Guitarist Larry Coryell performed at Le Club Larry Coryell is one of the pioneers of jazz rock (later given the more noble name of “fusion”), who played with both the stars of the classic sixties rock and the titans of jazz. However, it would be strange to reduce the diversity of his achievements to jazz and rock.

Our tennis players won the Federation Cup for the first time Russian girls completed the most successful season in the history of Russian women's tennis on a positive note. To their numerous high-profile titles at individual competitions yesterday in Moscow they added victory in the most prestigious team tournament - the Federation Cup. The final meeting with the French team ended with a score of 3:2 in favor of the hosts.

Report from Copenhagen about "Microsoft IT forum 04" The annual event, designed to serve the unity of the corporate ranks of Microsoft and the dissemination of the latest technological knowledge in these ranks, as well as demonstrate to the world the achievements and intentions of the “software giant”, took place in mid-November in the capital of Denmark. A Vremya Novostei correspondent took part in it. Atmosphere.

The relics of John Chrysostom and Gregory the Theologian return to Constantinople On Saturday, in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the relics of the pillars of the Orthodox Church, John Chrysostom and Gregory the Theologian, were solemnly handed over to Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople. These shrines were kept in the cathedral for almost 800 years, where they were brought after the three-day sack of Constantinople by participants in the fourth crusade.

The fine for lack of registration in Russia is no longer symbolic Russians coming to another city for more than three days will now, willy-nilly, have to go to the passport office and “legalize” themselves as a law-abiding guest. Otherwise, they will face a fairly significant fine - 2,500 rubles.

President He spoke in favor of developing relations with Venezuela in the field of military-technical cooperation. Vladimir Putin emphasized that “last year the trade turnover” between Russia and Venezuela more than doubled. According to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, his country intends to purchase a large batch of Russian helicopters and small arms next year.

The Central Bank reduced the standard for the sale of export proceeds to 10% Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Konstantin Korishchenko on Friday announced a reduction in the standard for the mandatory sale of foreign currency earnings by exporters from 25 to 10%.

If previously the stigma of a positive reaction to HIV made a person in Russia a leper, now, when, according to official estimates, there are already more than a million such people in our country, many of them do not hide their faces. Last year, a regional public organization “Community of People Living with HIV-AIDS” was even created.

Deputies have tightened the punishment for public drinking of beer as much as possible The State Duma on Friday tightened the ban on beer consumption in public places. If senators approve a new version of the anti-beer law and the president signs it, then it will be impossible to drink not only beer, but also non-alcoholic cocktails on the street, in transport and in stadiums. Violation will be fraught with a fine of 300 rubles, which will begin to be collected from January 1, 2005.

United Russia has chosen its boss and targets for criticism On Saturday, the fifth congress of United Russia was held at the Cosmos Hotel in Moscow. At the congress, the structure of the party's governing bodies was changed, and State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov turned from co-chairs of the Supreme Council into the full-fledged sole chairman of United Russia. Before the start of the congress, representatives of the youth wing of the Rodina party prepared an unpleasant surprise for the delegates.

A year after the victory of the United Russia party in the State Duma elections, the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) conducted a study on how Russians feel about the party in power. The survey was conducted on November 20-21, 2004. 1,555 people were surveyed in one hundred localities in Russia.

The main suspect in the murder of Paul Klebnikov has been detained in Minsk At the end of last week, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office formally charged Chechen Musa Vakhaev, who was arrested on November 19 of this year, with involvement in the murder of the editor-in-chief of the Russian version of Forbes magazine, Paul Klebnikov. According to investigators, it was he who was driving the car from which the killers shot at the journalist.

The concept for its development will be adopted in January The preparation of the “Concept for the development of the information technology industry in the Russian Federation” is close to completion. Its adoption is expected in January 2005. The current, already third, edition was generally approved on November 18 at a government meeting and caused restrained enthusiasm among industry representatives.

Protests by human immunodeficiency virus carriers are not directed against society. They only indicate that some of our fellow citizens, in desperation in the face of mortal danger, are trying to draw the attention of the authorities to their problems.

Buddhists broke the "Chinese wall" of Russian diplomacy The spiritual leader of Buddhists, the 14th Dalai Lama, was issued a visa to enter Russia. This was announced yesterday by the preacher's spokesman Tenzin Takla. According to him, the Dalai Lama’s visit to our country, or rather to Kalmykia, where one and a half million believers have been waiting for him for many years, could begin any day now.