than eleven million dollars.

Lyudmila Telny Svetlana Bakhmina remained in custody . Her three -month daughter Anya remained in custody. However, what to be surprised - she was born formally, as a prisoner. Her pregnant mother was twice refused parole. And now they are throwing her case from the court to court in fear of making a decision. We say a system. We say the conditions. We say circumstances.

In Nazran (Ingushetia), as a result of shelling of a checkpoint on the Caucasus federal highway, Sergeant Riot police from Udmurtia Alexei Kulikov was seriously wounded. According to Interfax with reference to the military, unknown people shot policemen from a grenade launcher. A criminal case has been opened. The search for attackers is being conducted.

Lawyers recall that Lebedev and Khodorkovsky are two different people The third day of preliminary hearings on a new criminal case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev will begin with the presentation of the state prosecutors, testifying to the need and continue to support the former co -owners of Yukos in custody.