The Kaliningrad branch of Right Cause was not allowed to be headed by real oppositionists Last Saturday, a branch of the Right Cause party, a liberal Kremlin project, was re-established in the Kaliningrad region.

August 18 -- September 18, 2009 “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.

Dmitry Medvedev visited the first Russian business school Many distinguished guests, including the President of Russia, arrived at the first ceremony for presenting student cards to students of the first Russian business school Skolkovo. Dmitry Medvedev has headed the board of trustees of the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo ever since, as First Deputy Prime Minister, he decided to create two business schools in Russia as part of the national project “Education”.

Terminal opening delayed again Contrary to the promise of Aeroflot management, the third terminal of Sheremetyevo Airport, where all flights of the airline and its partners in the international Sky Team alliance should be collected, will not open this year. It will start working next year, 2010 - January 1st. “The official launch date is November of this year, but in reality the terminal will be launched on January 1, 2010,” a source on the airport’s board of directors told Interfax on Friday.

Gebrselassie was the first in Berlin In the capital of Germany, the famous Berlin Marathon, part of the prestigious World Marathon Majors series, ended with the victory of the famous Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie. The 1996 and 2000 Olympic champion in the 10 thousand m race covered the marathon distance in 2 hours 6 minutes and 8 seconds, almost a minute ahead of Kenyan Francis Kiprop and leaving his compatriot Negari Turf in third place.

The day after tomorrow, at the 64th session of the UN General Assembly, political discussions open with the participation of world leaders.

Moscow debut of Nadia Michael The season of the Moscow Philharmonic in the Tchaikovsky Hall began with a performance by soprano from Germany Nadia Michael. The solo concert was held as part of the Stars of World Opera in Moscow subscription. This subscription is assigned number 3, another vocal subscription - “Opera Masterpieces” - is declared at number 1.

Opportunities and dangers of Barack Obama's decision The Barack Obama administration's refusal to deploy missile defense elements in Poland and the Czech Republic may affect not only Russian-American relations and the future of the Iranian problem. Circles from this decision diverge in different directions, affecting Europe, transatlantic relations and even China. George W.

“Uncle Vanya” by Rimas Tuminas at the Vakhtangov Theater I don't want to argue with anyone. Not with those who believe that the best performance of Rimas Tuminas was the old Vilnius “The Cherry Orchard”, where an old house literally collapsed on the heads of the characters.

Abramovich installed a paparazzi protection system on his yacht A tight wallet and the latest technology will allow the Russian oligarch to escape from the camera's sights. Roman Abramovich decided to equip his new yacht Eclipse with a device to protect himself from annoying photographers, the Times newspaper writes. The special equipment that will be installed on the Eclipse is described as reminiscent of weapons from American action movies about special agents.

The teams of the Czech Republic and Spain will meet in the Davis Cup final. Tennis players from both teams defeated the teams of Croatia and Israel, respectively, in the semi-final series. The tallest ATP player, Croatian Ivo Karlovic (pictured), set a new world record for the number of serves in a match - 78. Despite the large score (3:0) after the first two days of the Czech Republic - Croatia semi-final, the confrontation turned out to be very stubborn.

The tallest man on earth has been named Turkish citizen Sultan Kosen is officially recognized as the tallest man on the planet. His height is 2 m 47 cm. Recently, this Gulliver was registered in the Guinness Book of Records and at the same time they showed him London. The Sultan left his native country for the first time, and in addition to Great Britain, he was also invited to Germany and the United States.

Now is the time to tackle climate change Climate change on Earth is happening faster than we thought just two years ago. Continuing with business as usual almost certainly means dangerous, possibly catastrophic climate change over the course of this century. This is the most serious challenge for the current generation of politicians.

Turkmenistan has completed flaw detection of gas pipelines Central Asia - Center At a meeting of the government of Turkmenistan, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov heard a report from Deputy Prime Minister for the Fuel and Energy Complex Baymurad Khojamukhamedov on the completion of flaw detection of gas pipelines, which, according to the official version, should allow Gazprom and Turkmengaz to return to the conversation about supplies of blue fuel.

Russia abandoned the fight for UNESCO Russia has abandoned its claims to the post of director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In Paris, where the powerful organization is headquartered, three attempts were made between Thursday and Saturday to elect its secretary general for another four-year term. But none of the nine candidates managed to secure the necessary support from at least 30 of the 58 members of the executive board.