Watch from April 30 on Moscow screens “X-Men. Wolverine" (USA, 2009, Gavin Hood). The main hit of the week is a prequel to a series of films about good and evil mutants, which focuses on the fate of Logan-Wolverine (Hugh Jackman - "The Prestige", "The Fountain", "Australia"), a Superman with a difficult fate, a victim of inhumane experiments, as a result of which sharply sharpened claws constantly come out of his hands.

Anniversary of Intel's main competitor On May 1, one of the leading processor manufacturers, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), turns 40 years old. It is difficult to correctly assess its role in the history of the semiconductor industry. One thing is clear: without AMD, the IT world would be different. Company founder Jeremy Sanders was born on the South Side of Chicago in 1936.

Daimler will cancel its stake in Chrysler The German automaker Daimler is divesting its last 19.9% ​​stake in the American auto giant Chrysler. The concern reached an agreement with the owner of Chrysler - Cerberus Capital Management and the US Pension BenefitGuaranty Corp. about leaving the shareholders of the American automaker. According to the agreement, the 19.9 percent stake will be redeemed and financial relations between the companies will be terminated.

Tchaikovsky and Brahms from RNO and Alexander Lazarev The Russian National Orchestra closed its Moscow season by inviting one of the most powerful Russian conductors, Alexander Lazarev, to conduct the final chord. Several years ago, Lazarev stood at the podium of the Pletnev orchestra for the first time, and this was not only the conductor’s first performance in Moscow after a long break, but also a phenomenal musical event, which many remember in detail and are not going to forget.

CLUBS Anastasia Glazkova. BB King , 8 p.m. Anna Levshina Quartet. "Union of Composers" , 20.30. CONCERTS Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra and Deborah Brown . Tchaikovsky Concert Hall , 19.00. Khibla Gerzmava (soprano). Conservatory , 19.00. THEATERS Dance troupe “Doug Varon and the Dancers” (USA). TKZ “Palace on the Yauza” , 19.00. “The Story of Happy Moscow” by A. Platonov. Directed by Mindaugas Karbauskis.

The head of the capital's police, Vladimir Pronin, was dismissed President Dmitry Medvedev, as his press service reported last night, signed a decree dismissing the head of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate, Colonel General of Police, Vladimir Pronin. Nothing was officially announced about the reasons for this resignation.

Domestic judokas who performed brilliantly at the European Championships in Tbilisi managed to surprise their opponents, please themselves, their coaches, their fans and restore faith in the power of the Russian school. Eight medals, of which five are gold, one silver and two bronze, and the first team place - we did not have such an excellent result even in Soviet times.

The stock market is preparing for the holidays and the flu pandemic The Russian stock market is declining for the second day in a row: the RTS index dropped below 800 points yesterday, losing 2.39% at the end of the session. This was facilitated by world indices and oil prices, which fell amid news of the spread of swine flu. Investors were also upset by the message about the need of the largest US banks for additional capital .

Gazprom has reduced gas supplies to its partner in RosUkrEnergo The struggle for the gas inheritance of the Swiss trader RosUkrEnergo has entered a decisive stage. In anticipation of today's visit to Moscow by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who initiated the termination of the activities of this intermediary , Gazprom has closed the tap for the Hungarian company Emfesz, owned by the Ukrainian co-owner of RUE Dmitry Firtash (pictured) .

On Wednesday, an atmospheric front will pass through the northwestern regions, and at night there will be short-term rains in places in the Leningrad region, during the day they will be everywhere, and thunderstorms are possible in the south of the region. Temperature at night +6...+11оС, during the day +11...+16оС. In the center of Russia on Wednesday it will be very warm, the average daily temperature is 6-8 degrees above normal, and there will be no precipitation.

On May 1, United Russia intends to march in the same column with the trade unions Leaders of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia shared their May Day plans - on the day of workers' solidarity, the country's largest trade union association promises to bring at least 2.5 million people to demonstrations.

Moscow and Brussels are happy with each other again Russia and the European Union demonstrate optimism in assessing the prospects for bilateral relations. This is evidenced by the results of yesterday's meeting of the Russia-EU Permanent Partnership Council in Luxembourg. It was attended by the heads of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Czech Republic chairing the European Union - Sergei Lavrov and Karel Schwarzenberg.

Russian students brilliantly won the World Programming Championship Computer game tournaments are commonly referred to as eSports. But there are much more serious and truly important for the prestige of the country computer competitions, in which participants compete in programming skills. The most famous and prestigious of these is the world championship among student teams ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest).

The European Union is ready to unite Cyprus One of the key issues of Sweden's six-month presidency of the European Union, which begins on July 1, will be the settlement of the Cyprus problem. This is evidenced by statements made during the visit to Nicosia on April 24 by the head of the Swedish Foreign Ministry, Carl Bildt. “20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, we still have a divided capital in Europe. This is unacceptable for anyone,” he emphasized. Mr.

RUSAL is promised second place in the list of largest aluminum producers in 2009 A new threat is looming over the world's largest aluminum producer, RUSAL. In addition to the headache of a multibillion-dollar debt, the company may lose its first place in the list of leading aluminum producers to Rio Tinto by the end of 2009. This forecast was announced yesterday by the British research company CRU.