The program is conducted by Yuri Zhigalkin. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Washington Allan Davydov takes part. Yuri Zhigalkin: On Wednesday evening, President Obama resorted to the instrument, which he owns virtuoso in order to break powerful resistance in the congress of his reform of the medical insurance system. This tool is a direct appeal to the Americans. The slogan of providing affordable medical insurance to all Americans was a key slogan of candidate Obama.

US President Barack Obama urges Americans to support the reform of the healthcare system. At a press conference in the White House, Obama said that the implementation of his plan will help the state save money. Barack Obama noted, in particular, that medical insurance does not cover expenses, for example, in the case of treatment for cancer or urgent surgery. The President proposes to redistribute the money that is spent on federal health programs to expand the possibilities of insurance.

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From 9 to 10 in the morning we will talk about what the beginning day is preparing for us. Imagine the panorama of political, sports, scientific news, live live with guests and experts the latest topics of the new day, talk about the life of two Russian capitals.

This time the bankers met with the prime minister in the office of Sberbank Vladimir Putin called on bankers to overcome credit compression without allowing the uncontrolled growth of bad debts. But from "credit hunger" today unreliable borrowers suffer today, experts indicate. The Prime Minister on Wednesday met with the leaders of the largest credit organizations. At the meeting at the headquarters of Sberbank, the leaders of the largest Russian banks were invited.

Iceland applied for joining the European Union. In Stockholm, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland Ossur Scarpedinsson transmitted the relevant document to Karl Bildt - the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, presiding in the EU. Last week, the Icelandic Palament voted for joining the European Union. This decision should still be submitted to the referendum, which will happen no earlier than the end of 2011.

US Vice President Joe Biden met in Tbilisi with representatives of the Georgian opposition. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, Nino Burjanadze, Irakli Alasania, Levan Gachicheladze and other politicians took part in the meeting. During the conversation, it was about authoritarian trends in Georgia, the arrest of opposition activists, and pressure from the authorities on the media.

In the presidential election in Kyrgyzstan, according to preliminary data, the current head of the republic Kurmanbek Bakiev wins. He gains 67 percent of votes. His main opponent - ex -Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev - almost 13 percent of the vote. These are the data of surveys at the exit from the polling stations conducted by the sociological services of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

Why did the Bulava general designer Yuri Solomon resigned? The host Vitaly Portnikov asks this question in the Press hour program on Friday 24 at 13 o’clock military observers Viktor Litovkin and Pavel Felgenhauer. Ask your question to the program participants.

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Marina Timasheva: We have a lot of news from the Russian National Orchestra, which is led by Mikhail Pletnev: the private orchestra will become state, concerts will begin in the orchestrion hall, and in September the Russian national will hold the festival on the new scene of the Bolshoi Theater. Before we talk about this with the director of the RNO Oleg Poltevsky, I will introduce him to yourself, and start with the question of his two formations - musical and legal.

The program is conducted by Dmitry Volchek. The Radio Liberty correspondent in London Natalya Golitsyna takes part. Dmitry Volchek: From today, after a 25 -year ban, the British National Library in London opened access to the manuscript of the memoirs of the Soviet spy Anthony Blanc - one of the members of the famous "Cambridge Five" of Soviet agents in the UK.

In Pakistan, the Taliban denied a message about the wound of a famous field commander in the Swat Valley. Earlier, the Pakistani military said that Maural Fazlullah was wounded as a result of the operation of government forces against militants in the north-west of the country. Fazlullah, whose head was assigned a reward of 615 thousand dollars, fought for the introduction of Sharia and the Swat Valley for 2 years.

“Yes, the union state is a long -term construction, but not a failure and utopia,” Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday, speaking with a speech about the foreign policy priorities of Belarus.