Kim Clijsters received four annual trophies In Miami, on the eve of a major tennis tournament, a solemn ceremony for presenting prizes based on the results of 2005, called “Stars with Stars,” took place. It was carried out jointly by the ATP and the BTA. Belgian Kim Clijsters won in four categories at once - “Player of the Year”, “Return of the Season”, for her nobility and sportsmanship on the court and as the main favorite of the fans.

Young choreography at the Mariinsky Festival “New Names” is the name of the evening of young choreographers at the Mariinsky Festival. Meanwhile, none of the three choreographers who composed the one-act pieces in this program can be called completely “new” people for ballet.

Microsoft has delayed the launch of a new version of the Windows operating system Computer giant Microsoft Corp. again decided to postpone the launch of sales of the new Windows Vista operating system. According to plans announced yesterday, the program will appear on the market no earlier than January 2007, and not in the second half of 2006, as Microsoft promised.

CLUBS "F... kill it." One of the wittiest bands of the Russian rock underground is presenting a new album, “If There Was Life,” in which the musicians, as usual, use entertaining examples to instruct the listener that if you don’t be bad, then everything in life will be fine. Ikra , 22.00. Absolut Revive - Snap Party . One of DJ Ukho’s regular parties, where he plays music from various interesting electronic artists of the past. Today's hero is the wonderful English techno duo Snap.

Belarusian opposition is looking for a long-term strategy Yesterday, a meeting was held at the Belarusian Foreign Ministry with ambassadors of the European Union countries. The Foreign Ministry does not confirm that it was caused by the heads of diplomatic missions visiting a tent city in the center of Minsk, where opposition representatives who disagree with the results of the presidential elections are holding a protest. “A working meeting took place.

Sergei Baburin decided to unite intellectual patriots The head of the Duma faction "Rodina" ("People's Will" - SEPR) Sergei Baburin announced yesterday his intention to unite conservative political forces with an eye to participating in the 2007 parliamentary elections. The first step towards such a union was the writing of the “Manifesto of Russian Conservatives.” In addition to Mr.

This spring marks the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. But few people know that Chernobyl has its own specific continuation. And in Russia. About a year ago, the metal structures of the 4th power unit of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, despite the protest of environmentalists and radiation experts, began to be dismantled and sent for melting. From the remains of the station, beams, pipes, and fittings are cast at metallurgical enterprises.

South Ossetia wants to go back to 1774 South Ossetia has found a new way to realize its long-held dream of joining Russia. The president of the unrecognized republic, Eduard Kokoity, yesterday in Vladikavkaz, during a joint meeting of the governments of North and South Ossetia, said that he was going to appeal to the Russian Constitutional Court on the issue of recognizing South Ossetia as part of Russia on the basis of historical documents.

Alisa Gallyamova and Xu Yuhua will play in the final of the Women's World Chess Championship in Yekaterinburg. The Russian-Chinese final did not come as a surprise to most experts in the women's game. This is a reflection of both the class of rivals and the laws of the knockout system - if you don’t realize your whites, prepare for the worst.

Sergei Bogdanchikov hopes to have time to pay money to Western creditors before October Rosneft continues to convince investors that preparations for the company's IPO are proceeding without problems. However, the issue of consolidation of the holding, which is supposed to be carried out before the placement, has not yet been resolved.

The government of the Islamic State of Afghanistan has decided to overcome inter-ethnic hostility through education and cultural cooperation. The Afghan government turned to Russian ethnographers with a request to develop the concept of a historical and ethnographic museum, which would be formed according to the “family of nations” principle. The proposal was accepted. An expedition of Russian scientists - employees of the St.

Gazprom management is trying to postpone the appearance of a German shareholder in Gazprombank The hidden confrontation between the financial and economic department of Gazprom and the management of Gazprombank seems ready to spill over into an open conflict, and on an international scale. The management of the gas concern plans to present a strategy for its core bank at the next meeting of the board of directors on March 29.

RUSAL was accused of colluding with the President of Nigeria RUSAL, as it became known yesterday, received a claim for $2.8 billion from the American company BFI Group, whose founder is the Nigerian native Ruben Jaja. The plaintiff accuses the Russian company of colluding with senior Nigerian officials during the privatization of a 77.5% stake in the Nigerian aluminum smelter Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria (Alscon). The lawsuit was filed late last week in a New York court.

Sergey Ignatiev is improving banking legislation In the near future, the government will introduce several bills to the State Duma, which will certainly please both depositors and borrowers of Russian banks.

Russian bailiffs are seeking the right to monitor debtors The bailiffs intend to seek to expand their powers and transform their department into a new intelligence service, empowered to wiretap phones and spy on citizens. This was stated yesterday at a press conference by the director of the Federal Bailiff Service Nikolai Vinnichenko.