Our youth are not interested in NHL clubs The National Hockey League held its annual rookie draft. This time there were no surprises. John Tavares, who topped the scouting bureau's rankings all year, was selected No. 1 overall by the Islanders. Russian hockey players, especially those who were not listed this year, failed the draft. Only Dmitry Kulikov, who has been playing in the lower leagues overseas for a long time, got a place in Florida under number 15.

TENNIS. June 29 -- July 5. Wimbledon tournament. London (UK). On Monday, the fourth round matches in the men's and women's singles draws will be played out. Representatives of the fairer sex will hold quarterfinal matches on Tuesday, tennis players - the next day. Then, in the same order, on Thursday and Friday there will be semi-finals. Three meetings for titles are scheduled for Saturday: the awards will be competed by girls and tournament participants in the classic doubles combination.

CONCERTS Bloodhound Gang (USA). A mixture of punk rock and hip hop. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Culture , Green Theatre, 20.00. Big band of Igor Butman. “Igor Butman Club” , 20.00. Anna Koroleva (vocals, saxophone) and Jump. "Forte" , 21.00. Faith No More. Classics of American alternative as part of the band's reunion tour, which took place earlier this year - 11 years after the band disbanded. "B1 Maximum " , 21.00. THEATERS "Goodbye, umbrella." Concept and direction by James Thiere.

Russia will help Angola go into space In less than two weeks, American President Barack Obama will make his first visit to Africa in this capacity. He will head towards the equator, but not to Kenya, where his father is from, but to Ghana, located in the west of the continent. His trip there will take place on July 11, that is, immediately after the negotiations in Russia and the G8 summit in Italy.

“Handicrafts” in the Proun gallery An outstanding researcher of the Russian avant-garde, Selim Khan-Magomedov, believes that the decisive factor in the formation of Suprematism as the highest style module of the universe in Malevich’s understanding “was the combination of simple geometric planes with space (or with a white background as its symbol).” That is, color, and even more so a thing, the corporeal, were thought of as recipients, ready to obediently submit to the experimental logic of

For the first time, a woman passed the gondola driving test 23-year-old Italian Giorgia Boscolo received a gondolier's license in a special school, which no lady had previously achieved, reports Lenta.ru. True, in the spring of this year the first female gondolier appeared in Venice. However, 42-year-old Alexandra High obtained a license through the court.

Boris Berezovsky received another sentence in absentia The Krasnogorsk court of the Moscow region last Friday sentenced businessman Boris Berezovsky, accused of stealing money from AvtoVAZ, in absentia to 13 years in a general regime colony. The disgraced oligarch's companion Yuliy Dubov was also sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison.

The brother of the president of the republic, wounded during the assassination attempt on the head of Ingushetia, died in hospital In Nazran on Saturday, the driver of the car of the President of Ingushetia, Ramzan Yevkurov, died in the Republican Clinical Hospital, who was seriously injured as a result of the assassination attempt on Yunus-Bek Yevkurov on June 22. He became the second victim of an assassination attempt - one of the president's security guards died at the time of the explosion.

Will Donald Tusk fight his opponent? The current Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has the highest chances of occupying the presidency next year - this is evidenced by the data of all sociological surveys. Although presidential elections will take place in the fall of 2010, the pre-election race has actually already begun.

The majority of Nizhny Novgorod residents want the nationalization of GAZ More than half of the residents of the Nizhny Novgorod region believe that the Gorky Automobile Plant should be nationalized. Such data were obtained as a result of a sociological survey of the local Open Sociology Foundation.

The project to build high-tech medical centers has become more expensive due to the crisis Completion of the construction of high-tech medical centers will require additional financial investments. The exact amount will be known only after the audit. But money is already being allocated.

The mayor of Moscow began to implement the president’s instructions The reconstruction of one of the main symbols of Moscow - the Bolshoi Theater, the building of which, due to the mistakes of contractors, risks going underground, is passing into the hands of the capital's authorities. On Saturday, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov personally announced this decision of the special commission.

Gazprom shareholders were explained where the reward will go For the first time in eight years of leading the concern, Gazprom Chairman of the Board Alexey Miller was forced to talk about the company’s development prospects in a crisis. His report at the annual meeting of shareholders on June 26 was entitled: "Gazprom - a test of flexibility." And in the finale, without saying practically anything about what awaits the monopolist during a recession, Mr.

Vladimir Putin spent his day off with the leaders of the Duma factions Yesterday in Novo-Ogarevo, Vladimir Putin spent his formal day off fruitfully and eventfully: the Prime Minister received at his residence representatives of four Duma factions - Boris Gryzlov (United Russia), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR), Gennady Zyuganov (Communist Party of the Russian Federation) and Nikolai Levichev ("A Just Russia").

Russia and NATO resume military cooperation Ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow on July 6, NATO member countries agreed with Russia to restore cooperation in the military sphere, despite remaining differences over the situation in the Caucasus. This will help Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev discuss international security issues.