Chechen separatists took responsibility for blowing up the Nevsky Express The Prosecutor General's Office yesterday accepted a criminal case regarding the explosion on Monday evening of passenger train No. 166 "Nevsky Express", traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg .

CLUBS Pep-See. At one time, a variety of heroes of the domestic rock scene were involved in the group's work - from Sergei Kuryokhin to the current guitarist Vitaly Lapin from the legendary group "Nom". Only the vocalists remained unchanged, the three charming “Kipyatkov sisters”, who to this day continue to sing and dance “extreme disco”. Ikra , 21.00. "Marimba-plus". The group defines the style of its creativity as art-fusion.

The dollar rose in price by 10 kopecks For the second week now, fluctuations in the quotes of the American currency against the Russian ruble have been within 10 kopecks. Yesterday, the dollar rose in price by 0.4%, from 25.53 to 25.63 rubles. The reason for its growth is the weakening of the euro due to the spreading credit crisis. However, as analysts note, the general downward trend in the dollar has not changed and a correction is possible in the near future.

Georgia invited Russia to investigate the “missile incident” Russia will take part in the investigation of the incident involving the fall of a Raduga anti-radar guided missile in the Gori region on August 6. Yesterday, Ivan Volynkin, Minister Counselor of the Russian Embassy in Georgia, told Vremya Novostei that “soon, in response to the proposal of the Georgian side, Russia will send its experts to Georgia.” “We will definitely join the investigation,” the diplomat concluded.

Three evenings in memory of Alexander Tatarsky in the Assembly Hall For three Thursdays in a row, in the Assembly Hall, on the territory of the cultural center Project Factory, evenings will be held in memory of one of the best Russian animation directors, the head of the Pilot studio, screenwriter, producer, teacher and, finally, the magnificent storyteller and inventor Alexander Tatarsky, who died suddenly on July 22.

The first monograph in Russian about George Balanchine The book, dedicated to Diaghilev's dancer and then the founder of the famous New York City Ballet troupe, was just published in the summer of 2007. We became acquainted with Balanchine’s work in our homeland also not so long ago - half a century ago, when NYCB came on tour, and our troupes began legally performing his ballets a little over ten years ago, in the late 90s.

Yulia Tymoshenko registered Yesterday, the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, based on a court decision, registered the electoral list of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) consisting of 450 people. “To register deputy candidates included in the BYuT electoral list for the early elections of people’s deputies on September 30, 2007,” reads the decision made public yesterday. All 14 members of the Central Election Commission voted for the registration of BYuT.

North Korea, which lost more than 2 million people due to mass famine in the mid-1990s, is once again on the brink of a food crisis. Due to incessant heavy rains in the country since August 7, at the height of the harvest season, the main grain regions were flooded, more than 10% of agricultural crops were damaged. Bridges, roads and power lines were destroyed, 30 thousand houses were washed away, about 63 thousand families lost their homes, several hundred people died or went missing.

Terms and conditions of competitions for GSM licenses are changing The head of Rossvyazohrankultura, Boris Boyarskov, whose department was at the center of the conflict over the allocation of licenses for the provision of mobile communication services, yesterday - on the very day when one of the competitions was supposed to take place - made an explanation. As you know, the day before the situation was discussed at a special meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov. As a result, Mr.

The President of Chechnya is among the most respected Muslims on the planet President of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov made his second pilgrimage to the holy places of Islam - Mecca and Medina. Yesterday he took part in the ritual of washing the Kaaba, the main Muslim shrine. The ablution ceremony is held twice a year, and only the best of the believers, representatives of the elite of the Muslim world, can participate in it.

Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin, together with a senior researcher at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrei Subbotin, who, at the invitation of the president, accompanied him on a trip to the Republic of Tuva, went boating on the Khemchik River. During the rafting, the threshold of the fourth category of difficulty was overcome, the INTERFAX agency reports, citing the words of Presidential Press Secretary Alexei Gromov.

The charter carrier decided to unify its fleet VIM-Avia, Russia's largest charter carrier, has decided to refuse to lease three of its 16 Boeing 757 aircraft. The company also removed two Yak-42s from its fleet. The company's management explains this by the desire to unify its aircraft fleet. Until recently, the basis of the VIM-Avia fleet was 16 Boeing-757-200, purchased in 2004-2006 in two batches on different financial terms.

Spartak failed to take Celtic by storm Moscow Spartak started the European season with a draw. In the home match of the third qualifying round of the Champions League at Luzhniki in the presence of 50 thousand spectators, Cherchesov’s team was unable to put the squeeze on the Scottish champion Celtic - 1:1. Now, in two weeks in Glasgow, Muscovites will only be satisfied with a more effective draw or victory. Roman Pavlyuchenko scored the only goal for Spartak in this meeting.

Lithuanian authorities are concerned about the safety of doing business in the Kaliningrad region Official Vilnius is concerned about the latest events in Kaliningrad - with a break of several months, the large construction company Roslitstroy was actually beheaded there. In April, its Lithuanian founder disappeared and has not yet been found, and the other day an unknown person stabbed to death his partner - the general director of this company, a Russian citizen.

The Belarusian opposition intends to hold a protest action called the “European March” in October. One of the tasks is to persuade official Minsk, against the background of cooling with Moscow, to choose in favor of Europe. The rise in prices of Russian energy resources also affects the internal political situation in Belarus. President Alexander Lukashenko is increasingly turning to the theme of sovereignty, which his opponents have used for more than ten years.