Elected on February 24 as President of the Republic of Cyprus, 61-year-old Dimitris Christofias began active foreign policy activities. He traveled to Athens and Brussels, and on 21 March held a key meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat .

The Perm governor found a prime minister but did not find a head of administration The plan of the Governor of the Perm Territory Oleg Chirkunov to renew power was only half successful: the regional legislative assembly approved a new chairman of the government, but the head of the governor’s administration unexpectedly resigned. The Vremya Novostei newspaper described in detail how the day after the Russian presidential elections, Mr.

Premiere of Prokofiev's The Gambler at the Berlin Staatsoper “The Player” by Sergei Prokofiev was staged twice at the Bolshoi Theater - in 1974 by Pokrovsky and Lazarev and in 2001 by Rozhdestvensky and Titel, and twice at the Mariinsky Theater - by Gergiev and Chkheidze. For Russia, Prokofiev’s opus is a textbook; it has entered the consciousness of people interested in opera and culture in general.

The most significant ballet event of the year in Russia - the VIII Mariinsky Festival has become the most nervous of all the past St. Petersburg ballet festivals.

Mortgages from Sberbank have become cheaper Sberbank reduced rates on mortgages and real estate loans by an average of 0.5-1.5 percentage points. Market participants believe that this decision, together with the recent increase in deposit yields, may be associated with a change in Sberbank's development strategy .

The Russian frigate was enthusiastically received in Cuba The Russian training sailing frigate "Pallada" ("Pallada" is one of the epithets of the Greek goddess Athena) on a round-the-world voyage has set course for the Portuguese Azores Islands in the mid-Atlantic. Arrival at the port of Punta Delgada is expected in three weeks.

Canadians presented an airplane car at the New York Auto Show The 2008 New York International Auto Show Car of the Year is the Mazda2 (known as the Mazda Demio). This Japanese car beat out 38 other models in the competition, including the Ford Mondeo and Mercedes-Benz C-Class. In the final competition, Mazda2 received 47 votes from juries from 24 countries. However, the real sensation was the airplane car.

The fate of new consolidations of Russian regions depends on the choice of the country’s development strategy The process of merging the Chita region and the Aginsky Buryat Okrug into the Trans-Baikal Territory is nearing completion at an accelerated pace. Next week, on April 4, the first general session of the parliaments of these regions will take place.

Sukhoi Superjet 100 market launch postponed Russia's much-touted Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional jet, designed by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC), may hit the market later than planned. President of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Alexey Fedorov told reporters about this yesterday. “The aircraft delivery deadlines are very tight, I do not exclude that they may be shifted,” he said, adding that this will depend on the pace of certification tests of the new aircraft.

On Tuesday, the weather in the European territory of Russia will depend on the Mediterranean cyclone, which will come from Belgrade to Belarus. The cyclone will bring snow to the northwestern region, strong in the morning and afternoon, blizzard, wind with gusts of up to 15--16 m/s, daytime temperature -1...+4oC. The central region will be in the warm part of the cyclone, so rain is expected, and the southeast and south wind will increase the air temperature to +11...+16oC.

US Vice President Dick Cheney, who completed his visit to Israel yesterday, including the Palestinian Authority, spoke on the Middle East settlement somewhat differently than Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov days earlier . According to Dick Cheney, the Palestinian radical group Hamas remains an obstacle to peace.

Russia will help Serbs in Kosovo do without refrigerators Russia, categorically rejecting the independence of Kosovo , nevertheless decided to provide assistance to the population of the region. President Vladimir Putin announced this yesterday at a traditional meeting with members of the Russian government. The topic of Kosovo arose in the speech of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Chelsea beat Arsenal in the London derby Manchester United have taken another huge step towards the league title. Having defeated Liverpool, Sir Alex Ferguson's team calmly watched as Chelsea and Arsenal fiercely disputed the right to be considered the Mancunians' main competitor in the London derby. Even if the tournament stake of the match were lower, the confrontation between Chelsea and Arsenal would not become less important.

CLUBS Cynthia Scott (vocals, USA). Igor Butman Club , 20.00. Ash. Igor Nadezhdin, pianist and organizer of the group, lived in Israel for a long time, where the idea was born to assemble a team playing brazil jazz. The repertoire of song arrangements by A.-K. Jobima, Brazilian classics, as well as songs of his own composition in Portuguese. Forte , 21.00. Anatoly Gerasimov (flute, saxophone) and DJ ZigZag .

Gazprom defended a tax paradise in the Kremlin A postponed meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on taxation of the gas industry took place yesterday.