CLUBS 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. Sabina Vartanova (vocals). Music Town , 21.00. Los Bananos and DJ Alex Fofanoff. Jazz. "Chinese pilot Zhao Da" , 22.00. THEATERS "Monsieur Amédée" A. Reynaud-Fourton. Directed by N. Leonova.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collapsed the American stock market The global financial market received further confirmation that the credit crisis is far from over. On Friday, panic began again on US stock exchanges due to investors' fears that the largest mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be transferred under government control. In just one day, the shares of these companies fell by 50%.

Anatoly Pristavkin died Anatoly Ignatievich Pristavkin did not live to see the age of seventy-seven. He had a terrible childhood: during the war, the boy was left without parents and ended up in an orphanage. He remembered the horror of existence at that time (the cruelty and self-interest of adult bosses and the complete lack of rights of young children, endlessly humiliating human dignity and often cultivating retaliatory ferocity).

A new trial of members of the Orekhovo-Medvedkov group begins in Moscow The Moscow City Court is starting a new trial on the next batch of criminal stories of the famous Orekhovo-Medvedkov group. Its leaders and participants are already serving serious sentences (including life sentences) for numerous murders and attempts committed by bandits in the dashing 90s.

Dmitry Medvedev met with leaders of parliamentary parties for the first time Russian President Dmitry Medvedev last Saturday for the first time since taking office met with the leaders of four political parties represented in parliament. Thus, he continued the tradition of constant meetings between the head of state and the leaders of parliamentary parties, which began during the era of Vladimir Putin’s presidency.

The brainchild of the French president will compete with Russia The founding summit of the Mediterranean Union will continue its work today in Paris. However, the main decision was already made yesterday - a new regional organization was born. Leaders of 43 states (27 member countries of the European Union and 16 countries of North Africa and the Middle East) arrived in the French capital to participate in this act.

Vladimir Putin is fighting monopolism in the oil and gas industry Vladimir Putin has proven himself to be an active supporter of antimonopoly policy in the gas industry and in the jet fuel trade . For the first time, he publicly criticized the monopolistic egoism of Gazprom and personally its head Alexei Miller.

Elena Isinbaeva raised the world record to 503 cm At the third stage of the commercial series of starts “Golden League” in Rome, the Russian woman, Olympic champion of Athens Elena Isinbaeva set a new world record in the pole vault - 503 cm. This is two centimeters higher than the previous achievement of the Volgograd athlete, who constantly trains in Italy. She made a jump of 501 m three years ago at the World Championships in Helsinki (Finland).

Barack Obama is against Russia's exclusion from the G8 The G8 summit that ended last week in Japan will certainly not be the last for Russia if Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama wins the US presidential election in November. The 46-year-old black senator from Illinois said he opposes Moscow's exclusion from the G8.

St. Petersburg historians have traced the connection between politics and fashion Lenin's cap and bowler hat, Stalin's jackets, dresses of Nina Khrushcheva and Raisa Gorbacheva - these exhibits greet visitors at the exhibition "Politics and Fashion" that opened in St. Petersburg at the Museum of Political History of Russia.

Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin achieved his goal. Vladimir Putin, at a meeting in Severodvinsk, unexpectedly scolded the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, almost accusing him of ignoring national tasks for the sake of corporate interests. These, as it turns out, include providing access to gas networks produced by other companies.

In the match with Spartak, CSKA had another hero besides Vagner Love, who scored a hat-trick. Alan Dzagoev, who turned 18 only on June 17, started only his second match in the starting lineup. He played his first in May against Khimki and even then made an impression on the fans of the specialists, being remembered not only for his sharp passes, but also for the goal he scored. On Saturday at Luzhniki, Alan DZAGOEV did not score against Spartak.

Mikhail Cherny's lawsuit may make it difficult for RUSAL to find financial sources The initial public offering of RUSAL shares, apparently, remains in doubt . According to analysts of investment companies, the delay may be caused by the trial initiated by Mikhail Chernoy against Oleg Deripaska. While the claims are being reviewed, they believe, one cannot count on the success of the IPO.

Sergei Mironov is full of legislative plans Following the lower house of the Russian parliament, the upper house also goes on vacation. The last meeting of the spring session of the Federation Council took place on Friday.

“Intimacy to offer” in the gallery “Proun” The new exhibition offers an opportunity to get acquainted with the art that precedes both the industry of Internet porn sites and the new metaphysics of physicality in the most refined artistic opuses of the 20th century.