The club from Tolyatti is trying to survive Togliatti's Lada almost became the only club in the Kontinental Hockey League this season whose hockey players went on strike. Players have not received salaries since the summer, debts for food and accommodation of non-resident hockey players have reached astronomical amounts. The trip to another city was almost canceled twice, and the players were already tired of it.

Only Poland and the Czech Republic hinder European integration Only on the second attempt were Irish voters able to overcome their mistrust of European integration and support the Lisbon Treaty - a key document defining future changes within the European Union. Ireland was the only EU country where the treaty had to be approved in a popular referendum. The first vote in the summer of 2008 was a crushing failure for officials from Brussels, when 53.4% ​​of Irish people said “no” to the treaty.

The mayor of Moscow threatens the designers of the reconstruction of the Bolshoi Theater The builders and designers involved in the reconstruction of the Bolshoi Theater can bring it no less fame than the performing arts itself. Yuri Luzhkov again threatens to remove the theater's main restorers from work.

Children of anonymous donors will be allowed to search for biological relatives The British authorities have carefully prepared for the coming of age of the country's first citizens, born “in test tubes” using donor germ cells. On October 1, amendments to the Fertilization and Embryology Act, the fundamental document that allowed tens of thousands of infertile Britons to become parents, came into force.

The main event of September was supposed to be the TEFI Award ceremony, but it did not become an event. The transfer of television celebrations to St. Petersburg not only did not save TEFI from boredom and predictability, but also became overgrown with vulgar officialdom - the number of faceless “state councilors” among the presenters suggested sad thoughts about the sad fate of the province in Russia. Yes, in my opinion, Peter did not demonstrate his best qualities.

The 2016 Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro The 2016 Summer Olympics will be held in Brazil. This became known after the results of a secret vote by members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at a session of this organization held in Copenhagen. The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro beat its main opponent in the final round, Madrid, by more than twice the margin. The Spanish capital received 32 votes, the Brazilians - 66.

FAS expects oil industry workers to explain high prices for petroleum products The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) continues to prove that oil companies are inflating fuel prices. As the head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, Igor Artemyev, said late last week, letters were sent to five oil companies demanding an explanation for the increase in the wholesale cost of petroleum products in the period from August to September.

Poland seeks friendship with new US administration Yesterday, the ethics commission of the Polish Sejm (parliament) reprimanded MP from the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party Artur Gurski for his statements about the now current US President Barack Obama .

Primakov hopes for new strength in the USA “New prospects are opening up with Barack Obama coming to power. Now a new force is being formed in the United States, this must be used, active negotiations must be conducted, although it is difficult to negotiate with the United States,” said Yevgeny Primakov (pictured), President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (pictured) yesterday at the presentation of his book “A World without Russia? What does political myopia lead to?

Russia made another gift to Abkhazia The agreement on mutual visa-free travel, signed on October 2 in Sukhumi by the foreign ministers of Russia and Abkhazia, legitimizes something that has existed for a long time. Russians who vacationed in Abkhazia know that visas were not needed to travel there before. And the Abkhazians, who acquired Russian foreign passports, did not need visas to cross the border.

The start of a new season does not bring a feeling of fresh air. No, television is really tormented in search of itself and its falling viewer. But the new TV language, the need for the creation of which was announced by TV bosses two years ago, at the TEFI ceremony turns out to be just a desire (sorry - quote) to “fuck old humor.” Strictly speaking, it was not the large channels that did this first, and the rise of the Comedy Club heroes is proof of this.

Vladimir Putin demanded money to save AvtoVAZ from its foreign shareholders A regular meeting of the Presidium of the Cabinet of Ministers was held on Friday. The head of government Vladimir Putin conducted its public part in the usual “question-and-answer” mode, thanks to which everyone related to AvtoVAZ learned the official position of the state on the issue of the future fate of the enterprise. However, the first “transport” topic of the meeting was not cars, but airplanes.

“Property of the Republic” (“First”) is a cloned idea of ​​old programs with an abundance of unnecessary details. “Mozart is not a genius” - this phrase from one interesting young lady is a diagnosis. The program does not produce either a meaningful conversation between generations or an elegant spectacle. “Desperate Housewives” on “Russia” was closed at the start. Apparently for an all too obvious lack of potential. NTV continues to demonstrate programmatic schizophrenia.

The new TV season began without a hitch. “First” is again in the lead. And this time he made many attempts, not all of them, however, were received with a bang. “Property of the Republic” (“First”) is what you need during weekend prime time. And it doesn’t matter that it’s a mix of “Life is Beautiful”, “Two Stars”, “The Other Day 61--91”, etc. The atmosphere is important. But also ideology. Without this lining, the transmission would be empty.

IMF and World Bank shareholders meet in Istanbul The annual meeting of the boards of governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, this time taking place in Istanbul, bears the clear imprint of the recent decisions of the G20 summit in Pittsburgh. Actually, after the success achieved by the G20 leaders, the Istanbul event objectively lost the opportunity to formulate any new decisions.