The oldest international film forum opens For the sixty-fifth time, Venice hosts guests and participants of the prestigious film festival - the festival was first held under Mussolini in 1932. The guest of honor at the opening was our Ksenia Rappoport (“The Stranger” by Giuseppe Tornatore, in which the actress received the David Donatello Prize; “St. George’s Day” by Kirill Serebrennikov).

One hundred years ago Shulamith Messerer was born Everyone called her Mita, this citizen of Moscow and citizen of the world. (In recent years, Shulamith had a strong quarrel with her niece Maya Plisetskaya, whom she raised when her sister Rachel, “the wife of an enemy of the people,” was arrested; it is unlikely that the offended Plisetskaya will deny the kinship of the lifestyle - if not the style of dance.) The dance was Moscow.

The trial in the case of the assassination attempt on Anatoly Chubais will begin again The Supreme Court (SC) of Russia yesterday overturned the acquittal of the Moscow Regional Court against retired GRU colonel Vladimir Kvachkov and former paratroopers Robert Yashin and Alexander Naydenov, accused of an attempt on the life of the head of RAO UES of Russia Anatoly Chubais. The case was sent for a new trial.

An extensive cyclone has spun over the European territory of Russia, its center is moving away from the center of Russia towards the Urals, and most of our territory will remain in its cold rear part. On Wednesday there will be rain in places in the north-western region, temperature will be +16...+21оС. In the center of Russia there will be short-term rains in places, thunderstorms are possible, +13...+19оС. On Thursday, cyclones will determine the weather across most of European Russia.

Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of the software company Parallels Sergei BELOUSOV is one of the very few Russian IT businessmen known to the world market. In a conversation with our correspondent, Mr. Belousov, from the point of view of a Western entrepreneur, explained why there is not a single serious venture fund in Russia, what are the features of the Russian IT market and what our ideas are valued by the global IT industry. --Your company is growing 100% per year, you say.

The anti-government demonstrations that swept the Thai capital Bangkok yesterday brought the country to the brink of armed conflict. About 30 thousand people under the banners of the right-wing People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stormed the building of the National Broadcasting Company and the residence of Prime Minister Samak Suntaravet, blocking the main city highways.

The Russian government will do everything to prevent the bankruptcy of the airline alliance AirUnion , said Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov. According to him, “the situation at AirUnion is difficult, but not hopeless.” “I believe we will overcome this crisis,” he emphasized.

Analysis of the performance of the Russian team in the Olympic ring At the XXIX Olympic Games that ended in Beijing, Russian boxers won three medals - two gold and one bronze. Alexey Tishchenko (60 kg) became a two-time Olympic champion, that is, the third person in the history of domestic boxing after Boris Lagutin and Oleg Saitov with such an impressive track record.

Canada may ban its citizens from playing in the Russian KHL The overseas National Hockey League (NHL) and the recently created Russian Continental Hockey League (KHL), operating in the post-Soviet space, cannot build their relationship. Even the Canadian Hockey Federation is beginning to get involved in the conflict. There is some evidence that this organization intends to ban citizens of their country from competing in the Russian Open.

"We take full responsibility for their viability" Vremya Novostei correspondent Natalya ROZHKOVA asked representatives of the Russian expert community to comment on the possible consequences of Russia recognizing the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia .

"Dorian Gray" by Matthew Bourne at the Edinburgh Festival Matthew Bourne hasn't staged a play for three years.

Russian oil company Imperial Energy has agreed to be sold to ONGC The first foreign buyer of Russian oil and gas assets this year will be the Indian Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC). The company is ready to buy 100% of the shares of the British Imperial Energy, which owns about 20 fields in Russia and Kazakhstan. ONGC has made an offer to the British company, which Imperial Energy's board of directors recommends its shareholders accept.

Despite the rapid deterioration of relations between Russia and NATO , Moscow is not suspending the work of its permanent mission in Brussels. “We view dialogue at the ambassadorial level as an important tool for mutual communication,” Russian Permanent Representative to NATO Dmitry ROGOZIN said yesterday. Yesterday, Mr.

Chechen police officers sent to Moscow got into a fight On Monday evening, a stabbing and shooting erupted in southwest Moscow, leaving four people wounded, including two Chechen police officers on business in Moscow. What exactly happened there remained unclear yesterday - officially the Central Internal Affairs Directorate and the Investigative Committee under the prosecutor's office categorically refused to comment on the incident.

The masters of the big racket moved from the Olympic Village to the US Open Beijing Olympic gold medal winner Elena Dementieva had the honor of performing in the opening match of the last Grand Slam competition this season - the US Open in New York. Elena’s opponent in the match on the center court was the representative of Uzbekistan, Akgul Amanmuradova. The heroine of Beijing did not have an easy walk, but she still managed to prevail in two games - 6:4, 7:5.