"Don Juan" at the Vakhtangov Theater Having relieved himself of the difficult responsibilities of artistic director at the Theater. Stanislavsky, after a rather long pause, Vladimir Mirzoev returned to the well-known Vakhtangov stage and staged Moliere’s comedy “Don Juan”. In hindsight, we can say that the experience of artistic direction was unsuccessful for Mirzoev, but not useful.

"Moscow Virtuosi" celebrated their 25th anniversary Two Moscow anniversary concerts of the “Virtuosi” - in the Big Concert Hall and “at the base” of the orchestra in the House of Music - were sold out (despite the very expensive tickets) and with great success.

The obvious shortage of land in the near Moscow region, as well as the endless increase in the cost of it, forced both developers and consumers to pay attention to plots 50 km or more from the Moscow Ring Road. Moreover, speculators also realized the potential benefits of acquiring “distant land”: at least ten financial groups became owners of thousands of hectares on the outskirts of the Moscow region.

The head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, continued the reform of the security forces with a decisive personnel shake-up. Instead of 13 security agencies, only three structures are being created, which will report to the Minister of Internal Affairs. Their leaders were appointed on Friday. The National Security Service will be headed by Suleiman Khlis, and the police by Alaa Husni.

Moscow's residential areas will be connected to the center by river trams On an unseasonably snowy weekend, the Capital Shipping Company (SSK) decided to open a new navigation season on the barely melted Moscow River. The solemn ceremony, which launched passenger navigation along the capital’s main waterway, took place last Friday in the Southern River Port, not far from Kolomenskoye.

Krivoy Rog metal will flow into the bins of Ukraine The new Ukrainian government has returned into its own hands the first of the large enterprises privatized by the entourage of ex-President Leonid Kuchma. Last Friday, the Kyiv Economic Court declared the sale of 93.02% of Krivorozhstal shares at a privatization auction illegal. This largest enterprise in the industry was owned by the son-in-law of the former president, Viktor Pinchuk, and the Donetsk oligarch Rinat Akhmetov.

Krikunov began working in the national team with a victory in the Eurotour The first matches of the Russian national team under the leadership of the new head coach Vladimir Krikunov brought it the biggest victory in the last 12 seasons. Our team lifted the curse of the Eurotour, finally winning this tournament, held for the ninth time.

The new Pope asked his flock to pray for him Yesterday in Rome, in St. Peter's Square, under the protection of seven thousand police officers, anti-aircraft missile systems, fighter jets, helicopters and AWACS reconnaissance aircraft, 78-year-old Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger officially became Pope Benedict XVI. The enthronement ceremony began at noon local time. More than 350 thousand believers gathered in the square, wanting to see the new Pope in person.

The verdict for the manufacturer of the master key program has been announced In Wikipedia (a network project that is an encyclopedia created by the collective efforts of Internet users) there is an article: “Sergey Davydyuk (aka Sable, aka Sobol) is - in his own words - “a famous Russian hacker.” Lives in the city of Zeya, Amur Region. Secondary education.

Lukashenko seeks Russian support On Friday, Moscow and Minsk dealt with issues of the life of the Union State of Russia and Belarus. Negotiations in the Kremlin between Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko and the subsequent meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State ended with the signing of 15 resolutions.

According to CNET, Intel's announced search for a copy of Electronics Magazine from 1965 with an article by company co-founder Gordon Moore, which outlines his thoughts on how silicon chip technology will develop, has ended successfully. David Clark, an engineer from Surrey, England, found a copy of the required issue, and he sold it to Intel, receiving a promised reward of $10,000 on April 11, on the eve of the 40th anniversary of Moore's Law.

Ukrainian boxer Vladimir Klitschko, who competes in the heavyweight division, defeated Cuban Eliseo Castillo in a rating battle in Dortmund, Germany. The fight was stopped nine seconds before the end of the fourth round, and Klitschko Jr. was awarded the victory by technical knockout.

Officials from Maryino deserve too much gratitude The prosecutor's office of the South-Eastern District of Moscow transferred to the Moscow City Court a criminal case against two chief inspectors of the Association of Administrative and Technical Inspections of the South-East Administrative District, accused of taking bribes. By today's Russian standards, in principle this looks like an ordinary matter.

Historical mansions remain one of the most highly profitable segments of the Moscow real estate market. In the 90s, realtors made large fortunes from their privatization and further resale. Moreover, the demand for such objects outstripped supply several times: at that time, every self-respecting company considered it a rule of good form to place the head office in a separate building. Since then, fashion has changed; now it is more common to rent an office in a business center.

SPS has found a new leader in Perm The Union of Right Forces seems to have decided on who will lead the party in the 2007 Duma elections and the 2008 presidential elections. Last Friday evening, the presidium of the federal political council of the Union of Right Forces decided to propose to the delegates of the party congress, which will take place on May 28, to elect the 29-year-old vice-governor of the Perm region Nikita Belykh as the leader of the right.