In “October” (No. 7) the reader will find two novels at once. It's a bit dense due to the current crop shortage. But the quantity is completely compensated by the “quality”. “Black Square” by Iuliu Edlis will end in the August issue, but what has been published is quite enough.

The Bregenz Music Festival ends today The Austrian resort town of Bregenz is located on the shores of the picturesque mountain Lake Constance, which on its other shores goes to Germany and Switzerland. Bregenz differs from numerous Alpine resorts in that its main entertainment is the opera. Every summer there is a music festival here, the main event of which is an open-air opera performance. Spectators, wrapped in rented blankets, sit in the coastal stands.

The growth of the Russian beer market over the past three years has led to the fact that the volume of imports of malt and malting barley is growing at an unprecedented pace. At the same time, domestic barley production is decreasing year by year. Brewers who have already built malthouses in Russia say that the quality of domestic barley - the raw material for malt production - is not satisfactory to them.

The storm shifted the work schedule on the Kursk by just a day Work to raise the Kursk nuclear submarine resumed yesterday evening. This was announced at a press conference by the chief representative of the Mammoet company in Russia, Vyacheslav Zakharov. The storm, which has been raging in the Barents Sea for two days, has delayed the operation, but only by a day.

The Arbitration Court of the Orenburg Region yesterday granted the claim of the external manager of NOSTA JSC (Orsko-Khalilovsky Metallurgical Plant) Alexander Gorshkov to remove the general director of the enterprise from his post. According to the court's decision, Mr. Gorshkov himself will perform his duties. Thus, entrepreneur Andrei Andreev, whose companies own a controlling stake in NOSTA, has almost completely lost influence on the enterprise.

Alliance with liberals - know-how of communist electoral technology Last Sunday, the governor of the Irkutsk region, Boris Govorin, managed to retain his seat. It was possible, I must say, with great difficulty. He was only 2% ahead of his opponent in the second round of elections for State Duma deputy and first secretary of the Irkutsk regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Sergei Levchenko.

Russian energy companies compete with each other in Ukraine Energy problems were the focus of the meeting between the prime ministers of Russia and Ukraine Mikhail Kasyanov and Anatoly Kinakh. The most painful gas topic was raised in general terms - one of these days experts should begin the final reconciliation of Ukraine's gas debts to Russia.

The peninsula risks repeating the fate of Primorye It looks like this winter all the attention in the energy sector will be paid to the Kamchatka region. Today, the head of RAO UES of Russia, Anatoly Chubais, is flying to this region to deal with all the problems on the spot.

Vyacheslav Koloskov plans to reorganize football in Russia As the Vremya Novostei newspaper learned, the President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Vyacheslav Koloskov (pictured) is ready to make proposals for the reorganization of the Russian football infrastructure. According to the proposals of the RFU, a so-called Premier League should be created in Russia, in which the elite clubs of our country will compete.

One and a half tons of molten metal leaked at the Norilsk Nickel plant On Sunday, a metal leak occurred at the nickel plant of the mining and metallurgical company Norilsk Nickel. One and a half tons of molten nickel leaked from a crack in one of the four furnaces of the enterprise. As a result, the plant's work was stopped for more than a day. The incident occurred on Sunday morning. The spilled metal hit the water collector, which resulted in the release of steam.

Georgia and Azerbaijan cannot agree on transit The production of early gas at the Azerbaijani Shah Deniz field and the laying of a gas pipeline to Turkey are again postponed indefinitely. This became clear last weekend, when details of emergency negotiations held in Baku by Georgian Foreign Minister Irakli Menagarishvili leaked to the press.

Lithuania selects main supplier Today, Lithuanian Economy Minister Petras Chesna is arriving in Moscow to meet with Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller. The main purpose of the visit was to discuss with the Russian monopolist the prospects of the Lithuanian gas enterprise Lietuvos dujos (LD): by the end of August, the government of the new Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas promised to approve a model for its privatization.

Michael Schumacher and Ferrari are out of reach So, a regiment of four-time world champions has arrived. Last Sunday at the Hungarian Hungaroring track, German Michael Schumacher, having won a brilliant victory at the stage, won his fourth championship title ahead of schedule. Michael equaled the Frenchman Alain Prost, not only in the number of seasons won, but also in the total number of victories at individual stages - 51.

The Savings Bank's investment priorities have changed. If the year 2000 passed for it under the sign of credit expansion, then in the first half of this year the bank is forced to be much more careful in issuing loans to corporate clients. To find a use for the growing deposits of citizens, Sberbank sharply increased its investments in GKO-OFZ. This is fraught with the final monopolization of the ruble government securities market.

Famous TV presenter Leonid Yakubovich was involved in a serious traffic accident last weekend. On Sunday, at about three o'clock in the afternoon, he was driving his Honda Accent along the Volokolamsk Highway through Krasnogorsk near Moscow towards Moscow. When the car reached house No. 22, a man suddenly ran out onto the road. Yakubovich tried to brake, but was unable to avoid a collision.