30 August 2011, 18:43 Sport Morozevich reached the second round of the World Chess Cup Russian Alexander Morozevich reached the second round of the World Chess Cup taking place in Khanty-Mansiysk. After two draws with the Greek Stelios Chalkias, he defeated him twice in rapid chess - 3:1. In the second round he will meet with the Brazilian Alexandre Fier, who unexpectedly defeated the Chinese Wang Yue in the first round .

30 August 2011, 20:18 Sport Shirokov: I don’t have any injury, don’t believe the media Midfielder of Zenit and the Russian national team Roman Shirokov denied information on his Twitter that he was injured. “I don’t have any injury, don’t believe the media!” Shirokov wrote.

August 30, 2011, 2:33 pm Sport Fursenko: there has not yet been a single match when, after a defeat, Spartak did not shout about bad refereeing President RFU Sergei Fursenko spoke about the Code of Honor and the Fair Play Charter. “The Code of Honor is an ideological document,” Fursenko said. — The Fair Play Charter is an agreement between clubs not to use unsportsmanlike methods of achieving results, when people sign in blood that they will not do this.

Despite the large police presence, 494 people sought medical attention during the two-day Notting Hill Carnival, a further 59 were sent to hospital and police arrested more than 150 people. newspaper writes about this The Telegraph . In total, about 305 medical aid workers were at the carnival, joined by "hundreds of volunteers." A total of about 170 people were arrested during the carnival.

30 August 2011, 19:09 Culture Slavic woman with Persian eyes Russian romance singer Alla Bayanova has died "Park of Culture" close 100% Alla Bayanova during a gala concert dedicated to the singer’s 95th anniversary ITAR-TASS Alla Bayanova, a singer with an amazing destiny, died in Moscow at the age of 97: she sang Russian romances with Alexander Vertinsky and Pyotr Leshchenko, performed them in Paris, Palestine and Bucharest, and deservedly received the title of People's Artist of Russia.

One of the largest payment systems, PayPal, denies information about the launch of accepting payments in Russia and Ukraine in September 2011; the countries were included in the list of those to whom the service will become available by mistake, the PayPal press service reported. Information that from September 24, 2011, Russian users will be able to accept funds into their PayPal accounts from residents around the world appeared on the PayPal website last week.

30 August 2011, 10:25 Culture “An unprecedented cult of Salvador Dali has arisen in Russia” Interview with Alexey Petukhov, curator of the Salvador Dali exhibition at the Pushkin Museum Interviewed by Velimir Moist close 100% The curator of the Salvador Dali exhibition at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Alexey Petukhov, told Park of Culture about how the exhibition was put together, what museum visitors will see, and what Dali means for Russia.

30 August 2011, 11:30 Opinions Smooth bribes Real deadlines for corrupt officials are always connected either with politics or with behind-the-scenes personnel struggles Olga Romanova close 100% In Russia, anyone can give bribes, but those authorized to do so can receive them. But the real punishment for them is borne by those who cannot protect themselves with the help of their official position.

30 August 2011, 15:19 Politics Security is the work of the prisoners themselves The Federal Penitentiary Service may have its own enterprises for the production of security systems Svetlana Bocharova close 100% Prisoners will themselves produce means for the protection of colonies and pre-trial detention centers in which they are kept. The Ministry of Justice plans to supplement the list of prison federal state unitary enterprises with enterprises that produce the relevant items.

30 August 2011, 18:55 Business Don't skimp on innovation The government will consider the “Innovative Development Strategy 2020” in early September Olga Tanas close 100% The Ministry of Economic Development has prepared a new version of the Innovative Development Strategy 2020, which the government will consider in early September.

Sport Antyukh and Churakova reached the final of the World Championships in the 400 m sprint The World Athletics Championships continue in Daegu, South Korea. Russians Natalya Antyukh and Elena Churakova directly made it to the final in the 400 m hurdles. Churakova was second in her semi-final (55.02), Antyukh was first (54.51).

Gazprom's revenue in the first quarter compared to the same period in 2010 increased by 38%, to 1.317 trillion rubles. Profit before tax increased by 40% (591.066 billion rubles), and net profit increased by 42% (478.5 billion rubles). The indicators grew due to supplies to non-CIS countries; they brought Gazprom 398.533 billion rubles, 39% more than in the 1st quarter of 2010. The growth in supply volumes was 12% (4.9 billion cubic meters).

Business Putin meets with representatives of Exxon Mobil and Rosneft Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is holding a meeting with the leadership of the American Exxon Mobil , an Interfax correspondent reported. In particular, the president and chairman of the board of directors of the American company, Rex Tillerson, and the president of Rosneft, Eduard Khudainatov, are taking part in the meeting, which is taking place in Sochi.

For fans of the APOEL club from Nicosia, Serbian coach Ivan Jovanovic , who had long ago received a Greek passport, became a hero. Having snatched victory from Wisła Krakow in a dramatic match, the Cypriots received a ticket to the Champions League. Having achieved European recognition, the capital's club finally started in the championship of their country. Yovanovic, unlike Kurban Berdyev, does not have to complain about the busy calendar.

Business Vedomosti: the merger of operators to launch 4G in Russia may fail due to the cost of the deal The merger of cellular operators to launch a fourth generation (4G) network in Russia may not take place due to the cost of the transaction, Vedomosti writes . As the newspaper learned, the shareholders of Scartel (the management company is Yota Group) asked for $1 billion for the company.