A beauty contest was held for the first time in post-war Chechnya On Saturday, the first beauty contest in the history of post-war Chechnya was held in Grozny. The history of post-war Chechnya already included the foundation of a water park, a bike show with a rock concert, and a visit by former world boxing champion Mike Tyson.

The first Moscow ethno-free jazz festival was held at the Central House of Artists - Art Depot Summer will soon come, and then the outbursts of intellectual madness will stop, and concert (including jazz) life will switch to entertainment mode: summer festivals, open-air and other pleasures corresponding to warm weather await the viewer. At the end of the cold spring, a festival of improvisational music took place, listening to which you have to strain your brains and ears.

At the end of his visit to Poland, Pope Benedict XVI yesterday visited the largest Nazi death camp in Auschwitz, where about one and a half million people were killed. This visit is one of the most important points in the Pope’s visit program, since he himself is German and was drafted into the army before the fall of Adolf Hitler’s regime. According to the pontiff, Nazi cruelty was one of the reasons for his decision to become a priest.

A meeting of CIS telecom operators took place in Tashkent The next, 35th meeting of the Council of the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications (RCC) was held on May 22-23 in the capital of Uzbekistan. Participants focused on the digital divide (unequal access to communication services), which has become the focus of policy attention since the Tunis Information Society Summit last November.

Belarus beat a contender for the World Cup awards The World Cup participants continue to prepare for the main tournament of the four-year anniversary. Some try to do it effectively, like the German national team, which beat Luxembourg - 7:0, others effectively, like France, which defeated another participant in the World Cup, Mexico - 1:0. The British did not succeed either way: the contenders for the title of world champions lost to the Belarusian team - 1:2.

Russian telecom operators are preparing for free incoming calls Russia is entering the era of CPP (Calling Party Pays - the calling party pays). From July 1, we will completely legally stop paying for any incoming phone calls, unless, of course, we are in a roaming zone. It seems that the Russian market will survive the transition to a new payment system for communication services relatively easily.

Documentary filmmaker Andrey Zaitsev made his debut in feature films On May 27, the premiere of Andrei Zaitsev’s short film took place at the Central House of Writers.

In the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, the situation has deteriorated again. As Boris Chochiev, the first deputy chairman of the government of the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia, told Vremya Novostey, on Sunday Georgian law enforcement agencies continued to hold two Ossetians, residents of North Ossetia. According to him, Russian citizens were detained on Saturday in the village of Eredvi when they were heading to their relatives in South Ossetia.

The President will be offered a new healthcare reform The Public Chamber is preparing a surprise for Vladimir Putin. Conceived rather as an advisory body, just six months after the start of its work, it took aim at a very serious social reform, which the executive and legislative branches of government have not dared to undertake for 15 years - institutional reform of the healthcare sector.

The new plant management is dissatisfied with the cost of production The flagship of the Russian automobile industry, AvtoVAZ, which has been managed since December last year by a state-delegated team of managers from the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rosoboronexport, held its annual meeting of shareholders on Saturday.

Balletomanes will not be bored In the first summer week in Moscow there are two events that are important for lovers of modern dance. Firstly, on June 2 and 3, Carolyn Carlson’s play “Tigers in the Tea House” will be shown on the stage of the Youth Theater; secondly, from June 1 to 6, the Pushkin Theater will give its stage to the international festival “Moscow Footlights”. Caroline Carlson is an absolutely legendary person.

The case of terrorist Kulaev has come to an end The Supreme Court of North Ossetia on Friday completed the announcement of the verdict in the case of Nurpashi Kulaev, the only survivor of the attack on a school in Beslan in September 2004.

Gazprom proposes another Energy Charter to the European Union The friendly atmosphere in which the last Russia-EU summit took place in Sochi significantly eased tensions in relations between the two largest energy partners. Gazprom seems to have decided to take advantage of the confusion in the camp of the European negotiators and consolidate the achieved success.

"Museum business" may cost the governor of the Chelyabinsk region his seat The top officials of the Chelyabinsk region decided to seize the initiative from the regional prosecutor's office, which is investigating a criminal case on the fact that the head of the governor's administration, Konstantin Bochkarev, exceeded his powers.

The state has not yet figured out how to regulate the liquor industry Between the first and second reading of the draft law introducing a de facto state monopoly on the circulation of ethyl alcohol, deputies must decide on the mechanism for the work of the body that will oversee the entire alcohol industry.