Fyodor Volkov was honored with an exhibition February 9 at the State Central Museum. A.A. Bakhrushin opened the exhibition “F.G. Volkov and the theater of the 18th century." The exhibition is dedicated to the memorable date - the 275th anniversary of the birth of the first Russian tragic actor Fyodor Volkov.

The Ministry of Taxation wants to know everything about foreign real estate of citizens The Ministry of Taxes and Duties intends to strengthen control over the acquisition of property abroad by Russian citizens. Elena Tolgskaya, head of the international cooperation and information exchange department of the Ministry of Taxes and Taxes, told reporters about this yesterday.

The club "Dom" hosted the festival "Zone Posth Opus Posth" In the situation of a long, irrevocable and, it seems, absolutely universally recognized crisis of local new music, the very fact of the existence of an annual authors’ festival seems paradoxical. Indeed, times are tough for contemporary art. Commercial difficulties and dubious relationships between the creator and the recipient seem to make annual demonstrations of the latest art problematic.

The opposition increases pressure on the Adjara authorities Negotiations between the Presidents of Russia and Georgia Vladimir Putin and Mikheil Saakashvili begin in Moscow today. A significant part of them will concern the situation around Adjara.

And in Kyiv - Rybkin Russian presidential candidate Ivan Rybkin, whom the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, relatives and associates have been trying to find since last Thursday, finally turned up safe and sound yesterday. At 21.45 he arrived at the capital's Sheremetyevo-1 airport on a Transaero flight from Kyiv. As it turned out, it was there that Mr. Rybkin was located all these days, while he was listed as missing in his homeland.

Roland Kurbis came to Russia to escape taxes The last Russian Premier League team to decide on a new head coach was Alania. The management of the Vladikavkaz club, together with the general sponsor OJSC Istok, one of the largest producers of alcoholic beverages in our country, invited French specialist Roland Courbis to this post. He became the fifth foreign specialist to head a Russian Premier League club.

President During a working meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Yakovlev, I discussed the situation in the regions related to the heating season. Vladimir Yakovlev told the head of state that “if we compare last season with this one, the preparation for the current one was more confident and tough.” According to the Deputy Prime Minister, both administrative resources and funds from the federal budget helped in this.

Belarusians want to edit the Constitutional Act Russian-Belarusian negotiations are becoming more and more protracted and less and less promising. Yesterday's Council of Ministers of the Union State, as well as negotiations between the prime ministers of Belarus and Russia, lasted a total of six hours.

National team players do not play and sit in reserve Today marks the final round of the women's basketball Euroleague. Regardless of the outcome of its matches, the preliminary results of the tournament for Russian clubs can already be summed up.

The FSB denies knowing about the possibility of an explosion in the metro Yesterday, a new unexpected aspect emerged in the story of the investigation into the terrorist attack in the capital’s metro. News came from Tula that the special services, on the eve of the tragedy, allegedly received proactive information about the impending major sabotage of Chechen separatists in large cities precisely on these days.

Chess Oscar winner misses tournament in Wijk aan Zee The chess elite are celebrating. A traditional international tournament started in the Dutch town of Wijk aan Zee. By the way, the 66th in a row! Following the tradition of recent years, the leaders of the chess world strive to bolster their image at the first elite forum of the year. But not all.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Adjara, Dzhemal GOGITIDZE, is considered the closest politician to the head of the autonomous republic, Aslan Abashidze. After the introduction of a state of emergency in Adjara last November, Aslan Abashidze recalled Gogitidze from the post of chairman of the parliamentary faction of his Union of Democratic Revival, entrusting him with maintaining order in the autonomy. - You receive me in your office after midnight.

BP Moscow office received poisoned letters After yesterday several employees of the Moscow office of the English company BP finished sorting out incoming correspondence, the women felt unwell - they had a headache, pain appeared in their eyes, and their hands were covered with a rash. The cause of the incident was a parcel that arrived from America containing letters sent to Moscow from the BP office in Houston.

Roman Abramovich became the main newsmaker of the Royal Races There are still almost two months before the start of the new Formula 1 season. But life in the Royal Racing is in full swing. The main troublemakers in the first days of the new year were the Jordan and Williams teams. “Jordan” owes its status as the main newsmaker to the Governor of Chukotka, Roman Abramovich. The London edition of The Sun told the world sensational news: the Russian billionaire is ready to acquire another team.

The general director of the Alfa-Sheremetyevo company, Igor Baranovsky, yesterday introduced to journalists the foreign partners of the company for the reconstruction and management of Sheremetyevo International Airport OJSC (SIA). Alfa, which won the competition to manage the airport, will be assisted by Airport Consulting Vienna GmbH, Munich Airport International and French builders Bouygues Constructions.