The West is interested in resources, markets and democracy Sensational news about Turkmenistan's readiness to supply natural gas to Europe via the Nabucco main pipeline marked the first day of a two-day meeting of the European Union troika with the heads of foreign affairs departments of five Central Asian countries, which began yesterday in Ashgabat.

"Atonement" on Moscow screens In 1936, a little girl named Bryony Turner lived on her parents' estate, composed plays for the home theater, and unsuccessfully searched the surrounding meadows for a bridge to her own Terabithia.

At the seventy-eighth year of her life, after a serious long-term illness, Nadezhda Vasilyevna Rumyantseva died in Moscow. A graduate of VGIK in 1955, Rumyantseva made her film debut three years earlier, in Nikolai Lebedev’s film “Towards Life” (“60 Days”).

Severstal-Auto will now be called Sollers The automotive company Severstal-Auto is changing its name to Sollers, which in Latin means “smart, inventive.” The entire rebranding will cost the general director of the group and the owner of its controlling stake (58%) Vadim Shevtsov $2 million. However, such a small amount, according to him, was the result of the fact that most of the work was carried out by the management of Severstal-Auto independently .

To reduce the growth rate of electricity tariffs, the government only needs to slow down market liberalization The head of RAO UES of Russia, Anatoly Chubais, perhaps unwittingly, yesterday actually gave the state a recipe for preventing electricity prices from rising after 2011 - that is, after the market is liberalized. Namely, it is enough to slow down the increase in the share of free trade in electricity.

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The head of the policy department of the European Commission's representative office in Russia, Taneli LAKHTI, told Vremya Novostei special correspondent Katerina LABETSKAYA about the origins of the visa scandal between the European Union and Russia . -- How did the document end up in the hands of Reuters? Is this not a provocation? - This is not a provocation. The letter exists.

Russians are ready to give up their income growth to fight inflation The All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion asked Russians how they assess inflation . Quite expectedly, the majority of respondents (74% - an absolute record for similar surveys in recent years) believe that inflation in the country this year is already “very high.” Another thing is surprising. 43% apparently believe that they themselves are partly to blame for this rise in prices.

Officials will return the status to scientific staff of museums and libraries The heads of leading Russian museums and libraries obtained a promise from the authorities to completely “rehabilitate” the profession of museum research assistant.

CLUBS “Propaganda’s birthday”: Octave One and Random Noise Generation (USA), DJ Sanchez , VJ Addams . "Propaganda" , 0.00. CONCERTS Andrey Makarevich and the Creole Tango Orchestra. Gorky Moscow Art Theater , 19.00. "Waiting for the bright holiday of Easter." Vera Mikhailova (mezzo-soprano), Alexander Naumenko (tenor), Anastasia Sidelnikova (organ). The program includes Handel, Godard, Rossini, Rimsky-Korsakov, Varlamov. St Andrew's Anglican Church , 7.30pm.

The Bank of Russia will teach the population how to take out loans correctly In retail outlets where banks offer citizens to obtain loans, special reminders for borrowers will appear in the summer. The developer of the document, the Bank of Russia, believes that this will help the population make decisions about loans more responsibly and realistically assess their financial capabilities.

In the Stavropol region, three “Socialist Revolutionary” deputies are going to resign from their posts Three high-ranking deputies of the Stavropol Regional Duma, members of the faction of the A Just Russia party, decided to leave their positions early.

Provocations in the territory of unofficial art continue The exhibition “Drug Advertising” by the young 22-year-old artist Grigory Yushchenko, opened on April 5 in the St. Petersburg gallery Navicula Artis in the art center “Pushkinskaya, 10”, was closed on Monday by order of the head of this center, president of the Free Culture Foundation Yuri Rybakov. The reason for the closure was a scandal provoked by a television report made by the Channel 5 film crew led by journalist A. Dyakova.

English representation in the Champions League was only reduced after the quarter-finals. Losses were inevitable: the draw brought Arsenal and Liverpool together. But in the final in Moscow's Luzhniki there will definitely be at least one British team. The “Reds” and “Blues” will determine which one in a head-to-head match. Arsenal and Liverpool have played so often over the past two weeks that they have become quite tired of each other.

The draw for the new league has been held The Continental Hockey League, which received all rights to host the Russian championship next season, held a draw for divisions. Each group turned out to be interesting in its own way. Bobrov's division: Salavat Yulaev (Ufa), Dynamo (Minsk), Spartak (Moscow), Metallurg (Novokuznetsk), Severstal (Cherepovets), Atlant (Moscow region). A group where there are no principled rivals.