"Intimate Parts" will be shown in Russian cinemas. The film by Natalia Merkulova and Alexey Chupov, which received two prizes at Kinotavr, is being released in wide release. The film explores the intimate side of life of people living in a metropolis. The audience is in for a difficult spectacle, says Andrei Arkhangelsky, editor of the culture department of Ogonyok magazine. This is a sex comedy, an erotic comedy - a rather rare genre in Russia.

The Romanian government has admitted it may give the green light to plans to build Europe's largest open-pit gold mine in Transylvania, prompting a new wave of public criticism. Transport Minister Dan Sova said it would be difficult for the government to win a lawsuit against Canadian contractor Gabriel Resources, which promised to sue Romania for failure to fulfill contractual obligations.

Employees of the unit for combating organized crime of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Region, with the force support of SOBR soldiers, on Thursday morning began searches of officials of the Yekaterinburg administration at three addresses. Interfax-Ural writes about this.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared the inadmissibility of possession of weapons of mass destruction by any country in the Middle East, including Israel. “If we want stability in the Middle East, all countries need to adhere to the agreements. And the first country that must adhere to the agreements is Israel, since Israel owns atomic, chemical and biological weapons and all types of weapons of mass destruction.

The parameters of the main financial document for 2014 have been determined The government yesterday approved the draft state budget for 2014, but did not say how its expenses will be distributed and how social standards will increase. The document was drawn up taking into account economic growth of 3%, inflation of 8.3% and revenues from the privatization of state property of UAH 17 billion. At the same time, consolidated budget revenues may be 8% less than they were planned for 2013.

Roskomnadzor issued a warning to the editors and founder of the Eurokino TV channel for broadcasting the film “All Songs Only About Love.” According to the department, the channel violated the law on the promotion of non-traditional sexual relationships among minors. In addition, the same channel received a warning for “broadcasting a feature film containing propaganda of pornography,” Roskomnadzor said in a statement .

It is growing despite the Central Bank's tightening Despite the slowdown in lending growth and deteriorating loan quality in the unsecured retail loan segment, major players in this market are showing profit growth. Thus, in the first half of 2013, HKF Bank and TKS Bank increased their net profit by more than 15% compared to the same period last year.

As Kommersant learned, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bashkiria, Mikhail Zakomaldin, was appointed a new deputy. According to the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he became Colonel of the Internal Service Vyacheslav Andreev.

Mikhail Shvydkoy believes Sergei Kapkov leaves the Moscow Department of Culture. The Vedomosti newspaper writes about this with reference to Moscow officials and a source close to the Kremlin. Special Presidential Representative for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoy discussed the situation with presenters Daria Polygaeva and Alexey Korneev.

Developers are recommended to start building a shopping center in Zaporozhye Real estate consultants advise investors to pay attention to Zaporozhye. Among large cities in Ukraine, it ranks last in terms of the density of shopping centers, and this makes the city one of the most promising for new players to enter. However, developers are in no hurry to build up Zaporozhye - there are very few suitable sites here.

The agreement on the transfer of Syrian chemical weapons stockpiles under international control will begin to take effect a month after Syria signs a convention banning the use of chemical weapons, the country's President Bashar al-Assad said. “In my opinion, the agreement will be valid a month after signing, and Syria will begin to transfer data on its stockpile of chemical weapons to international organizations. These are standard processes that are provided for.

Up to 90% of taxi transport in St. Petersburg is carried out by illegal carriers. Despite the tightening of legislation regarding such taxi drivers, there are not fewer of them. As the experience of the regions shows, official carriers should not wait for the first step from the authorities and will have to initiate the fight against illegal immigrants themselves.

The company intends to compensate for losses from the regional budget Yugvodokanal LLC (YUVK), which manages the water supply system of Sochi, Novorossiysk, Temryuk and Yeysk, demands that its losses in the amount of 959 million rubles be repaid from the regional treasury. According to the company's management, they are caused by low tariffs for water supply and sewerage established by the regional energy commission in 2010.

The development trends of the alcohol market in St. Petersburg are similar to those throughout Russia. There has been a reduction in existing players, manufacturing plants and wholesale companies in the region. Sales of legal alcohol products are also declining. This is due to the increase in excise taxes from January of this year. The time limit on the sale of alcoholic beverages did not in any way affect the volume of alcohol consumption by Russians.

The European Commission will consider increasing quotas for the supply of Moldovan wine to the EU market, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule said as part of the discussion on the issue of Russian pressure on the Eastern Partnership countries. He also made it clear that such “signs of solidarity” also apply to other partners who may be subject to pressure from Russia.