In Moscow, the strongest snowfall in recent years has ended, which lasted more than four days. Over 15 thousand units of special equipment are now involved in the cleaning of snow, ”the city administration said. According to ITAR-TASS, on Monday evening, on some streets of Moscow, the height of the snowdrifts was almost one and a half meters.

In Rostov-on-Don, on the day of the defender of the Fatherland, the Communist Party activists held a rally in defense of the rights of military personnel. According to Radio Liberty correspondent Grigory Bochkarev, the action took place at the monument to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War.

Immigrant from Afghanistan, accused of preparing a terrorist attack in New York in September last year, gave a confession. Speaking at a hearing in the US court, 25-year-old Najibullah Zazi said that he had provided material support to a group of extremists who planned an attack on the New York subway. Zazi also said that he was trained in the al-Qaeda camp in Pakistan, located in the mountainous region of Vaziristan on the border with Afghanistan.

Irina Lagunina: At the Berlin Film Festival that ended last Saturday, the world premiere of the German documentary of the director Ilona Tsik “Fritz Bauer was held in the Panorama program. Death in parts. " I remind you that our correspondent in Berlin Yuri Veksler has already talked about the creation of this picture in one of the programs about modern German anti -fascism at the end of last year. But the impressions of the finished work.

Alexander Kynev Russian President Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the Legislative Assembly of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug the candidacy of Dmitry Kobylkin to give him the powers of the regional governor. Earlier, the United Russia party offered the president four candidates for the post of head of the region, including the current governor Yuri Neelov.

Is the Russian hockey team capable of winning the Olympic tournament in Vancouver? The discussion on this topic will continue on the morning air of Radio Liberty on Wednesday, February 24, from 8 to 10 hours (Moscow time). You can take part in the conversation by calling 8-800-200-22-12 (a call from Russia is free). Attention: Skype users can express their opinion by leaving a message for the subscriber Radio.svoboda .

"Without freedom in Ireland, there will never be peace" (Graffiti 1986) In Northern Ireland, on Monday evening, another terrorist attack occurred. The third car was blown up by the third car this year by the court of the trial in Newi. Earlier, the targets of terrorists became police sites in three North Irish counties.

The United States will recommend to the Iraqi government to slow down the withdrawal of American troops only in the event of a “significant deterioration” of the situation in the country. This was announced on Monday by US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Earlier on the same day, the commander of the American troops in Iraq, General Reimond Oderno, said that the schedule for the withdrawal of troops could be revised if Iraq will plunge into political chaos after the March 7th on March 7th.

Basketball. Regular NBA Championship Los Angeles Clippers-Charlotte 98:94 Utah - Atlanta 100: 105. Andrey Kirilenko (Utah) was injured. Dallas - Indiana 91:82 New York-Miluoki 67:83 Washington - Chicago 101: 95

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