The first stage of the "Marine Facade" of St. Petersburg was opened From now on, St. Petersburg can rightfully be considered the sea capital of Russia. On Wednesday, the 17-deck megaliner Costa Mediterranea with two thousand tourists on board arrived at the berth of the first stage of the new passenger port, built on the reclaimed territory near the mouth of the Smolenka River. He was met by hundreds of St. Petersburg residents, led by the city governor Valentina Matvienko and other officials.

Sergei Lavrov intends to meet with Poles more often Yesterday's visit by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Warsaw can be considered “reconnaissance in force.” After all, it was Poland that, more actively than other EU member countries, supported the Georgian aggression against South Ossetia and began to put together an anti-Russian bloc. The Baltic countries and Ukraine, which is actively striving to join the EU and NATO, managed to join it.

Disgraced Landis wants to return to the peloton Stripped of the title of winner of the general classification of the most prestigious multi-day cycling race, the Tour de France, in 2006, American Floyd Landis decided to return to the sport after the expiration of his disqualification period for using illegal drugs. Landis has been eligible to compete internationally since February 1, 2009.

In the City of London, Russian business is treated without prejudice Moscow will be able to join 50 global financial centers of the world. This opinion was expressed at a press conference by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, David Lewis, who is on a visit to Moscow. According to him, Russian business is treated in the City without prejudice.

Russia complicates the path of imported meat to domestic consumers From September 15, imported meat will be supplied to Russia only upon prior notification . The order concerns supplies from the USA, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, countries whose supplies occupy a significant share of the Russian market. Moreover, these rules will not be the same for declarants: they will be the most stringent for American importers.

UK tightens rules for accepting migrant workers It will soon become much more difficult for thousands of foreigners looking to take up work in the UK. New rules recently published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs tighten the procedure for selecting migrant workers .

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Alexei Ratmansky will become the main guest choreographer of the American Ballet Theater In the spring, when Alexey Ratmansky (pictured) announced that he was not going to renew his contract with the Bolshoi Theater, he did not say anything about his future career plans.

The Russians will have the Fed Cup final in Madrid This weekend, the final of the women's team tournament of the Fed Cup will take place in the Spanish capital, in which the hosts of the court, the Spaniards, will face off against the current holders of this title, the Russians. Our girls' rivals will be Anabel Medina-Garrigues, who occupies 29th place in the WTA rankings, Carla Suarez-Navvaro, Nuria Legostera-Vives and Virginia Ruano-Pascual.

Leo Bassi at the World Congress of Fools The three main stars of the Poluninsky “World Congress of Fools,” a clown festival now taking place in Moscow, are the same ones who were the stars of the carnivals of the World Theater Olympics (summer 2001). Firstly, Polunin himself - then, when he first brought his “Snow Show”, he headed the “White Carnival” in the Hermitage Garden. Then an American from Holland, Django Edwards, gave performances at the Color Carnival.

Abkhazia and South Ossetia choose between independence and Russia The leaders of the Russian-recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia spoke yesterday at the Valdai discussion club about the past and future of their territories.

Russia calls on Latvia not to use “lies” Today NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer arrives in Latvia on an official visit. President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers announced this yesterday, noting that meetings with the Secretary General of the Alliance are traditional and take place once every six months , but the current case is special, given that Jaap de Hoop Scheffer himself arrives in Riga. “We do not meet at a NATO summit or at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

Children from socially disadvantaged families will have to wait for billions allocated by the state In order to relieve overcrowded domestic colonies for minors, disadvantaged children must be identified in maternity hospitals. This conclusion was reached yesterday by the participants of the first working meeting of employees of the Fund for the Support of Children in Difficult Life Situations with officials of federal and regional ministries.

The Russian Museum displays the works of Vera Ermolaeva The first large personal exhibition of Vera Ermolaeva (1893-1937) opened at the State Russian Museum. This big event should have happened a long time ago, but it happened only now. The exhibition is part of a single project of the museum: at the same time another exhibition opened - Nikolai Suetin's. Both artists are followers of Malevich.

The Central Bank claims to control the situation in the foreign exchange market The dollar in Russia yesterday rose in price by another 21 kopecks, and the euro exchange rate dropped below 36 rubles. In the international market, the ratio of the main currency pair reached a yearly minimum. This is being driven by growing concerns about the European economy and risk-averse investors moving away from high-yield assets.