New “Eugene Onegin” in the new season of the Bolshoi Theater On September 1, the Bolshoi Theater opens its 231st season with the premiere performance of the opera “Eugene Onegin” directed by Dmitry Chernyakov, perhaps the brightest and most sought-after director of the new generation.

Russians suffered from explosions in Antalya Things have become restless in Turkish resorts. Following the explosions that occurred in Marmaris and Istanbul on Monday night, an explosion exploded in Antalya yesterday afternoon. The latest terrorist attack was the bloodiest. The bomb exploded in the afternoon in the center of Antalya, crowded with foreign tourists, just 80 meters from the Russian consulate.

Far Eastern governors are recommended to follow Roman Abramovich Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Far Eastern Federal District Kamil Iskhakov held a council of heads of executive and legislative authorities of the district in Anadyr. Such meetings, according to a tradition established during the work of the first Far Eastern plenipotentiary representative Konstantin Pulikovsky, are held once every three months.

North Korea has removed equipment intended to launch the Taepodong-2 long-range ballistic missile from the test site. This was stated yesterday by the head of South Korean intelligence, Kim Seung-gyu, speaking at a meeting of the intelligence committee in parliament.

The Japanese Prime Minister is jealous of Kazakhstan, its territory and uranium Yesterday, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (pictured) arrived on an official visit to Astana. The capital of Kazakhstan became the first point on the Japanese prime minister's route in Central Asia - the next one will be Tashkent, where Koizumi will arrive today. He became the first Japanese prime minister to visit the region.

A historic event for domestic beach volleyball took place last Sunday in the Dutch resort town of Den Hag. For the first time in 14 years of European Championships, a Russian couple won gold medals. In the final match of the women's tournament, Natalya Uryadova from the Moscow region and St. Petersburg's Alexandra Shiryaeva, in the presence of five thousand spectators, won a strong-willed victory over the tandem of competition hosts Rebecca Kadijk and Merel Muren - 14:21, 21:16, 19:17.

The Georgian opposition was invited to the ballot boxes ahead of schedule Local government elections in Georgia will take place on October 5. Yesterday evening the Central Election Commission completed accepting applications from those wishing to participate in the elections. The Central Election Commission worked in emergency mode despite the day off - Georgia celebrated the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. President Mikheil Saakashvili managed to prevent the opposition from uniting.

Rospotrebnadzor reminded doctors of the need to fight “human” flu Being carried away by the fight against bird flu, Russian doctors may lose sight of acute viral infections that cause diseases in people. Yesterday, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, the chief state sanitary doctor of Russia, Gennady Onishchenko, drew the attention of his colleagues to this fact, calling on them not to waste time during the inter-epidemic season and to more actively carry out prevention, especially vaccination.

Student bombers met at a gay pride parade Three Moscow students accused of organizing the explosion at the Cherkizovsky market on August 21, which killed 10 people and injured 30, are suspected of at least eight more similar “actions.” The head of the Moscow City Internal Affairs Directorate, Vladimir Pronin, announced this yesterday at a special press conference. In his opinion, all three were members of one of the stable extremist groups.

Chronicle of sporting events Maria Sharapova has signed a lifetime contract with tennis racket manufacturer Prince. Under the terms of the agreement, the tennis player will play only with rackets from this company even after the end of her professional career. The terms of Sharapova's lifetime sponsorship contract were not disclosed. Representatives of the company only stated that the financial side of the contract will depend on the results of Sharapova’s performances.

People consider the main signs of high social status to be an apartment, a car and a good education for children The All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), as part of a comprehensive study of the public consciousness of Russians, found out what our compatriots consider a sign of prestige and high social status. More than half of Russians, 55%, say the presence of good housing is the main sign of prestige.

The 63rd Venice Film Festival opens tomorrow Who will get the lion's share this time will be decided by Catherine Deneuve, a recognized symbol of France, French cinema and French cosmetics. And, by the way, it is the same age as the festival. Deneuve will work under the leadership of director Bigas Luna (Spain), producer Paulo Branco (Portugal), director Cameron Crowe (USA), actress Chulpan Khamatova (Russia), director Chang Wook-Pak (Korea) and actor Michele Placido (Italy).

An exhibition of the star of official art has opened at the Academy of Arts Similar to all his predecessors combined, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, corresponding member of the Academy of Arts (and all this at less than forty years old), Vasily Nesterenko reproduces the classics with deadly seriousness. Nesterov’s slightly transformed compositions and Plastov’s landscapes are recognizable in his paintings as easily as Michelangelo’s David in a huge drawing.

Guus Hiddink named the composition of the Russian national team for the match with Croatia The head coach of the Russian national team yesterday announced the list of football players who were invited to the training camp before the opening match of the 2008 European Championship qualifying round with the Croatian national team. There are few changes compared to the previous squad that took part in the friendly match with Latvia. And all of them are associated with injuries to football players.

LUKOIL, CNPC, Petronas, KNOC and Uzbekneftegaz will look for gas in the Aral Sea Tomorrow in Tashkent, a “transnational” consortium consisting of Russian LUKOIL, Chinese CNPC, Malaysian Petronas, South Korean KNOC and Uzbekneftegaz will sign a long-awaited production sharing agreement with the government of Uzbekistan on a project to search for and develop promising hydrocarbon deposits in the Aral Sea sector.