The government indicated the need for investment in energy and did not make specific decisions At the government meeting yesterday, the issue of developing the electric power industry was also discussed.

CLUBS Stewart Walker (Germany), Sanchez, Gleb 9. Techno party as part of “Sanchez Thursdays”. "Propaganda" , 21.00. Count Basic (Austria--USA). An acid jazz project led by vocalist Kelli Sae and guitarist Peter Legat. Ikra , 22.00. Alexander Tsarovtsev and the group “Pilgrim” (Israel).

The Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art will be held on time A press conference was held at the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography announcing the Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. The festival was presented by various leaders of national culture, from the head of the Faculty of Culture and Culture Mikhail Shvydkoy, the commissioner of two biennales Joseph Backstein to the head of the department of newest trends of the State Russian Museum Alexander Borovsky.

Postponement of Rosbank's IPO will provoke demand for public offerings of other banks The indefinite postponement of Rosbank's IPO due to the sale of a 10% stake to the French Societe Generale is excellent news for all Russian credit institutions that have decided to place their shares on the open market, in particular for VTB and Vozrozhdenie.

Latvia reveals the names of Soviet intelligence agents Yesterday, the Latvian Seimas finally opened the so-called Cheka bags - a card index of former KGB agents of the USSR and the Latvian SSR. Already on November 1, the names, surnames and even nicknames of the agents will be published in the official newspaper Latvijas Vзstnesis (“Latvian Bulletin”). Back in 2004, the Sejm approved a bill to make KGB archives public. But then President Vaira Vike-Freiberga returned the law for reconsideration.

The prosecution demanded the maximum punishment for corrupt officials from the secret services Yesterday, the state prosecutor demanded that Vladimir Ganeev (pictured) , a general of the Ministry of Emergency Situations who led the criminal group of “werewolves in uniform,” be sentenced to 25 years in a maximum security colony.

The FIFA World Cup starts tomorrow in Germany There's not long to wait. Just one day. And 32 teams will begin the campaign for the main football trophy - the golden figurine of the goddess of victory Nika. 64 matches in 31 days is something that the whole world will watch and discuss.

The Central Bank has completed the selection of banks for the deposit insurance system It took the Central Bank almost a year and a half to identify the most worthy representatives of the domestic banking community and entrust them with work with private clients.

Political scientists are inventing an oligarchic conspiracy in the 2008 presidential elections The thought of the possibility of an oligarchic coup has not left some Russian political scientists for almost a year.

Gref and Kudrin set their sights on the excess profits of the gas monopoly The actions of the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance are adequate in the current situation, but the governments are extremely risky. Such a sharp statement was made yesterday at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers by the head of the Ministry of Finance, Alexei Kudrin, when discussing the forecast for the socio-economic development of Russia until 2009.

On Thursday, an anticyclone that has settled over Great Britain and Scandinavia is spreading its influence to the north-west and central regions of European Russia. Atmospheric pressure in the northwestern part of European Russia will increase slightly, and the air temperature will remain low, since there are northern and northwestern winds in this part of the anticyclone.

The road industry is undergoing a rethinking of priorities In 2005, Russian road workers again had to work under conditions of insufficient budget funding. And in this industry, any financial problems instantly affect the condition of the road network. Therefore, road builders have to look for ways to more efficiently develop available resources. Deputy Head of the Federal Road Agency Anatoly CHABUNIN talks about how road work is carried out in these conditions.

German Economics Minister Michael Gloss expects “clearer signals” from Moscow to strengthen confidence On the eve of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Moscow on Monday, Manfred Grund, a member of the Bundestag's foreign policy committee, told Vremya Novostey's Berlin correspondent that Germany and Europe "shuddered" when Russia turned off Ukraine's gas tap. The truth of these words could be seen once again yesterday in Berlin.

World Gas Congress calls for restoring trust in traditional fuels Three years ago, at the World Gas Congress in Tokyo, a new era in energy was proclaimed - the oil era was being replaced by the gas era. Now at the same congress, but already in Amsterdam, the participants in the most representative gas forum are dominated by the idea of ​​​​restoring confidence in gas as soon as possible.

Moldova agreed with Gazprom on the price of supplies Gazprom has completed a campaign with the CIS countries to conclude new contracts for gas supplies this year. Late last Monday evening, the chairman of the board of the concern, Alexey Miller, and the general director of Moldovagaz, Gennady Abashkin, signed documents on gas supply to Moldova in the first quarter of 2006.