Frankly, I am about Soviet education, like most of my peers, with gratitude. And not only because we have mastered the competencies with which the current schoolchildren have problems - in terms of independent (now they would say, activity) learning, when the information had to be captured literally from the air, and the fifth copy of the typewritten text with the size of the novel is read over the night. No, I mean additional education, say, in the field of art.

Oleg Orlov Chairman of the Council of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" Oleg Orlov in the program "Facial to the face" - about where traces of the latest terrorist attacks in Moscow are led; where is now the hottest point in the Caucasus; who wins in the lawsuit with Ramzan Kadyrov; How is the murder of Natalia Estemirova. The program is being conducted by the Radio Radio Liberty Danil Galperovich .

Dmitry Medvedev with an inspection at the Kiev station of Moscow Russian bloggers are discussing the increased political activity of President Medvedev. If the bloggers perceived the decision to cancel the translation of the shooter either approvingly or with indifference, then yesterday’s visit to the head of state to the Kiev station seemed ridiculous to them, regardless of whether it was a pre -election or genuine test of the situation in the field.

In Rostov-on-Don, a picket of war veterans in Afghanistan took place today. According to Radio Liberty, Oleg Bakunin, not only veterans who fought in Afghanistan 20 or more years ago participated in the action, but also young guys who took part in counter -terrorism operations in modern Russia.

Mubarak has gone - what's next? Possible options are discussed in the program “The City of Time” on February 11 at 21 hours - the head of the International Irina Institute of Oriental Studies, Irina Zvyagelskaya, director of the Institute of Oriental Studies Vitaly Naumkin and Chairman of the Islamic Committee of Russia Heydar Dzhemal. Leading Vladimir Kara-Murza.

Who is he all the same - Hosni Mubarak? A stubborn nonsense old man or responsible statesman who does not leave the captain’s bridge of his ship until this ship drowned? A bloody dictator or a person, thanks to whom the words "world" and "stability" became not alien even for the Middle East? A variety of answers are heard to these questions. However, commentators converge in one: Hosni Mubarak is a problem.

Julian Essange On February 11, the court in London was to announce the decision in the case of extradition to Sweden of the founder of the Wikileaks Internet project Julian Essange . In Sweden, he is accused of sexual crimes. The hearing in the court began at 10:30. The Essange, who arrived with his lawyers, was lively, smiled and greeted his supporters.

Bibi Aisha The author of the portrait of the mutilated Afghan woman Jodi Bieber from South Africa won at the international photojournalists of World Press Photo. The photo is 18-year-old Bibi Aisha with cut ears and nose. The woman was mutilated by her own husband in order to execute the decision of the Taliban court. Later, Bibi Aisha was removed from Afghanistan by the American military. Now she lives in the USA.

In February - 130 years since the death of Dostoevsky. The anniversary is not God the news of which round, but to talk about him, any reason will come in handy, and conversations about Dostoevsky do not fall silent even without special occasions. He remains alive - that is, touching for the living.

The positions of Moscow and Tokyo on the territorial problem did not come closer and remain parallel, after negotiations in the Russian capital, Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara said. The Japanese minister repeated again that the four Russian South Kuril Islands were the original northern territories of Japan.

Hello, dear readers of the website "Freedom". Today, as expected, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Seiji Maehara will come to Moscow to talk with his Russian colleague Sergei Lavrov. Now we can already assume what the conversation will be going on: in Tokyo, in recent months they do not know what to think, after Russian leaders frequented the southern smokers.

On Tahrir Square in Cairo celebrate the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, February 12, 2011 Vladimir Kara-Murza: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled the country since 1981, resigned on Friday. This was announced by the Vice President of the country Omar Suleiman.