The authorities of Ukraine close all the gambling establishments of the country for a month to check after a fire in the Dnipropetrovsk club, as a result of which 9 people died and 11 were injured. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who arrived in Dnepropetrovsk, said that the fire occurred due to criminal negligence, according to her, all the norms and fire safety rules were violated.

A rally of opposition supporters in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi, May 7, 2009 The program is conducted by Alexander GOSTOV. The radio observer Freedom Andrei Sharry takes part. Alexander GOSTEV: In the center of Tbilisi, at these minutes, a rally of the Georgian opposition should take place, at which its leaders announce their further actions.

The program is conducted by Mark Krutov. The radio correspondent Freedom Karen Agamirov takes part. Mark Krutov: Explies exactly a year from the date of entry as President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. In his biography there is already a small but real war, and a large economic crisis, the end of which is not yet visible. The debate did not subside in whose hands the real power is concentrated in Russia - President Medvedev or Premier Putin.

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USA, Pakistan and Afghanistan will fight together with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda US President Barack Obama met in the White House with the presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan. After the negotiations, he stated that both leaders intend to resolutely resist the militants of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Barack Obama made this statement in the presence of President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari and President of Afghanistan Hamida Karzai.

In the USA today the results of the so-called "stress test" of leading banks will be published. This is a study that gives the answer to the question whether the capital of the main banks of the United States is sufficient so that they can hold out in case of further deterioration in the economic situation. US Finance Minister Timothy Gaitner said that, according to his calculations, most of the 19 largest banks, including Bank of America and Citigroup, does not threaten collapse.

US President Barack Obama said the United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan "effectively interact" in the fight against terrorism. Obama held negotiations in Washington with the presidents of Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai - and Pakistan - Asif Ali Zardari.

The Metro-Jek-Pot slot machine room in Dnepropetrovsk, where the explosion of Dnepropetrovsk occurred nine people and 11 were injured as a result of an explosion and a fire in the slot machine room. This was reported to "Interfax" by the press secretary of the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine. The victims with burns of varying severity are hospitalized. The cause of the incident is established. Photo: frame of the television channel "Inter"

In Prague on Thursday, a meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia took place. Ilham Aliyev and Serge Sargsyan discussed the problem of the Karabakh settlement. One of the co -chairs of the Minsk OSCE Group on Nagorno -Karabakh - American Diplomat Matthew Braise - called the meeting "The most substantial exchange of views" Between the parties, he recently noted that "from a conceptual point of view" on The meeting was achieved significant results.

In Yerevan last night, the TV presenter, political commentator of the channel "Shan" Nver Mnatsakanyan is beaten. As Interfax was informed in the press service of the Armenian police, two unknown people attacked a 52-year-old journalist. Mnatsakanyan was provided with medical care. There is a consequence. Today it became known that the case of the attempt on the coordinator of the Armenia Today news agency Argishti Kiviryan was transferred to the National Security Safety Service of Armenia.

The International Monetary Fund approved the opening of a credit line for Poland in an amount of more than 20 and a half billion dollars to stabilize the financial system. The current head of the IMF John Lipski praised the actions of the Poland authorities to counteract the economic crisis - in particular, a decrease in the refinancing rate and tight control over compliance with budget parameters.

Belarusian and Ukraine have joint plans for "Eastern Partnership" Alexander Lukashenko, who abandoned his personal presence at today's summit in Prague , discussed with Viktor Yushchenko the joint actions of the two countries as part of the Eastern Partnership. On April 6, a meeting of the presidents of Belarus and Ukraine took place in Gomel. Alexander Lukashenko thanked Viktor Yushchenko for the help that Kyiv provided to Minsk in joining the Eastern Partnership program of the European Union.

Marina Timasheva: The 13th International Festival of Sergei Kurekhin Skif was held in St. Petersburg, and in Moscow-a concert of his memory, in which metropolitan musicians took part. Tamara Lyalenkova met with them. Tamara Lyalenkova: In Moscow, the initiator of the memory of Sergei Kurekhin was the founder of the Internet project Krugi.com Miroslav Sarbaev. A page dedicated to Kurekhin’s work appeared on the project’s website, a significant part of which was not published.

The program is conducted by Mark Krutov. The correspondent of Radio Freedom Vera Volodin takes part. Mark Krutov: Every year, peat bogs burn in the suburbs. Sometimes they burn harder, and then all of Moscow is dug by smoke, sometimes they burn so that only residents of the nearby regions of the regions know about this. Nevertheless, this year promises to become quite unpleasant in this regard, since the season of peat fires, as experts say, began for a whole month earlier than usual.

The head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barrosa called the historical moment the beginning of the EU East Partnership program in cooperation with six post -Soviet states. Speaking after the summit in Prague, Barroso emphasized that the program allows you to seriously strengthen the connection with the eastern partners of the European Union and creates a base for long -term relationships.