CONCERTS Thomas Glovier, Phoenix Jazz Project and Curtis Johnson (USA). "Original" jazz, flavored with bebop and a modern New York sound. "Union of Composers" , 20.30. Irina Rodiles (vocals) and her trio. Cool Train Club , 21.00. Psoy Korolenko and Petr Akimov . New joint project. Extravagant musical program “Where Rodina-2 Begins.” With the participation of Sergei Osokin. Project O.G.I. , 22.00. CLASSIC "Noble Seasons". Festival of music of Russian estates.

Minsk needs loans and investments Yesterday in Belarus, the mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) began work, which will last until September 2. The mission staff will have to evaluate the anti-crisis economic policy of Minsk. Further lending to Belarus by the IMF will depend on the conclusions of the experts; based on the information received, the IMF Board of Directors will decide in the fall on the allocation of the next tranche of the loan.

Dismantling of the Cherkizovsky market has begun The Moscow authorities have finally made it clear that the Cherkizovsky market will never be restored to its original location. Yesterday, on the outskirts of the former “shopping metropolis,” a demonstrative liquidation of the first container took place, into which just recently lively sellers were inviting buyers.

The study of Viennese archives ended with the emergence of a new version of Mozart's death Researchers at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam have joined the debunkers of the once popular myth about Mozart being poisoned by an envious rival. In their work, published in the latest issue of the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, the name Salieri, however, is not even mentioned.

The German Chancellor remembered Kohl and Adenauer The election struggle in Germany has entered a decisive phase. Returning home after a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Sochi on August 14, Chancellor Angela Merkel began traveling around the country. Yesterday she gave a campaign speech in the eastern German city of Weimar, reminding voters of the contributions of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and former Chancellor Helmut Kohl to the unification of Germany.

Chinese Sinopec acquired Swiss Addax China continues its oil expansion. Yesterday, the second largest energy company in the Middle Kingdom, Sinopec, concluded the largest deal in the history of the country's oil industry to acquire foreign assets. For $7.2 billion, it bought the Swiss Addax Petroleum, which operates mainly in African oil and gas fields.

NOVATEK acquired from its top managers a company that is building an office center in the southwest of Moscow The consolidated financial statements of Russia's largest independent gas producer for the second quarter of 2009 brought investors the news that NOVATEK was getting involved in the development business. On June 19, the company acquired a 100% stake in Ekropromstroy LLC for 1.999 billion rubles. (about $65 million). Of this amount, 1.299 billion rubles.

The presidents of Russia and Israel signed a statement on the Second World War Yesterday in Sochi, at his Bocharov Ruchey residence, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with Israeli President Shimon Peres. Both leaders spent most of the day communicating with each other and, according to them, during this time they discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral Russian-Israeli relations, international and regional politics.

The number of victims of the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station and financial losses continue to increase Today in Khakassia a day of mourning has been declared for those killed in the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station. At the same time, the number of victims continues to grow. According to the latest official data as of yesterday evening, 12 people died, but this figure is most likely inconclusive.

Moscow will again have to choose a strategy for the struggle for stability in the Caucasus The latest events in Dagestan, where at the end of last week militants staged a formal hunt for police officers, and in Ingushetia, where on Monday a suicide bomber in a Gazelle broke into the courtyard of the police city department in Nazran and detonated a charge of gigantic power, simply left no chance for further spells to the theme of stability. This is more than a traditional seasonal flare-up.

Investigators discovered “one-day” subcontractors in Moscow housing and communal services The Main Investigation Department (GID) under the Moscow City Internal Affairs Directorate, as Vremya Novostey learned, opened a criminal case against 46-year-old Konstantin Abramov, general director of a large multi-profile repair and construction company CJSC Production Association "Brotherhood", operating in the housing and communal services market.

China has divested $25 billion of US government bonds over the past three months, remaining the largest US creditor. This is evidenced by a new report from the US Treasury on holders of American government bonds. Russia remained in seventh place on this list with an amount of $119.9 billion. Despite the Chinese sales, investment in US bonds rose. This happened at the expense of domestic investors.

Kim Dae-jung wanted to reconcile the two parts of Korea Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung died yesterday in Seoul at the age of 84. According to doctors, this was due to multiple failure of vital organs. The future politician was born in 1925 in a poor fishing island village in the Korean province of Jeollanam-do during the Japanese occupation.

On August 19, 1941, after heavy fighting, Soviet troops left Veliky Novgorod. The city was occupied for two and a half years.

Trading markup on the pharmaceutical market will be limited to 30% The government will approve new rules of the game for wholesale and retail companies operating in the pharmaceutical market in the fall. As Vremya Novostei learned, the Ministry of Health and Social Development is actively working on a document that should establish a new maximum level of trade markups for medicines.