“This is good jazz, but bad Liszt,” exclaimed Sergei Koussevitzky irritably, leaving the Paris premiere of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” “This is a bunch of thirty-two-bar hits,” Sergei Prokofiev, who attended the same concert, sneered. The author himself jealously listened to such snorts from his colleagues in his address, feeling like an amateur in comparison with them.

“Moscow Region Television” will begin broadcasting on the frequency of the European news channel. Euronews will now remain only on cable and satellite networks. This was reported by the press service of VGTRK. Details from Alexander Mezentsev. Photo: Yuri Martyanov, Kommersant / buy photo VGTRK goes to regional elections. The Moscow region government and the television company will sign a cooperation agreement.

The Chereshnevy Les festival traditionally ended with the Oleg Yankovsky Creative Discovery Award ceremony, which took place in the Pashkov House.

In Moscow, passengers of a train that stopped at the Taganskaya station were unable to get onto the platform. “Passengers of carriages 3 and 4 are not disembarked at Taganskaya station. The driver says the station is mined,” Twitter reported to PublicPost, citing its employee. Gazeta.Ru was informed by the metro information service that the train was stopped due to a suspicious object, which was examined and found safe.

Choice of Victoria Mikhailenko Magazine "Kommersant Weekend" No. 20 dated May 31, 2013, p. 46 Authors: Victoria Mikhailenko

American Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., the world's largest publicly traded copper mining concern, has completed the buyout of shares in oil and gas exploration and production company Plains Exploration & Production Co., Freeport said. The deal is valued at about $16.3 billion. As a result of the deal, Freeport issued 1.038 million shares.

stated the participants of the round table in the State Duma The lower house of parliament was recommended to ban abortion. This resolution was made by the participants of the round table, which took place in the meeting room of the LDPR faction. Kommersant FM correspondent Anatoly Burchakov told the details to presenter Anna Kazakova. Photo: Galina Butseva, Kommersant / buy photo - What exactly are we talking about?

Murad Chaparov on the merger of the Azot and Mineral Fertilizers teams In 2012, the Uralchem ​​holding, which already owned the Berezniki Azot and acquired the Perm Mineral Fertilizers, actually merged the enterprises. Murad Chaparov, who previously held the position of General Director of a large plant near Moscow of the Uralchem ​​company, became the managing director of both plants.

One of the most actively discussed problems in the world market is the European financial crisis in general and the banking crisis in Cyprus in particular. Photo: Alexander Koryakov, Kommersant It cannot be said that even without the Cyprus crisis, Russian companies and players in the financial sector do not have difficulties that would be worth attention or discussion, but still Cyprus is Russia’s main offshore.

The company is preparing to sell one of its last assets Regatta Group of Companies has reduced the estimated value of the site under its former Rostov vodka distillery by 150 million rubles. and, according to Kommersant, has already found a buyer for it. The Regatta management says that three companies have ordered the development of technical documentation for the future development of the land.

In Moscow, during his arrest, a maniac who committed two dozen attacks on women in the Vladimir, Tver and Yaroslavl regions committed suicide. Photo: Mikhail Pochuev, Kommersant / buy photo As the press service of the Investigative Committee said, the investigative department for the Central Federal District of the agency is investigating a criminal case, which combines 18 criminal cases related to attacks on women in the Vladimir, Tver and Yaroslavl regions.

Former deputy head of the Investigative Committee department at the prosecutor's office in Lyubertsy, Moscow region, Roman Ruslanov came under investigation for the illegal alienation of land in the Moscow region, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation . “In total, over 300 hectares of land have been taken away from federal and municipal property. According to preliminary estimates, the damage to the state exceeded 1 billion rubles,” the statement says.

Mobile photography is becoming increasingly popular, so the developers of the Impossible Camera device focused on nostalgia for the old days, says Alexander Levy. With it you can get pictures that resemble photos from the good old Polaroid. The Impossible Camera is presented as a copy of the SX70 model, the cassettes consist of 10 cards, the reviewer adds. The device that I would like to talk about will almost certainly please you. My confidence is based on statistics and simple observations.

Izhmash General Director Konstantin Busygin said that the legendary designer Mikhail Kalashnikov transferred the rights to use his name to Izhmash free of charge, Interfax reports. “Yes, the documents were signed in February,” noted Mr. Busygin. “Mikhail Timofeevich is a patriot, a true patriot. There was not a single word about any payment,” he added.

The animated series received praise from the president. Vladimir Putin congratulated its creators on their anniversary. For the first time in history, such an animation project has received official recognition at the top, experts say. Photo: ww.kinopoisk.ru Vladimir Putin congratulated Smesharikov on their anniversary. The Kremlin press service reports this. As the President of Russia noted, “Smeshariki” today is a whole world - bright, kind and fascinating.