He has been cooperating with RS since 1991. The editor and host of the Road to Freedom Program Vitaly Portnikov on Facebook , Twitter Portnikovv@rferl.org

Well, here is the finish line - 10 days before the day of voting. We begin to solve an important state problem to ensure the legitimacy of elections on March 4: to inform the power and the public about those egregious attempts to undermine the legitimacy that will become known to us. And the power of these creeps, of course, will promptly suppress. Here is the first case.

Protest in Spain Spain these days is covered by numerous protests. Students and students arrange manifestations, the pilots of Iberia are striking, and trade unions are preparing to perform. The most noticeable event of the outgoing week was the manifestation of high school students in Valencia, the third most important city in the country. They were supported by local students, and then students of schools and universities from other areas of Spain.

Riots on the streets of Kabula In Afghanistan, the fourth day continues protest - in connection with the burning of the Qur'an by foreign military on the basis of NATO troops in Bagram. In Kabul after Friday prayer, protesters took to the streets. There were clashes with security forces, at least one person was injured. Over the previous three days, 15 people were killed during clashes in different areas of Afghanistan, including two US troops.

Another victim died in the hospital as a result of the explosion and subsequent fire, which occurred on February 19 in the bakery of the village of Gorki-25 near Moscow. As RIA-Novosti reports today, the deceased was in intensive care, he had 70 percent of his body. Thus, the number of victims of the tragedy increased to four. In total, more than 10 people were injured in the explosion of a gas cylinder that led to a fire. The owner of the bakery is taken into custody.

The deputy of the British parliament Eric Joyce is held accountable for a fight with colleagues in the legislative body. According to information agencies, Joyce, a deputy from the Labor Party, in a bar located in the parliament building, entered into a skirmish with conservative deputies. During the dispute, Joyce could not restrain himself and hit the head of one of the opponents - Stuart Andrew.

Ski jumping with a springboard. World Cup. Vikexyund, Norway Individual competitions 1 and 2 attempts canceled due to bad weather

On February 23 , a translator, opera singer, writer Dmitry Vladimirovich Nabokov died in Switzerland. In my "on top of the barriers" D.V. Nabokov participated in the program "My dad - a genius." This record was aired in March 1998. Our conversation began with the question in what language Dmitry Vladimirovich spoke: -We spoke in the family in Russian until I was six years old.

The Party of the “right business” decided to support the candidate for this post, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in the upcoming on March 4, the presidential election in Russia. According to agencies, the corresponding resolution was adopted at the party’s congress that is being held today in Moscow. Earlier it became known that during the meeting, the chairman of the organization was elected by Andrei Dunaev, who served as head of the party since September last year.

The Islamic State Group Irak, associated with al-Qaeda, took responsibility for yesterday’s series of explosions in Baghdad and other cities of the country. The statement of extremists, who appeared on the Internet, states that the purpose of attacks became mainly objects of security services and government departments - in revenge for the arrests of the Sunni radicals. As a result of a series of explosions in 12 cities of Iraq, 55 were killed and 225 people were injured.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky Mikhail Khodorkovsky answered questions from Radio Liberty. With a request for an absentee interview, the RS observers turned to Mikhail Khodorkovsky through his lawyers. The answers were received by e-mail from the representative of the press center Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev Maxim DBAR. - Why did you refrain from public comments about what is happening in Russian political life immediately after the parliamentary elections?