Director of the Ostankino museum-estate Gennady VDOVIN told newspaper columnist Sergei KHACHATUROV why the Association of Historical Theaters of Europe (AITE) chose the Sheremetev Palace Theater as the venue for the first festival “On Both Sides of the Scenes.” -- When did AITE originate and what are its functions? -- The meeting of leaders of historical theaters in Europe to discuss pressing problems and exchange experiences is a long-standing tradition.

President Appointed Igor Shuvalov, assistant to the president, as representatives of the president on the National Banking Council ; Arkady Dvorkovich, head of the presidential expert department; Andrey Illarionov, presidential adviser. Departments By the European Union summit in November, “road maps” for the four spaces that are supposed to be formed between Russia and the EU should be presented.

Russia calls on NATO to solve problems together The meeting of NATO leaders, which opened yesterday in Istanbul, is the first large-scale and solemn event of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization after the grandiose expansion of the Alliance that took place on April 2. Let us recall that the NATO bloc has increased from 19 to 26 countries, mainly due to the states of the former socialist camp.

The winner, Boris Tadic, will have to cooperate with the Hague Tribunal The victory of Democratic Party candidate Boris Tadic in yesterday's presidential elections in Serbia coincided with a significant day for the whole of Europe - the 90th anniversary of the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Then a few bullets fired by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip caused a chain reaction in European politics that ended in the First World War.

Investigators were sent to the Yaroslavl governor The list of influential governors against whom law enforcement agencies are complaining is growing. As the Vremya Novostey newspaper learned, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office opened a criminal case into misuse of budget funds by the administration of the Yaroslavl region. A group of investigators has already arrived in this region the other day.

The Duma is preparing to legislatively delimit budgetary powers between the regions and the center The Committee on Budget and Taxes recommended yesterday that the State Duma adopt in the first reading a government bill on replacing benefits with cash compensation, the first reading of which is scheduled for July 2.

Forecast for the coming days The southern cyclone remains in the spotlight. The day before, atmospheric fronts brought rain, sometimes heavy, with thunderstorms and gusty winds across the Central, Volga and Southern federal districts. But Moscow and the Moscow region were bypassed by the center of the cyclone and its fronts from the east. Today the capital and the Moscow region will be in the zone of an atmospheric front, which will cause short-term rains.

“American Uncle” again became President of Lithuania The second round of the presidential election in Lithuania on Sunday was won by the “American uncle” - 78-year-old Valdas Adamkus. He already served as the President of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003. 52.4% of voters voted for Adamkus. 47.6% of voters voted for the “amber lady” who competed with him, ex-Prime Minister Kazimierz Prunskienė. Adamkus's advantage was ensured by Kaunas, where he was preferred by 69% of voters.

Mikheil Saakashvili is being tested by Adjara Yesterday, the High Electoral Commission of Adjara summed up the results of the June 20 parliamentary elections. The “Saakashvili – victorious Adjara” bloc received 28 mandates and the Republican Party received two more. “For the first time after Aslan Abashidze’s 12-year rule in the autonomy, people were able to vote for those they trusted,” said election commission secretary Gizo Mchedlidze.

Otto Rehhagel offered to become a Greek citizen The most interested spectator of the quarterfinals, in which the Czech national team defeated the Danes, was the head coach of the Greek national team, Otto Rehhagel. The notebook in which the German wrote down his impressions will certainly become a bible for the players of the Greek national team in the days of preparation for the semi-final with the Czech team. Otto Rehhagel rarely shares his team's game plans with reporters.

The General Staff is testing a new plan for the use of armed forces As Vladimir Putin recently promised in Kamchatka, exercises in the Russian Armed Forces are becoming permanent. Before the smoke of the operational-strategic command and staff exercise “Mobility-2004” had cleared, not all units transferred from the European part of the country to the Far East returned back, when command and staff exercises of a group of troops and forces began in the north-east of Russia.

The corporation “crossed” with a design bureau Last week, the top officials of the recently merged aircraft manufacturing companies Irkut and OKB im. A.S. Yakovlev made a symmetrical exchange of powers. The executive director of each company became concurrently the chairman of the board of directors of the other company. Irkut absorbed Yakovlev in April of this year, purchasing 75.46% of OKB shares.

A museum festival of historical theaters of Europe opened at Ostankino The festival opened at the end of last week and will close on June 30. Its program includes a scientific conference “Theater on both sides of the scenes: between conservation and reconstruction”, three performances that graced the repertoire of the Ostankino Theater of Count Nikolai Sheremetev, an exhibition reconstructing the image of the ancient theater, compiled from rarities from the era of Catherine the Great and Paul...

Iraq gained freedom two days early Yesterday, Iraq regained its lost sovereignty - the United States transferred power to the interim Iraqi government. This happened in the strictest secrecy and two days earlier than planned - June 30. The modest ceremony took place at the heavily guarded US military headquarters in Baghdad. The former head of the provisional coalition administration, Paul Bremer, took out a fateful document from a blue briefcase.

CLUBS Natasha Atlas (vocals). Star of World Music - a genre that mixes ethnic traditions from around the world with modern Western music. Atlas, the daughter of an Egyptian father and an English mother, winner of many prestigious awards, is remarkably able to combine Egyptian shaabi with trip-hop, and then sing the Muslim creed “There is no God but Allah” in a dub rhythm. Tinkoff , 21.00. Garik Osipov (aka Count Khortitsa).