Palekh masters illustrate "Russian treasured fairy tales" Varnishing of reality. On September 8, the Moscow Gallery Pop/OFF/Art opens an exhibition called “Testament Tales”. But it is better not to drive children there. Part of Russian folklore, which has been taboo for a long time, will appear there in all its glory - on the lacquered lids of the Palekh caskets. Afanasyev came up with a bully and conceptualist Rostislav Lebedev invented to translate into a picturesque language.

“On the set, actors can do everything - change the text and the whole scene.” On the eve of the release of the film "The Tale of the Darkness", its director Nikolai Khomeriki gave an interview to The New Times In his youth, Khomeriki, being a certified economist, worked as an accountant at the Coca-Cola plant. One day, his friends dragged him by force to the Museum of Cinema, which was still flourishing at that time, for a night of Tarkovsky's films.

The families of those killed at the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP do not hope to find out the truth about the causes of the accident The investigation into the causes of the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station has been postponed until September 15, and already on September 16, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin can make a report on what happened before the State Duma.

It has become almost good form to expect a “small victorious war” with Ukraine under the slogan “We will return Crimea to Russia!” I have just returned from Sevastopol: my friends from the Forgotten Regiment, an organization of veterans of the war in Chechnya and Afghanistan, tried to organize a Russia-Ukraine chess match there, the Black Sea Fleet with the Ukrainian Navy. This match broke down because a categorical ban was received from Moscow for the Black Sea Fleet to participate in this.

Muslim holy month of Ramadan will last until September 20 this year From dawn to dusk. This year, the holy month of Ramadan for all Muslims - the time of fasting and intensified prayers - lasts from August 21 to September 20. What restrictions tradition imposes on believers and how time corrects these restrictions - studied by The New Times It is only a revelation that is sent down.

Yukio Hatoyama will become the new Prime Minister of the Land of the Rising Sun There was a coup in Japan. Electoral. The Liberal Democratic Party, which has been in power almost continuously for 54 years, lost the parliamentary elections and will now give way to the Democratic Party of Japan.