Two important events that will determine the further development of the Caspian region took place recently: the laying of the first stone in the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Baku and the signing in Moscow of an agreement between Russia and Azerbaijan on the division of adjacent sections of the Caspian Sea.

The objects of the Shop Design exhibition successfully compete with the projects of the Gelman Gallery The Central House of Artists is hosting the next, seventh, exhibition of commercial equipment Shop Design. As always, the non-commercial sections turned out to be original. On the very first day, the post-Soviet “Selmag” opened - an installation worthy of decorating an imaginary museum of social art.

Interest in the US Grand Prix is ​​steadily declining Americans are proud that the history of big racing on their continent dates back to 1904, when the Vanderbilt Cup was first played on Long Island. This tournament was held from 1904 to 1916, and European riders took part in it with pleasure. But the Americans always went their own way. Very soon, the hearts of the inhabitants of the New World were finally conquered by more spectacular racing on ovals.

Today at the Olimpiysky Stadium in Kyiv a match will take place between the national teams of veterans of the USSR and the rest of the world, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the famous Soviet football player Oleg Blokhin, who is one of the most titled players in Soviet football. As part of Dynamo Kyiv, he became a two-time winner of the Cup Winners' Cup, winner of the Super Cup, and in 1975 Blokhin was recognized as the best player in Europe.

The Vladivostok prosecutor's office announced yesterday that it had solved the murder of the chief pathologist of the Primorsky Territory, professor of the department of pathological anatomy of the Vladivostok State Medical University, Sergei Melnik, who was shot dead on Wednesday under mysterious circumstances right in his office.

Preparation for communion in Catholic churches is possible only with the consent of the parents. Catholic parishes in Russia will act more carefully so as not to provoke attacks from the Orthodox community and secular authorities. Issues of survival of the Western Christian Church in new conditions will be discussed at the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia, which will be held in October in St. Petersburg.

Having beaten Spartak with a score of 3:0, Valencia practically secured access to the next stage of the Champions League. To do this, the Spanish club needs to win only one victory in four matches. However, even the day before the game with Spartak, Valencia head coach Rafael Benitez was in a great mood, joked a lot, as if the champion of Spain was not facing a Champions League match, but an easy walk, similar to the one his players went on in the center of the Russian capital .

The largest coal mining companies in the south of Russia, Rostovugol and Gukovugol, will soon become one. This was stated yesterday by the Minister of Fuel and Energy of the Rostov Region Sergei Nazarov, who will most likely become the director of the future association. According to Mr. Nazarov, a working group has now been created, which by the end of October should develop a concept for the upcoming merger. At the same time, Mr.

In one of the pre-season NHL exhibition games, New York Rangers forward Pavel Bure again injured his right knee. Until the last moment, the hockey player and the club management hoped that the injury would not be serious. However, x-rays showed that Bure would need surgery. Pavel will go on the operating table today, and it is still unknown when he will return to the ice. This is the third such operation for Pavel; he underwent the previous ones in 1995 and 1999. Konstantin IVANOV

Three FSB officers were killed and one went missing in the Vedeno region of Chechnya as a result of a separatist incursion on Wednesday evening. According to preliminary data, the car in which the counterintelligence officers were traveling was ambushed on the outskirts of the village of Guni. Judging by the tracks, the operatives tried to shoot back, but the forces were not equal. When army units arrived at the scene, the militants had already fled.

Tenants of the World Trade Center (WTC) will receive only half the amount they expected in compensation from insurance companies. According to The Wall Street Journal, Manhattan District Court Judge John Martin ruled that the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York were one insurance event. "There is no doubt that the complete destruction of the World Trade Center was caused by a series of similar causes," he said.

Kazakh Chechens are looking for clients from the Middle East The head of the FSB, Nikolai Patrushev, recently held a meeting at which, as the Vremya Novostei newspaper learned, the increasing attempts to commercially sell components of nuclear and chemical weapons in Russia and the CIS were discussed. Incidents of this kind were mentioned in the reports of Mr.

Yesterday it became known that another vacant position of vice president has been filled in the petrochemical holding. The position of supervisor of corporate and property relations, which had been vacant for almost nine months, was given to the former deputy general director of FSUE Rosspirtprom for legal issues, Andrei Medvedev.

Serbs choose the best person for the most judicial post in the country The Republic of Serbia, part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), faces crucial elections this Sunday. More than 6.5 million Serbian citizens with voting rights will choose the president.

From October 4, the Bob Fosse musical will be staged at the Variety Theater The musical "Chicago" will be performed almost every day until the end of the year. Maybe longer - until the queue of lovers of “Russian-Broadway” art dwindles. The choreography of the Moscow “Chicago” was created by Gary Crist, who worked with Bob Fosse himself.