On October 25, the group “Splin” presented the album “Resonance” to the Voronezh residents in the Event-Hall concert hall.

Kazan Helicopter Plant OJSC expects to receive a type certificate for the basic transport model of the Mi-38 helicopter in 2015, said Vadim Ligai, Deputy General Director of Russian Helicopters OJSC, General Director of KVZ. According to him, the start of sales is planned for 2017. “There is a certain interest in this model, including from government agencies, but there are no plans to sign firm contracts until certification work is completed,” said Mr. Ligai.

The authorities of the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR have created a single list for the exchange of prisoners with Kiev. “To organize the exchange of prisoners with the Ukrainian side, the DPR and LPR created a single group and a single list of persons to be exchanged.

Boris Barabanov about Rufus Wainwright's first Russian concert If you are an author and performer, but by the age of forty the most famous song in your repertoire is considered to be someone else’s, then the songs in your biography are not the main thing. Rufus Wainwright comes to Moscow for the first time, a man who will most likely be recognized here by his wonderful cover version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", but the second equally famous thing will not be named right away.

Regular flights to Sabetta Airport (Yamal) should begin in November 2014, and the airport building is scheduled to be put into operation in June 2015. This was reported by the press service of the governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. According to the head of the Yamalo-Nenets customs, Sergei Kravchukov, the construction of a 2.7 km long runway at Sabetta Airport is currently being completed, and work is underway to organize customs control.

A meeting of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) is taking place in the administration of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. “Budget issues are being considered, including financing the army for the future period,” Interfax-Ukraine quotes the source as saying. According to the agency’s interlocutor, an agreement was reached to consider these issues at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council during an extended meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday.

The Voronezh Regional Court postponed the hearing until September 15, 12:00 Moscow time on the defense's complaint about the preventive measure against Ukrainian citizen Nadezhda Savchenko on technical grounds. Today at about 15:30 the video connection with the pre-trial detention center where Nadezhda Savchenko is being held was interrupted; it will take time to fix the problem. “The court hearing is postponed until 12:00 Moscow time on September 15,” RIA Novosti quotes the judge as saying.

The UN World Food Program announced the launch of the first food aid operation in eastern Ukraine. It is noted that the distribution of dry rations has already begun in cities. “In its first operation in Ukraine, the UN World Food Program is providing food assistance to people affected by the conflict. Food distributions are carried out in transit centers and public shelters in Donetsk and Lugansk,” the AFP organization quoted the organization as saying.

Tatyana Aleshicheva about the series “Knickerbocker Hospital” Steven Soderbergh, who for several years insisted that he would leave films, has now dug into TV and directed “Knickerbocker Hospital” - one of the best TV series of the year Previous photo Next photo 1 / 4 Magazine "Kommersant Weekend" No. 35 dated 09.12.2014, p. 45

Alexander Korshenko, who has headed a similar service in the Vladivostok mayor's office since 2004, has been appointed to the position of director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Primorsky Territory, the Primorye administration reported. Mr. Korshenko was born in Vladivostok. He graduated from DVIST with a degree in Accounting and DVPI - Jurisprudence.

The head of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, Alexey Ulyukaev, said that the Russian Federation will provide support to companies subject to US sanctions. “We will certainly provide support to companies that are subject to sanctions. This support is already being provided and will be provided in the future,” ITAR-TASS quotes the minister as saying.

Ekaterina Istomina about the Perlee Couleurs Van Cleef & Arpels collection The French jewelry house Van Cleef & Arpels, following its monumental precious canvas - the haute joaillerie line Peau d'Ane raconte par Van Cleef & Arpels (this titanic jewelry fairy tale was initially presented in June at the Chateau de Chambord on the Loire, and then as part of the XXVII Antiquarian Biennale), represents a lineup of a fundamentally different scale.

Australian dollar 34.2549 English pound 60.6422 Belarusian ruble** 35.5960 Danish krone* 64.8323 U.S. dollar 37.3758 Euro 48.2484 Indian Rupee*** 61.4734 Kazakh tenge*** 20.5356 Canadian dollar 34.0927 CNY* 60.9600 Norwegian krone* 58.9068 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 56.0772 Singapore dollar 29.5858 New Turkish lira 17.0487 Ukrainian hryvnia* 28.9735 Swedish krona* 52.6791 Swiss frank 39.9101 Japanese yen*** 34.9650 *For 10. **For 10,000. ***For 100. According to Reuters.

The industrial production index of the Samara region has fallen by 1.2% since the beginning of the year, Samarastat reports. “Over eight months, regional enterprises produced goods, performed work and performed services on their own by 1.2 percent less than in the corresponding period last year,” the report says. The industrial production index in August 2014 fell by 9.4% compared to August 2013, and by 7.9% compared to July 2014.

Two thirds of the year closed in surplus As of September 1, the federal budget was executed with a surplus of 2% of GDP, the consolidated budget of the Russian Federation - 3.2% of GDP, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said yesterday at a government meeting. The weakening of the ruble and generally high oil prices allow the Ministry of Finance to hope that the center’s income will exceed expenses in the remaining months of the year.