Laureates of the fourth All -Russian competition for achievements in the field of drama are declared. The ceremony of the announcement of the winners of the contest "Actors" was held at the Modern Play Theater, which is one of the founders of the award, RIA Novosti reports. Sergey Reshetnikov received the first prize for the play "Poor People, Damn." The second prize is from Lyudmila Ulitskaya for "Russian Jam".

The Crimean Economic Court granted the claims of the prosecutors of the Kirovsky district and the city of Sudak, recognizing illegal decisions of the Sudak and Staroklimsky City Councils to declare these cities "territories without NATO." The motive for introducing and the justification of the claims of the prosecutors was the violation of the City Councils of the Constitution and the laws of Ukraine in terms of exceeding local self -government by their authority, Interfax reports.

The North Caucasus District Military Court began on Thursday preliminary hearings in the case of a special forces group under the command of Captain Edward Ulman. This is the fourth attempt to achieve a conviction against military personnel on charges of killing civilians in Chechnya. However, the meeting on Thursday did not last long, and a break was again announced in the trial.

On Thursday, the Chelyabinsk Regional Court sentenced to life imprisonment in the colony of special regime of a resident of Chelyabinsk, Khubulu Asadullin, who killed his civilian wife and her six relatives. In addition, by court decision, the convicted person will have to pay three close to 250 thousand rubles to each.

Russia will not obey the decision of the Court of Appeal of Sevastopol on the seizure from the possession of the Ministry of Defense of Russia 22 Mayaks and other navigation and hydrographic objects and the transfer of them to the Ministry of Transport of Ukraine, Viktor Chernomyrdin’s ambassador in Ukraine told reporters to journalists. In his statement, Chernomyrdin noted that this issue will be resolved only at the intergovernmental level, RIA Novosti reports.

For a record amount of about $ 140 million, the canvas of the American artist Jackson Pollock was sold. According to The New York Times , this is obviously the highest amount ever paid for the work of painting. The exact value of the transaction is not known. According to the newspaper, a picture called "N5, 1948" The famous American collector David Gaffen lost to the Mexican financier David Martinez, who in recent years a collection of works of contemporary art.

The Moscow City Court was detained by Andrei Anokhin , the last accused in the case of an explosion at the Kotlyakovsky cemetery in 1996. "During the court hearing on Thursday, Anokhin was detained at the request of the prosecutor," said Anna Usacheva, spokeswoman for the Moscow City Court.

President Yushchenko officially invited the Rada at the legislative level to recognize the Holodomor of 1932-1933 by the genocide of the Ukrainian people. He submitted to the parliament as an urgent draft law on the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. It will be submitting a bill in parliament. Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory Igor Yukhnovsky. The bill qualifies the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine as a genocide of the Ukrainian nation, Interfax reports.

The main rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar called for remembering the lessons of the Time of Troubles and realizing the meaning of the National Unity Day, which Russia will celebrate this year on November 4 for the second time. “This is a relatively new holiday, many have not yet managed to get used to it, but it is very important and is needed for all of us,” the interfax quotes the appeal of the rabbi, widespread today by his press service on the eve of the holiday.

At the stage of the Grand Prix on the figure skating of Skate Canada, which starts on Thursday in the Canadian city of Victoria, the Russians will perform in only two disciplines. Natalya Mikhailova-Arkady Sergeev and Anastasia Platonova-Andrey Maximishin will take part in the competition of dance duets.

On Thursday, Western media discusses the situation around Lebanon. The New York Times writes about a statement by the White House, where they believe that Iran and Syria are planning a conspiracy to overthrow the Lebanese government of the Prime Minister Fuad Signora.

The Yaroslavl Regional Duma approved Anatoly Lisitsyn as the governor of the region for one more period. Lisitsyn's candidacy was proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “For” 42 out of 44 people present at the meeting (in total in the Duma of 49 deputies), two spoke “against,” ITAR-TASS reports. The vote passed almost exactly, as the chairman of the regional Duma Andrei Krutikov predicted last week. Lisitsyn was born on June 26, 1947 in the village of Bolshoi shifts of the Tver region.

The jurors of the Moscow District Military Court (MOVS) on Thursday justified the FSB officer Roman Kakovkin, who was accused of kidnapping and extortion. "The board of the jury justified Roman Kokvkin and other four accused for the lack of an event of a crime," said the press secretary of the MOVS Evgeny Komissarov.

Law enforcement agencies of Russia began an active struggle with producers of surrogate alcohol. In the regions, many criminal cases have been instituted against manufacturers and sellers of poisonous products, which have already been poisoned by thousands of Russian citizens. The Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Sverdlovsk Region opened a criminal case against the leadership of Partner LLC (Kurgan region), suspected of sales of surrogate alcohol.

To the sounds of the Stradivari violin performed by the star of the world stage of the Japanese artist Sayaka Shoji, on Wednesday in Moscow, the XSh International Art Festival "Art-Noyabr" was opened, ITAR-TASS reports. “I heard a lot about this festival, so I gladly agreed to participate in it,” said Sayaka Shoji. “For me, Russia is a country of great musicians and cultural traditions, good and hospitable people, in love with art,” the violinist noted.