What awaits Russia in the elected cycle 2011-12? On Friday, April 2 at 19:07, in the program "Guests Time" we are talking with a famous businessman, last deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council Boris Berezovsky . Leading Mikhail Sokolov . A direct broadcast phone 8-800-200-2212 Free for all regions of Russia Pager 8-495-660-1055 Subscriber "Radio Liberty" SMS +7-903-743-2801

Vladimir Putin is not used to meeting Hugo Chavez. Anxiety, bewilderment, sarcasm-this is the scatter of the emotions of American commentators on the eve of the visit to Venezuela Russian Prime Minister Putin. The head of the Russian government comes to a country that has been brought to a state close to the economic collapse, ideological plants of the regime.

In Yekaterinburg, a strange conflict continues over the center of Yeltsin and the house in which Grandfather Yegor Gaidar lived. Around the building of the Presidential Center B.N. Yeltsin, a scandal broke out in Yekaterinburg. It is built near the history of history - the house in which the writer Arkady Gaidar lived in 1927. The other day, the conflict should resolve the Verkh-Isetsky District Court of Yekaterinburg.

Raul Wallenberg. Is he - "Prisoner No. 7"? The Russian Radio Liberty service published a letter from independent researchers Vadim Birshtein and Suzanne Berger about a qualitatively new turn in the case of Raul Vallenberg. Additional details of the case are in an interview with one of the authors of the letter by Vadim Birshtein.

Christians celebrate Great Friday today - the day when, according to legend, Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross. The Pope Benedict XVI will lead the worship of the Cross Way around the Coliseum in Rome. The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Cyril will perform in the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Savior Vespers with the removal of the holy shroud. Great Friday precedes Easter - the holiday of the Resurrection of Christ.

Katynsky memorial In the evening air of the Culture TV channel on Friday, the film of the Polish director Andrzej Vaida Katyn was unexpectedly shown. The tape, which in 2008 was nominated for the Oscar Award, but never went to Russian rental, two years later reached the Russian viewer. Vaida himself called this event "approaching the truth." Messages about the upcoming telepreter were placed by all leading Polish media.

From the Baikonur cosmodrome, the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the Ship of the TMA-18 Ship started. On board the ship are Russians Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko and American Tracy Coldwell-Dyson. They will stay at the International Space Station for six months. It is planned that during this time the astronauts will accept three shuttles and three cargo ships, as well as execute two exits into outer space.

Flowers at the site of the explosion in the Moscow metro at the Lubyanka station As one of the main versions of terrorist attacks in the Moscow metro, power structures consider revenge for the liquidation of Said of Buryat and other members of the North Caucasian armed underground. At the same time, investigators acknowledge that the information is scattered, and so far it does not develop into a single whole. Various versions are discussed in the media.

Internet, know your place! The preliminary hearings in the case of the Krasnodar human rights activist Anastasia Denisova ended. As a result, the criminal case was sent to the prosecutor to correct significant errors. The local authorities of Krasnodar have been fighting in different ways for several years now, now she faces a term of up to 6 years in prison. On the Internet, in support of Denisova, an active campaign unfolded.

The German car manufacturer - Daimler - admitted that in the period from 1998 to 2008, gave bribes to officials in 22 countries for a total of tens of millions of dollars. In the USA, Daimler will pay 185 million dollars of penalties. Among the countries in which the company was involved in corruption scandals - Russia, China, Thailand and Greece. Daimler, Daimler, Deter Cetshe said that now the company has become "better and stronger" and intends to prevent such misconduct in the future.

In Khakassia, the court suspended the work of an enterprise whose employees were poisoned by lead. In mid -March, in the city of Sorsk, ten workers of the Karat CM metallurgical plant were hospitalized with signs of poisoning. The audit conducted by the experts of Rospotrebnadzor showed that the concentration of lead in the air of the workshop, where the poisoners worked, exceeded the maximum permissible norm by 18 times.

Does Khodorkovsky and Lebedev have a chance to prove their innocence in court? The discussion on this subject will continue on the morning air of Radio Liberty on Monday, April 5, 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.

Yuri Topper The results of the Olympic Games in Vancouver, smoothly turning into the prospects of the entire Olympic movement, will be discussed for a long time fans and experts. We bring to your attention the third part of the conversation with the permanent author of the Pressing program and the sports section, a participant in the Olympic Congresses, Yuri Tepper. Here you can read the first and second parts of the conversation.