A very young director, Vasily Senin, who had not yet even defended his diploma, became famous for his student production of “Fro” by Andrei Platonov, bravely produced “The Fairy Tale” on the stage of the Vakhtangov Theater based on an early story by Vladimir Nabokov and was included in the theater community as a young “pro.” Senin's mastery of directing technology is truly brilliant. Now in the Center. He staged his second “professional” performance of Meyerhold.

Yuri Ponomarev handed over his business to Andrey Kostin Andrei Kostin was elected the new chairman of the bank yesterday at an extraordinary meeting of the supervisory board of Vneshtorgbank (VTB). The former head of VTB, Yuri Ponomarev, nevertheless promised not to leave the banking community. Now he is thinking about which bank to head. The candidacy of Mr.

Russia and the United States agreed to share secrets of criminal cases US Attorney General John Ashcroft arrived in Moscow yesterday for negotiations with the leadership of Russian intelligence services. First of all, he went to his colleague Vladimir Ustinov to solve the most pressing problems for Americans in the fight against the “Russian mafia” and terrorism. To begin with, the parties exchanged mutual reproaches.

On January 12, 2002, the New Year’s mini-football tournament “Partners of the 21st Century” took place. The New Year's tournament, organized by Vnesheconombank, has already become a traditional event, in which VEB's partners and main clients meet on the football field.

Russian party members do not plan to celebrate June 12 June 12 is a holiday in Russia - Independence Day. Exactly 12 years ago, the Russian Congress of People's Deputies adopted the Declaration of Independence of the RSFSR. 10 years ago, the first president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, who was elected on June 12, only in 1991, designated the treasured June day as a public holiday. However, judging by public opinion polls, Independence Day has not become a real holiday for Russian citizens.

Although the decision to hold the 2008 European Championships in Moscow is under threat The Moscow riots will certainly be actively discussed when the country is chosen to host the 2008 European Football Championship. But it’s difficult to say for sure how strong their influence will be on the opinion of football officials. Estimates of UEFA's possible reaction, which were reported by authoritative experts at the request of a Vremya Novostei newspaper correspondent, also vary greatly.

TNK, YUKOS and LUKOIL take control of Rostov gas stations As in other regions of the country, gasoline prices are rising in the Rostov region. However, here this process is accompanied by a redistribution of the retail market. According to local gas stations, large oil companies' increase in wholesale prices for gasoline is a method of increasing their share in retail companies, which has currently reached almost 80% in the region.

Michael Schumacher brought the team the 150th victory in its history Formula 1 was lucky. In the sense that her next “Grand Prix” took place overseas, in Canada, far from football passions. Therefore, the “royal” races managed to avoid competing in popularity with football. Although the organizers of the next stage still had some concerns.

Ecological chickens have been overtaken by GDR agriculture The scandal with nitrophen, discovered in the meat of German “organic chickens” and a number of other “biologically pure” products, has spilled out beyond the borders of Germany. Yesterday, the European Commission in Brussels began to consider the problem, and, as expected, German producers of agricultural products could face very severe penalties.

Russia and Germany will take care of the Ukrainian pipe The endless gas dispute between Moscow and Kyiv looks set to receive an unexpected resolution. Yesterday in St. Petersburg, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Germany Vladimir Putin, Leonid Kuchma and Gerhard Schröder signed a joint statement on cooperation on the use of the main gas pipeline through Ukraine and ensuring uninterrupted transit of Russian gas to Europe. A special consortium is being created for this purpose.

UMMC wants to enter the Udokan field from Chile Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Chile to the Russian Federation Pablo Cabrera made a two-day unofficial business visit to the Sverdlovsk region. The purpose of this visit was to prepare a cooperation agreement between the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) and the Chilean Codelco (the largest producer of refined copper), which is wholly owned by the state.

The Ministry of Finance proposes to stop the growth of government spending The Ministry of Finance proposes to maintain the share of non-interest expenditures of the federal budget in GDP in 2003 at the current year level, 12.61% - such a guideline is contained in the draft main parameters of the 2003 budget, which the Ministry of Finance submitted to the government last night.

Shoemakers from the Apennines are counting on the Russian market In recent years, the Russian market has become of particular interest to manufacturers from other countries. New boutiques are opening endlessly, and existing foreign retail chains are expanding. And all the manufacturers shout with one voice: “We are betting on the Russian market. We believe in him." So the Italian shoemakers also decided not to lag behind in sharing the pie.

The Ministry of Press warned NTV The NTV television company received an official order from the Ministry of Press for “untimely screening of a film with elements of eroticism.” On May 19 at 22.57 on the NTV channel, Sam Festenberg's American detective thriller “Hotel of Passion” aired, in which one of the scenes was of an erotic nature. According to the Ministry of Press, in accordance with Part 2 of Art.

They don’t want to be outraged by the housing and communal services reform Moscow Yabloko supporters are not stopping their attempts to challenge the residents of Voronezh for the right to be called the anti-communal capital of Russia. Yesterday, in one of the city's residential areas, Andrei Babushkin, deputy chairman of the Moscow organization of the Yabloko party, tried to mobilize his fellow countrymen to fight the housing and communal services reform.