"March of Dissent" in St. Petersburg took place in the presence of the President Sunday's “March of Dissent” in St. Petersburg, which gathered about one and a half thousand people, ended in a mass brawl between riot police and the opposition. Dozens of people were beaten with batons, several people were hospitalized, and more than a hundred were detained.

CLUBS Big band of Igor Butman. “Igor Butman Club” , 20.00. CONCERTS Cesaria Evora (Cape Verde). Evora, as has long been known not only to music lovers, but also to the general public, is the queen and founder of the morna vocal style, “the black Edith Piaf,” as many call her. Drawing African-Brazilian ballads will be played today in the Kremlin Palace , 19.00. "Musical Rarities".

Khabarovsk City Hall hired free financial consultants Starting this year, all financial decisions of the Khabarovsk city authorities will undergo mandatory “public examination.” According to Khabarovsk vice-mayor Valery Kazachenko, the idea of ​​creating a commission of so-called people's auditors belongs to mayor Alexander Sokolov. But the people's auditors will still be professionals.

Sevmashpredpriyatie launched the first Russian submarine First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov was present yesterday in Severodvinsk at the launching of the first Russian nuclear submarine and at the laying of the world's first floating nuclear power plant. Both vessels will become the flagship of the corresponding series.

Mikhail Gorbachev defended Russian ideas about democracy from German ones Mikhail Gorbachev explained to the Europeans why Russia will not have the same democracy as theirs. The ex-president of the USSR shared his thoughts on this matter in Kaliningrad at a meeting of the coordinating committee of the Russian-German forum “St. Petersburg Dialogue”.

How Contemporary Art Supports the Ruins of a Great Utopia It’s always like this in Russia: the more abomination there is around, the more elevated the “dreams” of the intelligentsia become. All she wants is escapism to escape reality! During the Saturday massacre of the demonstration of dissent, the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra gave a brilliant concert in the Great Hall of the Conservatory at an inopportune time (three o’clock in the afternoon). Gergiev played Mahler's Fifth.

Today the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Arseniy Yatsenyuk arrives in Moscow. During the one-day fact-finding visit, taking place against the backdrop of the crisis in Ukraine, he will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov. On the eve of his arrival, Mr. Yatsenyuk published an income declaration in the government press, according to which he earns more than $144,000 a year.

Nikolay Valuev lost in his 47th fight There is a new heavyweight champion. Ruslan Chagaev, representing Uzbekistan, took the WBA title from Russian Nikolai Valuev. After a 12-round fight, two of the three referees gave a well-deserved victory to White Tyson - 115:113 and 117:111, and only one found grounds for a draw - 114:114. This was Nikolai Valuev’s 47th fight in the professional ring; the previous ones invariably ended in victory for the Russian heavyweight.

The government discussed the industry development strategy The meeting of the Russian government, held last Wednesday, was devoted to one of the most important topics, the discussion of which the ministers planned for the first half of 2007 - the strategy for the development of transport engineering . It was not possible to accept the document the first time: the ministers instructed the Ministry of Industry and Energy to finalize the document and specify the tasks that the state must solve.

The presidential election campaign begins in Turkey today. According to the constitution, the head of state is elected by parliament, where the majority of mandates belong to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party. The head of government himself has not yet announced his intention to run for president. Erdogan’s caution is explained by the intensification of anti-prime forces in recent days.

There were at least four terrorist attacks in Baghdad on Sunday. The first explosions occurred in the morning at one of the busy markets in the Shiite quarter - two mines planted in cars went off. 18 people were killed and about 50 were injured. The third explosion occurred in the afternoon, when a suicide bomber driving a minibus detonated an explosive device near the courthouse in a residential area of ​​the capital. Eight people died.

By supporting Paul Wolfowitz, the White House undermined the reputation of the World Bank. The “Spring Meetings” of the governing bodies of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which ended yesterday in Washington, will forever go down in the history of international financial organizations.

The police gave scale to the “March of Dissent” in Moscow On Saturday, an unauthorized “March of Dissent” took place in Moscow, organized by the opposition coalition “The Other Russia”. And the next day the St. Petersburg oppositionists took up the banner of dissent.

Chronicle of sporting events Basketball. NBA. Regular season. Philadelphia - Orlando - 87:104, Cleveland - Atlanta - 110:76, ​​Memphis - Denver - 133:118, Houston - New Orleans - 123:112, Milwaukee - Charlotte - 92:113, Utah - Phoenix - 98:126, Portland - Seattle - 108:102. Due to the home defeat, Philadelphia finally lost all chances of reaching the playoffs.

March 13 -- April 13, 2007 “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of Vremya Novostei and the Medialogia company, are ratings of the political figures most actively discussed in the Russian media. “Politicians through the Eyes of the Media” are published weekly on Mondays: during the month you can get acquainted with the ratings of governors, deputies, ministers of Russia and foreign politicians. The ratings are also published on the publication's website - www.vremya.ru.