On the air of the Moscow Region, Vera Volodin: There is no trade union organization at the glass plant in Sergiev Posad, although about a thousand people work there. A few days ago, a group of factory workers was stopped at the entrance without going to work, one of them, Olga Solnyshkin, says. Olga Solnyshkina : There are people who stand in the workshops near the stoves. They work. Those who are sitting in the offices are looking out the window, they understand that they are the following.

The protest of the Coordinating Council of Civil Actions in Izhevsk in Vladivostok hosts a rally of the Union of Officers of Vladivostok in Moscow, the exhibition "Decorations of the classics. Gogol. Rome" in the Moscow region works the XVII annual Assembly of the Council on the foreign defense policy Historical calendar on April 11-18

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In Tbilisi, the third day of the mass shares of the opposition, requiring the resignation of President Mikhail Saakashvili, ended. Several thousand people held rallies on Saturday from the buildings of parliament, the residence of the president and public television. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, a number of opposition leaders expressed their readiness for negotiations with the authorities to accelerate democratic reforms.

"Face to face" 12. 04. 09. - First Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Federation of Russia Alexander Torshin. The host is Vladimir Baburin. The first time on Sunday at 14-00. Ask your question to the program participants!

In Tbilisi, the Georgian opposition intends to hold new protests today - within the framework of the announced campaign of civil disobedience. Oppositionists intend, in particular, to block the main city highways. On Friday evening, they held a picket at the residence of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and a rally near the public television building, Radio Liberty correspondent reports. Tens of thousands of people participated in the actions of the opposition.

The Constitutional Court of Moldova must today decide on the recalculation of the votes filed in the parliamentary elections on April 5. With a request to recalculate, on behalf of the ruling party of the Communists, her leader, President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin appealed. The leader of the opposition alliance "Our Moldova" Serafim Urekan accused the president of an effort to "divert attention from checking the election lists", which is conducted by the opposition.

In Ukraine, at the Poltava mine in Enakievo, Donetsk region, they are looking for two miners who fell under a collapse. Their fate remains unknown. According to Interfax with reference to the Ukrainian authorities, 4 departments of the miners work in the mine. Communication with the missing has not been established.

In Vladivostok, about 300 activists of the Primorsky Public Military Association "Council of Officers Vladivostok "hold a rally. They oppose the reform of the armed forces, which is called the" collapse of the army.

On one of the central squares of Khabarovsk, a rally took place, during which the employees of the Daluavia company demanded to return salary debts and dismissal benefits. About 300 people took part in the action. Pilots, flight attendants, employees of engineering services expressed indignation at the position of state bodies. They recalled that the 100 % stake in the company belongs to the state.

In Tbilisi, the Georgian opposition holds mass protests, demanding the resignation of President Mikhail Saakashvili. Several thousand people gathered on Saturday by the parliament building and headed for the Saakashvili residence and the Rustavi-2 television company, where they intend to arrange pickets. The authorities said they would not interfere with the conduct of peaceful demonstrations.

Dark energy gradually weakens. This conclusion was reached by scientists from the University of Oxford, exploring the last catalogs of explosions of supernovae stars. The fact that there is a “dark energy”, astrophysicists spoke in 1998, when as a result of measuring the level of supernova shine, it was concluded that the universe not only expands, but expands accelerated, that is, there is some internal pressure that “melts” the universe.

In the Pakistani South-Western province of Belujan, 8 people died during the lasting three days of clashes that broke out after the murder of three local politicians. In the capital of the province of the city of Kvetta, unknown people shot a police officer and a local resident. The bodies of six killed miners were discovered in a village east of Kvetta. Responsibility for this murder was taken by the little -known group "Liberation Party of Beluj".

In the American state of Tenness, two people died on Friday and about 30 were injured as a result of a hurricane-tranado. According to representatives of the Emergency Service, the area southeast from the capital of the state of Nashville was most affected. A day earlier, in the west of Arkansas, 3 people became victims of Tornado.