One hour in the archive of freedom. The interlocutors of Vladimir Yurasov are musicians who left the Soviet Union in the early 70s: singer Mikhail Alexandrovich, pianist, music critic and artist Alexander Braginsky, cellist Tatyana Braginskaya. What made successful people emigrate? What experience did they take away with themselves in the United States? How do they see their future?

So, the president of the Bank of Moscow is fleeing Russia, fearing persecution. The media reports that the sidewalks in the capital will now bridge the company that is controlled by the wife of the new mayor. The proposals of the new director of the Moscow metro are perplexed. It is not clear who is now overseeing the advertising business. The shutting stalls somehow quickly returned to their places. There seems to be even more. Roads are in a disgusting state. What's happening?

The court hearing in the case of ten activists of the Georgian opposition and non -governmental organizations arrested on the eve of the Supreme Court building in Tbilisi ended by four in the morning. The Board of Administrative Offenses sentenced the members of the "resistance movement" Irakli Tsikolia, Grigory Kharebava and David Kochiev for 20-day imprisonment. And Gennady Kekelia, by court decision, will spend 25 days in prison.

The authorities of Iraq handed over to Iran the remains of 17 Iranian soldiers who died during the war between the two countries (1980-1988). The transfer was carried out on Monday on the border near the city of Basra in the south of Iraq through the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross. After the fall of the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, economic and political relations began to strengthen between the two countries.

The disposal of old collapses saves the auto industry, including for the production of new The Russian government, as expected, intends to extend the program for the disposal of old cars . Experts, recognizing this decision economically reasonable, nevertheless doubt the need for urgent distribution to other market segments, in particular, to trucks.

Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich! I know you will soon be in Ukraine. It seems that with the old mission - to ask (or force?) The Ukrainian leadership to abandon the West - this time from European integration. You succeeded once without allowing Ukraine’s advance to NATO. But it is unlikely that you will succeed in the case of the European Union. Do not even try to start a new struggle for Ukraine - it may be the last for you.

Head coach of the Atlant hockey club from Mytishch Milos Rzhiga, April 2011 On April 5, in the final of the Eastern Conference of the KHL championship, Salavat Yulaev, in Ufa, won the Magnitogorsk Metallurg 1: 0 and won the series 4: 3. In the same place, in Ufa on April 8 and 10, the first two matches of the final series of Gagarin Cup will be held: Salavat Yulaev will accept Atlanta from Mytishchi near Moscow.

Egor Gaidar This year marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of Belovezh agreements that finally issued the collapse of the Soviet Union. What happened then in Belovezhskaya Pushcha? This shortly before his death, Yegor Gaidar talked with publicist Oleg Moroz. Oleg Moroz transmitted the text of this conversation to publish the Radio Liberty site (this interview is included in the book of Oleg Frost "So who ruined the Union?", Which is preparing for publication in Russia).

Musa Kousse did not betray Muamar Gaddafi who left Libya, Musa Kudfafi, ”Saif al-Islam, son of the Libyan leader, said in an interview with the BBC. According to him, Kuss flew a few days ago to the UK for personal purpose - to improve his health. There, however, he was forced to act with accusations against the Libyan government, risking otherwise undergo criminal prosecution, says Saif al -Islam.

Japanese nuclear power plant "Fukushima - Daychi" In Japan, at the Fukushima -Dayichi nuclear power plant, damaged in March as a result of an earthquake and tsunami, the dumping of radioactive water accumulated in the reactors began. According to a representative of the Japanese government, this measure was inevitable to prevent large -scale pollution of the territory adjacent to the nuclear power plant.

Today on the streets of the city of TAIZ In Yemen on Tuesday, there were new clashes between President Ali Abdullah Salekh and his opponents. It is reported that in the capital of the country the city of Sana, three people were killed, another 15 were injured. In the city of TAZ, south of the capital, dozens of protesters, reportedly, were injured in clashes. In the afternoon, 15 people were killed in the same city.

The start of the spacecraft from the Baikonur cosmodrome The TMA-21 spacecraft, which received the name "Gagarin", started on Tuesday night from the Baikonur cosmodrome and was brought to near-Earth orbit. A ship with a Russian-American crew on board began an autonomous flight to the International Space Station (ISS). Upon arrival at the station, two Russians and the American will join the mixed crew already working at the ISS.

At the court in the case of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova today, as expected, the coordinator of the Russian Verdict Center Alexei Baranovsky will testify. He is a close friend of the accused - Nikita Tikhonov and Evgenia Hasis and was summoned to court as a defense witness. Lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova were killed in the center of Moscow in January 2009.