CLUBS Retrofuturistic festival "Space Flight". The festival, as part of the “Great Mute” project, is dedicated to the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight into space. The program includes legendary silent films with live musical accompaniment. Today they will show the animated film “Interplanetary Revolution” (1924), directed by Z. Komissarenko, artists Y. Merkulov and N.

Applicants for the “National Bestseller” have been named “National bestseller” has reached the finish line. The fight for this prize will continue with one biography - the magazine's "Boris Pasternak" by Dmitry Bykov (M., "Young Guard") - and five novels (or almost novels): "2008" by Sergei Dorenko (M., Ad Marginem), " American Hole" by Pavel Krusanov (St.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade expect new revelations Today, senior Russian security officials who were at the center of a series of anti-corruption investigations last week are expected to receive official notices of resignation.

Tax amnesty causes Russian media more concern than hope In June, the State Duma is due to consider the draft law “On a simplified procedure for declaring income by individuals,” which has become known under the simpler slogan “tax amnesty.” Over the year that has passed since the start of work on the draft law on the personal instructions of the President of Russia, it turned out that citizens’ interest in the topic is so painful that any statement by even non-high-ranking officials about the

The prosecutor’s office decided to defeat corruption “without compromising its authority” The Moscow prosecutor's office has lost one of its leaders - "for improper performance of his duties" by order of Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov last Friday, the 1st deputy prosecutor of the capital, Mikhail Nikonov, was dismissed and dismissed from the prosecutor's office.

The President of Russia has been thinking about a successor for seven years Vladimir Putin, who arrived in Sochi last Thursday, will stay at his Bocharov Ruchey residence until the end of the month. The program of his meetings promises to be more intense than ever. And the most important event of the “Sochi period” will be the Russia-European Union summit on May 25.

Russia exports military equipment from Georgia Today, the first train with military equipment from a Russian base will depart from the Georgian city of Akhalkalaki in transit through Azerbaijan to Russia. Moscow, therefore, begins to implement the agreements to close the Akhalkalaki base, which will finally happen in 2007. In general, the Russian military presence in Georgia will end in 2008.

Legislators have built universities into the vertical of power In the near future, Russian universities will be governed by “four hands.” According to the amendments to the law “On Higher and Postgraduate Professional Education,” which domestic legislators adopted in the first reading last Friday, in addition to the rector, universities, academies and institutes will also have a president.

Director Andriy Zholdak remade the myth of Phaedrus The play “Phaedra. The Golden Ear”, which appeared on the stage of the Theater of Nations, is extremely convenient for description and difficult to parse - like, indeed, everything that director Zholdak, a supernova (familiar to Muscovites since 2001) star of the Ukrainian stage, does. There are many reasons for this, but the main one, I think, is the insurmountable fragmentation of the director’s plots.

The Spanish pilot won his first home Grand Prix Fernando Alonso's home victory at Circuit de Catalunya Montmello strengthened the reigning champion's lead in the individual competition. Michael Schumacher, who finished second, is 15 points behind the Spanish driver. Giancarlo Fisichella's third place brought Renault an additional six points in the team championship and allowed the French stable to create a good lead in the Constructors' Championship.

EU and Iran exchange terms Today in Brussels, foreign ministers of EU member countries will try to find incentives that can convince Tehran to abandon nuclear development. The Europeans can provide Iran with energy resources and even recognize its theoretical right to a peaceful atom. If Tehran rejects these proposals, “punitive measures” cannot be ruled out.

Hockey. NHL. Stanley Cup. Second round . “Colorado” – “Anaheim” – 1:4 (series score 0:4), “Edmonton” – “San Jose” – 6:3 (2:2), “Ottawa” – “Buffalo” " -- 2:3 (OT) (1:4), "New Jersey" -- "Carolina" -- 5:1 (1:3) -- Brylin "ND" (1+0). The Stanley Cup is losing one favorite after another. In the second round, Ottawa dropped out of the fight. The Senators lost to the Blades in five matches.

The Church Abroad is in no hurry to agree to an alliance with the Moscow Patriarchate The relationship between the Orthodox Church in Russia and its foreign sister is increasingly reminiscent of the famous logic puzzle about Achilles and the turtle. The return of the Orthodox Church Abroad to the bosom of the Moscow Patriarchate, which seems to be getting closer with each new meeting of the bilateral commission to normalize relations, nevertheless will not take place.

Yushchenko and Kaczynski strengthened solidarity Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's official visit to Poland, which ended on Saturday, was meant to confirm the continuity of Warsaw's policy towards Kyiv after significant changes in the Polish government, as well as to demonstrate the historical reconciliation that shadows the mutual extermination of Poles and Ukrainians six decades ago.

White House official acts as photographer The publishing house "Olma-press" published a photo album by Vladimir Milovidov "Nostalgia". The album is small but cute. It is dedicated to that Moscow that is now almost forgotten. In black and white photographs - a city of fleeting memories. But this is not the Stalinist Moscow that tourists often see when they enter the capital. This is the view of a hereditary Muscovite, a romantic, brought up on Bulgakov, Rybakov and Okudzhava.