Germany returns to nuclear power Existing nuclear power plants in Germany may continue to operate beyond the deadline set by the previous federal government for a complete phase-out of nuclear power. During the reign of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, a decision was made to phase out the power units of existing nuclear power plants from operation by 2020-2022.

Dmitry Medvedev brought documentation to VASO First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev paid a visit yesterday to the Voronezh Joint-Stock Aircraft Manufacturing Company (VASO). Thus, he joined a long line of high-ranking officials who had been here before him. For example, of the post-Soviet heads of the Russian government, all of them made working trips to VASO, with the exception of the very first, Yegor Gaidar, the current one, Viktor Zubkov, and Mikhail Kasyanov.

The 5th blues festival “Qvadrat” was held in Lefortovo What is good about our current Moscow is the parks and estates that host various festivals of good music. Which are attended by an audience that is far from normal live music. Over the years, this public has become more and more numerous, and it goes further and further. That is, he begins to buy records, follow jazz and blues events, and generally enjoy art, and not beer, sunshine and trees. Although no one canceled these pleasures.

US Open finals postponed due to Hurricane Hanna Tropical Storm Hanna, which reached New York on Saturday, interfered with the US Open tennis schedule. The semi-final match between Briton Andy Murray and the world's first racket, Spaniard Rafael Nadal, did not reveal the winner and was interrupted with the Briton's advantage - 6:2, 7:6 (7:5), 2:3.

At the Moscow Premiere, new films are shown for free On Sunday, the 6th Moscow Premiere festival, organized on the initiative of the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, opened with a screening of Roman Balayan’s film “Birds of Paradise” in the Great Hall of the House of Cinema. Balayan's film participated in the competition at the last Moscow International Film Festival, but this is not a hindrance for the Moscow Premiere.

An oil pipeline construction project has been submitted to the government for consideration. The process of implementing the BTS-2 pipeline project is moving forward, despite Minsk's attempts to convince Moscow to abandon the construction of an alternative to the existing Druzhba. As you know, last week Belarus offered the Russian Transneft to buy out shares of key state-owned oil transit enterprises.

A three-day tour of North African countries by American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended with a discussion of the problems of separatism in Morocco. The Moroccans convinced the guest that the problem of the province of Western Sahara, where there are supporters of independence, can only be solved within the borders of the kingdom. Rice, for her part, called for closer coordination of efforts in the fight against terrorism. She discussed the same problem in Tunisia and Algeria.

The new Pakistani president will most likely take the oath of office tomorrow and officially take office. This is 53-year-old Asif Ali Zardari, co-chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and widower of the country's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto ( she was killed on December 27, 2007 after returning to the country from exile to fight the “dictatorship of Pervez Musharraf”).

Americans understood Lukashenko's hint Washington has lifted some of the economic sanctions against Belarus. American businessmen are now again allowed to cooperate with the Lakokraska enterprise and the Polotsk Steklovolokno plant. Both are part of the state concern Belneftekhim. This is the main Belarusian exporter, which also sold its products to the USA. “Our Ministry of Finance has made exceptions to the sanctions.

The route network and the state-owned part of the assets of the AirUnion aviation alliance will come under the control of the Moscow government airline Atlant-Soyuz by the end of September. AirUnion member companies will most likely be liquidated. At the same time, their new owners - the state corporation "Russian Technologies" and the capital's government - do not want to go bankrupt.

The Moscow Philharmonic opened the season with Bellini's opera In recent years, the Moscow Philharmonic has made a powerful leap towards capitalism, prestige and artistic persuasiveness. An integral part of her repertoire has become concert performances of operas and the development of the cantata-oratorio genre with the involvement of top-class foreign soloists. It is no coincidence that it was precisely this kind of event that became the celebration of the opening of the 2008/09 season.

The CSTO recognized that Russia was right, but not South Ossetia and Abkhazia The CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit, held in Moscow on September 5, partly met the expectations of the Russian leadership .

As you know, the “bad guys” are sitting in Moscow today. They “occupied” part of Georgia and do not want to leave there. This is what most of the world “crowd” thinks. A smaller part of it is sure that everything is the other way around: it is the “bad guys” who are sitting in Tbilisi, and it is they who attacked sleeping Tskhinvali at night.

Russian cinema was not left without awards in Venice The main award of the 65th Venice Film Festival - "Golden Lion" - went to the film "The Wrestler" by American Daren Aronofsky, based on the real events of the life and fights of the famous wrestler Randy Robinson, nicknamed Ram (played by Mickey Rourke, but he might not have brought it). Lord, Nicolas Cage), who returned to the arena for the decisive battle after suffering a heart attack.

Dmitry Medvedev believes that Russia has experienced the moment of truth For the first time, the Russian President called the situation around Georgia a “real war” and admitted that Russia was reviewing its foreign policy . On Saturday, Dmitry Medvedev again returned to the topic of the country's new role in the world order at his first meeting of the State Council as President of Russia.