Dmitry Medvedev unexpectedly landed in South Ossetia Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Abkhazia, which some observers believed was planned for last week, has not yet taken place. But Russian President Dmitry Medvedev unexpectedly landed in South Ossetia yesterday. It is still difficult to talk about the content of the visit.

General Motors has set a new condition for the purchase of Opel American General Motors cannot draw a line under the sale of its German asset Opel. Having named the Russian-Canadian consortium consisting of Magna, Sberbank and GAZ as the main contender for Opel and having signed an agreement of intent with it on May 30, GM top managers seem ready to change their minds.

Union with Yabloko threatens the collapse of Right Cause The campaign to nominate candidates for the Moscow City Duma, elections to which will take place this fall, started with a political scandal. A serious split has emerged in the neoliberal Right Cause party due to the upcoming elections.

The ruble is under pressure again Yesterday, the domestic currency fell immediately by more than 1 ruble, to 33 rubles. to the dollar and 46 rubles. to the euro. The aggressive play against the ruble is explained by the fall in oil prices and the reduction of the refinancing rate by the Central Bank at the end of last week.

VTsIOM published a rating of national fears of Russians Russians have become more fearful for their material well-being and, compared to last year, are much less afraid of war and the notorious “NATO threat.” This is one of the main results of a study released yesterday by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion.

The finalists of the European Workshop competition exhibited at the Central House of Artists The Central House of Artists hosts the exhibition “European Workshop. Creativity in a common cultural space.” It appeared as the result of an installation competition organized by the European Commission in Russia to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

In the midst of the crisis, Russian companies continue to accumulate energy assets In the first half of the year, Russian and Chinese companies became the leaders in the acquisition of energy assets, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report published yesterday. They account for more than half of the total volume of mergers and acquisitions concluded.

Donizetti's opera at the Munich Festival In today's global opera space, serious upheavals are rare, and when it comes to Italian opera of the era of early romanticism (bel canto), opera lovers will only praise this or that successfully struck note in a patronizing tone, after which they call it a day. The event that took place at the Munich Opera Festival in July is confirmation that there are exceptions in our lives.

On July 11, 1929, the Council of People's Commissars (SNK), based on the decision of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, adopted a resolution “On the use of labor of criminal prisoners.” The document prescribed the creation of a network of camps in remote areas of the country with the aim of colonizing them and developing “natural resources through the use of labor deprived of freedom” - this is how the Gulag came into being.

Low tariffs for generating companies will have to be compensated from the country's budget RusHydro does not intend to abandon its extensive investment program for the next year. This was announced yesterday by the acting chairman of the company's board, Vasily Zubakin. At the same time, according to experts interviewed by Vremya Novostei, energy companies are unlikely to be able to obtain the necessary profits in the context of an almost complete freeze of tariffs for generating companies.

CLUBS The Jumping Cats. A combination of blues with all related genres, such as swing, funk, surf and many others. "House by the Road" , 21.00. 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 in “B2” , 21.00. Maxim Piganov (trombone) and Oleg Kireev Quartet (Moscow). Jazz.

The government has identified economic development scenarios for the next three years On Monday, the almost full cabinet of ministers spent the day at the White House - first, at the government presidium they discussed the trade law and the forecast for socio-economic development for 2010-2012, and then at a meeting on economic issues they considered the draft budget for next year.

A three-day Russian-German meeting within the framework of the St. Petersburg Dialogue forum opens today in Munich. This discussion platform was created in 2001 on the initiative of Vladimir Putin and Gerhard Schröder, at that time the President of Russia and Chancellor of Germany. Since then, representatives of non-governmental organizations from Russia and Germany annually discuss pressing political, economic and social problems at the forum.

The 17th International Children's and Youth Film Festival has ended “Artek” does not belong to the narrow circle of the Russian festival “elite”, which claims to be a trendsetter in Russian cinema. At the same time, it is almost the same age as the Sochi “Kinotavr” and the Vyborg “Window to Europe”, which at least indicates that the festival has survived, is in demand and, despite all the crisis circumstances, hopes to meet the coming of age in good health and good spirits.

Nizhny Novgorod authorities want to use the Olympics in Sochi to revive local high-speed shipbuilding The government of the Nizhny Novgorod region approved the concept of reviving high-speed shipbuilding in the region. The Nizhny Novgorod region is indeed historically a center for the design and construction of high-speed ships in Russia. However, this page has long been read and turned.