Русская служба «Голоса Америки» попросила Радека Сикорского прокомментировать новое обострение отношений между Беларусью и Польшей, приведшее к взаимной высылке дипломатов двух стран и обмену резкими заявлениями с обеих сторон, и изложить свое видение причин, приведших к появлению очага напряженности на новой восточной границе Евросоюза.

Русская служба «Голоса Америки» попросила Радека Сикорского прокомментировать новое обострение отношений между Беларусью и Польшей, приведшее к взаимной высылке дипломатов двух стран и обмену резкими заявлениями с обеих сторон, и изложить свое видение причин, приведших к появлению очага напряженности на новой восточной границе Евросоюза.

The Bush administration said the main goal of the president's visit to Georgia was to acknowledge and encourage the young democracy. Just 18 months after the Rose Revolution toppled the entrenched government of Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgia has inspired similar peaceful uprisings in Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.

President Bush's trip to Europe this week will be rich in symbolism - historical and geopolitical. In Moscow, the American president will join world leaders to remember the end of World War Two in Europe. But just as important will be stops by Mr. Bush in two former Soviet states where the mood is less celebratory. They associate the defeat of Nazi Germany with the beginning of Soviet occupation.

Interview given by Radek Sikorski to Voice of Americaabout cost of enlargement to western european states and possibilities of migration.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says its new entry and exit program has already helped make America safer.

U.S.- based Russia experts are commenting on the Russian government's crackdown on the top management of Yukos, the country's most independent, western-oriented energy company. While there is no consensus, some observers are cautioning against premature conclusions that the moves mean Russia is retreating toward state control of the economy.

Earlier this month, however, General James Jones, top commander of NATO, laid out a vision of a reduced American presence in Germany in favor of smaller, less costly bases in Eastern Europe.