The first "Khovanshchina" at the new Bolshoi Theater For the first full-scale opera premiere, the post-reform Bolshoi Theater chose Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina - perhaps the most complex opera in all respects in the Russian repertoire.

At the International Banking Congress in St. Petersburg, the Central Bank identified priorities for the development of the banking system in the coming years. According to the management of the Bank of Russia, the banking system has reached the “limits of growth”, and if we do not begin to modernize it, then collapse is inevitable.

Ekaterinburg UMMC, having won on its court in the second match of the final series of the women's national basketball championship Samara SSAU - 112:85, became the first non-capital club in Russian history to receive gold medals. The most productive player in the “golden” match was UMMC forward Elena Baranova, who scored 29 points.

The international festival “What is EtNo?” took place in Moscow. The list of large Moscow open-air jazz, rock and pop festivals has been replenished with one more, which received the proud name “The First Moscow International Festival of Ethnic Music “What is Ethno?” It turned out that folk music in various non-root varieties (world, world beat, ethnotronic, ethno-jazz) can now be played in the open air with a large number of people who have paid money for admission.

United Russia creates a model of the future The main builder of the pro-presidential United Russia party, Alexander Bespalov, is now also a senator. The recently re-elected Penza governor Vasily Bochkarev appointed the head of the general council of United Russia as his representative in the Federation Council, and the regional legislative assembly at the end of last week unanimously (all 35 people) supported the candidacy proposed by the governor. Mr.

The championship in the density of right-hand drive cars on the roads belongs, of course, to the Primorsky Territory. But still, there are many Japanese cars in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Unlike residents of the territories bordering Japan, Muscovites and St. Petersburg residents still experience difficulties both in purchasing and servicing “non-standard” cars.

Americans smelled Soviet chemical weapons The Soviet military machine finally overtook the American military stationed at the former Soviet Air Force airfield in Khanabad in southern Uzbekistan. At the end of last week, the Americans identified three foci of contamination with traces of toxic substances. Traces of toxic nerve agents were found in the bunker at the edge of the base and in the headquarters hangar.

Russian peacekeeper died in Abkhazia Sergeant of the Russian peacekeeping forces Alexander Vlasov died as a result of an explosion on a tripwire mine while patrolling the Kodori Gorge of Abkhazia near the village of Zemo (Upper) Lata, not far from the 107th post of the “blue helmets”. Corporal Nikolai Udovichenko was wounded.

The capital's court will not deal with Limonov's case The case of the leader of the National Bolshevik Party Eduard Limonov and five of his associates will be considered not in the capital, but in Saratov. This decision was made on Friday by the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court. Thus, the Supreme Court upheld two protests against the decision of the Saratov Regional Court - the Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court and the Deputy Prosecutor General.

The Currency Exchange celebrated its tenth anniversary with an exhibition of contemporary art Yesterday, the exhibition “Russian Contemporary Painting. 1992--2002". Painting is the most traditional of modern artistic practices, which is why there are no notorious names in the exhibition.

The story of the initiation of a criminal case against the head of Mosenergo Arkady Evstafiev yesterday finally acquired a more or less clear form. Although representatives of both the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the capital convinced that there was no such investigation, lawyer Anatoly Kucherena provided details of the case.

The presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Leonid Kuchma, signed a joint statement on strategic cooperation in the gas sector on Sunday. It provides for the creation on a parity basis of a consortium for the management and development of the gas transportation system of Ukraine. European gas companies will be invited to participate in the consortium.

At the end of last week, Georgy Zhuk, a member of the board of directors of IBG NIKoil, was elected chairman of the new supervisory board of Avtobank. The council, two-thirds consisting of representatives of IBG NIKoil, instructed the board of Autobank to develop measures by August 1 that would allow all claims of the current shareholders to be removed.

The Tagansky prosecutor's office in Moscow opened a criminal case in connection with the murder of an Azerbaijani citizen last Friday. On the afternoon of June 7, near the Proletarskaya metro station, a fight occurred between private security officers of the Southern District Internal Affairs Directorate, who were not on duty at that moment, and several Azerbaijanis. According to preliminary data, about a dozen people were involved in the fight, which began after a domestic quarrel.

John Fletcher's comedy "The Taming of the Tamer" was staged at Lenkom That's it, that's it - I give up. Made me laugh. Here the dead man will smile when people try so hard. And not only the still unknown Lenkom youth. Even the venerable sex symbol Dmitry Pevtsov became zealous. He does such crazy things, growls and screams so menacingly that you start to worry. Are you healthy?