Alexey Kazantsev found many reasons for fun at Sukhovo-Kobylin “The Death of Tarelkin”, released by the Center for Drama and Directing, is the third of this season. The tragicomedy (or, if you prefer, a hopeless buffoonery) of Sukhovo-Kobylin was recently staged on the Moscow stage by Oskaras Korsunovas (Et cetera Theatre) and Alexey Levinsky (Ermolova Theatre); In the posters, both performances are still listed as premieres.

Yesterday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair presented to the European Parliament in Brussels the main directions of his activities at the head of the European Union. Starting from July 1, the UK will take over the EU presidency for six months after Luxembourg.

11 Russians reached the third round of Wimbledon The results of the four days of the Wimbledon tournament look quite encouraging for the Russians. If fans of domestic tennis have long been accustomed to the stable successes of a whole group of our girls and take them for granted, then the friendly exit of four players into the third round of the men's singles competition gives new vivid impressions.

Forecast for the coming days In most of the European territory, the weather began to change to a warm summer mode. As the cyclone retreats to the east, real June weather will take hold in the Central Federal District over the weekend: mostly dry and warm with daytime temperatures of +19...+25°C. Only on Sunday, with the approach of a new cyclone from the northwest, there will be short-term rains during the day.

CLUBS "Orchestra Vermicelli" (St. Petersburg). A very high-quality mixture of tango, Celtic and Slavic music and rock. The leader of the group is accordionist Sergei Shchurakov (ex-Aquarium). June 24 at the “House” , 20.00. Leonid Fedorov (vocals, guitar). June 24 at the Bilingua club, 22.00. "Markscheider Kunst". June 24 in “Chinese pilot Zhao Da” , 23.00. June 25 in the “OGI Project” , 22.00. Uproar Open Air.

US Congress saves flag from 'physical abuse' On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives by a majority vote adopted a draft constitutional amendment prohibiting “physical abuse” of the country’s flag. 286 congressmen voted “for”, 130 voted “against”. The most popular way of such “outrage” of the Stars and Stripes is its public burning.

The West is infiltrating Russian nuclear facilities The topic of the safety of nuclear facilities - both military and civilian - has, unfortunately, become relevant recently. Mainly due to the increasing frequency of man-made disasters and the likelihood of nuclear materials and weapons falling into the hands of terrorists. In general, the vast nuclear or radiation hazardous component of Russia requires constant attention.

The first real victims appeared in the games of Tolkien's followers The ambiguous attitude in society towards Tolkienists, whom some consider overplayed adults, while others consider them the ultimate romantics, may soon change. On Wednesday, the Kirovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg finished considering the case of the murder of a 16-year-old Tolkienist during role-playing games.

The supervisory board of Sberbank will include all representatives of non-state shareholders The annual meeting of Sberbank shareholders will today approve the new composition of its supervisory board. There will be fewer top managers, but a third representative of minority shareholders will appear.

At the meeting of YUKOS shareholders they preferred to talk about good things At yesterday's meeting of YUKOS shareholders, the company summed up the results of last year, which was the worst in its entire history. Now Mikhail Khodorkovsky's once-great oil empire is a steadily declining production enterprise whose refineries are loaded with crude from state-owned Rosneft.

Americans called a good father a bad official One of the heads of the UN procurement service, Alexander Yakovlev, resigned. He is suspected of committing “misconduct in office,” and the UN is conducting an internal investigation. It began last week after the US television network Fox News accused Mr Yakovlev of allegedly helping his son get a job at a firm supplying equipment to the UN.

The Prime Minister assigns roles Minister of Economic Development German Gref has recently received special attention from Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. The First Minister literally does not let the chief economist relax for a minute. Constantly demands something. Either a socio-economic forecast that will ensure high rates of economic growth and doubling of GDP, or an investment fund that will help fulfill the first two tasks.

Immediately after the end of the aerospace show in Le Bourget, Deputy Minister of Defense for Armaments, Chief of Armaments of the Armed Forces Alexei MOSKOVSKY told Vremya Novostei military observer Nikolai POROSKOV how the military department intends to rearm the Russian army. — Is the upcoming new weapons program a planned working document or a political one? -More political.

The head of VGTRK is struggling with non-core assets General Director of VGTRK Oleg Dobrodeev told senators yesterday about the prospects for television broadcasting, and also commented on cuts in the country's main television and radio broadcasting company. Telling members of the Federation Council about the costs of the reorganization that had begun in the company (it is with this that the layoffs are associated), Mr.

At the CSTO summit they discussed how to deprive Afghanistan of a basic sector of the economy Yesterday the next summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) took place in Moscow. It was attended by the heads of all six states that are members of the alliance: the presidents of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, as well as acting. President of Kyrgyzstan.