“Diaghilev and Nijinsky” in the “Russian Ballet” by Vyacheslav Gordeev At the entrance to the Sats Theater, where the Russian Ballet performs in the summer, you can hear the furious squeal of some bossy lady: “Is this charity for you, or what? Now, let's run away! There’s no money—why did you come then?” (statements recorded verbatim).

AHML reduces the base rate for refinancing standard loans The Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending (AHML) has reduced the base interest rate for refinancing standard mortgages from 11.05 to 10.8%. The agency decided to adjust its policy after the recent reduction of the Central Bank refinancing rate by a similar amount. AHML expects that the reduction in the cost of funds will allow market participants to issue mortgage loans at lower rates.

The Argentina national team will play against Russia today A friendly match between the football teams of Russia and Argentina began with a scandal. Head coach of the Argentine national team Diego Maradona, emphasizing in every possible way his dissatisfaction with the visit to Russia, yesterday refused to participate in the traditional pre-match press conference.

"Kalashnikovs" for the Iranian scenario in Kabul Ten days before the presidential elections in Afghanistan, the electoral scenario has changed dramatically.

A court in Munich yesterday sentenced one of the last surviving Nazi criminals, 90-year-old Joseph Scheungraber (pictured) , to life for life, finding the charges of deliberate murder by him proven. As follows from the investigation materials, this German, who served in 1944 as a company commander in a Wehrmacht mountain engineer battalion in the Italian province of Tuscany, ordered the execution of 14 Italian civilians.

The song “Magic Rabbit” passed a church examination in Belarus The Belarusian Orthodox Church did not find anything reprehensible in the song “Magic Rabbit” by Junior Eurovision finalist Yura Demidovich. The song of the 13-year-old performer, which was accused of occultism and almost equated with Satanic spells, did not arouse suspicion among the clergy, writes Lenta.ru.

The city paid parking service has been abolished in Moscow The threat made about a month ago by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov was confirmed this Tuesday - the capital's mayor signed an order to liquidate the city's paid parking service.

In most of the European territory of Russia, the wind is changing to the southwest, which means that the frost will weaken, and in some places the temperature may rise to zero and even thaw. On Wednesday, snowfall is expected in the northwestern region at temperatures of -1...-6°C. On Thursday the temperature in the region will rise further, and thermometers will show -2...+3оС. At the same time, snow will fall, sometimes with light rain.

The US will limit itself to training the Georgian military The United States yesterday assured Russia that it would not push its Georgian allies to resolve territorial problems by military means. Overseas military assistance will be limited to training Georgian units heading to Afghanistan. “The United States does not intend to supply any offensive weapons to Georgia,” said Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza, who oversaw Georgia at the US State Department since 2005.

Watch from August 13 on Moscow screens "District 9" (New Zealand, 2009, Neill Blomkamp).

The ruble has relieved tension The official dollar exchange rate yesterday increased by another 10 kopecks, to 31.74 rubles, and during trading the value of the American currency broke through the 32 ruble mark. The fall of the ruble against the bi-currency basket continued throughout last week, which was undoubtedly fueled by public discussions about a new stage of devaluation. However, experts attribute fluctuations in the ruble to temporary factors.

By August 25, two warring Palestinian factions must reconcile: the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) and the Palestine Liberation Movement (FATAH). They set this date as a deadline themselves, otherwise the Palestinian split will persist for a long time. Fatah just completed its important party congress yesterday, which has been running since August 4th.

Why Americans are transferring resources from Iraq to Afghanistan The intensification of fighting in Afghanistan in the summer of 2009 between the United States and its allies, on the one hand, and the Taliban, on the other, reflects not only an attempt by the US military command to fulfill the campaign promise of new President Barack Obama, but also growing concern about how the situation in Afghanistan is developing. this country.

Ukrainian political scientists commented on the new aggravation between Moscow and Kiev to Vremya Novostey. "The absence of the Russian ambassador is good for us" Political scientist of the Kiev-Mohyla Academy Igor LOSEV: -- The absence of the Russian Ambassador in Kyiv will not in any way affect the cooperation between economic entities of Ukraine and Russia. They both maintained the relationship and will continue to do so.

Our basketball players took revenge on Slovenia In the second guest test match with Slovenia, the current European champion, the Russian team, which is preparing for the September continental championship in Poland, won with a score of 70:66, taking revenge for the defeat in the previous sparring (62:78). For the Russians, the most productive players of the meeting were Sergei Monya (21 points), Viktor Khryapa (14) and Andrey Vorontsevich (14).