Minsk is counting on warming with the West On Friday in Minsk, the Belarusian opposition will hold an unauthorized rally to commemorate the disappeared politicians. According to the leader of the Belarusian United Civil Party, Anatoly Lebedko, “this is a moral action, not intended for mass participation.” Several dozen people will take part in it.

Philharmonic everyday life will become more eventful The Moscow Philharmonic has opened the season, which the leaders themselves call the first, made not so long ago by a renewed team, already scrupulously and completely consciously. The opening itself was loud (see “Vremya Novostei” of September 1) and seemed spontaneous and stormy, but the further course of philharmonic life promises to be not only spectacular, but also stable.

Big plans of the Maly Dramatic On September 16, the St. Petersburg Maly Drama Theater - Theater of Europe opens its 61st season. The artistic director of the theater Lev Dodin spoke about how the theater imagines it.

Beslan residents demand the recusal of Nikolai Shepel The President's order to the Prosecutor General's Office to monitor the progress of the investigation into the terrorist attack on a school in Beslan may well now yield unexpected results. Deputy Prosecutor General Vladimir Kolesnikov, known for his directness and decisiveness in assessing events, was sent to carry out the assignment to North Ossetia.

Economic growth in Russia lacks fuels and lubricants On Wednesday, Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref spoke with the leaders of the “privatization” bloc and the head of Rosnedvizhimost Mikhail Mishustin at the government hour in the State Duma. The main issues were the discussion of the jump in gasoline prices and the possibilities of increasing the rate of economic growth.

Unknown abstract from Zhdanov's archive The large-scale celebration of the anniversary of the Victory, among other things, showed that the history of the Great Patriotic War itself or the Second World War (whichever you prefer) is a topic all the more relevant because it has been little studied.

The airport will grow faster than passenger traffic The East Line group of companies plans to invest $120 million this year and $150 million each in 2006 and 2007 into the development of the Domodedovo airport it manages.

CLUBS Peter Mamonov. The third and probably the most interesting evening within the framework of the project “Beautiful Evenings at Gogol’s”. Today with guests of the Theater. N.V. Gogol will meet one of the most important characters for Russian musical culture - the embodiment of the concept of “cult”. Pyotr Nikolaevich also appears in public much less often than other participants in the “Gogol” project, and certainly not just to talk.

At the start of Euro 2005, Russia hopes for an American Tomorrow the final tournament of the 34th European Championship among men's teams begins in four cities of Serbia and Montenegro. For the second time in its history, the national team of our country will perform at official international competitions with an international composition.

Vladimir Putin took part in political and cultural events in New York Yesterday in New York, Vladimir Putin put his signature on the “International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.” This document, prepared by the Russian side, has been waiting in the wings since 1997, but it was adopted only in April of this year. The convention stipulates that world powers must oppose any activity aimed at using nuclear materials in terrorist acts.

"The Child" is released The main winner of the current Cannes Film Festival, the Dardenne brothers' film The Child, is released on Moscow screens a few months after its triumph at Cannes. The film was also shown at the Moscow festival; moreover, the Dardennes came in person and even took part in a rally in defense of the Cinema Museum.

Memoirs of Boris Slutsky published Collections of memoirs are rarely successful. At a wake, they don’t say anything bad - instead of a living and sinful person, a blissful dummy appears. (The opposite and even more unpleasant case - an evil caricature - is more typical for “individual projects”.) The book that will be discussed is a strong exception. The poet Boris Slutsky died almost twenty years ago - on February 23, 1986.

Birthdays, like New Years, come only once a year. The judo sports festival, whose name is the “World Championship,” is held even less frequently—once every two years. Therefore, and perhaps also because the competition in judo is fantastic (more than 180 countries are members of the international federation, and in 2005 about a hundred countries entered their teams into the competition in Cairo), becoming a world champion in judo is a tenfold celebration.

Putin and Talabani have common enemies At least 140 people were killed and about 230 injured in the attack in Qazimiya, a Shiite district of Baghdad. Yesterday, a suicide bomber drove a car bomb into a queue standing at a labor recruitment point.

Former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Nikolai Tanaev was released yesterday from the pre-trial detention center of the Kyrgyz National Security Service. His lawyer Maxim Maksimovich said that the preventive measure was changed to house arrest: Mr. Tanaev “should not leave his home from 21.00 to 6.00, and should not meet with a certain circle of people.” The lawyer believes that the political decision to release Mr.