The second Korean summit is scheduled for March Yesterday, the South Korean media covered sensational news - Seoul is offering Pyongyang to hold “summit No. 2” in March. Allegedly, ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-jung is supposed to go to Pyongyang with this news in the near future. It was he who, on June 15, 2000, participated together with the head of the DPRK, Kim Jong Il, in the first historic summit of the two Koreas.

The judges practiced speeches in the Senate for speeches before the president Russian servants of Themis, who clearly did not like the latest legislative initiatives of the Federation Council regarding the judicial system, yesterday were able to express their indignation to the senators for the first time.

The Second Paganini Violin Competition will be held in Moscow Until recently, the phrase “Paganini competition” meant one thing - the well-known violin competition in Genoa for half a century. There, in Paganini’s homeland, his Guarneri violin is kept, which laureates have the opportunity to play.

Ours remains to fight for silver The 36th World Chess Olympiad in Spain is finishing. Before the final two rounds, the Ukrainian men's team is 3.5 points ahead of the Russian and Armenian teams with 34.5 points. Having lost to the Georgian team, ours apparently did not use their last chance to catch up with the Ukrainian team, which won against Poland in the 12th round 2.5:1.5. Alexander Grischuk failed. Playing black with Boadur Jobava, he went for a sharp variation of the Slavic defense.

The Baltic Seasons arts festival, dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Kaliningrad region and the 750th anniversary of the city, is coming to an end in Kaliningrad. The Yuri Temirkanov Orchestra, the Bolshoi Theater, Lenkom, and the Moscow Art Theater visited here; The Baltic Debuts film festival was held as part of the Seasons. Lev Dodin’s “Moscow Choir” and performances by Eimuntas Nyakrosius are planned for next year.

FIRST NOVEMBER 1 , MONDAY 6.00 Good morning 9.00, 12.00, 15.00, 18.00 News 9.20 "SIXTH". Action 11.00 “The sonorous surname Negoda, or “Little Vera” 15 years later.” Doc. movie 12.10 “WOMEN IN LOVE”. Series 13.20 "MR. BEAN." Comedy 15.20 Guess the melody (S) 15.50 The Last Hero (S) 17.00 Five evenings 18.20 Boom or bust 19.00 “CLONE”. Series 20.00 Wait for me 21.00 Time 21.30 “MOSCOW SAGA”. Series 22.40 “Death squads against Pablo Escobar.” Doc.

Flying on Aeroflot planes has become $10-$15 more expensive Aeroflot will fly more often in the coming winter season, the level of comfort on its boards will exceed world standards, however, tickets of the national Russian airline will cost passengers a little more than before.

Alexander Veshnyakov told senators about the new rules for selecting deputies On Thursday, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission, Alexander Veshnyakov, shared with senators on the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation his ideas about the “harmonization of electoral legislation.” A week ago, Mr. Veshnyakov visited the State Duma for the same purpose. The senators listened carefully to the head of the Central Election Commission and almost resignedly agreed.

Intrust will replace traders with artificial intelligence The financial company Intrust has developed an automated trading system, which it intends to offer in the near future to clients operating in the stock market. The potential range of consumers of the new product are institutional investors, pension funds and insurance companies, as well as individuals cooperating with the company on the basis of trust management agreements.

Emsis's cabinet resigned Yesterday, the Latvian parliament refused to approve the draft state budget for next year in the first reading. According to Latvian law, this is considered an expression of no confidence in the government, which automatically resigns. The tenth government of independent Latvia since 1991 was formed in March. It included the People's Party, the Union of Greens and Peasants, as well as the Latvian First Party. The government relied on 47 of the 100 deputies of the Sejm.

CLUBS "Klezmerfest" The first Moscow festival of traditional Jewish music, klezmer. Today the Finnish group Doina Klezmer (plays traditional Eastern European klezmer combined with Finnish music, in particular with the original works of composer Sampo Lassila) and the Israeli ensemble Kruzenshtern & Parohod (avant-garde klezmer, incorporating elements of jazz, hardcore, garage rock, etc.) will perform .).

The number of supporters of Putin's political reforms is growing A month and a half has passed since the Russian president put forward proposals to reform the political system. Today, these transformations are entering a decisive phase - proper legislative registration of the president's initiatives is necessary, and it is obvious that the peak of the process will occur in November-December.

Yesterday in Moscow, a wonderful, although not very noticeable to the general public, artist Alevtina Nikolaevna Vlasova died. She was 80 years old. Her painting was most often classified as primitive. In fact, compared to traditional painting - even one that tries to throw off the shackles of academic training, Vlasova’s paintings have the organic nature of “naïve” with its simplified playful style and life-affirming humor.

Just a month ago, the results of the elections in Abkhazia, held on October 3, seemed a foregone conclusion thanks to the unprecedented efficiency of the Russian authorities. In the shortest possible time, residents of Abkhazia received Russian citizenship and pensions. Sea communications between Russia and the unrecognized republic have resumed. The procedure for crossing the Abkhaz-Russian border has been simplified to the limit.

Russian filmmakers chose their president The name Nikita means “besogon,” Nikita Mikhalkov explained in his election speech. And the demons, the sound of whose claws he clearly distinguishes, are those who call themselves democrats, that is, members of the opposition from the Moscow Union...