At the beginning of the new exhibition season, the cities of the world will be attacked by the “Asian Project” of the young Russian Kirill Chelushkin. Thousands of skillfully carved (using a special technology, without a knife, but by burning) white foam figures will scatter throughout prestigious exhibition halls. Start - September 1 in the famous Parisian gallery Rabouan Moussion.

Lgov prisoners were accused of disorganizing the colony An unexpected decision on a high-profile case of mass self-harm in colony No. 3 in the city of Lgov was made by the Kursk Regional Prosecutor's Office. Four prisoners were charged with disorganizing the situation in the colony. The incident itself occurred on the night of June 27 this year.

UTair became interested in the capital city hall project Khanty-Mansiysk airline UTair, which has one of the world's largest helicopter fleets, is going to participate in creating a network of air taxi routes. The Moscow government has been nurturing the idea of ​​making the capital's urban transport partly airborne for several years now. Until now, the main executor of this project is considered to be the Atlant-Soyuz airline, controlled by the mayor's office.

Russian Railways increased the board and reduced the number of vice presidents The new board of directors of Russian Railways met yesterday for its first meeting. It also turned out to be the first after the appointment of Vladimir Yakunin as president of the monopoly, who promised to begin the final phase of reforming the company. The first issues that the directors considered were personnel issues.

The famous American singer and film actress will record an album with Barry Gibb, a member of the Australian group Bee Gees. In this way, the glorious history that began a quarter of a century ago will continue. In 1980, the album Guilty was released, where Streisand performed Barry Gibb's songs with his own backing vocals.

Dresdner Bank is selling its skyscraper and other “family silver” Recently, a new trend has been gaining strength among large German concerns, such as DaimlerChrysler or the publishing house Axel Springer: they are trying to get rid of large real estate belonging to them.

Koizumi's opponents want to form a new government Yesterday in Japan the creation of a new political organization was announced. Its founders were influential politicians who were dissatisfied with the course of Prime Minister Koizumi and left the ranks of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The New Civil Party (NCP), in their opinion, should play the main role in forming a government after the early parliamentary elections scheduled for September 11.

Souvenir products are becoming a rule of good manners for Russian parties Party accessories are not only an integral element of political propaganda, but also a way of self-expression. Every self-respecting political party strives to put something of its own into them, demonstrate the wealth of imagination, develop its own corporate style and put, if not a piece of its soul, then at least a piece of its ideology into a simple thing.

At the World Universiade, which takes place in Izmir, Turkey, 21-year-old Ekaterinburg swimmer Yuri Prilukov replenished the medal treasury of the Russian team with three awards - “gold” in the 200 and 400 m distances and “silver” in the 800 m race. Immediately after the competition with Yuri A Vremya Novostey correspondent spoke with PRILUKOV. - Yura, it seems that you have become a collector of medals from the Universiade.

Sentences of convicted drug addicts commuted Two narcologists, sentenced last May to five years in prison for selling potent substances, will be released in the coming days. Yesterday, the Moscow City Court decided to change the sentence for Alexander Rosenblum and Vladimir Stebakov from real to suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of three years.

Competition intensifies in the regional aircraft sector The Financial Leasing Company (FLC) yesterday entered into a contract with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft OJSC (SCAC) for the purchase of ten RRJ aircraft. Apparently, the fundamental decision on the deal was made just yesterday, during the MAKS-2005 international air show.

"Peter the Great" inspired Vladimir Putin's keynote speech Yesterday, Russian President and Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin not only inspected the activities of the Navy, but also actively communicated with journalists on board the flagship of the Russian Northern Fleet, the cruiser Peter the Great. In particular, he promised not to fire anyone in the government and explained why he often delays nominating candidates for regional leaders.

Premiere of Stanislav Govorukhin’s film “Not by Bread Alone” at the Window to Europe festival While watching, at first it seemed that this was an archival picture that had appeared from nowhere today. The unprincipled director of the Ural plant, Drozdov, played in a muted and colorful performance by Viktor Sukhorukov, did not give way to the invention of the former physics teacher Lopatkin.

Capital entomologists tried to count moths An unusual fashion show took place in Moscow on Wednesday night. In the natural park "Valley of the Skhodnya River in Kurkino" moths demonstrated their beauty. As the head of the department of scientific research and environmental monitoring of the park, Oleg Tolstenkov, told a Vremya Novostey correspondent, the purpose of this action is not only aesthetic, but also scientific.

CLUBS The first alternative music festival “Your Radio Live”. The festival will feature groups that at different times were leaders of the Play magazine’s alternative hit parade, such as “LP” (Kaliningrad), “The Sky is Here” (Moscow), Altera Forma (Moscow), “Bosch with You” (Moscow ), Silence Kit (Moscow). "B2" , 19.30. Jazz Town Soul Show with the participation of Sergei Manukyan, Vadim Kapustin and Dr. Love Band; Yuri Genbachev (percussion). Jazz Town , 19.00.