The musical “Game” was staged at the Satire Theater When some time ago Alexander Shirvindt replaced Valentin Pluchek as artistic director of the Satire Theater, I was one of the first to welcome this appointment. After all, it is with satire that “Satire” is least associated. Rather, with a kind, unpretentious joke, a brilliant entertainer, an actor’s song and café fun.

"Art Moscow" conducts master classes From May 3 to 7, Art Moscow is organizing a star parade. The elite of Russian Contemporary Art, formed by secret ballot, represents its own ideas. The press service of the Expo Park company spoke about the features of this year’s Workshop. If previously the list of participants was determined by the experts of the Art Moscow Program, now it is formed by the opinion of independent journalists writing about contemporary art.

Actions of solidarity with fighters for the independence of Ichkeria, which traditionally aroused sympathy in Turkey, seem to have tired even brothers in faith. Last Saturday, a bearded Caucasian-looking man burst into the Istanbul five-star Marmara Hotel and took a dozen tourists hostage, firing several times at the chandelier with a Kalashnikov assault rifle to make people angry.

The 104th attempt of Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova, who permanently resides in Miami, to win at least one WTA tournament ended in another failure. After some pressure from sponsors complaining about Anna’s complete lack of titles, Kournikova chose a seemingly win-win tactic. She entered the 3rd category tournament in the Croatian Bol (with a prize fund of “only” 170 thousand US dollars), which was very weak in terms of participants.

Our team played worse only two years ago It's warm May outside. The whole country is having fun and rejoicing, slightly intoxicated by the influx of holidays, and only our hockey plenipotentiaries in Sweden are desperately trying to spoil the mood of Russian fans. The performance of Boris Mikhailov's squad at the World Championship so far evokes only feelings of despondency, melancholy, anxiety and hopelessness. Let us recall the chronicle of events at the tournament.

London Arsenal won the oldest football trophy. Having beaten Chelsea 2:0 in the final, the Gunners won the FA Cup for the eighth time in their history. Despite a huge lead in the first half, Arsenal only managed to open the scoring after the break (Ray Parlor). And the final score was set by Ljungberg. Thus, Arsenal, leading the English Championship, is close to the “golden double”. Andrey VDOVIN

New wave in Czech cinema The Czech Film Festival in Pilsen is a nice, cozy, local event and does not involve any fuss. But this year the program turned out to be so strong that it would be a credit to major international film forums. The best films of the Pilsen “Finale” - “Year of the Devil” by Petr Zelenka, “Indian Summer” by Vladimir Michalek, “The Journey” by Alice Nellis - will soon become festival hits and will inevitably make people talk about a new wave in Czech cinema.

In the match with the Russian champion, Uralan forward Zurab Tsiklauri confirmed his talent as a scorer, scoring two goals against Spartak. As a result, the Elista forward rose to first place in the competition for the most productive football players in the championship. “There is no need to exaggerate the significance of what is happening,” says Zurab. - Moreover, Spartak’s Dmitry Sychev also scored seven goals.

Evgeny Fedorovich Svetlanov died on Friday in his Moscow apartment. The cause of death was not stated, but everyone knew that the conductor had been seriously ill for a long time: in recent years, every concert was difficult for him, and it was painful to watch how, with incredible efforts, he overcomes the path from the artistic stage to the conducting stand.

The list of press banned in Turkmenistan is growing OSCE Press Representative Freimut Duve sent a letter to Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov in which he warned: the OSCE is preparing a special report on the situation of the media in Turkmenistan. The reason for Mr.

Our combat aircraft are suffering losses in the skies over Berlin Today at Schönefeld Airport, in the suburbs of Berlin, the international aerospace show ILA-2002 opens. Held every two years in the German capital, the salon is traditionally considered one of the most prestigious exhibition venues in the world: in Europe, only Farnborough in London and Le Bourget in Paris can compete with the ILA.

Late yesterday evening Moscow time, the title of champion of the men's basketball Euroleague in the Italian Bologna was played out by the local Kinder and the Greek Panathinaikos, who reached the final. The day before, in the first game of the Final Four, last year's FIBA ​​Euroleague title holder, Israeli Maccabi, and the finalist of the same 2000/2001 tournament, Panathinaikos, met.

Even President Bush learned to pronounce its name Traditionally, American presidents have used the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, which has existed since 1914, to poke fun at themselves. A couple of years ago, Bill Clinton showed a funny video about the retired president's household chores. Last year, George W. Bush showed off candid photographs from a family album: in one, brother Jeb - the current governor of Florida - shows off a naked toddler in a cowboy hat.

The US prosecutor's office has exposed another Eurasian mafia US federal prosecutors announced with fanfare that a criminal group consisting of young emigrants from the former Soviet Union, which organized rave parties under the name KGB Enterprises, had been arrested in Philadelphia. The 113-page indictment alleges that dance parties at popular clubs, which attracted hundreds and thousands of young Philadelphians, were used by the gang to sell "club" drugs - ecstasy and ketamine (Special K).

The main chronicler of the VAZ crime was shot dead The authorities of Tolyatti announced a reward of one million rubles for information about the killers of Valery Ivanov, a deputy of the city duma, editor-in-chief of the Togliatti Review newspaper, who was shot dead on April 29 at the door of his house. Both Mr. Ivanov’s acquaintances and the investigators immediately unequivocally linked the attempt on the journalist’s life with his professional activities.