The curator of the youth biennale, DAVID ELLIOTT, spoke to ALEXANDRA SHESTAKOVA about the differences between young Russian artists and the older generation, art education and support for art. Photo: www.exero.com — You have a rather interesting combination of specializations - Russian and Oriental art. Do you see any similarities between them? — It seems to me that Moscow is quite an Asian city.

Members of the group killed for personal gain The Sverdlovsk Regional Court has begun to consider the merits of the criminal case against the group of the famous Yekaterinburg blogger Vasily Fedorovich and his eight accomplices. As follows from the indictment, the gang first killed Asian citizens and homeless people for extremist reasons, and then switched to killings for personal gain.

Germany national football team striker Miroslav Klose scored in the World Cup semi-final against Brazil and became the sole record holder for the most goals in the final tournaments of the world championships with 16 goals. Klose scored the second goal for the Germans in the match with the Brazilians; at the moment the German national team is leading 5:0.

The Electoral Commission of the Oryol region ignored complaints against Vadim Potomsky The Oryol Regional Election Commission sided with Acting Governor Vadim Potomsky in a conflict with competitors in the election of the head of the region. They accuse him of using administrative resources while passing the municipal filter.

The re-launch of the Angara-1.2PP launch vehicle will take place today. This decision was made by the state commission at the Plesetsk cosmodrome, Interfax reports, citing a source at the cosmodrome. “A decision has been made to refuel the launch vehicle,” the agency’s interlocutor said. On June 27, the first attempt was made to launch the launch vehicle, but it was canceled by an automatic system for monitoring the parameters of the main rocket systems a few seconds before launch.

An ally of oppositionist Alexei Navalny, Georgy Alburov, who previously reported that a search was taking place at his place in the case of the theft of the painting “A Bad and a Good Man,” was summoned for questioning by the Investigative Committee. “The search is over. All equipment was confiscated - two laptops, an iPad, an iPhone. They also spent a long time studying the registration certificate of a patriotic deputy from a Cypriot company.

Rules of the game As Kommersant found out, Deputy Prime Minister for the Far East Yuri Trutnev and the head of the Ministry of Eastern Development Alexander Galushka began a fight for government funds provided for the reconstruction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline and the Trans-Siberian Railway. Officials are trying to take 76.4 billion rubles from Russian Railways. and direct them to other projects in priority development areas.

On July 9, 2012, South Sudan, following a referendum held the year before, became an independent state with its capital in Juba. How this country lives today with unprecedented social stratification and huge oil reserves and why existence together with the north turned out to be impossible - in the Kommersant photo gallery.

Ukraine complains about Russia to ICAO Kyiv threatens Moscow with exclusion from ICAO and multimillion-dollar fines for flights to Crimea by Russian airlines. The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has already sent claims to the ICAO, counting on compensation for losses and taking tough measures against Russia. The Chicago Convention provides for a number of sanctions against the violating state, including deprivation of the right to vote in the ICAO assembly and a ban on flights to another state.

In the first half of 2014, the Gorky Railway loaded 16.5 million tons of cargo, which is 6% lower than the same period in 2013. Oil cargo accounted for 7.4 million tons, ferrous metals - 1.03 million tons, ferrous metal scrap - 0.56 million tons, chemical fertilizers - 1.03 million tons, chemicals - 0.97 million tons, construction materials - 0. 58 million tons, industrial raw materials - 0.73 million tons, cement - 1.1 million tons, timber - 1.62 million tons.

Staffan de Mistura, who served as Deputy Foreign Minister of Italy, has been appointed as the new UN Special Representative for Syria. Mr. de Mistura has worked in various positions within the global organization for nearly 40 years. In particular, he represented the Secretary General in Iraq and Afghanistan, ITAR-TASS reports.

The only daughter of the Norwegian King Harold V, Martha Louise, announced that anyone can come to the sessions; a ticket to the show costs 1.5 thousand crowns - that’s about $250. In addition to contact with the souls of the dead, the princess also promises the public to teach the search for a spiritual path. Details from Svetlana Belova. In her interviews, Martha Louise says that it was always difficult for her to play the role of a normal princess; she was looking for her own path.

as part of the restructuring The Mega-Auto group has changed its leader for the first time in nine years. The position of General Director of the holding, which since 2005 had been held by top manager Dmitry Zaitsev, well known in the car market, was given to Maxim Rudzit. Previously, he headed the VW and Mazda directions at Mega-Auto. Market participants associate the personnel reshuffle with the financial problems of the holding. Mr.

The prosecutor's office of the Novgorod region reports that searches have been carried out in the apartments of employees of the Novgorod Novobank and in the premises of the financial institution itself. “Novobank employees are suspected of illegal banking activities, including cashing out 200 million rubles,” the prosecutor’s office told ITAR-TASS .

Russia hopes for support at the UN for Moscow's idea of ​​convening an international meeting on Iraq, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told Russian journalists on July 8. “We hope that this idea will be supported, since, as we understand, everyone is concerned about what is happening in Iraq,” RIA Novosti quotes Mr. Gatilov’s statement. According to Gennady Gatilov, the discussion of the conference idea proposed by Russia is still at the initial stage of discussion.