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At the Düsseldorf Palace of Arts, during an exhibition dedicated to tricks and tricks, miracle glasses were sold. You put them on, and the usual picture breaks into a hundred faceted fragments, and the world is like on a cubist canvas: so cheerful, spinning like a spinning top, multi-colored. Butterflies and dragonflies have a compound structure of the eye. Imitating a dragonfly's gaze is the same funny trick as Arcimboldo's face made of vegetables, or Dali's portrait encrypted in a landscape.

The militants celebrated the news of the amnesty with a new attack Chechen separatists on Friday marked the largest military clash with federal forces since the beginning of the year with the news that the State Duma had adopted an act of amnesty against them. A few hours after the amnesty was reported on television news, in the city of Argun, militants attacked a police detachment and a convoy of the military commandant’s office.

Alexander Khloponin coped with the power crisis in six minutes It took Alexander Khloponin, the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, six minutes and 24 seconds to overcome the power crisis in Norilsk. This is exactly how long the emergency session of the local council lasted last Friday, where deputies elected a new acting leader. Mayor of Norilsk. The first deputy governor and his closest ally, Lev Kuznetsov, became the temporary head of the polar city.

The transition of Russian banks to IFRS is delayed by the International Standards Committee in London Russian banks now have time to prepare for the transition to international financial reporting standards (IAS, IFRS). At the International Banking Congress, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Tatyana Paramonova stated that the schedule for compiling IAS reports in 2004 had indeed been adjusted.

State awards in the field of theatrical art were distributed naturally and fairly. It’s so natural and so fair that it’s even surprising. It is very difficult to get used to the idea that in Russia at least something is happening exactly as it should.

Last Friday, the State Duma adopted in the second reading the bill “On Amendments and Additions to the Law “On Communications,” which is essentially a new edition of the current industry law adopted in 1995. The draft takes into account more than 1.5 thousand amendments from deputies made after consideration of the document in the first reading in November last year, as well as comments from the president.

Moscow and Minsk keep discussions of strategic issues secret The economic integration of Russia and Belarus remains one of the most mysterious aspects of bilateral relations. As a rule, one can only guess about what happens at bilateral Russian-Belarusian negotiations. An illustration was the visit to Minsk of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin and the head of the Central Bank Sergei Ignatiev. There was too little specificity in the official comments following the visit.

The world is concerned about the proliferation of man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS) of the Igla and Strela types. At the recent summit in Evian, the G8 leaders raised this issue to the state level, since it is MANPADS that terrorists are trying to get their hands on by any means necessary.

Germany suffered losses in Afghanistan In Kabul on Saturday, a suicide bomber in a taxi car loaded with explosives crashed into a bus carrying 33 Bundeswehr soldiers. As a result, four soldiers were killed. Another 29 servicemen were wounded, seven of them seriously. The explosion also killed an Afghan passerby and the suicidal taxi driver himself. The explosion occurred at half past eight in the morning.

The first foreign choreographer to receive the State Prize of Russia was Roland Petit. However, no one else was put forward at all times: under Soviet rule, it was strange to imagine that a foreigner would do anything better than our native comrades. Yes, almost no one was invited to the productions: a long time ago, the Minister of Culture once at a reception, in a fit of good mood, said to Bejart - they say, if only you could work with us. He left his seat and arrived immediately.

Match results. Group 1. Malta - Cyprus - 1:2, Israel - Slovenia - 0:0. Group 2. Romania - Bosnia - 2:0, Denmark - Norway - 1:0. Group 3. Moldova - Austria - 1:0, Belarus - Holland - 0:2. Group 4. San Marino - Sweden - 0:6, Hungary - Latvia - 3:1. Group 5. Scotland - Germany - 1:1, Iceland - Faroe Islands - 2:1. Group 6. Ukraine - Armenia - 4:3, Spain - Greece - 0:1. Group 7. Macedonia - Liechtenstein - 3:1, Slovakia - Türkiye - 0:1. Group 8. Bulgaria - Belgium - 2:2, Estonia - Andorra - 2:0.

The Musical State Prize for 2002 took such an unexpected step away from the usual establishment and nomenklatura interests that the names of some of its laureates (namely, composer Vladimir Martynov and violinist Tatyana Grindenko) even somehow fell out of some hasty lists already published.

The US does not allow Gazprom into the Transcaucasus Tomorrow the Georgian parliament will consider the feasibility of signing an agreement on strategic cooperation in the gas sector with Gazprom. The agreement to prepare the document was reached following the visit of the head of the Russian concern Alexey Miller to Tbilisi at the end of May.

Anglicans elect a “blue” bishop The Anglican Diocese of New Hampshire shocked the Christian world by electing 56-year-old homosexual Canon W. Gene Robinson as bishop. He served in the diocese for about 30 years, working with young people, fighting AIDS and helping the poor. The father of two daughters, Robinson left his wife when God “called” him to come out as gay.