Tours of the Robert Lepage Theater continue in Moscow After the first of four works promised at the Chekhov Festival - the one-man show “The Far Side of the Moon”, in which the only role was played by the author and director himself - theater Moscow recognized Robert Lepage, although his theater is not at all similar to traditional Russian theater and is even the opposite of it. Lepage is a man of the future.

Israel's ninth president must repeat the success of the first Yesterday, a solemn ceremony took place to swear in the ninth president in Israeli history. On June 13, veteran of Middle Eastern politics, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, one of the leaders of the ruling centrist Kadima party, 83-year-old Shimon Peres (pictured) , was elected as the new “symbol of the unity of the nation.” In the Jewish state, the post of president does not give real power, it is rather representative.

Inter RAO UES began supplying electricity to Romania Member of the Board of RAO UES of Russia, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Inter RAO UES Andrei Rappoport has finally implemented his long-standing project - exporting electricity from Moldova to Romania. Back in 2003, he said that RAO should supply supplies to the European market - primarily to Romania and Bulgaria, as well as Turkey.

CONCERTS "From Baroque to Romance." Tatiana Lanskaya (soprano) and Elena Borisova (organ) perform music by Frescobaldi, Bach, Fauré, Franck, Richard Strauss. Church of St. Louis , 19.30. Concert of works by Colombian composers. Symphony Orchestra of Radio and Television under the direction of conductor Germán Cespedes (Colombia), as well as soloist Walter Gonzalez (violin, Colombia).

In mid-December, the next meeting of the Russian-American public dialogue “Russia-USA: A Look into the Future” will be held in Washington. President George W. Bush will meet with his two co-chairs - 84-year-old Henry Kissinger and 77-year-old Yevgeny Primakov (pictured) .

The prosecutor demanded a life sentence for Alexey Pichugin The state prosecution demanded life imprisonment in a special regime colony for former YUKOS security officer Alexei Pichugin at the debate between the parties in his case that began last Friday in the Moscow City Court. Mr.

North Korea announced it would shut down its nuclear reactor in exchange for money from Russia and South Korean fuel oil On the eve of the next round of six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear issue starting on Wednesday, July 18 ( they have been going on in Beijing since 2003 ), encouraging news is coming from Pyongyang.

June 13 -- July 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.

The safety of major sporting events involves more than just preventing spectators from bringing explosive objects into arenas or preventing possible terrorist attacks. You also need to take care of the safety of the athletes themselves during the competition. Of course, it is impossible to completely avoid injuries, and sometimes extremely dangerous ones, in professional sports. This activity in itself is too dangerous.

About Igor Eidman’s book “Breakthrough into the Future: Sociology of the Internet Revolution” Sociologist Igor Eidman wrote an interesting book. Interesting not only because it contains many new original ideas, but also because the author managed to be consistent to the end, faithful to his methodology, his approaches to the analysis of social processes, which not everyone succeeds in.

Russia suspended participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe The contradictions between Russia and the West on issues of arms and global defense are becoming increasingly acute . Moscow, constantly declaring that it is tired of the useless bickering and persuasion of its Western partners, primarily the United States, which is expanding NATO and planning to deploy elements of a missile defense system in Eastern Europe , has now moved on to decisive diplomatic actions.

The RTS index reached a new high Against the backdrop of a positive external environment and high oil prices, the Russian stock market is slowly going up. On Friday, the RTS index set a maximum of 2065.7 points and closed at 2061.4, having increased by 0.6% during the day. It is possible that the top 2100 will be reached in the near future, however, analysts warn against active purchases, because the current growth environment is very unstable.

CSKA also could not cope with Kobelev’s team The two-week respite between rounds hardly changed the emerging trends: CSKA is still smoothly sliding to the middle of the standings, Dynamo continues to amaze with its play and results, and Spartak and Zenit are becoming more and more clear about their championship ambitions. A clear outsider has also emerged. "Rostov" is already separated from the penultimate team by seven points, and from the saving 14th place by all eight.

American treasure hunters' ship detained near Gibraltar The Spanish authorities took advantage of the opportunity to take revenge on the successful treasure hunters. At the end of last week, near Gibraltar, Civil Guard ships detained the Ocean Elert (translated as “Ocean Alert”), owned by the American company Odyssey Marine Exploration. The ship was escorted to the port of Algeciras, where a search was carried out on board.

Young Dynamo goalkeeper Anton SHUNIN took a place in the starting lineup in the 6th round and since then, despite his age, has given no reason to doubt the correctness of the choice of the coaching staff. The victorious match with CSKA was the seventh for the 20-year-old goalkeeper, in which he did not miss a single goal, and the goalkeeper position is almost the only one that Dynamo is not going to strengthen in the current period of additional applications.