The editor of the RS information service, international observer, author and editor of the heading and podcast "Atlas of the World" Gosteva@rferl.org

I never heard in England to talk about the "fraternal peoples": the British, Scots, Welsh and Irish. And in France, Spain, Italy do not talk about the "fraternal Romanesque peoples." Sprinking a neighboring blood is, please: the British - Irish and mutually, the French are Spanish and mutually, but no one begs for the brothers. It seems that only among the Slavs, and even then not everyone, the interethnic metaphors "brother", "fraternal", "brother" do not go out of fashion.

In Belgium, 18 people were killed in the railway disaster, 80 were injured, including 20 - hard. It is still unknown about the fate of the two driver of the encountered passenger trains. The movement of trains is broken. During the investigation, the main versions are considered: either it was a driver’s mistake, or the disaster became the result of icing of the railway tracks. The tragedy occurred on Monday morning near the city of Halle - 15 kilometers southwest of Brussels.

In the Pakistani city of Karachi, one of the leaders of the Taliban movement was captured - during the operation of the special services of the USA and Pakistan. According to the New York Times, referring to a source in the US government, Mullah Baradar became the most significant figure of the Taliban captured from the beginning of a military campaign in Afghanistan.

Among the holders of the prestigious US Jorde Jorde Jorde Jorde Jordician Prize were unknown authors of the video of the death of a young Iranki Neda, Aga Soltan during street protests in Iran. These personnel were shown by many world television channels, and, according to a number of Ecperts, Soltan became a symbol of the struggle of the Iranian opposition. For the first time, the founders of the award from the University of Long Island celebrated a video made anonymously.

Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Moscow, February 16, 2010 Vladimir Kara-Murza: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met on Tuesday with his Israeli colleague Benjamin Netanyahu, who came to Moscow to seek immediate sanctions against Iran. However, as after a meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev, who was held the day before, Russia's position on the application of sanctions has not undergone changes.

Olympics 2010. Snowboard. Cross. Men 1. Seth Wescott (USA) 2. Mike Robertson (Canada) 3. Tony Ramuen (France) Andrey Boldykov (Russia) dropped out of the struggle in the quarterfinals

For 40 days, the Yakut City Court suspended the work of a local dairy plant, whose products were allegedly poisoned by about 280 people. According to Radio Liberty correspondent Sergei Suranov, in this way the court supported the petition of Rospotrebnadzor. In court, in particular, it was proved that during the verification in the workshop of the dairy plant, technological violations were identified.

Rospotrebnadzor did not find oil products in the Kama River, which provides water to the city of Krasnokamsk, Perm Territory, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Governor of the Territory. The water supply of Krasnokamsk, disconnected on Monday due to the increased concentration of harmful elements in water, will be restored today by the evening. The supply of drinking water to the inhabitants of Krasnokamsk has been going on by tanks since yesterday.

Vladimir Zeldin, eternal "dance teacher". Now he is the protagonist of "dancing with a teacher" Last week, Vladimir Zeldin was congratulated on the anniversary. And now it can be congratulated on the premiere dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the actor.

In the Moscow City Court today, the accusation demanded to be sentenced to the life imprisonment of the former police major Denis Evsyukov, who opened shooting at the Moscow supermarket last year. Prosecutors demand to find Evsyukov guilty under the article "The killing of two or more persons committed from hooligan motives." At the hearing last week, Evsyukov refused to answer questions from lawyers of the victims.

The inauguration of the new president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych will be held on February 25. This was announced on Monday by Deputy Chairman of the Party of Regions Anna German. According to her, Yanukovych intends to propose to head the government to the former presidential candidate, large entrepreneur and banker Sergei Tigipko. In the first round of elections, he took third place.