The President personally took care of the future of Russian technologies Vladimir Putin introduced a bill to the State Duma on the creation of the state corporation "Rostechnologies". This was confirmed yesterday by the staff of the lower house of parliament. The procedure for introducing a document, the full name of which is “On the state corporation for promoting the development, production and export of high-tech industrial products “Russian Technologies””, was not entirely traditional.

Parliamentary elections will not calm the situation in Ukraine Pay and campaign The streets of Ukrainian cities are filled with thousands of billboards with giant images of President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko in national dress. Everyone promises the country prosperity. And this is a sure sign of the impending early parliamentary elections scheduled for September 30 .

Vladimir POLOKHALO, BYuT member, political scientist, professor at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, told a Vremya Novostey correspondent about the development of the political situation in the country after the early parliamentary elections . -- The coalition of BYuT and NUNS is the most successful option for Ukraine, since 70% of the program principles of BYuT coincide with the election theses of NUNS.

They will try to find Stephen Fossett's plane this weekend The search for American millionaire Steve Fossett, who flew around the earth but did not return from a pleasure flight over Nevada, officially ended last week, will be resumed next weekend. Yesterday it became known that a scrupulous analysis of satellite images, in which, in addition to specialists, tens of thousands of Internet users took part, yielded certain results. True, the experts from the US Air Force distinguished themselves.

“Two in One” by Kira Muratova on Moscow screens Hamlet’s sacramental phrase “to be or not to be” has been pronounced over the centuries, it seems, in all possible languages ​​and with all conceivable and inconceivable intonations. It seems that nothing new can be invented here in principle. But it turns out there are no limits to perfection.

CONCERTS Galina Knysh (soprano), Gulzhan Raskalieva (mezzo-soprano), Maria Makarenko (organ) perform works by Bach, Handel, Purcell and Mozart. St Andrew's Anglican Church , 7pm. MOVIE PREMIERES “Hairspray” (USA, 2007). Directed by Adam Shankman. Starring John Travolta, Nicole Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Christopher Walken, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelly, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brittany Snow, James Marsden, Allison Janney, Taylor Parks, Jesse Weafer, Nadine Ellis, Tabitha Lupien.

The administration of Valentina Matvienko received seats on the board of directors of Lenenergo Yesterday , the long-term dream of St. Petersburg officials finally came true - they can manage the Lenenergo grid company . True, the city has not yet received a blocking stake; the procedure for an additional share issue in its favor has not even begun. But RAO UES and the Finnish Fortum, which sold its blocking stake, appointed three representatives of Smolny to the board of directors of Lenenergo.

Russia and Israel will get rid of visas by the end of the year Russia responded to the proposal of the Israeli authorities for the mutual abolition of the visa regime for tourists . In New York, as part of the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with First Deputy Prime Minister and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.

In central European Russia, atmospheric pressure will remain high due to anticyclones. In the north-west on September 27 there will be light rain in places, on September 28 it will be mostly rainless, and the temperature both days will be +14...+19оС. In the central region there is almost no precipitation, during the day +16...+22оС. In the Chernozem region there is also no precipitation, during the day +17...+22оС.

Sergei Chemezov no longer wants to control AvtoVAZ The flagship of the domestic automotive industry, AvtoVAZ, as it turned out yesterday, is preparing for another change of ownership. The head of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rosoboronexport, Sergei Chemezov, told reporters that his company intends to retain no more than a blocking stake in the car plant. “There is no need for control here.

The Ministry of Economic Development admitted that the inflation rate is a political issue The Russian authorities, despite the continuous rise in prices, refuse to admit the obvious. The annual inflation forecast will not be revised, Andrei Klepach, director of the consolidated department of macroeconomic forecasting of the Ministry of Economic Development, said yesterday. At the same time, he finally decided to say out loud what was already obvious.

The Central Election Commission has started working with lists of candidates for deputies Yesterday, the Central Election Commission began certifying party lists of candidates for State Duma deputies and will now meet daily in order to complete the necessary procedure within the prescribed period. The first certified list belongs to the Democratic Party of Russia. Today the Central Election Commission must certify the list of the Agrarian Party.

North Korea will be nuclear-free by the end of the year Six-party negotiations with the participation of the two Koreas, China, Russia, the United States and Japan on resolving the North Korean nuclear problem at its second stage are being resumed in Beijing today. Now the heads of the six delegations need to decide what is meant by the term “disabling the DPRK’s nuclear facilities” and what should be done for this.

In the match with Greece, Igor Grudin saved key players The Russian women's team entered the final match of the first stage of the European Championship in Italy against Greece with an absolutely calm soul and easily prevailed - 86:47.

“The Marriage of Figaro” was staged at Helikon Opera For the Helikonites, who since the new season have finally established themselves on their second stage on Novy Arbat (the first one will not begin a major reconstruction), “The Marriage of Figaro” is an integral part of a “two-headed” project - not so long ago they played Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”, written by according to the first part of the famous Beaumarchais cycle, now it’s the turn of “Crazy Day”.