The General Electric Corporation has developed a new holographic recording method that allows you to create optical discs with a capacity of 500 gigabytes . Information from such disks can read a regular blue laser, so a device for reading holographic discs will be able to read DVDs with a volume of 5 gigabytes and Blu-ray discs with a volume of 50 gigabytes. According to General Electric, the device will also be able to record information with a density of 500 gigabytes.

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.

(Andrey Abuzyarov, Natalya Kargopolova, Tatyana Merzlyakova)

Sri Lanka authorities refused to give a visa to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Karl Bildt, who intended to visit the country as part of the humanitarian mission of the European Union. The reasons for this decision are not reported. Bildt said that Sweden would respond to consult his ambassador from Colombo. Two other participants in the mission - the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France and Great Britain Bernard Kushner and David Miliband - intend to arrive at Sri Lanka on Wednesday.

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?

(Larisa Konashenok, Maxim Reznik)

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.