At the St. Petersburg Theater of Musical Comedy, the premiere of the opera-buff Jacques Offenbach once the once St. Petersburg Muscomedia Theater shone: it was erasal productions like the famous “Crechinsky’s wedding” to the music of Kolker and the mass of classic operettas. The place was visited and popular.

The Meter-Festival at the Russian Academy of Music this year marks the 105th anniversary of the death of the Russian composer and pianist Nikolai Metner; The date is dedicated to the three -day festival, which ends today at the Russian Academy of Music named after the Gnesins. Metner was born in Moscow on January 5, 1880 (in a new style), in 1900 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory with a small gold medal.

Victor Vekselberg said that SUAL is looking for a strategic investor yesterday Viktor Vekselberg, chairman of the board of directors of the company "SUAL", the second aluminum producer in Russia, said that at the moment the company is looking for a strategic investor and considering the possibility of unification with its competitor - the company of Oleg Deripaska "Russian aluminum".

The Public Chamber was classified by the Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov reported to the Grandfather’s prescription to the deputies, the Public Chamber consulted with the security forces.

The Minister of Defense Sergei Ivanov, speaking in the framework of the "government hour" in the State Duma, said that the Russian army, contrary to the widespread opinion, is not experiencing a severe crisis, and thousands of mothers throughout the country are grateful for the fact that at least their sons are fed.

Mara - "Gazeta" recently in the creative life of the singer Mara, there were significant changes: she parted with producer Dmitry Groysman, who worked with her for a long time, collected a new composition of the group and quite seriously changed the sound of her music. On the eve of a large Moscow concert, the correspondent of the newspaper Alexander Zaitsev asked about all this Maru. - Your music has become more heavy, tough. How did the idea to weight the sound arose?

18:54 // 02/15/2006 On Wednesday, the finalists of the literary competition "Russian Prize" became known. The jury of the competition, chaired by the writer Genghis Aitmatov, selected six candidates for the main prize - $ 3 thousand. The short list included works by writers from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

The Petersburg Museum of Museum of Music Comedia once shone: it was era -made production of like the famous “Crechinsky’s wedding” to the music of Kolker and a mass of classic operett. The place was visited and popular. But the time passed, the leaders were replaced, the troupe was chirled and old, the building dilapidated - and soon the theater turned into an art ruin, a dead and inert institution with a dull repertoire set.

Microsoft promises to deliver mail to the phones convenient and economical in the near future the opportunity to use corporate e -mail using a mobile phone can become available to many employees of companies. Now this service is available mainly to managers of large companies.

Yesterday it became known about the death of the famous composer Andrei Petrov. From the second of February, he was in the intensive care unit of the Military Medical Academy of St. Petersburg, where he was placed in connection with a stroke. The name of Andrei Petrov, who celebrated the seventy -five anniversary last year, is well known to all lovers of music - a whole era in Soviet and Russian musical culture is associated with his activities.

14:14 // 02/15/2006 The President of the LUKOIL oil company Vagit Alekperov, General Director of Gazprominvestholding Alisher Usmanov, president of Kuzbassrazrazugol Andrei Bokarev, were introduced into the Bureau of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

11:43 // 02/15/2006 Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov calls on the public not to escalate the situation around the cases of tireless relations and crimes in the Russian armed forces, RIA Novosti reports. "The Chelyabinsk case and other cases cannot cause the cereal accusations of all generals, sergeants, warrant officers.

17:59 // 02/15/2006 The leader of the Rodina party Dmitry Rogozin made his own plan to resolve the problem of the Nagorno -Karabakh based on it, the departure of Armenians from occupied Azerbaijani territories, except for the "Lachinsky corridor", connecting the Nagorno -Karabakh with the outside world, as well as the introduction of peacekeeping, mainly Russian forces.

13:14 // 02/15/2006 Chairman of the Council of the Federation of the Russian Federation Sergey Mironov believes that universal military duty must be preserved, but the service life must be reduced to six months, RIA Novosti reports. He said this to St. Petersburg journalists. According to Mironov, in six months you can teach a person to "all the basics of military science." In addition, Mironov noted that when moving to a half -year service, Dzedovshchina itself will disappear.

12:18 // 02/15/2006 "The issue of the elimination of disciplinary battalions is being worked out. This is an anachronism," said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov, speaking at the "government hour" in the State Duma, RIA Novosti reports. Source: gzt.ru