The XX XL The first album of the London group The XX received an elephant's dose of admiration from the public and critics - just like the debut work of The Big Pink, which appeared at the same time, and the new album Wild Beasts. 2009 gave rise to talk about another new wave of British post-punk. But The XX beat everyone to the punch, earning the island's prestigious Mercury Prize, which recognizes the best albums of the year. The continuation was awaited like manna from heaven.

Sergei Khodnev on how Russian statehood celebrates its 1150th anniversary The diplomatic corps, the highest clergy and, of course, a host of high officials led by the president are expected to attend the official celebrations in Veliky Novgorod. Everything is very serious, according to the highest level of state ceremonial, as it is customary to present it today, with an obvious eye to the 19th century: the liturgy in the St.

"Wanted" by Oliver Stone in Russian box office Movie premiere Oliver Stone's film Savages has been released. After watching it, MIKHAIL TROFIMENKOV painfully searched for the answer to the question: did the director find a second wind or fell into pre-agonal euphoria. Stone believes he has captured the next chapter in what Borges would call “the story of American infamy,” which he has been writing for almost 30 years.

A criminal case has been opened regarding damage to the car of Vladimir Rubashny, a member of the Public Monitoring Commission (POC) for the observance of human rights in places of forced detention. The press service of the Kazan Human Rights Center (KHC) reported this to Kommersant yesterday. According to human rights activists, a case was opened in the Kazan police department “Gagarinsky” under Art.

Today the winners of the competition for servicing 4 routes in the city of Perm were determined. Thus, on route No. 27 “Friendship Square - Nagorny microdistrict”, A-Tour-Trans LLC was recognized as the winner (previously this LLC served this route), on route No. 30 “Sadovy microdistrict - Parkovy microdistrict” entrepreneur Viktor Ivanov was chosen as the carrier (previously the agreement was concluded with Soyuz-Trans LLC), and for route No.

At the beginning of autumn, it’s time to go on a trip or start preparing for a New Year’s trip, says Peter Voronkov, and advises, for example, to choose Italian Tuscany. According to the reviewer, here you can enjoy incredible landscapes and exquisite aromas, as well as visit the galleries and cathedrals of Florence and Siena without queuing. Today there are several trips to choose from. Although, in principle, any individual tour is the best cure for seasonal hypochondria.

The main rival of the current governor withdrew from the elections The gubernatorial elections, resuscitated after an eight-year break, continue to be surrounded by scandals. Patriots of Russia nominee Igor Morozov, who was considered the favorite of the election campaign, abandoned the fight for the post of governor of the Ryazan region in favor of the current head Oleg Kovalev. Kommersant's sources say that the decision to remove Mr. Morozov was made in the presidential administration.

The federal center also agrees with the need to change the status of Siberia and the Far East. This year, the Russian government even created a separate ministry with headquarters in Vladivostok. However, officials will have to work not only on increasing the attractiveness of the Trans-Ural region for investors. One of the main tasks today is to reduce the flow of labor migrants from the Asian part of Russia to the European part.

The head of the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption (UEBiPK) of the Moscow Region GUMVD was temporarily suspended from office due to a scandal involving a bribe, which was allegedly extorted by two of his subordinates. As the GUMVD for the region reported on September 14, “the head of the UEBiPK GUMVD for the Moscow Region, his deputy, the head of the 4th department of the operational-investigative unit No.

By the end of 2012, the Krasnoyarsk authorities intend to begin implementing the second phase of the program for the development of the Lower Angara region worth more than 300 billion rubles. The program includes a set of investment projects in the fields of energy, mining, timber processing and infrastructure development in the northern territories of the region. Experts predict that its implementation will provide more than 20% of the growth in GRP of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

The head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Nizhny Novgorod Region ordered an official investigation into the fact that a police car hit a child in the Moskovsky district of Nizhny Novgorod. The accident happened on September 12 on Kuibysheva Street.

The State Duma rejected two bills on the creation of the Constitutional Assembly that had lain in the chamber for more than ten years, RIA Novosti reports. One of the bills rejected on September 14 was introduced in 2000 by deputy Sergei Kovalev (SPS), who served as the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia in 1994-95.

Processes 429 1 min. ... A special commission of the State Service for Youth and Sports of Ukraine confirmed the facts of misappropriation of funds by the leadership of the country's athletics team during preparations for participation in the 2012 Summer Olympics. This was announced yesterday by the head of the civil service, Ravil Safiullin. Athletes on the track and field team previously reported corruption.

Boris Barabanov about the Placebo concert at the Olimpiysky The British trio Placebo comes to the Olimpiysky with a program built on the principle of “the best”. Moscow is only the second stop on the band’s autumn concert tour. If Placebo's summer performances took place mainly as part of large festivals, then the group is bringing a new concert program to Russia, and it is difficult to make predictions about what it will look like.

The Yemeni police managed to repulse the assault only at the cost of casualties In countries of the Islamic world, attacks on US diplomatic missions continue, provoked by an offensive film about the Prophet Muhammad. A crowd of angry Muslims attempted to storm the American embassy in Yemen. The security managed to repel the attack by only opening fire to kill. Several hundred protesters showed up outside the US embassy in Sanaa on Thursday morning.