Yuri Luzhkov and Anatoly Chubais thanked each other six times for their work Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov arrived at the Mosenergo office yesterday to sign an Agreement on cooperation with the head of RAO UES of Russia Anatoly Chubais in the implementation of a joint Program of priority measures for the construction and reconstruction of electric power facilities in Moscow.

Alexey Kudrin painted an optimistic picture of the development of the Russian economy in the coming years Speaking at a borrowers' forum in St. Petersburg, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin painted a picture of the near future of the Russian economy. The result is a serene pastoral with some minor disturbing touches. The Russian economy, which experienced an unprecedented financial crisis in the late 90s of the last century, today, according to officials, is more stable than ever.

A small but important role in “Lemming” was played by Charlotte Rampling, a famous actress of British origin, whose main roles include “Twilight of the Gods” by Luchino Visconti, “The Night Porter” by Liliana Cavani, films by Sidney Lumet, Nagisa Oshima, Patrice Chéreau, Francois Ozon. Elena SLATINA spoke with Charlotte RAMPLING about the new role of the actress in the film by Dominic Moll.

CLUBS “Aquarium”, May 26, Ikra, 22.00. Peter Mamonov . Psychedelic monologues by Pyotr Mamonov to the accompaniment of a guitar. Stage version of songs from the albums “Mice” (2000) and “Green” (2002). May 26 at the Club on Brestskaya , 22.00. "The King and the Jester." May 27, KFOR MAI , 20.00. Bloodpit (Finland). A mixture of gothic, glam and hard rock from hot Finnish guys. May 27 in Orange , 21.00. Billy's Band . May 27 in B2 , 23.00.

Gazprombank will increase its authorized capital At the meeting of Gazprombank shareholders on June 20, it is planned to make a decision to increase the authorized capital of the credit institution. Alexander Sobol, deputy chairman of the bank’s board, told Vremya Novostey about this.

Automakers reach an agreement with Ecclestone Bernie Ecclestone triumphs again. This man, who devoted his entire life to Formula 1, is not for nothing called the owner of the Bolshoi Circus. On the eve of Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, he finally managed to put the squeeze on the obstinate automakers, who demanded an increase in their share of income from the sale of commercial rights and threatened to organize their own championship. The conflict that lasted about ten years has come to an end.

RAS selected new academicians The Russian Academy of Sciences accepted 49 new academicians, 101 corresponding members and 29 foreign members into its ranks. Yesterday, at the final meeting of the general meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, lists of candidates who successfully passed three stages of selection, including secret voting, were announced.

Most of the European territory of Russia is dominated by cyclones. In the next 24 hours, there will be intermittent rain in places in the center of Russia, and thunderstorms are possible. Over the weekend, the influence of the cyclone will intensify - the rains will become more intense and prolonged, and the temperature will drop by 2-5 degrees.

Writers receive awards almost every day At the end of the last spring month, secular and literary life became especially stormy. The celebration is just like a celebration. The announcement and honoring of the laureates of the “Children’s” Prize “Treasured Dream” (see “Vremya Novostei” on May 25) was followed by the presentation of the National Prize “Poet”. Today the laureates of the New Pushkin Prize will receive their awards.

Pavel Popovskikh will receive compensation and an apology from the Prosecutor General's Office Former head of Airborne Forces intelligence Pavel Popovskikh, previously accused of murdering Moskovsky Komsomolets journalist Dmitry Kholodov, has been fully acquitted and will receive compensation for illegal criminal prosecution. Yesterday, the Moscow District Military Court (MOVS) confirmed the Popovskys' right to compensation for material damage in the amount of almost 2.8 million rubles.

In the Kaliningrad region they fear the consequences of Lithuania and Poland joining the Schengen zone The fall of 2007 in the westernmost region of Russia has already been dubbed the “W” time - in a year and a half, the region will be surrounded by countries in the Schengen visa zone. It is quite obvious that no one in the Schengen zone is waiting for Kaliningrad with open arms.

The court sentenced the Beslan terrorist Nurpashi Kulaev will spend the rest of his life in a maximum security colony, despite the fact that the prosecution demanded a more severe punishment - capital punishment. “The court considered it possible, as a subject posing a special danger to society, to recognize him (Kulaev - ed .) as deserving of an exceptional punishment.

Canadian journalists apologize for yellow stripes The editor-in-chief of the influential Canadian newspaper National Post, Douglas Kelly, apologized to readers for an article about Iran published last Friday that caused a lot of noise: “We apologize for the error and for the horror it caused not only among the newspaper’s readers, but and in the wider community." We are talking about an article authored by Iranian opposition journalist Amir Taheri and two other Iranians living in exile in

Georgia celebrates 15 years of independence Today Georgia will once again remember Russia with an unkind word. This time the occasion will be historical - the 15th anniversary of the restoration of Georgia's independence. President Mikheil Saakashvili will open at the State Museum, located near Freedom Square, the “hall of occupation” - an exhibition on how the Red Army on February 25, 1921 “Sovietized” the Menshevik republic, which existed for less than three years.

The Gazprom board approved the oil strategy The corporate discussion at Gazprom on how to build an oil business passed its first serious milestone yesterday. The company's board approved the development strategy for this area until 2020, which was proposed by the president of Gazprom Neft (formerly called Sibneft) Alexander Ryazanov. The strategy involves increasing production to 80 million tons, total investments of $16.5 billion and active geological exploration activities.