The oil market is increasingly responding to emergencies The price of oil once again reached a historical high - at trading last Friday it reached $117 per barrel of the American standard WTI and $114 per barrel of North European Brent. Trading ended at $116.53 per barrel for WTI and $110.11 per barrel for Brent.

The 11th retro auto show has ended in Moscow A vehicle that has outlived its era turns into luxury and rarity, or, in other words, into a rarity. Last week, Muscovites had the opportunity at the Oldtimer Gallery to evaluate the results of the work of restorers and collectors who restored and presented exotic and antique cars to the modern public, many of which can be called the great-grandfathers of modern road dwellers.

Yesterday, the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) monitoring commission - Belgian Luc van den Brande and Greek Theodoros Pangalos - arrived in Moscow. This is the first of three trips to Russia planned for 2008 as part of the preparation of a report on Moscow's compliance with its obligations to the Council of Europe. The co-rapporteurs will present their conclusions at the January 2009 PACE session.

Yesterday, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid an unannounced visit to Iraq. She announced her intention to personally see “further reconciliation” between Iraq's various sectarian groups. A political center of support for the government is "emerging" in Iraq, with Sunni, Kurdish and Shiite leaders "working together better than ever before," Ms. Rice said.

The ISS crew landed with overloads On Saturday, the crew of the 16th ISS Expedition returned to Earth from a space mission. However, their return turned out to be difficult: the Soyuz TMA-11 descent module, which carried Russian Yuri Malenchenko, American Peggy Whitson and the first South Korean cosmonaut Lee So Yeon, landed in an off-design area, deviating 420 km from the planned point.

The role of Zenit player Roman Shirokov is not easy to determine. Even Dick Advocaat seems to be having a hard time in this case. Shirokov is either a defensive midfielder, an inside player, or a central defender. In the match with Saturn, the all-rounder played in two positions - he spent one and a half half in the center of the field, and then moved to the right flank of defense. After this reshuffle, Roman SHIROKOV managed to score his first goal for Zenit.

Scientists have uncovered the mystery of the disappearance of lakes in Greenland American glaciologists managed to discover a unique natural phenomenon in Greenland. In July 2006, a lake with an area of ​​5.6 square meters disappeared on this icy island within 24 hours. km. Millions of tons of water literally fell through the ice and spread over the Greenland rocks. As scientists note, this leak in its scale was comparable in power and volume of falling water to Niagara Falls.

Materials scientists have proposed their version of the disaster Humanity has a fairly extensive list of mysterious events that are “eternal themes.” Whatever you write about them, the public’s attention is guaranteed. And we don’t even have to talk about the Loch Ness monster, Yeti or little green men. You can talk about the Tunguska meteorite, mysterious global warming, the American landing on the Moon and other real (or at least realistic) things.

Dmitry Medvedev named the main enemy of the innovative economy President-elect Dmitry Medvedev knows the main enemy of Russian innovation, one might say, by sight. “I know who the main enemy is - the inertia of our administrative system. This is evident everywhere, from the federal level to the municipal level. We are harming ourselves,” Mr. Medvedev said on Friday at a meeting of the State Council Presidium dedicated to innovation.

Notary Sadretdinov, acquitted in the Khlebnikov case, was again acquitted Today the Moscow City Court will announce an acquittal in the scandalous case of Moscow notary Fail Sadretdinov. At the end of last week, the jury decided by a majority of votes (ten to two) that Mr. Sadretdinov was not guilty of throwing excrement at the investigator, and therefore did not insult a government official and did not spoil the documents (two volumes of the criminal case).

The situation surrounding the deployment of elements of the American missile defense system (ABM) in Eastern Europe has become even more confusing. In the Polish media, at the instigation of Gazeta Wyborcza, information is being discussed that Washington is allegedly ready to abandon the deployment of a dozen interceptor missiles in Poland.

CLUBS Anastasia Glazkova (vocals). BB King , 8 p.m. Anna Koroleva (vocals, saxophone) and Jump . Forte , 21.00. Anatoly Gerasimov (flute, saxophone) and DJ ZigZag . The already established tandem is again at the cramped concert venue of “Chinese pilot Zhao Da” , 22.00. CONCERTS The symphony orchestra conducted by Pavel Kogan , the Yurlov Choir of Russia , conductor Gennady Dmitryak perform Orff’s cantata “Carmina Burana” and Russian sacred music. Great Hall of the Conservatory , 19.00.

Utah started the playoffs with an away victory over Houston. The playoffs have started in the National Basketball Association with the participation of the 16 best teams of the regular season. On the first game day of the knockout tournament, the winner of the North-West Division, Utah, prevailed on the road against Houston - 93:82, and the winner of the Euro 2007 gold, Russian Andrei Kirilenko, spent 41 minutes on the court in Texas. and became the Jazzmen's top scorer - 21 points.

A new Moscow gallery opened with an exhibition by Jenny Holzer Who would have thought! The monstrous concept of “state propaganda”, which has long fallen out of the lexicon, has today flared up with a new, attractive LED glow of contemporary art. Thirty years ago, the first exhibition hall in the Soviet Union, “Moscow Art Salon-Exhibition No. 1,” moved into the venerable house on Smolenskaya Embankment (house 5/13).

The Armenian opposition has resumed its struggle against the country's new president Exactly two months after the presidential elections in Armenia, the opposition demonstrated that it was not going to give up. Let us remind you that according to official data, ex-Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan won the elections on February 19 in the first round.