Novosibirsk musicians in Arkhangelskoe Classical music concerts in ancient estates can be compared to “December Evenings” at the Pushkin Museum. Music within the pantheon of free arts is always a great challenge for the musicians, for the listener, and for herself. This is probably why the program of the December Evenings is becoming more complex and sophisticated year after year, and the line-up of invited musicians is traditionally stellar. And this is the right strategy.

Former President of Guinea-Bissau, 66-year-old João Bernardo Nino Vieira, won the election as head of this West African state. In the second round, 52.3% of voters voted for him. After the official declaration of independence of Guinea-Bissau in 1974, Nino Vieira, as one of the most active military leaders of the national liberation movement in the country, served as Chairman of Parliament and Minister of Defense.

Shamil Basayev continues to give interviews On Friday, the American ABC channel aired an interview with Chechen “terrorist number 1” Shamil Basayev on the night air. The interview was conducted by Radio Liberty journalist Andrei Babitsky, whose name was associated with the loudest media scandal of the second Chechen war in the winter of 2000. During the Russian army's assault on Grozny, Mr. Babitsky was the only foreign journalist remaining in the city.

How the US reacts to terrorists on television In recent years, the main on-air enemy for Washington has been the Qatari satellite TV channel Al Jazeera. This television company positions itself as the “Arab CNN”, broadcasting to the Gulf countries and the Arab world as a whole. The channel is technically a private, not state-owned enterprise, but it is closely associated with the ruling family of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in Qatar.

Quotes again exceed $60 per barrel Oil prices again exceed $60 per barrel. The quotes, which had recently decreased somewhat, returned to their previously gained positions after a fire occurred at one of BP's factories in Texas. And although the company assures that the incident will not affect production volumes, the market is again experiencing fears of a possible shortage of petroleum products in the coming winter. On Friday, oil on the New York Stock Exchange cost $60.57 per barrel.

A chicken flu epidemic began in Novosibirsk Russia still failed to avoid the bird flu epidemic. Last Friday, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance officially recognized that the cause of the mass death of chickens and ducks on farms in the Novosibirsk region is the H5N2 virus, almost identical to the same Asian version of H5N1, which has killed 50 people over the past year.

Rosimushchestvo will take Gazprom shares from Rosgazifikatsiya The operation to collect a controlling stake in Gazprom for transfer into direct state ownership continues. After concluding deals to buy out 10.74% of the shares from the concern’s subsidiaries, officials began to develop a mechanism for obtaining 210 million shares of the monopolist (0.9%), which are held by OJSC Rosgazification.

European cups suddenly crept up on Russian clubs. Last week, Lokomotiv already began playing in the Champions League, and Zenit and Krylya Sovetov found out their opponents in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The St. Petersburg team got the “Superfund” they knew well from last year, and the Samarans will have a date with the Belarusian BATE. The start of the European Cups, as always, took Russian clubs by surprise.

Government officials will be awarded a railway shoe for opposing business Khabarovsk businessmen have established a competition for government officials who create obstacles in business activities. According to its results, the most clumsy official will receive the not very honorable title - “Business Brake”. It is proposed that all business people in the region identify the obstacles to business in the Khabarovsk Territory.

The IP telephony market is gaining new opportunities By-laws to the Law “On Communications”, recently approved by government regulations, have led to major changes in the IP telephony market (IP telephony is a technology for transmitting voice over Internet digital communication channels).

ATHLETICS. August 6-7. World Championship. Helsinki (Finland). During the first two days at the forum of the strongest athletes on the planet, eight sets of awards will be awarded. On Saturday, champions will be determined in the 20 km walk and shot put for men, and in the 10,000 m run for women. The next day will be the last event of the heptathlon program, women's 20 km walking, and our main hopes for gold are connected with the girls' triple jump competition.

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has decided that, starting from the middle of the current national team season, in the event of a tie in victories between two or more teams, the first criterion for the distribution of places will be the ratio of game points, and not the ratio of games, as before.

A nursery for high-tech companies is being created in the Northern capital Last Friday in St. Petersburg, a meeting of the working group on the creation of an IT park was chaired by Deputy Minister of Information Technologies and Communications Dmitry Milovantsev and Vice-Governor of the city Mikhail Oseevsky. It was decided to build it on the basis of the St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications. prof. M.A. Bonch-Bruevich.

Aquatic mammals in Moscow galleries Curator Alexander Petrovichev invited people to the exhibition in the Krokin Gallery with an intricate story about the origin and evolution of the most popular species of mammal in mythology and folklore - whales. And I, having read this electronic message-announcement, sinfully thought that the exhibition was dedicated specifically to them - often mustachioed, always tailed miracles - judas, archaeocetes, mystacocetes, odonocetes.

State secretaries will again appear in ministries and departments Last Friday, Vladimir Putin signed a decree restoring the institution of state secretaries - deputy ministers - in ministries. They will be responsible for relations with the Federal Assembly. Moreover, apparently, secretaries of state will also appear in federal services and agencies.