The opera start of the year will not be complete without Pletnev This coming Thursday, January 31, at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Mikhail Pletnev and his orchestra will perform Wagner for the first time, which has already intrigued the entire local musical community. In his usual (and unusual) repertoire preferences, he has so far avoided Wagner's mysteriously ardent scale.

Azerbaijani President met with Turkish leaders At the end of this week, on November 14, an energy summit will be held in Baku. It will be attended by the presidents of the member countries of GUAM, a regional organization uniting Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova, as well as their colleagues from the Baltic countries, Poland, Romania and Turkey.

The Bishop of Vienna asked not to nominate him for the post of head of the Orthodox community in America The hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church have refuted with action the claims of ill-wishers that the largest Russian denomination is seeking to establish a vertical of church power wherever possible.

The last leader of communist Poland has died The last prime minister of the Polish People's Republic (PPR) and the last first secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party (PUWP) that ruled the country during the communist period, Mieczyslaw Rakowski, died on Saturday, three weeks short of his 82nd birthday.

Russia and the United States may reconsider their positions on one of the most contentious issues in bilateral relations The deployment of elements of the American missile defense system (ABM) in Eastern Europe and Moscow's military response will be one of the main topics at the upcoming Russia-EU summit in Nice on November 14. Previously, it was assumed that the forum participants would unfreeze negotiations on a new basic cooperation agreement .

World leaders need to overcome at least the crisis at the IMF US President-elect Barack Obama will not attend the emergency G20 summit in Washington at the end of the week. Explaining the reasons for this decision, the spokeswoman for Mr.

The Kaliningrad region is ready to deploy Iskander missiles In his message to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, announced on November 5, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev put an end to the discussion on whether to turn the Kaliningrad region into a missile-carrying region or try to develop it, as before, as a pilot region for interaction between Russia and the West. Mr.

Russia disbanded loyal Chechen units Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, Colonel General Vladimir Moltenskoy, announced on Saturday the disbandment of the special Chechen battalions “East” and “West” , previously patronized by the GRU of the General Staff. Each of them will remain a rifle company, which, like previous battalions, will be part of the 42nd division of the Ministry of Defense, located in Chechnya on a permanent basis.

FOOTBALL. Russian Championship. Premier League. Match of the 28th round. November 10. "Moscow" - CSKA. 29th round. November 16. "Saturn" - "Wings of the Soviets", "Spartak-Nalchik" - "Khimki", "Terek" - "Shinnik", CSKA - "Rubin", "Lokomotiv" - "Moscow", "Luch-Energia" "-"Spartak" M, "Zenit" - "Dynamo", "Tom" - "Amkar". According to the championship regulations, all matches of the penultimate and final round (29th and 30th) must start at the same time.

The crisis helped the government demand the development of important laws in the banking sector A significant part of the government's plan to revive the financial sector and some sectors of the economy , approved last Friday by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, concerns the banking system. The document assumes a number of changes in Russian legislation by the end of this year.

“Vremya Novostey” is following the conflict that flared up between the director of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Valentin Rodionov, and the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, Alexander Sokolov. In response to the minister’s accusations of corruption against the leadership of the State Tretyakov Gallery, the basis for which was the selection of anti-aesthetic works from Mr.

Nizhny Novgorod automakers are lobbying for a temporary ban on government purchases of imported cars The management of the Gorky Automobile Plant sent an appeal to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. GAZ executives call tough administrative measures one of the means to combat the financial crisis in the automotive industry.

Vera Zvonareva could not beat Venus Williams The season is over for most tennis players. In his last match, Russian Vera Zvonareva lost to American Venus Williams in the final of the final WTA Women's Championship in Doha - 7:6 (7:5), 0:6, 2:6. The American participated in the final tournament three times, Zvonareva for the second time. In 2004, she lost all three group stage matches.

"Red Belt" by David Mamet on Moscow screens Jiu-jitsu master Mike Terry (Chitel Ejifor) barely runs a small gym and flatly refuses to improve his well-being by performing in commercial tournaments.

The State Duma unanimously approved the legal part of the national anti-corruption plan On Friday, the State Duma unanimously, with 449 votes out of 450 possible, adopted in the first reading the basic anti-corruption bill introduced by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as part of the national anti-corruption plan he proclaimed. The first measure in this fight is the formation of intolerance in society towards corrupt behavior.