Russia - Key Word Logo 25dec2007 White Keywords of this week "Bulat Okudzhava" . May 9, on his birthday at the Moscow Theater "School of the Modern Play", the traditional festival of memory of this writer and performer of songs began. Throughout the past week, people performed here every evening, the circle of which the theater determines well with the familiar line - "and friends ...". On Wednesday, the scene was given to Sergei Nikitin .

Andrey Plakhov The 63rd International Film Festival continues to work in Cannes . Of the competitive paintings, the film "The Handicop", the Rome of the film Kim Ki Yon, who is called the best film of Korean cinema, attracted a lot of attention to criticism. Indeed, the 1960 film, two years ago restored, is an unconditional masterpiece, so that the Rome is sometimes perceived by a brave attempt on the shrine. The new version of the "maid" seemed to me quite interestingly made.

Yuri Levada Veronika Bode: Today, our transfer is devoted to the memory of Yuri Levada, an outstanding Russian sociologist. This year, on April 24, Yuri Alexandrovich would have turned 80 years old. The program involves: the director of the Levada Center Lev Gudkov, independent researcher Tatyana Vorozheikina and Professor Viktor Sheinis, a well-known Russian politician, political scientist, and doctor of economic sciences.

South Korea Navy ships made warning shots after two patrol boats from the DPRK went into the waters of South Korea on Saturday. The incident occurred in the Yellow Sea, in the area of the so -called "northern demarcation line", not recognized by the official Pyongyang. It is reported that one ship turned back, receiving a warning on radio communications, but the second, crossing the water border about 50 minutes later, went north only after preventive shots.

Freedom in the club "apartment 44". 05/13/2010 Freedom in the club "apartment 44". Poles and Russians: Russian myth about Poland. It seems to me that after the tragedy of the collapse of the presidential aircraft, a new round of interest in Poland appeared in Russia. My impression is that behind the political events of recent years, our cultural ties have faded into the background, and now we don’t know much about what is happening in Poland.

The ashes and dust that fell into the atmosphere as a result of the eruption of the Icelandic volcano can again lead to the closure of the airspace over the UK and Ireland. The ban on flights over part of the territory of Northern Ireland has already been announced. However, he does not yet apply to the Belfast International Airport. The eruption of the volcano in the middle of last month led to the abolition of tens of thousands of flights in many European countries.

In the north-west of Pakistan, unknown people stole about 60 local residents on Saturday. According to local authorities, in the Kurram area near the border with Afghanistan, a group of armed people stopped several cars and captured the people in them hostage. No one has taken responsibility for the abduction yet. The authorities accuse the Isismist militants of the incident. Search for captured people.

Ashes from the Icelandic volcano leads to new violations in the air report of some European countries. Today, flights at the Belfast Airport and some other areas of Northern Ireland are delayed for several hours. British aviation services announced that from noon to evening of local time, flights in North of England would be interrupted. In mid -April, the cloud of volcanic ash, spread over Europe, caused large interruptions in international air traffic.

Athletics. World Cup in Sports Walking. Chihuahua, Mexico Women. 20 km 1. Maria Vasco (Spain) 2. Vera Santosh (Portugal) 3. Ines Enrixes (Portugal)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev considers the merger of the Russian concern "Gazprom" with "Naftogaz of Ukraine" "inappropriate". In an interview with the Ukrainian media, which Medvedev gave on the eve of a visit to Kyiv, the Russian president noted, however, that it was possible to create joint ventures and other forms of close cooperation of the two countries in the oil and gas sphere.

In Hong Kong, additional elections are held in connection with the resignation of five deputies of the Legislative Council. They left their posts in the hope of defeating the candidates put up by China, And accelerate democratic reforms in the country. However, according to BBC, Beijing boycotted the vote and refused to send his candidates to the elections. China allowed Hong Kong to hold direct elections of the leader in 2017, and the Legislative Assembly in 2020.

Operation on the liberation of the Russian vessel "Moscow University" The sad statistics of the Razdadskaya mine. Russian special forces against Somali pirates. The Kremlin dreams of a financial center in Moscow. Russian students can count on credit training. These are the main topics that attracted the attention of Russian weekly last week.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan postponed a visit to Azerbaijan planned on Monday to take part in negotiations in Tehran. According to a source in the Turkish leadership, Erdogan was invited to participate in the discussion of the Iranian nuclear program along with a visit to Iran, President of Brazil, Luis Inasio Lula da Silva.