Russian analysts predict a second wave of the financial crisis The specter of a second wave of crisis has wandered from Europe to Russia: the domestic expert community discussed this threat at a round table of the same name. After a heated discussion, analysts jointly issued a disappointing forecast - a second wave cannot be avoided, and it will begin in September-October, when banks will face a peak in loan defaults.

Yves Sussman exhibition at Ravenscourt Gallery This year, the media forum, held as part of the Moscow International Festival and introducing new visual genres, video art and media art, celebrated its tenth anniversary. On this occasion, art director Olga Shishko invited several leaders of world video art to the capital of Russia, including the American Eve Sussman.

New rules of the Federal Financial Markets Service may lead to the liquidation of half of NPFs Yesterday, minimum capital requirements for professional participants in the securities markets, including management companies and non-state pension funds (NPFs), came into force. New rules of the Federal Service for Financial Markets (FSFM), according to experts, could lead to the liquidation of about half of NPFs.

Russia is sixth in the FIFA rankings The International Football Federation has published a monthly ranking of national teams. Russia rose from ninth place to sixth, coming very close to its main rival in the qualifying group for the 2010 World Cup, the German team, which ranks fifth. The Brazilian national team now tops the ranking.

Rostrud presented new data on the employment situation The situation that forced residents of single-industry towns to take extreme measures in the struggle for jobs seems likely to be repeated in territories that are more stable in terms of employment.

The state is trying to maintain housing construction during the crisis Yesterday's meeting in the Kremlin of the Council for the Implementation of National Projects, chaired by President Dmitry Medvedev, was devoted to the interim results and further prospects of the national project “Affordable and Comfortable Housing”. In times of crisis, housing construction takes on special importance.

International mediators do not leave Transcaucasia The Russian Foreign Ministry assessed positively the results of yesterday's negotiations in Geneva on the situation in Transcaucasia. They took place with the participation of the conflicting parties - Georgians, Abkhazians, Ossetians - and in the presence of mediators - Russia and influential international organizations. The Russian delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin.

“Antichrist” is coming to Moscow screens There is so much nonsense surrounding this film that I just want to tell you how it was made. This picture consists of a prologue, an epilogue and four chapters: the first is called “Sorrow”, the second is called “Pain”, followed by “Femicide” and “Three Monks”. The three monks in the medieval legend represent sorrow, pain and despair, followed by death. There are two heroes - husband and wife.

For Bratkova and Ukolova, the World Championships in Norway are over At the world beach volleyball championship in Stavanger, Norway, the preliminary stage matches in groups ended late yesterday evening and the pairs for the 1/16 finals were determined.

Never before in recent years has the topic of joining the World Trade Organization caused such a lively reaction as now, in the early summer of 2009. A considerable part of domestic business is puzzled - they have not really been explained why the process of Russia’s annexation, into which so much time and effort was invested, was actually interrupted. The WTO members with whom we are negotiating, as well as many economic experts, are at a loss.

The tense situation around North Korea will last for a long time. An arms race in the region is now inevitable, with emphasis on the creation of national and regional missile defense systems. The processes of consolidation in the region of alliances and military-political structures led by the United States will accelerate. With the participation, of course, of their close partners - Japan, Australia, South Korea.

Turkmenistan struggles with information leaks to Russian media Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit Turkmenistan in September to welcome participants in the international Kazan-Ashgabat rally. On September 13, they will finish their nine-day journey, 4.5 thousand kilometers long, in the Turkmen capital. This became known after a telephone conversation between the presidents of Turkmenistan and Russia on June 30.

On the eve of the meeting between Medvedev and Obama, the Foreign Ministry notes progress in negotiations By December of this year, a new treaty will be ready, implying a real and verifiable reduction of strategic offensive weapons (START). This was announced yesterday by Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov, who is in charge of this issue.

Russia is drawing Turkey into its gas pipelines The new Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey, who is also the co-chairman of the Russian-Turkish intergovernmental commission, Taner Yildiz, decided to show that his ambitions extend beyond the ambitions of his predecessors. Before him, many tried to make Turkey a gas distribution hub on the way to Europe, but not everything worked out.

Kazakhstan returned Russian teenagers illegally detained by lost border guards to their parents The Karabalyk district court of the Kustanai region of Kazakhstan, as Vremya Novostei learned, released two Russian teenagers involved in a drug smuggling case that became the subject of a border dispute between Russia and Kazakhstan.