The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. The director of the Center for the Study of Russia University of Friendship of Peoples Igor Chubais takes part. Mikhail Salenkov : An expert conference is opened in Kiev today called "Civil Dialog: Moscow-Kiev." The conference was organized by specialists of the two countries with the support of the Fund of the First Russian President Boris Yeltsin. The most acute topics in the relations of Russia and Ukraine will discuss.

(Remir Lopatkin, Anatoly Pchelintsev, Ekaterina Elbakyan, Vsevolod Chaplin)

US President Barack Obama announced the first "glimpses of hope" at the beginning of the exit of the American economy from the recession. After a meeting in Washington with his economic advisers, Obama announced an increase in the volume of small business lending, as well as new investments in energy projects and infrastructure. At the same time, the American president emphasized that there is still much to do a lot to stabilize the economy.

Russia and Iraq agreed to continue cooperation in the field of energy - including the construction of energy facilities and the supply of equipment. This is stated in a joint communique, adopted following the results of negotiations in Moscow, Russian leaders with the Prime Minister Iraq Nuri Al-Malika. The document also reports that the head of the Russian government Vladimir Putin accepted the invitation of al-Malika to visit Iraq.

While in the Moldavian parliament, special forces are "sitting", guarding the building from new potential pogroms Moldova President Vladimir Voronin asks the Constitutional Court of the Republic to decide on a complete recount of elections on April 5. Today, April 10, he turned to the Constitutional Court as the chairman of the ruling party of the Communists, who received the majority of the votes in the elections.

The administration of US President Barack Obama will ask Congress in this financial year for an additional $ 83 and a half billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The request includes more than $ 75 billion for military expenses and over 7 billion in the form of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Thus, the total amount of US expenses for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan after the September terrorist attacks of 2001 will approach 1 trillion dollars.

Somali pirates for the third day hold the captain of the American ship they captured. Negotiations continue with the abductors. Captain Richard Philips was taken hostage while trying to capture the American dry cargo ship, which managed to recapture. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the United States intends to take decisive measures to combat piracy in the Indian Ocean. In particular, additional military units will be transferred to the African horn area.

People at the rally mainly met with the enthusiasm of the opposition leaders on the activation of Prostest In Georgia, the opposition announced the beginning of a civil disobedience campaign. According to the leader of the united opposition Levan Gachechiladze , in the coming hours not only Rustaveli Avenue will be blocked, but also several other largest streets of the capital of Georgia.

Turkmenistan proposes to convene an international meeting on the stability of energy supplies. This was stated today by the President of the country Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CIS countries in Ashgabat. The main theme of the conference, which is planned at the end of April is to ensure safe and reliable energy supply.

The program is conducted by Mark Krutov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Maxim Yaroshevsky takes part. Mark Krutov : Today in Chisinau, two protests were supposed to take place at once. Moreover, despite the sad result of the opposition’s speeches on April 7, both today's rallies were authorized by the authorities.

The second most powerful in the world, the computer has begun solving scientific problems. Jaguar supercomputer (Jaguar, posted at the National Center for Schridge, National Center for Computation Sciences (NCCS), Part Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee), after several months The first series of scientific problems, which on less powerful machines could not be solved.

On April 13, in the central house of an artist in Moscow, a week of Czech cinema called "Czech nine" starts. This is a retrospective of the best films from 1919 to 1999, selected by the National Cinema of the Czech Republic.

Russia is ready to contribute to the democratic development of Iraq, ”said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting in Moscow with Prime Minister Iraq Nuri Al-Malika. The head of the Iraqi government, for his part, noted that Iraq is open to cooperate with Russia.

The number of victims of the earthquake in Italy that happened on Monday night continues to grow - it reached 283 people. About 18 thousand people who have lost housing remain in tent camps. Another 10 thousand are located in hotels outside the distress zone. According to the head of the Italian government Silvio Berlusconi, the amount of urgent assistance allocated to the victims increased to $ 133 million.

The American appeal court upheld the decision on the deportation of the former overseer of the Nazi concentration camp John Demyanuk (a native of Ukraine - Ivan Demyanyuk) to Germany. In Germany, he is accused of complicity of the murder of 29 thousand prisoners of the Sobibor camp on the territory of occupied Poland during the Second World War. The lawyers of the 89-year-old Demyanyuk believe that he is too old and sick to move to Germany and participate in the trial.