The Mariinsky Theater staged “Jenufa” by Leos Janacek The opera Jenufa is not staged in Russia, but it suits it extremely well. Not according to the plot (from the life of Moravian peasants), but due to the state of strong internal tension that leads the plot to the finale. The unbearable oppression of predestination, which turned the heroes’ lives into a nightmare, ends with an escape from reality and the saving illusion that somewhere else, in another time, it will be good.

Manchester United defeated the Italian club English clubs continue their triumphant march in the Champions League. Chelsea managed to sneak into the semi-finals of the tournament, scoring the winning goal against Valencia in the last minute. And Manchester United literally burst into it, trampling the Italian Roma on the way - 7:1. “This is the worst night of my life,” the words of Roman captain Francesco Totti do not exaggerate the scale of the disaster that Roma found itself in.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs searched Russneft bankers The Investigative Committee (IC) under the Ministry of Internal Affairs recently conducted a new series of searches as part of an investigation into a criminal case of tax evasion by OJSC Oil Company RussNeft. Investigators did not bother the oil workers themselves this time, but visited the offices of four banks with which the company works.

For the sake of Abkhazia, Russia slammed the door on the UN Security Council Tomorrow the UN Security Council plans to adopt a resolution on Abkhazia, extending the mandate of its observers for another six months. Currently, there are more than a hundred of them in the confrontation zone. However, the new resolution does not foretell a quick end to the conflict amid intensifying disputes between the parties to the settlement.

PKN Orlen will reduce investments in the Lithuanian concern Mazeikiu Nafta The Polish PKN Orlen, it seems, is no longer happy with the purchase of the Lithuanian oil concern Mazeikiu Nafta. As the head of the board of PKN Orlen and executive director of Mazeikiu Nafta Petr Kownacki said yesterday, the company does not intend to invest significant funds in the Lithuanian complex in the coming years.

CLUBS Damo Suzuki (Japan-Germany), Safety Magic , Moscow Grooves Institute , Pelageya , Nikolai Oorzhak (throat singing, Tuva), Inna Zhelannaya , “Picasso's Children” , Karl Khlamkin , “Fire-Ookrestr” . “Sixteen Tons” , 20.00. “The club’s birthday. Sanchez Thursdays” : Alex Smoke (USA), Twayne (Germany), DJs Sanchez , Sampler , VJ Addams . Tech house. "Propaganda" , 21.00. Roman Stolyar (piano), Vlad Makarov (cello), Sergey Letov (saxophone), Mikhail Davydov (vocals). "Home" , 20.00.

Seven principles on the basis of which the revival of Russian science and technology will become real On March 29, 2007, the Vremya Novostey newspaper published an article by scientist Yuri Magarshak, “The Triangle of Civilization,” dedicated to the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences and which caused a significant resonance in the academic environment. Today we offer the author’s second article outlining a more detailed plan for reforming science in Russia.

Everything is stable in the world economy, but not in the IMF and World Bank The International Monetary Fund yesterday released its latest World Economic Outlook report, a comprehensive study of economic trends and issues that tends to provide important signals to global financial markets.

Businesses and officials discuss the prospects for freeing the drug market from import dependence Minister of Health and Social Development Mikhail Zurabov, speaking yesterday to officials from the regions, decisively promised that all delays in the delivery of preferential medications to the localities would be resolved in a maximum of two to three weeks.

“Hot rallies” of the opposition began in Bishkek Yesterday in Bishkek was somewhat reminiscent of May Day in Soviet times. The same festive atmosphere, bravura music, government rostrum in the central square, banners, flags...

The first foreign biotechnology companies believed that it was still possible to produce original medicines in Russia that were not inferior to the world's advanced developments. The American ChemDiv initiated the construction of the first research center in our country in Khimki, whose specialists have everything necessary to create new drugs for cancer and hepatitis.

The 7th Mariinsky Ballet Festival opens today This festival should not have happened at all: it was assumed that this spring the theater would be closed for reconstruction, the troupe would divide its time between numerous tours and performances at other venues in St. Petersburg and there would be nowhere to receive guests. But the reconstruction has gone somewhere into the future, and here you go - another festival.

The Russian market did not reach altitude 2000 The RTS index updated its historical maximum yesterday, but failed to reach the 2000 point mark. Market participants note that the market is growing slowly but surely. If the generally stable situation on the Russian and Western markets continues, the psychological barrier of 2000 may be broken in the very near future. By the end of yesterday's trading session, the RTS index added 0.36%, stopping at 1984.44 points.

"United Russia" decided to count the money in other people's pockets “United Russia” has decided to control who gets paid and how much in the Sverdlovsk region, but party members still prefer to remain silent about their income. Local United Russia members set themselves the goal of sending salaries in envelopes, acquired their own pager and invited all residents of the region to report delayed salaries, meager salaries and “black” accounting.

The Moscow City Duma will appeal to the Constitutional Court with a request to ban mentioning the nationality of the defendants during trials The capital's legislators insist that if the nationality of offenders and criminals disappears from police and court records, this will deprive the “destructive forces” in Russian society of the opportunity to sow interethnic discord.