The opposition will gather on Arbat Square A member of the organizing committee of the “For Fair Elections” rallies, Sergei Udaltsov, said that the mayor’s office allowed the holding of an opposition rally on March 10 on Arbat Square. According to him, traffic may be limited. “The mayor’s office just called. They said that they are coordinating a rally on Novy Arbat of up to 50 thousand people,” Mr. Udaltsov told Interfax . The rally will take place from 13:00 to 16:00.

The head of the Krasnokamsk region received seven years in prison for bribery The Perm Regional Court sentenced the head of the Krasnokamsk region, Dmitry Markelov, to seven years in a maximum security colony. Mr. Markelov was found guilty of receiving a bribe in the amount of 400 thousand rubles. through an intermediary. His accomplices - spouses Andrei and Tatyana Fomkin - were sentenced to a fine. As the court found, for 400 thousand rubles.

Prize Lenkoma's play "Peer Gynt" directed by Mark Zakharov won the "Highlight of the Season" theater award. The play "Peer Gynt" is based on the dramatic poem by Henrik Ibsen, published in 1867. According to Mark Zakharov, his version of the production is a fantasy on the theme of the poem. The production premiered at Lenkom on March 25, 2011. The title role in the play is played by Anton Shagin. In 2011, the performance would have been awarded a prize from the Russian government.

loans for 1 monthloans for 3 months 03/06/2012 12.69 15.19 Data: Thomson Reuters Newspaper "Kommersant Ukraine" No. 38 dated 03/07/2012, p. 5

A joint venture between the Russian Sollers group and Ford expects to begin production of the new Ford Explorer SUV at facilities in Tatarstan in the third quarter of 2012. “We will begin production of the Ford Explorer in the third quarter of 2012,” said Mark Simpson, vice president of marketing and sales for the joint venture. He also said that since the start of production of light commercial vehicles of the Transit model, more than 1.4 thousand vehicles have been assembled in Yelabuga.

For the domestic public, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy for a long time remained the author of two works - the textbook Violin Concerto and the overplayed soundtrack to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The monographic festival, which will be held within the walls of the Moscow International House of Music, is designed to significantly expand the metropolitan audience’s understanding of the heritage of the early romantics.

The best among her participants in the individual race was 14th Biathlon World Championships The sixth event of the Biathlon World Championship program in Ruhpolding - the men's 20 km individual race - did not bring anything good to the Russian team. None of its four representatives managed to get into at least the top ten.

The Omsk Initiative was left without mandates For the first time, four parties will be represented in the Omsk city council, as in the regional parliament. United Russia will lose its qualified majority. However, supporters of Governor Leonid Polezhaev also have reason to rejoice: “a complete fiasco of the pro-Schrader group of candidates.” Members of the Omsk Initiative, close to ex-mayor Viktor Schrader, were unable to get a single seat.

The new regulations will not affect buildings that have been built or are under construction. The capital authorities are planning to introduce height regulations in Moscow. The construction of buildings over 75 m in height is going to be banned in 40% of urban areas, including almost the entire Central Administrative District. Violations of high-rise regulations caused a series of scandals with the construction of the Gazprom building in St.

The network will spend 6 million rubles on rebranding Kazan clubs The federal network of fitness clubs ICS-FIT will change the image of its two Kazan clubs in July as part of the rebranding that began at the end of last year. She intends to spend 6 million rubles to “distinguish ICS-FIT clubs from competitors.” The chain's management refers to its experience in Moscow, where rebranding allowed it to significantly increase brand recognition. Local market participants, on the contrary, doubt this.

The Dutch "Bloody Santa" by Dick Mas, which has a gloomy, but still Christmas theme, is released in Russian theaters after all the New Year holidays and a year and a half after the world premiere. The plot is based on the myth that every December 5th, Saint Nicholas (the local name for Santa Claus) sails from Spain to Holland by boat, accompanied by his retinue, to give gifts to children. In the film, Mas reworked the legend into the Tales from the Crypt format: instead of giving gifts, St.

325 1 min. ... The Nika National Film Award announced the nominees for the main categories for 2011, RIA Novosti reported on March 7. In the main category - “Best Fiction Film” - “Once Upon a Time There Was a Woman” by Andrei Smirnov, “Chapiteau Show” by Sergei Loban, “Elena” by Andrei Zvyagintsev, “Siberia. Monamur" by Vyacheslav Ross, "Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive” by Peter Buslov.

The International Football Federation FIFA has published a new edition of the national team rankings. Thanks to the victory in a friendly match over the Israeli team, the Ukrainian team jumped 10 positions and now occupies 49th place, right behind the teams of Estonia and Wales. The leaders retained their positions: the rating is still headed by Spain, followed by Holland and Germany.

The government has determined the list of nominees for Skolkovotech funding As Kommersant learned, on March 1, the Federal Property Management Agency notified about 50 companies, a controlling or blocking stake in which belongs to the state, of the need to allocate “at least 1%” of their innovation budget to finance the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skolkovotech) by September 1. .

The head of the capital's main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, held a meeting with his deputies, at which he instructed to carry out explanatory work with police officers regarding behavior with representatives of the media, the department told RIA Novosti on March 7. Previously, several incidents occurred with journalists covering protests after the Russian presidential elections on March 4.