CLUBS The Big Lebowski Party. A party for nihilists in the style of the hero of the cult film by the Coen brothers. Anyone who comes in a terry robe, plastic slippers and black glasses has free admission. The plan is to watch the movie “The Big Lebowski,” drink the Dude’s favorite cocktail “White Russian,” and lie on carpets and rugs. June 11 at the “House” , 19.30. "NOM." June 11 in “Chinese pilot Zhao Da” , 23.00. Omar Torrez (Mexico-USA).

Transnefteproduct does not have surplus petroleum products in its system of main petroleum product pipelines. As stated in the company's statement, the system and tanks transport and store customers' petroleum products and the technological reserves necessary for its operation.

The Russian State Duma yesterday did not discuss the appeal adopted by the South Ossetian parliament last weekend with a request to annex the autonomy to Russia and protect its residents from possible aggression by Tbilisi. The Duma says that they still have not received the text of the appeal.

Ex-security officer made money by threatening bankers By decision of the Tverskoy Court of Moscow, the general director of the Likronas gallery, the former head of the security service of Akademkhimbank, Yuri Molchanov, was recently arrested. A retired FSB officer is suspected of fraud.

35-year-old midfielder of the Russian national team Alexander MOSTOVOY is the most experienced football player on our team. Alexander managed to play in the USSR national team, and he also appeared on the field more than 60 times as part of the Russian national team. The experience of our veteran will undoubtedly be invaluable at the European Championship starting tomorrow. Especially in the first game of the Russians - with the Spanish national team.

American investors judge Nokia for overly optimistic sales forecasts The District Court of New York is ready to hear a lawsuit against Nokia from the law firm Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, representing the interests of its largest shareholders. Shareholders accuse Nokia's management of repeatedly misleading them regarding the growth of the concern's share prices.

The Adjara Election Commission completed yesterday the registration of lists of political movements to participate in the early elections to the Supreme Council of the autonomy on June 20. Under Aslan Abashidze, who left the autonomy on May 6, the Adjarian parliament was bicameral. Now its upper house and the post of head of the autonomy have been abolished. 30 deputies will be elected to the Adjara parliament.

At the request of a Vremya Novostei newspaper correspondent, the head of the legal department of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Russia, Jean-Paul CAVALLIERI, commented on the situation around the Satsita refugee camp. -- From the very beginning, UNHCR cooperated with local authorities when working with the Satsita camp. We are pleased with the dialogue that took place between UNHCR and representatives of federal and regional authorities.

Kinotavr sums up its first results The results of the “Short Film” competition have been summed up: the main prize was shared between the films “Two” by VGIK student Ekaterina Grokhovskaya (a thirteen-minute “story of a lonely man and a stray dog”) and “Capital Ambulance”, which has already been to Cannes, by Artem Antonov.

Forecast for the coming days Cold air entered the European territory of Russia. In the center of Russia, the average daily air temperature is 7 degrees lower than usual for these days. The rains had passed and the gloomy gray sky was reminiscent of October. In the coming days, a significant part of European Russia will remain under the influence of the North Atlantic. But despite the activity of cyclones, the weather will improve.

“Decor Week” opened at the Central House of Artists After wandering around Moscow for three years, the “Decor Week” of the Mezzanine magazine finally found a roof over its head. The exhibition was hosted by the Central House of Artists and the Expopark company in their many thousands of square meters. Exhibition Projects”, which became a co-organizer of the “Week”.

Trade unions negotiated the right to discuss social policy with the government The Russian government, feeling the strong support of the parliamentary majority, as well as the habitual silence of the people, seems to have gone a little too far in carrying out reforms.

The government can't pay itself a salary The experience of living in debt, borrowing and reborrowing, which Russian public sector employees acquired many years ago, seems to be something that some government officials will have to adopt as well. Yesterday it turned out that many of them have not been paid for two or three months. This, apparently, can be considered the first concrete result of reforming the structure of government. No one expected such a sad development of the event.

The composition of the frequency distribution commission has been determined The Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications has determined who will personally distribute frequencies for television and radio broadcasting. Yesterday, Minister Alexander Sokolov approved the new composition of the Federal Competition Commission (FCC). Nine people will still make decisions, but the composition of the commission has seriously changed.

Holidays in Moscow will be overshadowed by rain and traffic jams The weather and the traffic police took care of ruining the long-awaited “long weekend” for Muscovites on the occasion of Russian Independence Day, celebrated on June 12. Rains make spending time in nature pointless, and moving around in the city will not be so easy - due to special events in the center of the capital, vehicle traffic will be limited.