In the Historical Museum the horse was promoted to king The particularly close cooperation between the Moscow State Historical Museum and the State Russian Museum from St. Petersburg, which began a month ago, has borne its first fruits. At the very end of May, the State Historical Museum simply made its halls available to the State Russian Museum exhibition “The Peasant World in Russian Art,” which, by the way, is still running. But the St.

Coldplay. X&Y (EMI Music) Whatever you say, rock is getting better and better. Moreover, it is “big”, mass, stadium rock. The album by the British group Coldplay has broken many British records of the last ten years in terms of its rate of entry into the charts. X&Y ended up in first place in 20 (twenty!) countries, despite the fact that the new creation is not “nonsense pop” and not a lyrically sad moo.

The traditional, already third, women's chess super tournament, the Northern Urals Cup, has started in Krasnoturinsk. The main prize of the competition is being contested by ten participants, exactly half are Russian, and all of them hold the title of international grandmaster. In the first of nine planned rounds, two out of five games ended successfully.

Dagestan looks less and less like a peaceful republic The cancellation of the rock festival in Chechnya, justified by increased instability in the territories adjacent to the main rebellious republic, looks justified against the backdrop of events in Dagestan. The day before yesterday evening, deputy of the republican parliament Zubair Tataev was killed there. A few hours later, on Tuesday morning, an explosive device was discovered and neutralized in the center of Makhachkala.

The opposition failed to join the WTO Yesterday, due to the resistance of the parliamentary opposition - the Communist Party, the "Regions of Ukraine" and the united Social Democratic Party - the Rada was unable to approve a package of 14 laws that would open the way for Ukraine to the WTO.

The state will not sell Rosneft shares until the end of next year Minister of Economic Development German Gref said yesterday that shares of the state company Rosneft will not be sold until at least the middle of next year: “We are planning an IPO next year. Most likely at the end of the year, in the third or fourth quarter,” he said. In addition, Mr.

Total wiretapping is underway in Kyiv Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Alexander Fokin accused the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko of illegally tapping his telephone conversations. Fokin stated this on Monday evening to the Ukrainian 5th TV Channel. Earlier that day, Lutsenko allegedly laid out transcripts of his private conversations on his deputy’s desk.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service and the Central Bank recently issued recommendations for banks to disclose information about consumer loans. Government authorities invite bankers not to mislead consumers and indicate the real interest rate on loans, without hiding various fees, for example, for account servicing, for processing an application, etc.

According to The Banker magazine, they are still one of the most profitable in the world The profitability of Russian banks, despite the decline in margins, remains one of the highest in the world. This is evidenced by the latest list of the Top 1000 banks in the world, published by the British magazine The Banker. According to the ranking, which this time included 22 banks from Russia, over the year their average return on capital increased from 21.5 to 26.1%.

Sharon threatens to fire Netanyahu Finance Minister and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may leave his post in the coming days. Today in the Knesset, members will discuss Agriculture Minister Israel Katz's proposal to delay the implementation of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan for a unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. On Sunday, the government rejected the minister's proposal.

Japanese electronics manufacturer has found a way out of the crisis A ruthless business restructuring program was approved by the famous Japanese manufacturer of electronics and household appliances Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. Yesterday, the management of the struggling concern announced the reduction of about 15% of its 96,000-strong workforce worldwide and the closure of about a fifth of its enterprises in Japan, Reuters reports.

Yesterday at five o'clock in the evening a hurricane hit the Sochi resort. Wind gusts reached speeds of more than 30 m/sec, the city streets resembled wind tunnels - air currents rushed from the sea to the mountains with an eerie howl. Before the hurricane, it rained heavily for almost the entire day, and several tornadoes formed over the sea.

Demonstration of atheism recognized by the court as a criminal offense The verdict to the director of the Museum of the Center came into force. academician Sakharov Yuri Samodurov and his deputy Lyudmila Vasilovskaya - the organizers of the exhibition “Caution, Religion!”, convicted in March of this year by the Tagansky District Court for inciting hostility and humiliating human dignity on the basis of nationality and attitude to religion.

Vremya Novostei correspondent Ivan SUKHOV managed to talk with a very young resident of Dagestan, a Chechen by nationality, who fought for several months in the ranks of illegal armed groups in Chechnya, and recently came to his district police station and surrendered.

The SCO summit reminded the United States that it is in Central Asia temporarily The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) now represents half of humanity. Perhaps this is the main result of the SCO meeting that ended yesterday in Astana. The host of the summit, Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Russia and Chinese leader Hu Jintao spoke about this with undisguised pride. This became possible after Iran, Pakistan and India joined the organization as observers.