The Central Bank is again forced to restrain the strengthening of the ruble According to the results of the index session of foreign exchange trading at the MICEX on Tuesday, the dollar rate decreased by 27 kopecks. The official exchange rate of the American currency, established by the Central Bank on Wednesday, amounted to 32.28 rubles. The euro went up by 31 kopecks, up to 43.97 rubles. The popularity of foreign currency in Russia is falling.

In the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow, hearings in the Yukos case resumed

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent Yuri Veksler takes part. Kirill Kobrin : 89-year-old John Demyanyuk, accused of committing war crimes during the Second World War, was today extradited from the United States to Germany after several unsuccessful attempts. In the near future, he must face the trial in Munich, where he will be charged with the murders of the Nazi concentration camp by Sobibor. Says our German correspondent Yuri Veksler.

In Moscow, there was an attack on the picket participants in support of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev. It is reported that a group of unknown people attacked activists of the opposition movement "Solidarity", who performed in support of the former co -owners of "Yukos". According to the press secretary of the movement of Olga Shorina, about a hundred people took part in the picket authorities.

Off the coast of Tanfiliev Island (Southern Kuril Islands), 1996 The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent Danila Halperovich takes part. Andrey Shary : Today, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Tokyo did not exclude the possibility of a division of southern smoking between Russia and Japan. Putin announced his readiness to clean up Russian-Japanese relations from everything that prevents cooperation between the two countries.

The program is conducted by Mikhail Salenkov. Elena Fanailova is attended by a Radio Corrone Radio. Mikhail Salenkov: The book of the famous poet and prose writer Tatyana Shcherbina was published in Moscow. This is a collection of poems, essays and plays written over the past three years and published in the Independent Gazeta, the newspaper New York Times, the magazine New Time, and in the Internet publication Polit.ru.

The New York Lincoln Center (the Lincoln Art Center) celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. A dozen cultural institutions are located on the territory of the Center, including the Metro opera, New York City ballet, jazz center and others. Maria Kallas, Montserat Kabalier, Leonard Bernstain, Kurt Mazur and other outstanding cultural figures, were performed on the scenes of the center. During the year.

Olga Orlova In the club "Sine-Fantu" a show of the full version of the film "Charles Darwin" was shown. Until that on February 12, on the day of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, the television version of the film was shown in VGTRK. The producer of the film Sergey Salnikov invited me as the author of one of the reviews of this work, to take part in the discussion. Attention to Darwin did not fade away, despite the fact that almost half of the anniversary year passed.

A few minutes before the attack In Moscow, several armed young people attacked the protesters in support of political prisoners. Details - the correspondent of Radio Freedom Maxim Yaroshevsky, who became an eyewitness to events. The rally authorized by the authorities in support of political prisoners, dedicated to the resumption of hearings in the Yukos case , was held at the monument to Griboedov in pure ponds. The organizers of the rally - the OGF and "Solidarity".

Mikhail Khodorkovsky at the trial The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent Maryana Torocheshnikov takes part. Andrei Shary : Today, in the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow, after an almost 2-week break, hearings were resumed in the case of former co-owners of the company of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev.

In the "hour of the press" on Wednesday May 13, at an hour of the day, we discuss the topic "Russian-Japanese relations: is there a solution to the territorial issue?" The program involves the observer of the Kommersant Publishing House Sergey Strokan and the former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Georgy Kunadze. Leading Danila Halperovich. Ask your question to the program participants.

On May 29, 30 and 31, the poetic festival "Breath of the III millennium" will be held in Novosibirsk. More than eighty poets of Russia and Russian abroad will take part in it.

In Estonia, the Tallinn District Court left unchanged verdicting senteners to the monument to the Soviet soldier - Dmitry Linter, Dimitry of Klensky, Maxim Reye and Mark Siryk. This was reported by the Radio "Echo of Moscow". The verdict was sentenced in January 2009 by a lower court. All defendants were justified and suspicions of organizing mass riots associated with dismantling by decision of the Government of the Anti -Fascist Memorial in the Center of Tallinn were removed from them.

Last weekend, American actress Mia Farrow stopped the hunger strike, which she spent in solidarity with the population of the Sudanese province of Darfur. The 64-year-old actress stopped the hunger strike on the advice of doctors. She did not eat for twelve days. The immediate reason for the hunger strike was the decision of the Sudan authorities to send representatives of foreign humanitarian organizations from the country.

The program is conducted by Kirill Kobrin. The Radio Liberty correspondent Vladimir Ivakhnenko takes part. Kirill Kobrin : The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko resigned, sending an appropriate statement to the Verkhovna Rada, which had already considered it. At the same time, the Ukrainian authorities investigate the incident with the participation of Lutsenko. It occurred on May 4 at Frankfurt Airport. With details, our correspondent in Kyiv Vladimir Ivakhnenko.