Alliance countries are determined by the volume of IMF assistance The leaders of the BRIC countries at today's summit in Yekaterinburg are expected to confirm their plans to make financial resources available to the International Monetary Fund. Three countries have already announced the volume of their participation: China is ready to provide $50 billion, Russia and Brazil - $10 billion each.

The summit agenda did not fit into one day For the first time in the practice of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the summit will be held for two days - June 15 and 16: the agenda is very extensive. So, after all, the SCO participants are states whose population exceeds 2 billion people. The SCO was initially created with the goal of jointly protecting the borders of neighboring states, although almost immediately its activities became primarily economically oriented.

Isinbayeva began her second campaign for the jackpot Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Elena Isinbaeva won the first stage of the largest commercial athletics series, the Golden League, in Berlin. The Russian woman achieved the best result of the season in the world and the record of the traditional DKB-ISTAF tournament - 4 m 83 cm. Moreover, to win, Isinbayeva had to make only two attempts. First she took the height of 4.68, and then successfully stormed 4.83.

Russians in Poland are united not only by nostalgia About 30 million people permanently live outside the borders of Russia, whom we consider our compatriots. Each of them has their own destiny, relationship to their historical homeland and host country. Some recognize their fate as happy, others have resigned themselves to hopelessness. But almost all of them have one thing in common: nostalgia. Recently the All-Polish Conference of Compatriots took place in Warsaw.

Dmitry Medvedev assessed the first year of his presidency The situation in the Russian economy is difficult, but nothing critically dangerous is happening. This assessment was given by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in an interview with China Central Television on the eve of the SCO summit . “We are not dramatizing the situation; on the whole, it is no worse or better than in most developed economies,” the head of state believes. Although the numbers he mentioned look quite alarming.

The Russian men's national team has a new game uniform After the double matches of the first game weekend of the intercontinental round of the World League, only volleyball players from the national teams of Russia, Cuba and Brazil did not lose a single point, having won victories over their opponents in three or four games. So in the next round, by definition, the central one can be considered the confrontation on Freedom Island, where our team is going.

The most acute political crisis in relations between Moscow and Minsk has not yet developed into a real gas war. The Russian authorities are obviously not ready to make a fuss about gas misunderstandings with yet another transit country. However, Alexander Lukashenko was hinted that in this area he owes a decent amount - about $210 million. At any moment, Gazprom may demand payment.

A scientific edition of two books by Sumarokov has appeared In 1774, the actual state councilor and cavalier Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov published several of his books, including “Solemn Odes” and “Love Elegies.” The poet prepared these collections with special care, abbreviating and editing previously published texts. Having recently lost his almost undeniable primacy in Russian Parnassus, the half-disgraced writer, irritated by failures, stubbornly defended his poetic principles.

Head of the SKP Alexander Bastrykin tried himself as a witness In the Moscow City Court, where the trial of the former head of the Main Investigation Department (GSU) of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Dmitry Dovgiy, accused of abuse of power and receiving a large bribe, is ongoing, yesterday his immediate supervisor, the head of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office (SKP) Alexander, was questioned as a witness Bastrykin.

On the problem of reserve currencies A change in a generally accepted universal equivalent is always a change of era in the development of the world economy. Today, the US dollar, the monetary unit of the world's largest national economy, works as such a means of payment. Many experts both in Russia and abroad are confident that the time has come to replace the American dollar in its role as the main reserve currency with some other means of payment.

Robbery off the coast of Somalia has become a global threat NATO defense ministers have approved a new operation against pirates in the Gulf of Aden called Ocean Shield. It is scheduled for early July with the participation of six countries - Germany, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Great Britain and the USA. Back in early June, NATO leadership approached Russia with a proposal to jointly fight Somali pirates.

The summer garden is closed for reconstruction Yesterday, for the first time in two hundred years, the St. Petersburg Summer Garden was closed for reconstruction. The same garden where little Eugene Onegin was taken for a walk by his tutor, a “poor Frenchman,” and where Alexander Sergeevich himself loved to walk, has finally received a break: according to the project approved by the State Expertise, grandiose work is beginning in the Summer Garden.

Mentor of new champions surpasses Bill Russell The Los Angeles Lakers won their 15th NBA title. In the fifth match of the super final series, the “residents of the lake district” won at the Orlando site - 99:86. The overall score of the confrontation is 4--1 in favor of the Californians. The famous Lakers coach Phil Jackson has already earned his 12th championship ring. By this indicator, he surpassed the legendary Bill Russell, who earned most of his 11 rings as a basketball player.

The SCO summit began with a new terminal Yekaterinburg prepared for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as best it could. For example, thirty-degree heat. And also huge billboards with an invitation to watch international ping-pong tournaments, which indicated that the “Chinese factor” was taken into account, and to cheer for the young chess players who came to fight each other in honor of the summit from almost all SCO member countries.

CLUBS Alexey Aigi and the ensemble “4'33''”. CC "Dom" , 20.00. Ash. The repertoire of song arrangements by A.-K. Jobima, Brazilian classics, as well as works by the group organizer Igor Nadezhdin in Portuguese. "Forte" , 21.00. Haleo (Cuba). Latin American rhythms, youthful enthusiasm and tropical temperament at Cool Train Club , 21.00. CONCERTS Chamber orchestra Kremlin. Medley from the encore collection. Concert-walk on the ship “Barin” as part of the “Classics for Night Owls” festival.