Vyborg Film Festival “Window to Europe” announced the program Yesterday at a press conference, the directors of the Window to Europe festival said that the film screening, fortunately, despite the crisis, will take place, that there are 13 films in the feature competition, that there will also be an animation competition (14 films), and non-fiction films (20 films ), and “Vyborg Account”, and special screenings, and “Autumn Gala Premieres”, that is, Russian cinema still exists and is ready to

A group of Moscow nationalists appeared in court Yesterday in the Moscow City Court, at a hearing in the case of a group of nationalists accused of murder and attempted murders committed on racial grounds, the first witnesses for the prosecution spoke. Their testimony certainly caused the jurors to doubt the innocence of the defendants. However, none of the nationalists fully admitted their guilt.

In Belarus, the scandalous government decree was canceled In Belarus yesterday, the most serious confrontation between government and business in recent years almost occurred. The reason was the government's ban on intermediary activities. This happened against the backdrop of government statements about economic liberalization and promises to enter the top thirty countries with the most attractive business climate.

Russian jazz on CD Vadim Eilenkrig. Shadow of your Smile (Butman Music). In our country, as we know, there is a problem with jazz recording. And when there is a problem with something in our country, a passionary must come and do everything as needed. There is a new label, Butman Music, which was organized by Igor Butman - the most famous jazzman in our country and, most importantly in this case, a well-known media figure, a celebrity, so to speak.

For the first time, it became possible to punish football dealers Russian football is close to proving for the first time in its history that club officials attempted to bribe a referee. The chief referee of the second division match "Elets" - "Fakel-Voronezh" Maxim Koreshkov, having given written testimony, officially admitted that he had received an offer from both teams to ensure the result of the match. As a result, Fakel-Voronezh won a convincing victory - 3:1.

Barack Obama is wrongly compared to John Kennedy 47-year-old Barack Obama, whose inauguration took place yesterday in Washington, became the first black president in the country's history. In the last century, the owners of the White House have already become people who have not yet turned fifty.

Economists are ahead of the government in the race of gloomy predictions Against the background of the constant growth of official forecasts for the 2010 budget deficit, the expert community is making even more alarmist assumptions.

The number of conflict situations in the off-season does not decrease The teams' preparations for the new season are in full swing. However, the main news does not come from the ice rinks. CSKA still cannot find a compromise with their leaders Denis Parshin and Sergei Shirokov, the NHL and KHL entered into an open confrontation over another hockey player, and Spartak is on the verge of default.

The mysterious death of the convicts outraged the public Yesterday, Polish Minister of Justice 58-year-old Zbigniew Czwenkalski (pictured) lost his post. The reason for the dismissal was the tragic incident that occurred the day before in the prison of the city of Plock. There, in a solitary cell under 24-hour surveillance, one of the specially guarded prisoners, Robert Pazik, committed suicide.

The President of South Ossetia marked the anniversary of the war with a change of government and closed the border with Georgia President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity yesterday signed a decree releasing Aslanbek Bulatsev from the post of chairman of the government of the republic for health reasons.

Trial begins in case of illegal sale of confiscated goods Today, the Moscow City Court is scheduled to hold preliminary hearings on the scandalous case of the theft of goods illegally seized from Moscow companies, totaling over 551 million rubles. The organizers of the criminal group, according to the investigation, were businessmen Roman Chubatov and Boris Lisagor.

Geithner defends Obama's plan US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (pictured) criticized US regulators for their continued attacks on President Barack Obama's plan to reform financial supervision. The Federal Reserve System (FRS), also criticized by the Senate and other regulators, in turn decided to strengthen its scrutiny of banks' lending and their financial condition.

Latvia needs a new coalition The threat of dissolution and early elections looms over the Latvian parliament. Let us recall that the main demand of the protesters in the center of Riga on January 13 was the dissolution of the Sejm (parliament). Only the head of state has the right to initiate the dissolution of parliament in Latvia. After riots in the capital, President Valdis Zatlers said that he could resort to this measure.

The Museum of the Soviet Leader in Gori survived the war and the Georgian leadership This week in the Caucasus they are remembering the chronicle of last year’s August conflict around South Ossetia. They remember the fallen and wonder whether the tragedy could have been avoided. The most famous Georgian, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin ( pictured) , whose 130th birthday anniversary will be celebrated on December 21, also seemed to be a refugee during the Caucasian war.

The prefect of the North-Western Administrative District is replaced by a namesake The purge in the ranks of the capital's prefects, which Mayor Yuri Luzhkov started on the eve of the Moscow City Duma elections, continues. Yesterday it became known that after the prefect of the Northern Administrative District, Yuri Khardikov, who was replaced at the end of June by Oleg Mitvol, the head of the administration of the Northwestern District, Viktor Kozlov, was dismissed.