The South Stream project for gas delivery from Russia to Europe can undergo serious changes. After negotiations between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government, Igor Sechin, said in an interview with the newspaper Kommersant that Russia may refuse to build an underwater gas pipeline. What is behind this statement?

Figure skating. The Minister of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko appealed to the President of the International Union of Skating Arms (ISU), a member of the International Olympic Committee Ottavio Chinkante with a proposal to hold the 2011 Figure Skating Championship in Moscow. This world championship was supposed to be held on March 21-27 in Tokyo.

The US Department of Defense does not have enough people and resources to confront cyber attacks from abroad. This was stated at the hearing in Congress, General Kate Aleksander, the head of the Pentagon cybernetic security service. The electronic resources of the US state bodies are daily exposed to millions of cyber attacks of various intensities.

Should the world community intervene in a conflict in Libya ? The discussion on this subject will continue on the morning air of Radio Liberty on Friday, March 18 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). Pager 8-495-660-1055 SMS +7-903-743-2801 Skype users can express their opinion by leaving a message for the subscriber Radio.svoboda.

The Armenian opposition managed to agree with the police and continue the rally on Liberty Square in Yerevan, Radio Liberty correspondent reports. A multi-thousandth action demanding the resignation of the government and the holding of extraordinary parliamentary and presidential elections began on Thursday in Yerevan at the Museum-Institute of Ancient Manuscripts.

Football. Champions League. 1/8 finals. Responsial matches "Chelsea" - "Copenhagen" 0: 0. The first match is 2: 0 "Real" - "Lyon" 3: 0. First match 1: 1 “Real” and “Chelsea” reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League earlier in this stage “Inter” (Italy), “Barcelona” (Spain), Manchester United and Tottenham (England), Schalke (Germany) and Shakhtar (Ukraine).

Valentin Danilov, physicist, now salary They told me that the Ministry of Justice came out with the legislative initiative to provide UDO automatically, without a court decision. Probably, judicial practice prompted him to this. Despite the clarification of the Plenum of the Supreme Court that a slight violation of the regime convicts during the serving of the sentence cannot influence his parole, everything is just the opposite. Not even those who had no penalties are provided.

In Kosovo, the police of the European Civil Mission Eulex was arrested by nine people on suspicion of involvement in war crimes committed during the war in the late 90s. This was reported by the correspondent of Radio Liberty in the Balkans Aiya Kuga. All Albanians arrested by nationality. They are suspected of murders in 1998 near the village of Kolyachka at least forty Serbs and Albanians, who did not support Kosov’s liberation army. About a hundred Kosovo Serbs disappeared in the same area.

Skiing. World Cup. Lenzerheide, Switzerland Competitions in men's and female supergiants are canceled on March 17 due to difficult weather conditions. Small Cups of the world in the standings of the Super Gigant will be awarded Lindsay Vonn (USA) and Didier Kush (Switzerland).

Italian tricolor - in the sky and on Earth Italy celebrates the 150th anniversary of the association. On March 17, 1861, the parliament announced the creation of the Italian kingdom. The period of national upsurge and gaining national political self -awareness, which began on the Apennine Peninsula in 1796 during the first Italian campaign of Napoleon Bonaparte, ended under the auspices of the Savoy dynasty in the person of King Immanuel II.

The radiation background in the Russian Far East is not increased. This was reported by the Russian Emergencies Ministry. According to the Hydrometeorological Center of the Primorsky Territory, no radionuclides of technogenic origin in the atmosphere were found. The radiation situation also corresponds to the norm in the Khabarovsk Territory, on Sakhalin and Kamchatka.

In Minsk, another suspect was detained in the case of riots after the presidential election of Belarus on December 19. According to the Vasna human rights center, this is a 28-year-old resident of Minsk Dmitry Doronin. It is placed in a temporary detention center. According to human rights activists, Doronin’s apartment was searched. In total, about 50 people are held in the case of riots in Minsk, among them 5 ex-candidates for president.

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