Vladimir Kara -Murza: A right -Cliberal club will appear in United Russia - this was announced by the head of the Public Council under the Presidium of the General Council for interaction with the press and expert community Alexei Chesnokov. The new structure will work on the right flank and, in fact, will become a competitor to the existing party club "November 4".

In Minsk, searches were held in the editorial offices and apartments of journalists and politicians. Among them, the editors of the Narodnaya Volya independent newspaper, the office of the Hartia-97 civilian initiative, the apartment leader of Andrei Sannikov and his wife, the Minsk correspondent of Novaya Gazeta Irina Khalip, the Radio Liberty correspondent Igor Karney reports.

Today in Riga there is an annual procession of Waffen SS legionnaires - in memory of the Latvian soldiers who died in battles against the Soviet army. The action is authorized by the authorities. Riga police strengthened the protection around the Freedom Monument - the final point of the procession to prevent possible clashes. Protesters against the march of the legionnaires said they intend to interfere with the procession. They launched posters and chanted anti -fascist slogans.

On Sri Lanka today, the trial in the case of one of the opposition leaders General Sarat Fonskyki, who is accused of illegal political activity and the preparation of a coup d'etat. The Fonseki case will consider the military tribunal, the BBC reports. Fonseca does not find guilty and declares that the charges against him are politically motivated. General Fonseck is a former commander of the Lanka army, under whose leadership the group of the Tiger Liberation Tamil -Ilam was defeated.

Inna Kulishova It’s good that on Saturday, or when it was, I did not watch the scandalously known pseudo -casual production of the IMIDI TV channel (translated "Nadezhda"). They switched my TV from one program to the news, and see it. Well, they immediately called one of the acquaintances, and replied that this was an imitation. I will add boiling activities.

Suspects detained by the Spanish police. Law enforcement agencies of Spain detained 24 people on suspicion of belonging to a criminal group of immigrants from Georgia and other states of the former USSR. According to other sources, the mafia, which was defeated, turned out to be Georgian, and there are no connections with Russian.

Boris Tsilevich Today in Riga, several public organizations of Latvia celebrated the Day of memory of the Latvian SS Legion . The essence of this annually noted in an interview with Radio Liberty was told by the deputy of the Parliament of Latvia and a member of the Latvian delegation in PACA Boris Tsilevich. - This day causes mixed feelings. I think that the motivation of those people who celebrate this holiday is also very mixed.

The Presidents of Venezuela and Belarus Hugo Chavez and Alexander Lukashenko agreed at a meeting in Karakas on the supply of Venezuelan oil to the processing plants of Belarus. It is planned to supply up to 80 thousand barrels of fuel per day, which then - after processing - can be sold in Europe, ”Chavez said.

Marshall Goldman The main consequence of the show on Georgian television of the fictional invasion of the Russian army in Georgia may be a blow to the image of both countries: Georgia and Russia. The action of Georgian television demonstrated exotic shades of the Georgian political process, and the heated Russian indignation looks like an artificial attempt by Moscow to justify for a real attack on Georgia.

On March 16, sixty members of the Togliatti Public Organization “Soyuz Chernobyl” filed a lawsuit in the Stavropol District Court, where Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, State Duma Chairman Boris Gryzlov, the Federal Government and the Ministry of Health and Social Development, the Radio Liberty correspondent, Sergei Khazov reports.

Andreq Bogdanov, leader of the Democratic Party of Russia, presidential candidate in 2008 Vladimir Kara -Murza: A right -Cliberal club will appear in United Russia - this was announced by the head of the Public Council under the Presidium of the General Council for interaction with the press and expert community Alexei Chesnokov. The new structure will work on the right flank and, in fact, will become a competitor to the existing party club "November 4".

The inhabitants of one of the Spanish shelters for stray dogs. In Spain, about 200 thousand dogs are thrown into the street annually. It is believed that, per capita, according to this indicator, the country occupies first place in the European Union - despite the rather strict laws that protect animal rights. They get rid of animals for various reasons: if they are tired if they have no time to engage in them, if they have grown up and communication with them has ceased to give pleasure ...

Mikhail Yurevich went to increase: from the mayor - to the governors. In the Chelyabinsk region there will be a new governor. From the list of five candidates represented by United Russia on March 4, President Medvedev chose Mikhail Yurevich , the current mayor of Chelyabinsk. This decision was made public on Monday.

Venezuela in May of this year begins to supply Belarus oil - 80 thousand barrels daily. As the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez after negotiations in Karakas with the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, the parties entered into an agreement on strengthening trade relations and cooperation in the field of energy. Lukashenko, in turn, said that Belarus would process Venezuelan crude oil, and then sell it to European countries.