Kazakhstan again raised the issue of toxicity of Russian missile fuel The incidents with Russian Proton launch vehicles at Baikonur eight years ago came back to haunt domestic space industry enterprises during the last meeting of the Kazakh government.

The nationalist who confessed to the massacres of “non-Russians” recanted his testimony The scandalous case of a series of murders motivated by national hatred committed over the past year in Moscow has taken an unexpected turn. As Vremya Novostei learned, the other day the main suspect in these wild crimes, 17-year-old Artur Ryno, who had previously voluntarily confessed to 37 attacks on immigrants from Asia and the North Caucasus , suddenly retracted his testimony.

CIS leaders are trying to build a competitive Eurasia The CIS summit, held within the framework of the XI St. Petersburg Economic Forum , turned out to be, as announced, informal. This quality was as obvious as the framework of the forum itself was implicit: sometimes it seemed that its events flowed into discussions between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Two of Brook's performances were shown at the Chekhov Festival Two performances by Peter Brook were brought to the Chekhov Festival - a director who has been considered among the greats since the mid-sixties, when he brought his Shakespearean productions to Moscow. Since then, Brook has rarely visited Russia; his main works, such as the grandiose multi-hour “Mahabharata”, played in the open air in Avignon, were seen on pirated video only by the most inquisitive theatergoers.

The 18th Open Russian Film Festival in Sochi summed up the results Until the very end of Kinotavr, few people attempted to predict the final prize distribution with even minimal accuracy. Perhaps only one laureate, known in advance, did not raise any questions - a special prize “for the preservation of the Russian film heritage” was awarded at the closing ceremony to the permanent director of the Cinema Museum, Naum Kleiman.

The screening of potential successors to the president continued at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum The St. Petersburg Economic Forum is known not only as the most significant platform for discussing global economic issues and concluding billion-dollar deals. The forum is a place where President Vladimir Putin always comes. And it is at the forum that the next presentation of his potential successors may take place.

Mikhail Prokhorov is not among the candidates for the board of directors of Norilsk Nickel, and Vladimir Potanin is not recommended for election In anticipation of the annual meeting of Norilsk Nickel shareholders, which will take place on June 28, the company has posted materials for it on its website. The list of candidates for the board of directors does not include the name of the former general director and still co-owner of the company, Mikhail Prokhorov.

But the Russians remain captive “The release of 12 foreign hostages by militants of the Nigerian group “Movement for the Liberation of the Niger Delta” gives hope for the rescue of six Russians who remain in captivity,” Vladimir Schwartz, press attache of the Russian Embassy in Nigeria, told Vremya Novostei. - The embassy is doing everything for the release of Russian citizens.

“Mothers of Beslan” are ready to disrupt the trial of Ingush policemen The trial of the leaders of the Malgobek District Department of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia , accused of negligence, due to which the militants' raid on Beslan became possible, was in jeopardy before it had even really begun. Yesterday, for the second time, the court was forced to postpone the hearing due to the failure of representatives of the injured party to appear.

Ilya Boyashev’s novel “Muri’s Way” was published in “National Bestsellers” The seventh cycle of the National Bestseller Award almost perfectly matches the objectives of this extravagant fun. Already after the announcement of the shortlist, the founding father of “Natsbest”, our main causative agent of (nearly) literary storms (at least in a glass of water), Viktor Toporov, said that it couldn’t be better.

St. Petersburg Forum broke investment records During the three days of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, contracts totaling $13.5 billion were concluded. “This is almost five times more than expected,” rejoiced Minister of Economic Development German Gref. The record figures were doubly pleasing to him - both as the minister responsible for the influx of investments and as the organizer of such a successful forum.

Rosatom and the Public Chamber discuss the development strategy for CATUs The closed cities that remain on the map of Russia are entering a period of anniversaries. Founded for the most part in the first post-war decade, these settlements surrounded by barbed wire, in which secret military units and flagships of the domestic defense industry are located, are celebrating round anniversaries one after another.

Lewis Hamilton made his titled partner nervous The first stage of the North American Formula 1 road tour was a great success - an exciting fight from the first to the last lap, impressive accidents that caused the safety car to appear on the track four times and brought confusion to the tactical schemes of many drivers, fines and disqualifications, mistakes of recognized masters and impeccable piloting by newcomers, an expected victory and an unexpected podium.

The Belgian King Albert, having studied the preferences of the parliamentary forces, will apparently appoint 46-year-old ex-Prime Minister of Flanders Yves Leterme responsible for the formation of the new government and, accordingly, the new head of the country's cabinet. This experienced manager and “a Flemish workaholic completely devoid of charisma,” symbolizing the traditional Fleming, snatched the palm from the charismatic Guy Verhofstadt, who headed the Belgian cabinet for eight years.

Nazarbayev's daughter and grandson will not suffer The disgraced senior son-in-law of the President of Kazakhstan, Rakhat Aliyev, remains the main newsmaker in his country. The 44-year-old ex-diplomat and ex-security officer, dismissed by his father-in-law at the end of May from his last duty station, the post of Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria, is now in Vienna on bail of one million euros.