Marina Timasheva: In St. Petersburg, the book of the writer Elena Chizhova “Broke Tsahes. Lavra” was published. Says Tatyana Voltskaya. Tatyana Voltskaya: Elena Chizhova brings the reader as a freshman, to the later Soviet field, which was not subsequently inhaled, and makes the smell inhaly - school corridors, as in the novels of “Tsaches crumbs”, or gloomy streets, wretched apartments, strange churches, as if precious alien bodies are already in the novel “Lavra”.

During the military operation against the militants of the group, Hamas Israel violated the rules of war, firing the densely populated areas of Gaza with shells filled with white phosphorus. This was stated by Human Rights Watch human rights organization. In the report made in Wednesday, the human rights activists called on the UN to investigate violations from both Israel and Hamas.

The American Charles Simony becomes a space tourist of the second ranging of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Soyuz ship started. On board - Russian Gennady Padalka, US astronaut Michael Barrat and American tourist Charles Simoni. Simoni will stay at the International Space Station for ten days and will return to Earth on April 7. He is the only space tourist in history who is a second time flying into space. For 2 travels, Simoni paid $ 60 million.

In Ingushetia in the village of Ekazhevo, the result of the shelling of the car was wounded by Deputy Head of the Department for Combating the Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic. Bashir Aushev was hospitalized. His life is out of danger. Earlier, during a special operation against militants in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, three employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia received. Two militants were destroyed.

The British auction house Bonhams said that he was not able to sell the score of music for the famous film by Alfred Hitchcock "Psychosis". The music for the 1960 thriller was written by Bernard Herman. The 20-page work was stored by the widow of the composer who died in 1975. It was assumed that the score will be sold for 40 thousand pounds.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow today considers the extent of suppressing to three employees of the Bank "East European Financial Corporation" (EFK)-one of the largest in the north-west region. Among them are the former main shareholder of the bank Alexander Gitelson. All three are accused of assigning about nine hundred million rubles. On Wednesday, in the central office of the Bank of the EFK in St. Petersburg, a search was carried out, documents were seized.

The Russian National Anti -Terrorism Committee received an offer to complete the counter -terrorist operation in Chechnya. This was announced today by the State Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov. Earlier, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said that the probable term for canceling the regime of a counter -terrorism operation is March 30–31. Gryzlov said that the current situation in the republic gives reason to support the proposal of the Chechen leadership.

The program is conducted by Evgenia Nazaret. The correspondent of Radio Freedom Lyubov Chizhova takes part. Evgenia Nazareta: Today marks the first 20 years of the first Soviet democratic elections. On March 26, 1989, citizens of the USSR chose people's deputies on an alternative basis. These elections became one of the stages of the reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev, who then held the post of Secretary General of the CPSU Central Committee.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The correspondent of Radio Liberty in Sochi Gennady Shlyakhov takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky: 22 minutes ago, the acceptance of documents from those who are going to become candidates in the election of the mayor of Sochi officially ended. Until the last moment, it was not clear how many such potential candidates. We have just received from Sochi a report of a Radio Liberty correspondent in this city Gennady Shlyakhov.

Two tankers were stolen off the coast of the somali. According to the European Union’s Maritime Department today, the Greek and Norwegian tankers were subjected to the attacks of the pirates in different regions of the Gulf of Aden. On board the Greek vessel - 19 crew members, on board Norwegian - 27. The Gulf of Aden is one of the most dangerous places for navigation. Last year, 40 percent of all pirate attacks in the world were committed here.

The American company Northrop Grumman is approaching the creation of a device that is very similar to the hyperboloid engineer Garin . The company has developed a solid -state laser with a capacity of 105 kilowatts. It can be installed on a car platform or on a tank. This is the most powerful portable laser in the world. It reaches working power in less than a second, and can work continuously for 5 minutes. To suppress the target that a plane or shell can become, for a few seconds are needed.

The program is conducted by Dmitry Volchek. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Maxim Yaroshevsky takes part. Dmitry Volchek: The submission of documents from applicants for the mayor of the city has ended in Sochi today.