Lyudmila Petrushevskaya in the cabaret genre They say that a year ago such an evening for Lyudmila Petrushevskaya was already held at the Elena Kamburova Theater. Both then and now its genre was declared as cabaret, and then and now its program included a couple of all sorts of creatures to which the diversely talented Petrushevskaya had a hand: cartoons, hats, dolls, poems, songs. In general, a small form, and not the prose and dramaturgy known to everyone.

The date of the title fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight championship belt has been officially announced. The current champion, Uzbek Ruslan Chagaev, will meet in the ring with Russian Nikolai Valuev, from whom he took this title almost a year ago. The fight will be organized by the promotion company Universum Box-Promotion, which represents the interests of Chagaev.

The Moscow City Hall seeks to stake out as many plots as possible Of all Moscow's assets, the most important in the eyes of city leaders is the land within the Moscow Ring Road.

A Polish newspaper promised the Afghans a second invasion of troops from Russia Ordinary Afghans reacted very quickly and promptly to reports from the Polish Gazeta Wyborcza that Russia was preparing to send its troops to Afghanistan.

CLUBS Vadim Ivashchenko (vocals, guitar). BB King , 8 p.m. Richie Kotzen , Pat Torpey , Johnny Griperik (all USA). In mid-2006, Richie had the honor of opening for the Rolling Stones in Japan on their Bigger Bang Tour and released the album Into The Black, which received the highest rating from Classic Rock magazine. The next one - Return Of The Mother Head's Family Reunion - was included in the list of the 50 best rock albums of 2007. "Orange" , 20.00.

Stormy, damp, but warm cyclones continue to raid our western borders. Another Atlantic vortex brought an oceanic air mass with clouds and precipitation. And in the coming days he promises gloomy skies and precipitation over almost the entire European territory of Russia. On Wednesday, most of European Russia will remain under the influence of the Atlantic cyclone, the center of which will reach Belarus from the Baltic.

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan do not want to have long-term contracts with Gazprom Commercial negotiations between Gazprom, Turkmengaz, Uzbekneftegaz and Kazmunaigas on gas purchases from next year have not yet begun, but the Central Asian partners are already preparing to consolidate the success achieved at the meeting with the head of the Russian concern Alexey Miller, where it was announced that from January 1, 2009, Gazprom must buy gas from them at European prices.

Yesterday, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine dismissed the mayor of Kiev Leonid Chernovetsky by a majority vote and announced early elections for the capital's mayor. 246 deputies voted for this resolution; 226 votes were needed to make a decision. Deputies from the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc" voted in full - 155. From the pro-presidential bloc "Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense" 59 votes were cast, from the Communist Party - 26, from the "Lytvyn Bloc" - 6.

Abkhazia shot down a Georgian spy Yesterday Abkhazia celebrated a small victory over the Georgian military machine. The unrecognized republic stated that it shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) produced by the Israeli company Elbit, which is in service with Georgia, over the sea in the Ochamchira region. Typically, UAVs are used for reconnaissance and patrolling. “We spotted the spy around noon,” Defense Minister Lieutenant General Merab Kishmaria told Vremya Novostei.

The Court of Appeal, having considered the complaint of Ingosstrakh against the Cyprus company Durbe LTD (part of the PPF Investments group), upheld the decision made in February by the court of first instance. The plaintiff demanded to appeal the decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court to recognize the valid transaction for the acquisition by Durbe LTD of control over 38.46% of the shares of Ingosstrakh.

Watch from March 20 on Moscow screens Spiderwick Chronicles (USA, 2007, Mark Waters). Another film adaptation of another fantasy book about a parallel world, which is much closer to ours than we used to think.

A festival of German choreography will be held in Moscow The Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater every year invites a variety of interesting contemporary dance troupes to the capital. There was an American fest, there was a French fest, Dance Inversion appears regularly, to which performances are brought from all over the world.

The football club from Blagoveshchensk returned from training camps with money from sponsors and fans The players of the Blagoveshchensk football team “Amur” managed to return to their hometown from the pre-season training camp only thanks to their fellow countrymen who raised money for return tickets. Today the team, which is still listed in the second division, should arrive home.

Two new projects have joined in the preservation of architectural heritage “Mosconstruct” and “Sovarch” are the nostalgic names of two projects launched this year and dedicated to Soviet architecture. These are, to use bureaucratic language, initiatives from below. The Sovarkh project was created by Moscow local historian Denis Romodin and St. Petersburg architect Alexander Strugach.

The Shtokman Development company, created to develop the first phase of the country's largest Shtokman gas condensate field, chose the French Doris and Technip, the British JP Kenny, the Russian Central Design Bureau Rubin and Giprospetsgaz as contractors for the technical design of the project.