Dmitry Bykov on the results of the FOM survey Slightly less than half of Russians admitted that they had not opened a single book over the past year, a survey by the Public Opinion Foundation showed. Kommersant FM's interlocutors are confident that the problem lies in the authorities' insufficient popularization of literature and underlying problems in society. Photo: Sergey Kiselev, Kommersant / buy photo Russians have lost interest in literature.

Oleg Sobolev about the concert of Lee "Scratch" Perry In the seventies, he smoked the master recordings of his songs with marijuana, drew patterns on them with his fingernails and buried them in the ground for a couple of weeks - this is how, according to Lee "Scratch" Perry, the real Jamaican positive vibrations came into the music.

The Economic Court of the Kharkov region declared the liquefied gas dealer Kharkov SPBT LLC bankrupt (at the initiative of the enterprise) and opened a liquidation procedure. The director and owner of this company, Sergei Shevtsov, has been appointed as the liquidator of Kharkov SPBT. According to documents published in the Unified State Register of Judgments, Kharkov SPBT does not have any property assets or receivables.

MegaFon Login became the most popular smartphone in Russia at the end of May, Mobile Research Group reported. This is not surprising - after all, its stated retail price is 1990 rubles. However, this is far from the limit of price reductions for operator models. The stated price for MTS 965 complete with a virtual payment card from Russian Standard Bank will be only 500 rubles. Operators' pressure on the retail mobile equipment market is increasing.

Russian peacekeepers may be sent to the border between Israel and Syria, President Vladimir Putin said. Senator, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Andrei Klimov and member of the Association of Military Experts Alexander Perendzhiev discussed the situation with presenter Ksenia Turkova. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad, Reuters The day before it became known that Austria would withdraw its contingent from the Golan Heights within a week.

Composer Georges Bizet is best known for his delightful operas, brilliant orchestral colors and heady melodies. Surprisingly, despite his excellent knowledge of the orchestra, Bizet was never able to write a symphony that was more or less satisfying to him. He chose to forget the score of his youthful opus on the table of the conservatory teachers, and destroyed the notes of the Second Symphony with his own hands.

Paris Nouvelle Vague de Cartier Collection Ekaterina Istomina The House of Cartier presents a tour of its native Paris, or a jewelry journey called “Paris Nouvelle Vague”. As is always the case with Cartier, the collection is very structured: all the jewelry is divided into seven sections. Each section (in the brand's press release, seven sections are called "Seven Moods of a Parisian Woman") has its own name and refers to a particular historical style or Cartier design.

TAIF Group Bank entered the fight for large corporate borrowers Avers Bank, part of the TAIF group, began to squeeze federal and large regional credit institutions in the fight for corporate clients. Recent powerful injections into Aversa's capital have allowed it to obtain large companies as borrowers. Shareholders of Tatnefteprodukt approved raising up to 1 billion rubles from Aversa. A little earlier, a similar decision was made with a limit of 700 million rubles.

TonniesFleisch in the Voronezh and Belgorod regions will manage without a Russian partner The German TonniesFleisch, through its subsidiary Tenies Food Products, has fully completed the acquisition of shares in the share of its partner, the Agroimport group (Russia), and is going to implement Voronezh projects independently. According to Kommersant, the deal has already been closed, and its cost was about 2 billion rubles.

US authorities admit the existence of a communications surveillance program and say that it allows them to fight terrorism, Politico newspaper reports, citing a source. “The information collected through this program is among the most critical and valuable intelligence we collect, used to protect the nation from a wide range of threats,” the senior source said.

The head of the Dagestan region was suspected of abuses in the purchase of housing for orphans A criminal case has been opened in Dagestan against the head of the Kayakent region of the republic. 60-year-old Ilmutdin Gamzaev is suspected of abuse of power and official forgery. According to investigators, the official signed fake documents for the purchase of housing for three orphans in the amount of more than 1.5 million rubles, and then tried to shift the blame to his subordinates.

At least 20 people were killed and 30 injured in a bus fire in the city of Xiamen, the AP reported, citing Chinese state media. The cause of the fire is currently being established. The operation of all express buses has been suspended until the reasons for the circumstances of the incident are clarified, Xinhua reports.

The Kiev District Court of Kharkov postponed the hearing of the criminal case on charges of abuse of the position of head of the Unified Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) to July 5. The corresponding resolution was read at the meeting by the presiding judge Konstantin Sadovsky. “The court decided to consider it impossible to consider the case in the absence of the defendant Yulia Vladimirovna Tymoshenko and her defense lawyer,” said Mr. Sadovsky.

Apartments are becoming more attractive real estate for buyers than ordinary apartments. Despite the high cost of operating housing, apartments at the initial stage sometimes cost no more than one-room apartments in new buildings; the advantage of such housing is its exclusivity, says columnist Andrei Voskresensky. Photo: Hubert Golsteyn, Kommersant / buy photo Until recently, apartment complexes were considered a luxury available only to the wealthiest urban residents.

New victims have appeared in the case of Rosbank head Vladimir Golubkov, the Izvestia newspaper reported on June 7. According to the publication, businessman Igor Krayushkin, who was one of the co-owners of the Podium chain of stores, appealed to the Main Directorate of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption (GUEBiPK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a complaint about the actions of Mr. Golubkov.