Melodrama by Felix van Groningen "Open Circle" Movie premiere Driving around their native Belgium, the heroes never stop dreaming about the American expanses Photo: Filmz.ru The Belgian film "Broken Circle" became a commercial hit in its homeland, successfully went through festivals and was shortlisted for the Oscars. ANDREY PLAKHOV listened to the authors' heroic attempts to combine pop melodrama with a treatise on the meaning of life.

In Kazan, the number of motorists satisfied with the quality of city roads has increased. According to a survey by the research center of the portal Superjob.ru, conducted among 16 thousand residents of Russian cities in November 2013 - January 2014, 33% of respondents from Kazan rated the roads “good” and 5% “excellent”. In 2011, such estimates were 6 and 1%, respectively. Thus, in three years the number of positive reviews about Kazan roads has increased fivefold.

A Moscow court on Thursday granted amnesty to Dmitry Altaychinov, a defendant in the bog case, Interfax reports. Thus, the request of the defendant’s defense to terminate the criminal prosecution was granted in connection with the amnesty announced at the end of 2013 for the 20th anniversary of the Constitution. During the trial, Mr. Altaychinov gave his consent to the amnesty.

The metal structures plant supplied gold mining tanks to Africa As Kommersant learned, OmZM-metal OJSC closed a deal with the Canadian B2Gold Corp for the supply of metal tanks to Namibia (Africa) for the development of a gold deposit. The value of the contract is estimated at “millions of dollars.” Analysts believe that well-functioning logistics for supplying containers to non-CIS countries can help OmZM-metal obtain new contracts, but you should not count on mass orders.

Last year, 5.5 thousand Saratov residents were unable to cross the border due to debts In 2013, 5.5 thousand residents of the Saratov region were unable to travel abroad due to debts. This was reported by the deputy head of the department for organizing enforcement proceedings of the Federal Bailiff Service, Lyudmila Simdyankina. She recalled that in order to receive a ban on leaving Russia, it is enough to have a debt of at least 10 thousand rubles.

Expert on shale oil production Russia and Latin America can come close in terms of shale oil production to the leader of this market - the United States, analysts say. In particular, our country has huge reserves and production technologies, experts explain. Photo: Alexey Kharnas, Kommersant Oil production from shale will overtake traditional methods in the coming decades.

The Oscar nominations were announced in Los Angeles. The films American Hustle directed by David O. Russell and Gravity by Alfonso Cuaron received the most nominations (10 each). The president of the American Academy of Film Arts, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, announced the candidates for the golden statuettes.

Radio-television transmission center orders a foreign car The Saratov Regional Radio and Television Transmission Center has announced an open auction for the purchase of a Toyota Camry (or equivalent). The documents are posted on the government procurement website. The car must be black, its equipment must be “Elegance Plus”.

Maxim Kovtun - fourth The failure of the quadruple sheepskin coat - one of the two declared in Maxim Kovtun's short program - did not allow the 18-year-old Russian champion to advance to the top three after the first event of the program of the men's singles tournament at the European Figure Skating Championships, which continues in the capital of Hungary. He is fourth after the Czech Tomas Werner.

Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich headed the subcommittee to ensure an increase in labor productivity, creation and modernization of high-performance jobs of the government commission for economic development and integration, Interfax reports. It is noted that the order approving the composition of the commission was signed by the head of government Dmitry Medvedev on January 15. In addition to Mr.

The fire in an auto repair center in the southeast of the capital has been extinguished, a law enforcement source told Interfax on January 16. According to him, at 1.50 Moscow time the fire on Aviamotornaya street, 63, building 1 in the building of a technical center for car maintenance was completely eliminated; its area was 400 square meters. m. The fire was assigned the second complexity number on a five-point scale. There were gas cylinders inside the burning building.

S-Fruit Alliance will invest 10 billion rubles. in the construction of an Omsk vegetable processing complex The government of the Omsk region and the Moscow LLC S-Fruit Alliance signed an agreement of intent to build a large distribution logistics center in the region for the sale and processing of agricultural products. The investor is ready to invest 10 billion rubles in the project.

The investigation into the criminal case against the ex-general director of OJSC Uralkali Vladislav Baumgertner has been extended until April 14. As RAPSI reports, an investigator at the Basmanny Court of Moscow reported this when considering a petition to extend Mr. Baumgertner’s house arrest. Vladislav Baumgertner was delivered from Belarus to Russia at the end of November last year. He is currently under house arrest in Moscow. The ex-CEO of Uralkali is accused of abuse of power.

Renaissance Development, a development division of the Turkish company Renaissance Construction, has been appointed as the general contractor for the construction of the Galeria Novosibirsk shopping center in Novosibirsk, the company that developed the TPS Real Estate project said in a statement. New shopping center with a total area of ​​135 thousand sq. m. m will be located in the center of Novosibirsk - at the intersection of Gogol and Michurin streets.

The parliamentary faction "Batkivshchyna" expelled MP Roman Zabzalyuk from its membership, the party's press service reports. The corresponding decision on expulsion was made at today's faction meeting. It should be noted that in December 2013, Mr. Zabzalyuk announced that he was resigning as a deputy due to disagreement with the mass protests initiated by opposition leaders.