Yukos lawyers defeated “Basmanny justice” The opinion about the steadfastness of “Basmann justice” seems to have turned out to be somewhat exaggerated. Yesterday, for the first time in the entire history of the Yukos saga, the Moscow City Court did not agree with the position of the Basmanny Court and overturned its decision on the presence of signs of a crime in the actions of Yukos NK lawyer Pavel Ivlev (as reported by Yuri Bagraev, Mr. Ivlev’s lawyer).

The First Moscow Biennale through the eyes of free experts The first Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art will run for another half month. So hurry up to see. Those who didn't have time are late... It so happened that, in parallel with the biennale, our newspaper began to observe the program of the Crescendo music festival that opened two weeks later. In both cases, the motto applies: art is the work of the young.

Yushchenko promises businessmen not to take everything away Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, who has already met with several world leaders, yesterday spoke with those on whom the new government has special hopes - investors. It is noteworthy that the First International Investor Conference, which Mr. Yushchenko attended yesterday, was organized by the Russian Renaissance Capital. The main thing that the president pleased investors with is that there will be re-privatization in Ukraine.

Moscow utility workers are ready to turn to students for help A real act of civil and bureaucratic courage was demonstrated to the residents of the snow-covered Russian capital by the head of the municipal services complex, Pyotr Aksenov. Yesterday, during a break in a meeting of the Moscow government, fighting off annoying journalists who demanded to explain why the vaunted thousands of units of snow removal equipment could not cope with the consequences of a rather ordinary snowstorm, Mr.

The Berlin Festival is coming to an end More than half of the films in the competition program were shown at the Berlinale. There have been no sensations yet, but the average level turned out to be more than tolerable.

I always expect the worst. From the main exhibition of the Moscow Biennale - “Dialectics of Hope”, made by international curators, I expected officialdom in its modern version, because curators are curators, and our Biennale has become a state initiative, which, out of habit, is a little alarming. Only the officialdom now is not political, but commercial: glossy works of high-status artists brought from abroad.

The World Ski Championships kicks off today in Oberstdorf, Germany. On the eve of the championship, Vremya Novostei correspondent Olga ERMOLINA spoke with the President of the Russian Ski Racing Federation, Vladimir LOGINOV. — Vladimir Alekseevich, can we count on any medals at this championship? “We hope for medals, but whether we will win them or not, I can’t say.” Yulia Chepalova will compete for awards in three disciplines - relay, duathlon and 10 km freestyle race.

Yuri Luzhkov unearthed the hatchet of war for historical monuments in Tsaritsino The unspoken “cultural non-aggression pact” concluded by the federal and capital authorities, who are waging a long dispute over the ownership of one and a half thousand architectural monuments in the historical center of Moscow, seems to be in danger of being violated.

Art historian, philosopher and writer Gleb Smirnov has been living in Venice for almost ten years. Curators, artists, commissioners of the Russian pavilion of the Venice Biennale, as well as critics who come to the world’s oldest art forum, after official events, according to an established tradition, try to look into Gleb’s house for a glimpse. You can be sure of a warm welcome, good wine, and interesting conversation. Now the “Russian Venetian” has arrived in Moscow. His role has changed.

CLUBS "TV". Presentation of the album “Alienation”. "B2" , 21.00. "Resurrection". JVL Art Club , 21.00. Tellen Gwad. Celtic folk rock. "Vermel" , 22.00. Yuri Kukin. Author's song. “The Wood Grouse’s Nest” , 19.00. Louisiana Jumpin' Cats. Blues. "Schwein" , 22.00. CONCERTS Closing of the Crescendo festival . Big Symphony Orchestra named after. P.I.

The Art Theater continues to stage “new drama” The play “The Last Day of Summer,” staged by Nikolai Skorik based on the Durnenkov brothers’ play “Cultural Layer,” does not deserve close attention.

MMK shareholders are eyeing the raw materials assets of Alisher Usmanov Victor Rashnikov, judging by information from several sources close to the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, intends to begin negotiations with businessman Alisher Usmanov, who controls almost 40% of the iron ore market, on the acquisition of its mining assets. As you know, the other day Mr.

Russia needs a state strategy for sustainable development Immediately after the tragedy in Beslan, it became clear that it would be an event for us comparable to September 11, 2001 in the United States. As we see, less than five months have passed, and serious social tension is already felt in the country.

A new accused has appeared in the “Bashkir prevention” case In the scandalous case of a “preventive” operation carried out in early December by the Bashkir police in the small town of Blagoveshchensk, a new accused appeared yesterday. The Bashkortostan Prosecutor's Office has charged Ildar Ramazanov, head of the Blagoveshchensk City Police Department, with abuse of power.

MEDT unveils action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions The day before the Kyoto Protocol entered into force, the Russian authorities took the first step to implement this international program for the global reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Yesterday, the Ministry of Economic Development submitted to the government a comprehensive plan of actions that Russia needs to take in the coming years in order to fulfill all its obligations.