Valery FOKIN made "The Gambler" a metaphor for modernity Valery FOKIN made The Gambler a metaphor for modernity. If for the author of the novel The Gambler it is a story of madness and death, then for Valery Fokin it is, first of all, a major metaphor for the spirit of the times, an image of frantic service to the void that draws in and disperses souls... ... A gray octahedron, shaped like a Florentine baptistery, in the back of the stage.

In Kazan, they finally got confused with the monument to the defenders of the city from the troops of Ivan the Terrible In Kazan, an unprecedented event at the intersection of science and law: two courts, the Vakhitovsky District Court and the Supreme Court of Tatarstan, split the core. Large: with a diameter of 1600 millimeters. Meter sixty, that is. This granite ball was brought from Spain.

The year 2014 remained before the opening of the 2014 Olympics. What awaits the Russian team at home games? An attempt to forecast The year 2014 remained before the opening of the 2014 Olympics. The triumph of Russians at home games, where 98 sets of awards in 15 sports will be played - so far from the field of science fiction ...

When the first opposition rally took place in Russia, the authorities could not decide what had happened: an attempted rebellion or street hooliganism? When the first opposition rally took place in Russia, the authorities could not decide what had happened: an attempted rebellion or street hooliganism? On the other hand, conservative journalists immediately saw interference from abroad and the threat of revolution, while the townspeople beat the protesters along with the police...

Modernity is given to novelists who gravitate towards mass literature. But even here it is not so simple. The brilliant world created by the kings and queens of bright covers turns out to be so conditional, timeless, consisting of centuries-honored formulas, plot knots and character masks, that to call it “our modernity” just doesn’t turn the tongue. I recently attended the annual awards show for a wonderful thick magazine.

The heads of the EU countries reached an agreement on the budget for 2014-2020, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to the BBC. The politicians approved the final draft, which provides for a reduction in the planned budget expenditures to €959 billion. Thus, for the first time in the history of the EU, expenditures will be reduced from the €994 billion prescribed in the budget for 2007-2013. Great Britain actively insisted on reduction of expenditures of the EU budget.

Russian air carriers are in favor of a significant increase in fines for brawls on board aircraft and the introduction of "black lists" of passengers, representatives of Russian airlines said today at a round table meeting in the Public Chamber.

An unknown hacker in the United States hacked into the email of former President George W. Bush, Interfax reports today , citing USA Today. The publication notes that some of the contents of the mail hit the Internet. The hacker gained access to personal letters, photographs of Bush Sr., as well as addresses and data relating to members of the Bush family.

People's Artist of Russia, dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze accused the leadership of the Bolshoi Theater of trying to discredit him and called on the Russian authorities to fire all the leaders of the theater, RBC reports . “The government should fire the entire administration because this is not the way to behave. It is impossible to slander an innocent person, to force him to bear responsibility for something to which he has nothing to do, ”Tsiskaridze said.

The Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia is petitioning the court to change the measure of restraint for Sergei Udaltsov: to change his recognizance not to leave to house arrest. As reported on the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation , the grounds for changing the preventive measure for Udaltsov was that he, being under a written undertaking not to leave, repeatedly violates it.

A benzene leak occurred at the industrial site of the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works in Lipetsk, Interfax was told at the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region. “The violation of the technological process, which led to the leakage of benzene, occurred at 13:25 Moscow time. At the same time, three people were injured, two of them died, ”the Ministry of Emergency Situations noted.

Several hundred people gathered in the park of the 60th anniversary of October on one of the central streets of the city, Shamil Avenue. For about a month, the rally organizers sought permission from the Republican Ministry of Justice to hold the rally. “The refusal was motivated by vague excuses.

The Tyumen City Parents' Committee sent a statement to the regional prosecutor's office and the regional department of the federal antimonopoly service about the illegality of placing banners advertising the play "Kysya", Rosbalt reports .

Retired GRU colonel Vladimir Kvachkov was sentenced to 13 years in prison in a strict regime colony and a year of restriction of freedom in the case of organizing a rebellion. It is reported by Gazeta.Ru . The prosecutor considered Kvachkov's guilt fully proven and demanded for him 14 years in a strict regime colony, two years of restriction of freedom and deprivation of the rank of colonel. The court, however, decided to keep the title of Kvachkov in force.

The commission of experts recognized Dmitry Vinogradov as sane, who shot his colleagues in the office of the Rigla pharmacy chain. This was reported today by RIA Novosti with reference to the Investigative Committee of Russia.