Israel hosts American troops for the first time The final chord of the political career of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who turns 63 tomorrow, will still be a visit to Moscow . The prime minister's office confirmed to a Vremya Novostey correspondent that Ehud Olmert will spend October 6 and 7 in the Russian capital at the invitation of President Dmitry Medvedev.

Andrei Kostin told Vladimir Putin about the financial crisis VTB President Andrei Kostin, at a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin last Friday, said that “the time of cheap and big money is behind us, the time of super-profits is also behind us”: “Today we need to show greater responsibility in decision-making, risk assessment, credit discipline and choose first of all those projects that are effective, provide quick results and impact economic growth points.

Dick Advocaat celebrated his birthday with dignity Zenit head coach Dick Advocaat will remember his 61st birthday for a long time. The morning began with a call from Vladimir Putin - the prime minister invited me to breakfast. In the afternoon, Zenit players came out to the match with Lokomotiv in gold T-shirts - another reminder of the great victories in St. Petersburg. At the stadium in Cherkizovo, fans prepared a poster.

Kirilenko won in Seoul, Kuznetsova reached the final in Beijing Svetlana Kuznetsova lost in the final of the Beijing second category BTA tournament with a prize fund of 600 thousand dollars, where she met with Jelena Jankovic from Serbia - 3:6, 2:6. Somewhat earlier, the men's competition ended there, in which the American Andy Roddick defeated the Israeli Dudu Sela - 6:4, 6:7 (6:8), 6:3.

CLUBS MakSim . Concert hall of the Cosmos Hotel, 19.00. Anastasia Glazkova (vocals). BB King , 8:30 p.m. Anna Koroleva (vocals, saxophone) and Jump . Forte , 21.00. CONCERTS Chamber orchestra "Seasons". I. Albeniz, K. Bugaenko, P. Sarasate, M. de Falla, Y. Galperin. Soloists A. Trostyansky (violin), R. Komachkov (cello). Conductor V. Bulakhov. Conservatory , as part of the “Seasons” festival, 19.00. Surganova and the Orchestra . Big acoustic concert. Variety Theater , 19.00.

A week before the start of the Super League, cup battles took place In Surgut, Ufa, Tyumen and Novosibirsk, matches of the semi-final stage of the National Cup took place, which determined all participants in the “Final Four” (November 28-30).

The verdict on the appropriation of five gas stations in the capital came into force The other day, the guilty verdict of the Tagansky District Court of Moscow against the former deputy general director of Transservice A.S. LLC came into force. Svetlana Spirina and former general director of Glavnefteprodukt LLC (GNP) Igor Bazilevsky. The court found them guilty of unauthorized appropriation of five Transservice A.S. gas stations.

Meryl Streep sings and dances to ABBA music There are things that decent people shouldn't do. For example, acting in a movie based on the successful musical “Mamma Mia!” Even if everyone is interested in Meryl Streep, this highly gifted artist, who seems capable of playing even a cat or a ladle, will be able to dance, sing, jump and frolic at such a serious age.

The Belarusian president needs opposition in parliament Yesterday parliamentary elections were held in Belarus , on which the prospects for dialogue between Minsk and the West depend. The country's President Alexander Lukashenko considers a warming in relations with the European Union and the United States to be quite probable and at the same time is confident that it will not have a negative impact on contacts between Belarus and Russia.

Vladimir Potanin strengthened control over Norilsk Nickel by 8% The subsidiaries of Norilsk Nickel announced yesterday that they had become shareholders of the parent company. They invested about 42 billion rubles. temporarily free funds in 8.1% of Norilsk Nickel shares.

Chinese citizen goes into outer space for the first time This year, the People's Republic of China not only successfully held the Summer Olympics, but also for the first time in its history, a Chinese astronaut performed a spacewalk. China thus became the third country after Russia and the United States to independently send a man into outer space. Yesterday, the crew of the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft, consisting of three so-called taikunauts, returned safely from a nearly 70-hour flight.

The Prosecutor General's Office accused the Academy of Sciences of infringing on the interests of the state On Friday, the Prosecutor General's Office submitted a report to the President of the Academy of Sciences, Yuri Osipov, that the Russian Academy of Sciences was convicted of violating legislation on the protection of intellectual property and on the use of state property.

The Chelyabinsk Opera has canceled the opera and dismissed the ballet The season at the Chelyabinsk Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Glinka was supposed to open on October 3 with the premiere of “The Demon.” In early September, director Alexey Stepanyuk began rehearsals, but soon had to interrupt them. On September 9, he heard from the artistic director of the theater Denis Severinov “Get out!” - and left for St. Petersburg.

Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten performed at the House of Music Once upon a time, in the television program “Jam-5” (hard rock on Channel One - there was such a thing!) there was a story about how three virtuoso bass guitarists gave a joint concert at a certain music exhibition. It was interesting how these three and their bass instruments divided up the responsibilities.

At the moment, the formally settled scandal between St. Petersburg SKA and its leader Maxim Sushinsky has become the first test of the strength of attempts to force Russian hockey players not only to play, but also to live by the rules of the National Hockey League. With all due respect to both opposing and, it seems, reconciled camps - the leadership of St.