An evening in memory of the victims of the Gulag was held in the Great Hall of the Conservatory On May 29, 2002, in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, as part of the IV international conference “Resistance in the Gulag,” a concert of symphonic music was held, at which Alexander Lokshin’s “Requiem” was performed for the first time in Russia. “Requiem” was performed by the State Academic Orchestra named after. P.I. Tchaikovsky conducted by Rudolf Barshai.

Hydroelectric power plants begin to sue the FEC Hydroelectric power plants included in the RAO UES of Russia system have initiated a number of lawsuits against the Federal Energy Commission (FEC). They are not satisfied that since this year, after a sharp increase in the “water” tax, the Federal Energy Commission has not increased the tariffs for the electricity they supply.

A football performance is not only made by football players, coaches and fans. Often the main character on the field is the referee. The World Championship will be served by 36 chief referees. But there are not many candidates for refereeing in the final match of the World Cup. One of them, German referee Markus MERK, who will referee the match between Group H Japan and Russia, gave an interview to the Vremya Novostei newspaper. — Quite often pressure is put on judges.

The Moscow District Military Court yesterday completed the judicial investigation into the murder of Dmitry Kholodov, a correspondent for the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper. The process has been going on for more than a year and a half. It is expected that on June 7 the parties will begin arguing in court, after which it will finally be time to pronounce a verdict.

Immediately after the draw, the football community dubbed group “F” nothing less than the “group of death.” And now, a few days before the start of the World Cup, the chances of Argentina, England, Sweden and Nigeria to reach the 1/8 finals are still assessed equally.

Pink Floyd leader arrived in Moscow As part of his world tour, the cult musician, long-time leader of Pink Floyd, arrived in Moscow the day before yesterday and settled in “Balchug”. Roger Waters was highly anticipated, rumors about his arrival have been circulating for a year now, and they are waiting for him not as another “ghost from the past,” but as a musician who will show us something and tell us something that will take our breath away!

The festival season in Moscow ends with Chereshnevy Les The organizers of the Chereshnevy Forest festival - Krauterconcert, Bosco di Ciliegi, the Pushkin Museum and an impressive board of trustees headed by Oleg Yankovsky (there are also Galina Volchek, Edward Radzinsky, Yuri Bashmet, Viktor Tretyakov, Slava Zaitsev and others) - selected the event is a difficult genre of social reception on an artistic occasion.

In Rostov, for the first time in Russia, a new article of the Criminal Code was applied On the Don, for the first time in Russia, a manager who chronically did not pay his employees was taken into custody. As the prosecutor's office of the Rostov region told the Vremya Novostey newspaper, their department is now toughening up the fight against those who violate labor laws, especially regarding the timely payment of wages.

Laws on the reform of the Ministry of Railways entered the lower house The reform of one of the natural monopolists - the Ministry of Railways - has moved another step forward. Recently, the State Duma received a package of reform bills. There are four of them in total: “On railway transport”, “On the peculiarities of management and disposal of railway transport property”, “On amendments and additions to the law “On natural monopolies” and “Transport Charter”.

The Lazarevsky district of Sochi was hit by heavy rain, hail and squally winds yesterday morning. The impact of the disaster was unexpected - all the previous days, the weather on this section of the coast had been hot like summer, and local weather forecasters predicted its deterioration only for today. The rain, according to eyewitnesses, more like a waterfall, continued for two hours.

The new edition of the Presidential Law “On Basic Guarantees of Citizens' Electoral Rights” received approval from the Federation Council and was sent to Vladimir Putin for signature. The law establishes new rules of the game in Russian elections. A mixed principle of elections to regional legislative assemblies is being introduced: half of the deputies are elected from single-mandate constituencies, the other from party lists. Governors are elected in two rounds.

Long Sight of Jose Maria Aznar The head of the Spanish government, Jose Maria Aznar, has recently attracted special attention in Europe. And not only because it is he who currently chairs the EU (in this capacity, Aznar headed the EU delegation at the Moscow summit yesterday).

MNVK does not give up Events around the “sixth button” are acquiring more and more new details. Yesterday it became known that the Khimki Court of the Moscow Region declared illegal the actions of the management bodies of the Moscow Independent Broadcasting Corporation CJSC to stop broadcasting on the sixth meter frequency.

For a long time, the brightest star of the Russian national team has been Alexander MOSTOVOY. This player belongs to the category of football players that fans follow. Mostovoy gained respect not only in our country, he was admired and continues to be applauded in the stadiums of Portugal, France, and Spain. The upcoming World Championships in Japan and Korea will be Alexander’s second in his career, however, only if he manages to recover from injury.

Group “E” also had an interesting line-up. Firstly, the German national team, three-time world champion. Secondly, the Olympic champion team of Cameroon, a regular at the latest world championships. Thirdly, the Irish team, which, of course, was weakened by the quarrel between coach Mick McCarthy and captain Roy Keane. And finally, the mysterious Arabians, from whom you can expect any trick. Still, the main favorites of Group E will be the Germans.