CLUBS Stratovarius . Finnish heavy metal. CDC MAI , May 29, 20.00. "Alice". House of Culture named after Gorbunov , May 29, 20.00. "Polite Refusal" and "Persimfance". Central House of Artists , May 29, 20.00. Imani Uzuri (vocals, USA) and Oleg Butman Trio. Igor Butman Club , May 29, 20.00. Limp Bizkit . Gorky Central Park of Culture and Culture, Green Theatre, May 29, 20.00. "Bravo". “B1 Maximum” , May 29, 21.00. Tatiana Zykina. Ikra , May 29, 21.00.

Anniversary Arts Festival in Norilsk The festival with the expressive name (something of an oxymoron) “Taimyr Cactus” is held by the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation for Cultural Initiatives for the fifth time. And it is obvious that this is one of the most extraordinary and energetically powerful cultural forums in the regions of Russia.

The Romanian President refused to go to Chisinau Yesterday, Romanian President Traian Basescu canceled his planned June 4 visit to Chisinau to participate in the meeting of heads of state and government of the South-Eastern European Cooperation Process. It will be chaired by the current President of Moldova, Vladimir Voronin, who is also the Speaker of Parliament.

The country's former chief investigator told the court the name of the "spinner" The Moscow City Court yesterday continued the interrogation of the former head of the Main Investigation Department (GSU) of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office (SKP) Dmitry Dovgiy, who is accused of exceeding official powers and receiving a bribe of 750 thousand euros.

South Ossetia is ready for elections according to the Russian recipe On Sunday, May 31, the Republic of South Ossetia, whose sovereignty Russia recognized on August 26, 2008 , will have to elect a new parliament. South Ossetia is in many ways a unique entity in the post-Soviet space: when it declared its independence, it was a parliamentary republic. And it remained so for several years after that, until the practice of presidency triumphed in the post-Soviet space.

The Central Bank found no reason to aggravate the situation in the banking sector At the International Banking Congress that opened yesterday in St. Petersburg, the top officials of the Bank of Russia made several statements at once, making people believe in the bright future of the Russian banking system.

Menchov stops all attempts to take away his leadership at the Giro There are only three stages left before the end of the prestigious Giro D'Italia cycling stage race, which celebrates its centenary this season.

Our beachgoers play with Brazilian Georgians In no other team sport do the paths of Russian and Georgian athletes cross so often as in beach volleyball. However, the Georgians perform on the sand courts are quite conventional. For the fourth season, the colors of this country are defended by naturalized Brazilians Cristina Santana (Saka) and Andrezza Martins (Rtvelo), their compatriots Renato Gomes (Geor) and Jorge Tercheiro (Gia).

Russian woman Irina Belenkaya was allowed to leave for her homeland French justice yesterday pleasantly surprised everyone with its humane decision, releasing Russian woman Irina Belenkaya, accused by the French authorities of kidnapping her own daughter. As the Vremya Novostei newspaper reported on May 28, Irina Belenkaya, accompanied by law enforcement officers, flew to France from Hungary after the Budapest court once again confirmed the decision to extradite her.

North Korea carried out two nuclear explosions this week. There has been a heated debate in the world about how to respond to this new challenge from Pyongyang. Eyes are also turned to other countries developing their nuclear programs, in particular Iran. Former Foreign Minister and former Secretary of the Russian Security Council Igor IVANOV writes in an article specially prepared for Vremya Novostey about how to conduct business with Iran, including in the nuclear field.

A Vremya Novostei correspondent checked the operation of St. Petersburg gas stations Experts from a number of public organizations in St. Petersburg united and staged a raid on gas stations to collect samples for express analysis of gasoline quality. A Vremya Novostey correspondent also took part in this raid. The results shown by the special device left much to be desired. But they have no legal force.

The Chekhov Theater Festival opened with a performance by the equestrian theater "Zingaro" Critics who saw the new performance of the famous French “horse artist” Bartabas at the Avignon Festival, where the Zingaro Theater has played every premiere in recent years, chuckled skeptically: “Pop, not like before.” Now you can check this: in the Kolomenskoye park, Zingaro has set up tents with its new performance “Battuta” on gypsy themes.

But they will not impose their “sick ideas” on Pakistan Pakistani authorities announced yesterday a cash reward for helping to kill or arrest 21 local Taliban leaders. The converted award ranges from 12.4 thousand to 62 thousand US dollars. The spiritual leader of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Punjab (Punjab Taliban Movement) Maulan Fazlullah, political leader Baitullah Mehsud and commander Hakimullah Mehsud received the highest “appraisal”.

Georgian opposition fights “parasites” Yesterday, Georgian oppositionists calling for the resignation of President Mikheil Saakashvili began holding “spot” protests. According to the Secretary General of the movement “For a United Georgia” Eka Beselia, actions will be directed against places where “parasites nest”, that is, representatives of the authorities.

The IV Festival of World Symphony Orchestras begins An expensive and majestic project in the Hall of Columns, mysterious to the musical public, of the House of Unions - the Festival of World Symphony Orchestras - did not fall victim to the crisis and will be held in Moscow on its usual dates: from June 1 to 12.