CONCERTS Muse. The legendary British alternative rock band Muse will perform a concert in Moscow at the Luzhniki Sports Palace, 20.00. MOVIE “Brave” (USA, 2007). Directed by Neil Jordan. Starring Jodie Foster, Naveen Andrews, Nikki Katt, Terrence Howard, Mary Steenburgen, Jane Adams, Zoë Kravitz, Larry Fesseden, Brian Delate, Dana Eskelson. Erica works in radio, she has a fiancé, and life has never been better. But then one day the couple is attacked by unknown people.

For the first time, a high-ranking Russian diplomat will go to an American prison on charges of “conspiracy in money laundering.” This is the former chairman of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Issues, Vladimir Kuznetsov. He was recently sentenced by the federal district court for the southern district of New York to 51 months (more than four years) in prison and ordered to pay a fine of $73,700 within 60 days of serving his prison term.

And the reputation of the President of the European Parliament The upcoming Russian presidency of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), whose headquarters is in Strasbourg, has already resulted in a scandalous showdown between European deputies. The instigators were Estonians. They are openly anti-Russian and strongly oppose the election of 42-year-old Russian senator Mikhail Margelov as PACE chairman in January 2008.

England won their fifth victory in a row with a score of 3:0 Life for the England national team under new coach Steve McClaren defies any logic. While the choice of the best football players was huge, the British lost to the Croats and drew with Macedonia and Israel. With nowhere to retreat and the number of star players dwindling, the British went on a winning streak of five matches. In each of them three goals were scored and not a single one was missed.

To retain shares in the company, shareholders will have to pay The situation around one of the leaders of the insurance market, the Ingosstrakh company , is becoming increasingly confusing. On Friday, it announced the results of an extraordinary meeting of shareholders, held in absentia on October 8. Shareholders approved an increase in the authorized capital of Ingosstrakh fourfold, to 10 billion rubles.

The An-148 project risks becoming a victim of Ukrainian politics The board of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) last Friday confirmed its intention to begin serial production of the An-148 aircraft in 2008 at the Voronezh Joint-Stock Aircraft Association (VASO) in accordance with the previously adopted schedule. The statement released following the meeting said that the board “reviewed and approved a set of measures” to ensure the implementation of this joint Russian-Ukrainian project .

Chronicle of sporting events Hockey. NHL. Regular season. Philadelphia - Islanders - 3:1, Rangers - Ottawa - 1:3, Florida - Tampa Bay - 6:4, Montreal - Carolina " -- 1:3, "Chicago" -- "Dallas" -- 2:1 OT, "Vancouver" -- "Edmonton" -- 4:1, "San Jose" -- "Boston" -- 1: 2, “Buffalo” — “Washington” — 7:3 — Afinogenov “B” (1+1), Ovechkin “V” (1+0), “Toronto” — “Pittsburgh” — 4:6 -- Malkin "P" (0+1), Gonchar "P" (0+1), "Atlanta" -- "New Jersey" -- 5:6 -- Kovalchuk "A" (2+0), Vyach .

The state lacks legal mechanisms for closing gambling businesses The gambling business turned out to be more resilient than expected at the time of the adoption of the law, limiting its placement in populated areas and creating four gambling zones throughout the entire gigantic territory of Russia . In Moscow, regulatory authorities, trying to embrace the immensity, are trying to check the gambling business facilities, numbering in the thousands, and create a kind of white list of casinos.

Julio Bocca brought his show to Moscow Moscow saw the Argentine in the days of his first triumph - twenty-two years ago, a debutant from South America won the Moscow Ballet Competition. Following this, Mikhail Baryshnikov, who then ruled the American Ballet Theater, invited the artist to join the troupe, which gathered stars from all over the world, and the dancer’s fees soared so high that our ballet producers could not afford his visits.

Of course, miracles are possible in football, but let's be honest with ourselves: the chances of the Russian national football team being in the final part of Euro 2008 after the next victories of England and Croatia are very slim. Against this background, the news of the extension of the contract with the first foreign head coach in the history of our team, Guus Hiddink, until 2010 looks like a political mandate.

Russian translation of the seventh part of the Harry Potter story has been published The final volume of Joan Rowling's story forced me to break the main professional norm - a remark devoted mainly to the reaction of typical Potter lovers to the book "... and the Deathly Hallows" was published under the heading "I haven't read it, but I will say." Now I can boldly say: I have nothing to be ashamed of in that text.

The authorities of Kazakhstan will buy back the securities of their companies on international exchanges Last Friday, the Kazakh authorities reacted violently to the downgrade of the republic's country rating by the Standard & Poor's agency due to liquidity problems in the banking sector. President Nursultan Nazarbayev saw elements of a conspiracy in this: “This is a game of special companies to lower and then buy back (shares of Kazakh companies - Ed.

Yuri Luzhkov unveiled recipes for overcoming rising food prices Moscow authorities expect that the autumn rise in prices for basic food products in the Russian capital will not be as noticeable as in the provinces . In any case, this hope was expressed on Saturday by the mayor of the city, Yuri Luzhkov, who appeared at the ninth agro-industrial exhibition “Golden Autumn”.

Another Russian family shot in Ingushetia In the Ingush city of Karabulak yesterday afternoon, unknown assailants shot four local residents - three members of the Kortikov family and their neighbor, also of Russian nationality. The attack was carried out demonstratively - right on the street in broad daylight in front of dozens of passers-by.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who visited Moscow at the end of the week , arrived yesterday in the Middle East, where she meets with the leadership of Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The Americans want to hold a high-level Middle East conference in Annapolis, Maryland, in November. But documents that the Israelis and Palestinians could sign are not yet ready for the conference. And in general, both many Arabs and the right-wing camp in Israel oppose the event.