CLUBS Oleg Nesterov and the Berlin Postmen's Chapel . Presentation of Oleg Nesterov's first solo project. Pre-war Berlin hits, translated into Russian, and some compositions with a special phonetic flavor, in the original language, accompanied by violin, accordion, acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, drum section. "B2" , 20.00. The Game (USA). Gangsta rap. "B1 Maximum" , 20.00. Eric Truffaz Quartet (France). An experimentalist mastering new jazz, electronics, rock and even hip-hop on the trumpet.

The Ministry of Finance proposes to reform certain taxes, but not to reduce them in the next three years Two weeks later, on February 14, the government at its meeting intends to approve a tax reform plan for three years in advance. Yesterday it became clear that radical innovations in tax policy should not be expected: State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Finance Sergei Shatalov said that the period of annual tax cuts has finally ended.

Experts suggest hitting the crisis with domestic production Members of the Russian expert community suggested using the global crisis to revive the domestic industry during yesterday's press conference at the Rosbalt agency. The event took place on the eve of the “Buy Russian” exhibition, which will open at the All-Russian Exhibition Center on December 10.

“The Last Hero” and “Name Russia” are two of the most ambitious projects of this season. In scope, in scale, in PR. And, perhaps, the two most disastrous - in meaning. Two phrases about meaning. "The Last Hero" is "Robinson Crusoe" in reverse. Defoe's story is about how an ordinary bourgeois becomes an extraordinary personality. And here our public characters have no time for fat; They would like to remain human.

Disappointment of the month - Posner in the program of the same name. Vladimir Vladimirovich suddenly lost his former charm. With Luzhkov he is obsequious and cautious, with Khazanov he is secondary and completely uninteresting. An attempt to give “Posner” some dynamics by having the host start walking around the studio, stretching his stiff limbs, looks comical. And the very appearance of an aged playboy is also depressing. Posner has lost his role - a sage who knows the secret.

The 10th Russian Art Festival took place in France For its tenth anniversary, the Russian arts and cinematography festival in Nice acquired the strange name Ruskoff, which, apparently, in the new pan-European language was supposed to mean “Russian abroad.” The organizers of the festival - Melania Milbert from the French side and Oleg Chesnokov from the Russian side - this year tried not only to surprise with the genre variety of performances, but also to respond to the August events in South

“The Kreutzer Sonata” on the stage of the Art Theater “The Kreutzer Sonata” at the Moscow Art Theater is an unexpected choice of repertoire; it is much easier to imagine this story by Tolstoy in some orthodox reserve like the spiritual theater “Glas”.

It was decided to return the concept of the fight against drugs to “real life” Yesterday in Moscow there was a meeting of the State Anti-Drug Committee (SAK), an interdepartmental body created by presidential decree a year ago to coordinate the actions of all federal structures on the problem of combating drugs.

Sberbank unveils five-year development strategy Sberbank yesterday announced its five-year strategy. Its main position is to increase profits two to three times by 2014. In addition, the strategy states that Sberbank's share in the assets of the Russian banking system is projected to be 25-30% by 2014. The ratio of costs to income by this time should not exceed 40%.

Unified social tax reform may be postponed The government's decision to increase the single social tax (UST) from 2010 may be revised.

Treviso defeat The gaming crisis in the Khimki men's basketball team continues. After a fiasco in a two-game confrontation with Triumph near Moscow in the quarterfinals of the Russian Cup and a painful defeat from the capital's Dynamo in the Super League, the charges of Lithuanian coach Kestutis Kemzura were defeated in the second round of the Eurocup by the Italian Benetton - 77:59.

The authorities are ready to push money into the economy by providing banks with guarantees The authorities have not yet decided to destroy the banking supervision system in order for the funds allocated by the state to overcome the “blood clots” in the financial system and reach the real sector.

Military counterintelligence at the Central Museum of the Armed Forces Russia's military counterintelligence celebrates its 90th anniversary on December 19. On this occasion, the Central Museum of the Armed Forces, with the help of the military counterintelligence department of the FSB of Russia and the remarkable, largely undisclosed archives of this organization, organized an exhibition.

Economic growth will cope with wage debts better than administrative resources The increase in wage arrears was noted not only by ordinary citizens; Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was personally concerned about this problem. At the beginning of the week, he actually instructed the government to control situations with non-payment of wages , and control should extend not only to state-owned enterprises, but also to private companies.

Liberals are looking for ways to revive The Central Election Commission's refusal to register Mikhail Kasyanov as a candidate for the Russian presidency ended a series of severe political defeats for liberal forces during the Putin era. Not only did Russian liberals suffer huge rating losses during the last parliamentary election campaign, but for the first time in the history of modern Russia they were left without a candidate in the presidential elections.