Photo: Vladimir Kekhman, director of the Mikhailovsky Theater, was appointed the new head of the NGATOiB // Semen Likhodeev / Russian Look The director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater Boris Mezdrich was fired after a scandal with the production of the opera Tannhäuser. This was announced by the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky. Vladimir Kekhman, director of the Mikhailovsky Theater in St. Petersburg, has been appointed the new head of the NGATOiB.

Photo: The capital of Kalmykia, Elista, is located in the middle of the steppes // Dmitrii Gusarin / Russian Look Culinary and connoisseur “What? Where? When?" Boris Burda tasted the best recipes of traditional steppe cuisine in Kalmykia. I first noticed this kitchen when I received a letter from a native of Kalmykia with offense at Pushkin’s remark about this kitchen. This is what he wrote in “Journey to Arzrum”: “Tea was brewed in a cauldron with lamb fat and salt.

Photo: Yarosh believes that the Ukrainian authorities are more afraid of nationalists than militias from the DPR and LPR // Global Look Press The head of the Right Sector (banned in Russia) said that President Poroshenko fears nationalists more than separatists. According to the leader of Ukrainian radicals, Petro Poroshenko “cannot stand” the “Right Sector” since the battles near Ilovaisk in August-September 2014 and the signing of the first Minsk Protocol.

Angelica Agurbash told how she was saving herself from the blows of the crisis, where she would turn her career next, and why she postponed her wedding Photo: Angelica Agurbash: Lately I’ve been buying only the essentials // Dmitry Ilyinsky Angelica Agurbash told how she was saving herself from the blows of the crisis , where she would turn her career next, and why she postponed the wedding.

Photo: Some of the books from the Gotha Library were kept here // Alexander Shpakovsky "Interlocutor" figured out the history of the legendary antiques - the Gothic Library - and its fate after the fire at the INION RAS . The INION RAS library, which was severely damaged by a fire in February, also housed some of the books from the Gotha Library - a collection with a unique fate, around which there are still many legends.

Photo: The legendary cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Alexei Leonov complained about the “scared idiots” from Russia. Soviet pilot-cosmonaut number 10 Pavel Belyaev was the partner of cosmonaut number 11 Alexei Leonov on the legendary 1965 expedition , during which Leonov became the world's first person to walk in outer space. This month marks exactly half a century since that space flight.

Photo: Ljubica is called the main culprit of the tragedy in which 150 people died // Global Look Press The co-pilot of the crashed Airbus A320 searched the Internet for gay porn and sites about suicide, despite his girlfriend’s pregnancy.

Photo: Vladimir Bryntsalov // PhotoXpress “Interlocutor” tried to find out where Vladimir Bryntsalov, a super-famous entrepreneur and politician in the 90s, is now. In the 90s, his name was not just heard, but thundered. Vladimir Bryntsalov made an incredible fortune selling alcohol and vodka, and then started producing medicines. Where did the once famous businessman disappear, about whose golden toilet the whole country knew thanks to the media? He is one of the first post-Soviet billionaires.

Photo: Photo with history // Valery Plotnikov Actor Veniamin Smekhov and photographer Valery Plotnikov told for the first time the story of the creation of the cover of the famous gramophone record. In 1981, artists whose voices can be heard on one of the most popular records in the USSR came to the House on the Embankment. That day they ate pilaf, drank tea, sang with a guitar and took pictures against the backdrop of the carpet.

Culture and TV Source: Interlocutor No. 11-2015 12:33, March 29, 2015 In the photo: above, from left to right – Irina Yakushenko, Sergey Nikitin, Veniamin Smekhov, Victor Berkovsky, Eduard Shakhnazaryan; in the middle – Sergei Yursky, Oleg Tabakov, Leonid Filatov; below – Natalya Tenyakova, Tatyana Nikitin Photo: Valery Plotnikov Actor Veniamin Smekhov and photographer Valery Plotnikov told for the first time the story of the creation of the cover of the famous gramophone record.

A rape suspect detained by Kazan police escaped at the intersection of Akhtyamova and Tukay streets on Saturday, March 28 Photo: So far, law enforcement officers have not been able to catch the suspect // Nikolay Gyngazov / Russian Look A rape suspect detained by Kazan police escaped on Saturday, March 28.

Photo: Doctors recorded numerous bruises and abrasions on the law enforcement officer // Nikolay Gyngazov / Russian Look A police officer used a weapon to stop a drunk man attacking him on the subway. The incident occurred on the night of March 29 at the Kyiv station on the Filevskaya line after the Moscow metro was closed. The policeman asked the drunken man to leave the station, but he did not obey and attacked the law enforcement officer with his fists.

Photo: Two buses from the M4 Don highway were blown away by the wind // Evgeny Kiselyov / Russian Look In the Rostov region, due to ice, gusts of hurricane winds blew two buses off the Don highway on Sunday, March 29. At 07:14 Moscow time, a traffic accident occurred on the 979th kilometer of the M4 Don federal road. Due to the ice, which was caused by a snow charge and freezing rain, as well as gusts of hurricane winds, two buses were literally blown away.

Photo: The mission was discussed with the head of Roscosmos Igor Komarov // Global Look NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said that Russia and the United States are discussing the possibility of implementing a joint mission to Mars . According to Bolden, work is currently underway on a global roadmap for space exploration with Russia and other US partners. The main goal is Mars. The head of NASA said that this issue was also discussed with the head of Roscosmos Igor Komarov.

Photo: On March 24, an Airbus A320 passenger plane crashed in the south of France // Russian Look The first pilot of the Airbus A320, Patrick Sonderheimer, left the cockpit to go to the restroom. This became known after decoding the recording of the “black boxes”. Patrick Sonderheimer complained to Andreas Lubitz that he did not have time to go to the toilet in Barcelona. Lubitz told him that he could leave at any time.