The defendants in the new case of Yukos doubt the legality of their stay in the pre -trial detention center In the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow, where the new “Yukos case” is considered, the prosecution began to announce evidence, which, according to the prosecutor’s version, testify in favor of the guilt of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev in the crimes that he were charged with.

Venezuela recalled the ambassador from Peru - in protest against the provision of political asylum to one of the leaders of the Venezuelan opposition, Manuel Rosalend. Venezuela authorities accuse Rosalez - criticism of the President of the country Hugo Chavez, a former of his opponent in the elections - in corruption.

Rimas Tuminas, the current artistic director of the Vakhtangov Theater. Perhaps the Vakhtangov Theater is waiting for personnel permutations. Some artists complain about the artistic director of the Rimas Tuminas Theater in the Ministry of Culture, others write to the minister of letters in his support. In August 2007, the troupe of the Vakhtangov Theater presented a new artistic director - Rimas Tuminas.

Today in America. Yuri Zhigalkin: The financial crisis threatens with disaster developing countries, warns the World Bank. Will it go around Russia? The United States begins to fight global warming. Washington is preparing for pandemia of pork flu. These are some of the topics of the section "Today in America", at the microphone in New York - Yuri Zhigalkin.

In the south of Afghanistan, a British soldier died as a result of the explosion. According to the Ministry of Defense, this happened north-east of the city of Gereshk in the Gilmain province. The circumstances of the explosion are investigated. Since October 2001, 153 British troops have died in Afghanistan.

In Moscow today, the Khamovnican court will continue to consider the second criminal case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. The day before, the court refused to return the case to the prosecutor to eliminate violations. As the judge stated, there are no grounds provided for by law for such a step. Khodorkovsky and Lebedev asked the court to limit the deadline for their stay in custody.

(Andrey Abuzyarov, Natalya Kargopolova, Tatyana Merzlyakova)

Boris Nemtsov, April 27, 2009 The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent Maxim Yaroshevsky takes part. Andrei Shary: Tonight in Moscow, a meeting of the leaders of the opposition movement "Solidarity" and their supporters opened. Boris Nemtsov, Harry Kasparov and their comrades discuss the results of the political campaign for the election of the mayor of the city of Sochi and determine plans for the future.

Anti -info tactics: Protect yourself Will the pork flu epidemic develop into a pandemic? Is it possible to protect yourself from this disease? How to vaccinate, how to be treated? About this - in an interview with Radio Liberty, director of the Research Institute of Influenza of the RAMS, doctor of biological sciences Oleg Kiselev. - Where did Pork flu, attacking people from?

The fan is sometimes not so important what is written on the banner that he unfolds in the stands In just half a minute, a banner with a swastika was deployed in the guest sector of the Kazan stadium, but this was enough not only for it to be captured in detail, but for the next full scandal in Russian football. Spartak won Rubin, but the loss of points scored may not be the most severe punishment. The situation for Radio Freedom is analyzed by the Observer of Kommersant Gleb Cherkasov.

All Mexico put on a mask An increasing number of states declare confirmed cases of pork flu . The Minister of Health of New Zealand reported 11 sick. The first case of pork flu disease is also recorded in Israel. All sick people recently visited Mexico. The number of dead flu in this country, according to the authorities, reached the 152nd, but the diagnosis is officially confirmed only in 26 cases.

(Larisa Konashenok, Maxim Reznik)

This was Ekaterina Maksimova, when she starred in "Old Tango" (1979) The famous ballerina Ekaterina Maksimova died, who recently celebrated his 70th anniversary. For 30 years, Maksimova danced at the Bolshoi Theater, the last time-February 1, 1999, on the day of her 60th anniversary. For her long creative life, she performed almost all the central parties of classic ballets. Masha in the "Nutcracker", Odette-single in the "Swan Lake" and Aurora in the "Sleeping Beauty" Tchaikovsky.