Tuleyev and Khloponin were worried about prices for petroleum products The predicted rise in prices for petroleum products on the Russian market has caused a real stir among Russian officials and politicians.

CLUBS Opening of the First French Jazz Festival in Moscow Le Jazz. For three days, the best French jazzmen will play at the Orange club. Each evening will present a different side of jazz music. Today we will perform jazz with elements of gypsy folklore and ethnicity. The festival will be opened by the legendary guitarist Bireli Lägren along with drummer Dede Ceccarelli and double bassist Rami Vignolo. Next, the group Lo`Jo will perform.

The new Saratov governor was presented with the key to the atomic bomb Yesterday, the now former general director of the Balakovo NPP, Pavel Ipatov, took office as governor of the Saratov region. The inauguration ceremony was solemn, but without unnecessary pathos. The new governor decided to show himself, as they say, “in action.” Having abandoned the “large-scale celebrations with fireworks,” of which his predecessor Dmitry Ayatskov was a big fan, Mr.

Stalin's grandson will celebrate Victory Day in Gori, his great-grandson in New York “I am a woman, a grandfather. But this,” Evgeniy Yakovlevich shows his grandchildren the portrait of Stalin, “is a big woman.” Dzalian is a (very) big babu.” Evgeniy Yakovlevich Dzhugashvili is a 69-year-old military historian with the rank of retired colonel and the illegitimate son of Stalin’s son Yakov Dzhugashvili, who died in German captivity.

The Japanese remembered Siberia Japanese authorities have seriously damaged relations with their neighbors by approving a modified version of a scandalous school history textbook. The ill-fated “Textbook of New History”, in fact, was approved back in 2001. But both that option and the current one are reproached for attempts to whitewash the role of Japanese militarism in the Second World War. Particularly harsh criticism is heard in South Korea and China.

Aeroflot has modernized the controller Two weeks have passed since Aeroflot changed its booking and ticket sales system from Gabriel to Saber overnight. These days turned out to be a real test both for the airline and for more than five thousand users of the Aeroflot system. The air carrier was accused that the transition to a new system created certain inconveniences for partners and air passengers.

— We have been watching you for a long time, since the time when you just started performing small variations in classical ballets. Tell us how you started in Paris. — I wanted to become a ballerina after I saw “Swan Lake” on TV with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn. I was completely fascinated by the magic of this performance, and I wanted to have exactly the same costumes as these artists, and I also wanted to do the same thing as them.

E.ON enters the Romanian electricity market The German energy concern E.ON continues its expansion into the markets of Eastern Europe.

How and how much - the tax debate has no end in sight Attempts to draw a line under the tax reform that has been ongoing for several years are failing. Business criticizes the executive branch for the fact that its public promises to improve the situation of entrepreneurs are then emasculated by it. And within the executive branch itself, disputes have again intensified about whether it is necessary to further reduce the tax burden, and if necessary, then for what taxes and to what limit.

Watch from April 7 on Moscow screens “The Sea Inside” (Spain - France - Italy, 2004, Alejandro Amenabar).

New exhibitions in St. Petersburg Today, a cultural and historical exhibition dedicated to the diverse ties between Russia and Norway opens at the Ethnographic Museum of St. Petersburg. The exhibition is timed to celebrate the centenary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries. The main goal of the exhibition is to reveal unknown sides and pages in the more than thousand-year history of relations between the peoples of Russia and Norway.

Yuri Luzhkov has found a recipe for fighting land speculators Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov seems to have found those to blame for the systematic destruction of the capital's industrial potential by land speculators.

The President of Kazakhstan was “helped” to postpone his visit to Finland Today the official two-day visit to Finland of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev was supposed to end. However, Mr Nazarbayev did not travel to the distant northern country - he abruptly canceled a visit a week ago.

Sergei Ignatiev reminded banks of the need to pay taxes The government campaign to force businesses to pay taxes has reached the banks. Yesterday, the Chairman of the Bank of Russia, Sergei Ignatiev, spoke about the problem with taxes in the banking sector, calculating that in several Russian banks the official salary is only about 100 euros.

Members of the Lithuanian Sejm Petras Grazulis and Egidijus Klumbis vow that they will continue their protest hunger strike until April 20 in order to cause a scandal at the meeting in Vilnius of all 25 NATO foreign ministers. Gražulis went on a hunger strike on March 22, demanding the resignation of Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis and head of the State Security Department Arvydas Pocius. This is how Mr.