Andrei Barabanov (in the center), accused of participating in the riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, during the consideration of the petition to extend the arrest in the Basmanny court. Photo by ITAR-TASS/ Zurab Javahadze Maryana Torocheshnikov in the Basmanny court is following the progress of meetings in the "Swamp case". They extend the terms of arrests of four: Andrei Barabanov (already extended until May 27), Stepan Zimin, Yaroslav Belousov, Vladimir Akimenkov.

Boris Efimov caricature as a gift from Radio Liberty, 2001 The day of the 60th anniversary of Radio Liberty is coming to the end. Once again I congratulate my colleagues on this date. Thanks to all readers and listeners who sent us congratulations today. Thanks to those who, at solemn events in Washington and in Moscow, celebrated our work and work of dozens of journalists before us today. The first years of the existence of radio freedom ...

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Russia - Andrei Shary (Sharyi, Shariy) Portrait "Freedom" today turns 60 years old - the first program on the waves of the Radio "Liberation" radio station (the name of the RS appeared in 1959) was heard on March 1, 1953. For the Russian service, this is an important date in all respects, and due to external political, and due to internal professional circumstances.

Nina Simon Extended jazz calendar Twenty -eight days are still not enough for the February jazz calendar. It is impossible to bypass Baddy Tate, Nina Simon, Sira Roland Hannah and Phillips Flip. Their fame and their talents are enough to extend the jazz February for one more, I hope not too frosty week. Let's start with Sirah Roland Hannah, who was born on February 10, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan.

Five days a week at exactly 12 o’clock - about what happened today and what else should happen. The day is in full swing, we follow the events.

Two more judges of the Constitutional Court made a statement that the law on rallies contradicts the Russian Constitution. On Monday, with a resolution of their colleagues, who recognized the constitutional law on rallies, judge Vladimir Yaroslavtsev did not agree, judges Yuri Danilov and Sergey Kazantsev joined him on Friday.

Russia - Pavlova Svetlana, Rferl Employee, Moscow Bureau, undated Today marks 60 years to our radio, the Russian Radio Liberty Service. On March 1, 1953, the first transfer of the Radio station release was released from the studio in Munich. In 1959, the radio station changed its name to the current.