Lacing of the myth Car as part of the new art When the series "Brigade" was released on the screens of our television, it became clear that we stepped back from the criminal life of Russia. For all the dubious value of this picture, she was the first bell - a distance between criminal life and her image in art appeared.

electric power industry 80 2 minutes. ... Yesterday the annual general meeting of shareholders of RAO UES of Russia took place in Zelenograd. The meeting approved the company's annual report, the amount of dividends, and also elected a new board of directors. Among the new members there are no representatives of Russian Aluminum, but there are defenders of the interests of the energy company's new shareholders: from Interros, Evrazholding, Gazprom and ESN-Energo.

thirty 2 minutes. ... On Tuesday, the XII International Festival of Festivals closed at the St. Petersburg House of Cinema with the premiere of Theo Angelopoulos’ film “Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow” (Trilogia I: To Livadi pou dakryzei). The awards were received by Theo Angelopoulos and - according to the law of symmetry - Pedro Almodóvar, whose film “Bad Education” (La Male Educacion) opened the festival. The festival traditionally takes place without a competition jury.

reconnaissance tour All doors are open to a white man who comes to India. For example, it costs him nothing to arrive in the Indian city of Mumbai and immediately go to the main local Bollywood film studio and star in the melodrama “Face Like the Moon” there. Kommersant correspondent EKATERINA DOLGOSHEEVA was convinced of this from her own experience. Lies, framing and provocation On Monday evening, three Russian girls who had just arrived in Mumbai had nothing to do in this city.

Single trading session 8 3 min. ... Currency Delivery Min. (RUB) Max. (rub.) Average weight. (rub.) Closing (rub.) Change. (RUB) Volume (million) USD today 29,029 29,065 29.0437 29.0485 +0.027 496,849 USD tomorrow 29,035 29,075 29,057 29.06 +0.0275 380,458 EUR today 35.03 35.5 35.0971 35.105 -0.195 7,710 MICEX SICEX SPVC RVSE URVB ATMVB NVSE SVSE 96.40 0.88 1.05 0.65 0.37 0.16 0.48 — Exchange Currency Delivery Avg. (rub.) Closing (rub.) Change.

Tax authorities' claims against YUKOS for non-payment of taxes could amount to up to $10 billion, a source in tax circles told PRIME-TASS . According to the results of the audit for 2000, Yukos was accrued more than 99.375 billion rubles. including fines and penalties. For 2001, according to the information that has appeared, the tax authorities' claims amount to 98 billion rubles. including fines and penalties.

282 1 min. ... Street theater festival "Hat Fair" in Winchester (England). Until July 4th. Its program includes performances by street actors, circus performers, and musicians. The unusual name of the festival is explained by the fact that after each performance, spectators are invited to throw coins into the hats held out by the artists. Titano folk dance and music festival in Vinstra (Norway). Until July 4th.

Shareholders of Channel One at the annual meeting re-elected the board of directors, and also approved the balance sheet and annual report of the company for 2003. As ITAR-TASS learned, the new members of the board of directors were the Chairman of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation Galina Karelova, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Mikhail Lesin and the head of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography of the Russian Federation Mikhail Shvydkoy.

15 2 minutes. ... Index 453.10 Change.

Local SPS left without a leader eleven 2 minutes. ... On Tuesday evening at the Palace of Culture. The Leningrad City Council held a reporting and re-election conference of the St. Petersburg branch of the Union of Right Forces. The voting on the candidacy of a new leader ended in failure (remember, on Saturday the federal congress of the Union of Right Forces also failed to elect a leader, postponing this procedure to December).

Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono said his country intends to double the number of its peacekeepers in Afghanistan. There are currently 328 Spanish troops in Afghanistan. The government intends to recall the peacekeepers already in the country and send 893 troops to replace them. Whether this decision is related to the fact that Spain has unemployed soldiers after the hasty withdrawal of the Spanish contingent from Iraq is not yet known.

"Iron Felix" 9 3 min. ... As the press service of the Voronezh region administration reported yesterday, Governor Vladimir Kulakov ordered the creation of a temporary emergency commission (VChK) to strengthen tax and budget discipline in the region. The reason for the creation of the body, according to the governor, was the failure to fulfill the revenue side of the regional budget. The commission was headed by the first vice-governor Sergei Naumov.

standard of living 952 2 minutes. ... On June 3, the European statistical service Eurostat published the results of a study on the distribution of wealth within the new EU. Of the 25 countries of the European Union, Luxembourg turned out to be the richest, Latvia the poorest. The new study only confirmed what could have been guessed without exact numbers. In relation to EU member states, the word “new” is almost synonymous with the word “poor”.

On July 1, the former head of the US administration in Iraq, who transferred powers to the new government, announced his intention to publish a book about his work. Bremer's literary agent, Marvin Josephson, is already in talks with publishers, finding "a very positive response." In addition, according to ITAR-TASS sources, he is also ready to make presentations to audiences.

Bank Paveletsky declared default 221 2 minutes. ... Bank Paveletsky did not pay dividends in the amount of 2.85 million rubles. on preferred registered shares, although the decision on this was made on April 22 at the general meeting of shareholders of the bank. At the end of last week, branch #4 of the Moscow State Technical University of the Central Bank sent an order to the bank “On the application of enforcement measures”, prohibiting Paveletsky from making tax payments.