A new collection of KGB documents has appeared in Lithuania A scandal erupted in Lithuania due to the emergence of a large set of documents related to the activities of the KGB in the period 1991-1992. The archive, which contains 52 original cases and over 7 thousand cards, fell into the hands of the Chairman of the Lustration Commission, Dalia Kuodite, a week ago.

The new round of confrontation between Tbilisi and Moscow was commented on by former President of Georgia Eduard SHEVARDNADZE to Vremya Novostei's own correspondent Mikhail VIGNANSKY. - Eduard Ambrosievich, how can we save Russian-Georgian relations from rapidly sliding into the abyss? - I don’t know the details of the arrest of Russian officers, I don’t know the reasons for what happened.

Mosenergo will be prepared for sale to someone unknown The process of selling Mosenergo to Gazprombank, which the board of directors of RAO UES of Russia will discuss today, is accompanied by some difficulties. Last night, the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, German Gref, spoke out categorically against the targeted sale to the main bank of Gazprom. “We are ready for an additional issue of Mosenergo,” Interfax quotes him. - But we cannot yet sign a directive regarding Gazprom.

American Film Festival takes place in Moscow Every month dozens of American films appear on our screens (as well as in the rest of the world). A little less is released on legal video media. And yet, the picture of American cinema remains quite incomplete - entire layers of perhaps the most developed and original cinematography in the world remain unknown not only to the general public, but even to narrow specialists, along with festival regulars.

Grigory Perelman as a litmus test for the Russian Academy of Sciences A sensation in the mathematical world. Grigory Perelman, a mathematician from St. Petersburg, proved the Poincaré conjecture, thereby solving one of the most famous unsolved mathematical problems of the 20th century. At the same time, the great mathematician does not want to move to any other country or to any other city. This is such a truly Russian and truly St. Petersburg patriot. A patriot of his big and small homeland.

The Polish party in power is playing for time Yesterday, Polish President Lech Kaczynski spoke about the political situation in the country after a scandalous video was shown on a national television channel, depicting the process of luring deputy Renata Beger from Self-Defense to the ruling party Law and Justice (PiS), which is building a majority. The leader of PiS is Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Lech's brother.

CLUBS Alex Sipyagin (USA), George Colligan (piano, USA), Hans Glawischnik (bass, USA), Evgeny Ryaboy (drums, Moscow). September 29-30 at Le Club , 20.30. AVANT-GARDE MUSIC FESTIVAL “LONG ARMS” IN THE “HOUSE” Ryoji Hojito (Japan). During his performances, Hojito uses various objects, which he calls small instruments, and embeds them directly into the piano, trying to achieve a richer sound.

Another participant in the attempt on Galina Starovoitova has been named The St. Petersburg City Court yesterday announced the verdict of two more alleged participants in the attempt on the life of Russian State Duma deputy Galina Starovoitova, who died on November 20, 1998 from the bullets of now-famous killers on the threshold of her own apartment in the entrance of a house on the Griboyedov Canal. In the dock were Vyacheslav Lelyavin and Pavel Stekhnovsky.

Yesterday, the High Representative of the European Union for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, and the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Ali Larijani, completed a two-day meeting at the residence of the German Foreign Ministry on the outskirts of Berlin, dedicated to analyzing the prospects for resolving the crisis around the Iranian nuclear program. They did not make specific decisions and did not make public the details of the negotiations.

The government is fighting to save government money The transfer of state and municipal procurement to a competitive basis has brought significant savings to the domestic budget - for 2006 it should amount to 150 billion rubles. And this is not the limit. If the law comes into full force, Russia will be able to save up to $15 billion a year.

Naftogaz of Ukraine needs $4.6 billion The question of Ukraine’s ability to ensure uninterrupted transit of Russian gas continues to be one of the most pressing issues in discussions of European energy security.

Mikhail Zurabov spoke in favor of maximally paid healthcare Yesterday, at the 6th All-Russian Pirogov Congress of Doctors, the Minister of Health and Social Development of Russia Mikhail Zurabov said that the social sphere, living off the income of the medical, social and pension system, cannot exist with such a low minimum wage (now it is 1,100 rubles) .

There is no place for liquids in the skies of Europe New rules for carrying hand luggage on board passenger planes will be introduced in Europe in November. Based on the experience of a large-scale terrorist attack foiled by intelligence services at London Heathrow Airport on August 10 this year, the European Commission is going to strictly limit the transportation of various liquids in the cabins of airliners.

Societe Generale will receive a controlling stake in Rosbank Rosbank may become the first Russian bank for control of which a foreign investor is willing to pay more than $2 billion. Yesterday it became known that one of the largest banking groups in Europe, the French Societe Generale, doubled its share in Rosbank capital - to 20 %. She also received an option to purchase another 30% plus two shares of the bank, for which she would pay $1.7 billion.

Rospotrebnadzor agreed to fight counterfeit alcohol with the participation of importers Participants in the alcohol market managed to break through the armor of the impregnable Rospotrebnadzor and agreed to create an advisory council, whose task will be, first of all, to jointly combat counterfeit products. Previously, Gennady Onishchenko’s department practically did not make contact with its “wards”.