Valery Zubov, Evgeny Fedorov, Vladislav Inozemtsev and Mikhail Sokolov in the Radio Studio Liberty Mikhail Sokolov: Today we are talking about who and what interferes with the modernization of Russia - Vladimir Putin or “fools and roads”.

Why is Russian stores so expensive? How to make Russian trade reduce prices to the level of Western? They discuss the journalist of Channel One, the author of the documentary "Why is everything so expensive?" Elena Dvornikova, correspondent of the Polish newspaper Zech Pospolita Justin Pruss and Deputy Editor of the consumer markets of the PBK Daily newspaper Natalia Kopeichenko.

Among the most important priorities of the United States administration is to prevent Iran to take possession of nuclear weapons. US President Barack Obama said that Iran’s creation of an atomic bomb can provoke an arms race in the Middle East. The American leader expressed his readiness to advocate the introduction of new ones - as he put it - "aggressive" international sanctions against Tehran, if he does not "freeze" his nuclear program.

Viktor Yanukovych found an inexhaustible resource in Crimea. President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych in Crimea introduced new leaders of the legislative and executive branch of the Autonomous Republic, as well as the commander of the national naval forces appointed by him. The change in the leadership of autonomy occurred the day before the arrival of the president’s peninsula.

The deputies of the Tula Regional Duma on Thursday again endowed Vyacheslav Dudka with the powers of the governor. His candidacy was submitted to President Dmitry Medvedev on March 15. Vyacheslav Dudka has been the post of governor of the Tula region since 2005.

Norway rejected the statements of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that the interests of Moscow are violated in the distinction of spheres of influence in the Arctic. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gar Stera said that Medvedev’s words are not based on facts, but are an “example of rhetoric, who always contrasts Russia with other countries.” Five states of the Arctic region - Denmark, Canada, Norway, Russia and the USA - are competing in the development of the natural resources of the Arctic.

The United States welcomed the decision of the Paris Club of Creditors to forgive Afghan debts. The US State Department statement says that this is a huge achievement for Afghanistan and demonstrates the recognition by the world that this country is making tremendous efforts to restore its economy. By agreement, concluded by 19 countries participating in the Paris Club with Kabul, obligations to pay a billion six hundred million dollars are withdrawn from it.

Any mass action is held, first of all, for the press. There is no press - there is no action. Has anyone heard that the anti-fascists on the day of the sentence Vsevolod Ostapov blocked traffic on Lubyanskaya Square? Nobody. And all due to the fact that they were very afraid of information leaks and did not inform reporters. The result of the action: a dozen motorists and five passers -by; They noticed some people on the roadway and, most likely, did not understand what was happening.

In the city of Frolovo, Volgograd Region, employees of the district department of the interior were captured hostage. According to Russian agencies with reference to law enforcement agencies, the unknown went into the office of the head of the police department and, threatening to blow up the building, demanded a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The man claims that the explosive device is in his bag. How many policemen were hostage, it is not reported.

In the center of Moscow, a sanctioned rally is held against the construction of a nuclear power plant in the Nizhny Novgorod region. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, about 50 people take part in an action organized by environmental associations with the support of the Yabloko party. It is reported that at the entrance to Moscow, participants in the rally, also opposing the construction of the nuclear power plant, were detained.