On September 27, Moscow opens the IV International Festival "Biennale Poets in Moscow 2005". The festival is held every two years since 1999. The Moscow International Festival "Biennale of Poets" was admitted to the Association of International Poetic Festivals. The main theme of the festival of this year is "Dialectics of Overcoming." The main guests of the international program of the Biennale of poets will be poets of Germany and Israel.

To investigate recent explosions in Vitebsk, Belarus, if necessary, may seek help from Russia. This was announced on Tuesday by the Deputy State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic Yuri Krivosheev to reporters. "In the event of the need to conduct a serious comprehensive examination on the facts of an explosion in Vitebsk on equipment that the Republic of Belarus does not have, you yourself understand that we have someone to contact, we cooperate for this," he said.

The British business newspaper The Financial Times evaluates the achievements of Russian business. Since the beginning of the 90s, a long way has traveled, which, however, did not lead to the emergence of an open and honest market. "The world of Russian business today is much less barbarly than it was in the 1990s, when extortion was a rampant.

Antalya authorities assure that Russian tourists will no longer be evicted from hotels because of the financial problems of tour operators and demand payment for living in a hotel. This was reported by RIA Novosti on Tuesday Vice-Consul of the Consulate of the Russian Federation in Antalya Sergey Koritsky. "We found a complete understanding and support from the Antalya authorities," said the diplomat.

Rosneft’s assets assets for their consolidation on the eve of the initial placement of shares (IPO) are carried out by Deloitte & Touche, which previously performed similar work for TNC-BP, claims Kommersant with reference to sources in banking circles. According to the newspaper, the appraiser must submit a report in October.

In the American state of Pennsylvania on Monday, new volleys sounded in the evolutionary war. Aadvokats, representing the interests of 11 parents of high school students, said that teaching the “theory of reasonable creation” is nothing more than old talk about the creator -presented under the new sauce, The Washington Post (the translation of the article publishes the site inopressa.ru ).

In Mexico, more than 14 thousand people simultaneously hugged in an attempt to set a Guinness record. Interestingly, the residents of the city of Susehuarez set the alleged record on the border with the United States. This settlement is sadly known for its high crime. On Sunday, the assembled residents stood hugging for 15 minutes. He led the event that took place near the bridge leading across the border in the American city of El Paso (Texas), the mayor of the city, Hector Murguya.

The first launch of the new generation of the Bulava’s naval base was carried out from the White Sea. The launch was carried out at 17:22 Moscow time from the heavy missile submarine cruiser Dmitry Donskoy, under the command of the first rank captain Arkady Romanov, RIA Novosti was told in the Russian Navy on Tuesday. After the launch, the commander in the Russian Navy, after the launch, thanked the commander Romanov and the crew of Dmitry Donskoy for a good naval train and successful work.

The Soviet passports with communist symbols turned out to be closer to a certain part of the Orthodox believers than the documents of a new model containing, in their opinion, the "number of the beast" - 666. The introduction of personal code and the disappearance of the column "nationality" in new passports, as well as the presence of secret codes that can be viewed only on special equipment, are the main arguments of these people against the adoption of new passports.

On Monday, in Israel at 22:00 local time (23:00 on Moscow), a vote ended regarding the transfer of "primaries" in the ruling party "Likud" for an earlier term. According to a survey of the voting, the position of Ariel Sharon cannot tolerate the “primaries” defeats with a slight advantage - 51 percent of the members of the party center voted against the transfer, MIGNEWS reports.

The Foreign Minister of Latvia, Artis Pabriks, believes that the teleconference between the inhabitants of this country with Russian President Vladimir Putin did not contribute to the growth of trust and mutual understanding between the two countries, and in his course the former stereotypes regarding the situation in Latvia. "In this particular case, I do not see that he (television) contributed to this.

The official representative of the US State Department, Sean McCormak, rejected the accusations that the American embassy in Uzbekistan could provide financial support to anti -government rebellion in May 2005 in the Uzbek city of Andijan. “First of all, as you know, on the issue of Andijan, we continue to support an independent international investigation.

The share of Russia in compensation for losses to international financial organizations that will arise when writing off debts to the poorest countries with a high level of debt will be within $ 100 million, the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin told reporters in Washington. According to him, the final amount has not yet been determined and requires additional study.

In South Ossetia, a criminal case was opened against the senior military chief of the Georgian peacekeeping battalion of mixed forces to maintain the world of Paata Bediianashvilili, the source in the government of an unrecognized republic told Interfax on Tuesday. "According to reports, Bediianashvili commanded the shelling of Tskhinvali from mortars on September 20 ," the agency’s interlocutor said.

The head coach of the Makhachkala football club "Anji" Dmitry Galyamin was beaten by unknown people. The incident occurred during the Makhachkala residents against Metallurg-Kuzbass as part of the championship of the first division won by guests with a score of 2: 1. According to the newspaper Sovetsky Sport , at the end of the game in Kaspiysk, two people went down to the Anji coaching bench from the VIP, approached Galyamin and began to beat him.