The accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station became the largest in the history of Russian energy Yesterday, a disaster occurred at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station, which hydropower experts have already called unprecedented. 11 people were killed, 14 were injured, and 72, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, are listed as missing.

Missing cargo ship with Russian crew found off the coast of Africa Yesterday, the epic search for the cargo ship Arctic Sea with Russian sailors, which disappeared three weeks ago in the Atlantic Ocean, successfully ended. According to the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defense, all 15 crew members are alive and well. They were delivered to the Russian patrol ship Ladny of the Black Sea Fleet, which found the cargo ship.

Rossini Festival takes place in Pesaro This year the famous Italian festival celebrates a milestone anniversary - thirty years since its founding. This, of course, is not an anniversary, but still a decent age. To say that no festive events were planned would be unfair.

The speaker of the Chechen parliament began to cautiously criticize the federal authorities Chairman of the Chechen Parliament Dukvakha Abdurakhmanov, rightfully considered a person who often says things for President Ramzan Kadyrov that are too harsh for the leader of the Russian region, announced yesterday at a press conference in Moscow the World Congress of the Chechen People. The congress is scheduled to convene before the end of the year; its location has not yet been determined.

A translation of Lynn Garafola’s famous book “Diaghilev’s Russian Ballet” has been published in Russia. A theater critic from Vogue magazine compared the Russian Ballet troupe to a carnation in a buttonhole in 1928, at the end of Diaghilev’s enterprise.

Cypriot antimonopoly officials accused LUKOIL of inflating gasoline prices The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), which is fighting the inflated prices of petroleum products by leading domestic oil companies, has unexpectedly gained like-minded people abroad. Now the Cypriot antimonopoly authority has also filed claims against Russian oil workers. As it became known yesterday, the Cyprus Competition Commission accused LUKOIL, as well as a number of other foreign companies, of price fixing.

A suicide bomber blew up the building of the Nazran city police department In Ingushetia, three days of mourning were declared yesterday for the victims of the largest terrorist attack in recent years, which occurred in the center of Nazran on Monday. In the morning, a suicide bomber in a car filled with explosives, breaking through the gate, drove into the territory of the Nazran city police department, where officers were forming up, and detonated a bomb.

Serbia is waiting for help from the Russian President In the coming days, a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will visit Belgrade to assess the effectiveness of the Serbian government’s anti-crisis measures. Apparently, the expert opinion will be negative. Despite decisions already made to cut wages and increase taxes, the fall in gross domestic product and the increase in the budget deficit went beyond the limits agreed between Belgrade and the IMF.

The English Championship, which started last weekend, must first of all give an answer to whether the rich Manchester City will oust one of the giants from the so-called “Big Four”. MS does not claim the leading positions of Manchester United and Chelsea. But I’m ready to take advantage of the moment if Arsenal or Liverpool hesitate even a little.

For now, an African-American in Russia can only become a deputy Local Barack Obama showed up in the Volgograd region: black Russian Joakim Krima (pictured) intends to run for deputy of the Duma of the Sredneakhtubinsky district. Last Saturday he submitted the necessary documents to the district territorial election commission. A native of Guinea-Bissau has been living in Russia for 20 years and is currently engaged in the watermelon trade.

Russian Muslims traveling to Mecca must be vaccinated against new flu Russian Muslims going on Hajj, a pilgrimage to the holy places of Mecca, will have to undergo mandatory vaccination against a new influenza virus, which received its unofficial name “in honor” of an animal considered unclean in Islam. The authorities of Saudi Arabia, the state on whose territory the main shrines of Islam are located, insist on introducing such a preventive measure to combat swine flu.

China Investment will invest $2 billion in American mortgages China has found another option for investing its reserves besides US government bonds. State investment fund China Investment Corp. (CIC) intends to invest $2 billion in American mortgages as part of the public-private investment partnership program conducted by the US Treasury. This move means that the Chinese are counting on a quick recovery in the American real estate market.

CONCERTS Ensemble of Oleg Kireev. "Union of Composers" , 20.30. Ash. The repertoire of song arrangements by A.-K. Jobima, Brazilian classics, as well as works by group leader Igor Nadezhdin in Portuguese. "Forte" , 21.00. Haleo (Cuba). Latin American rhythms, youthful enthusiasm and tropical temperament at Cool Train Club , 21.00. Simple Plan . Canadian pop-punk. "B1 Maximum" , 21.00. CLASSIC "Noble Seasons". Festival of music of Russian estates.

The Supreme Court refused to change the rules for testing drivers for alcohol intoxication The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday recognized as legal the procedure for medical examination of drivers for alcohol intoxication using so-called “tubes”.

July 14 -- August 14, 2009 Heads of regions in the media “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of “Vremya Novostei” and the “Medialogia” company, are ratings of political figures who are most actively discussed in the federal press and on central TV channels.