Exhibition for the 100th anniversary of Sergei Diaghilev’s “Russian Ballets” at the Tretyakov Gallery Exhibitions on topics related to the long-standing history of the existence of plastic arts in the theater are somewhat reminiscent of looking at tiny models with the scenery of those performances that you will never watch again and about which you will never form an opinion.

The American company Visa, operator of the world's largest payment system, has extended its sponsorship contract with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) until 2020. The document was signed by the President of the CEMEA group of regions (Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa) and the Asia-Pacific region of Visa, Rupert Kiely (pictured left) and the President of the IOC, Jacques Rogge.

A system of state wage insurance is being prepared In the near future, the State Duma intends to consider a package of bills that will allow the constituent entities of the federation to repay the wage debts of commercial enterprises at the expense of regional budgets. True, implementing the proposed measures in practice will not be easy.

Moscow Heritage Committee is ready to protect the monastery in Kadashi The outrage of the Orthodox community caused by the construction of luxury housing on a legally protected territory in the center of Moscow did not go unnoticed. Yesterday, the head of the Moscow Heritage Committee, Vladimir Shevchuk, announced his intention to change the project of the “Five Capitals” office and residential complex next to the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Kadashi.

Yevgeny Primakov celebrates his 80th birthday Today, the outstanding orientalist Evgeny Maksimovich Primakov, who became a political and statesman in Russia, turns 80 years old.

Rosneft accused Gazprom of limiting competition Rosneft accused Gazprom of limiting competition The Board of Directors of Inter RAO, which is headed by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, yesterday brought the issue of signing a six-year contract with NOVATEK for the supply of gas to OGK-1 and North-West CHPP to an extraordinary meeting of the company’s shareholders on December 7.

European leaders sparring over new jobs and emissions The European Union summit, which will be held in Brussels today and tomorrow, unfortunately, has lost a piquant agenda item: the appointment of “Mr. European Union” and his assistant for international affairs. "Mr. EU" or "EU President" will officially hold the position of President of the European Council.

After the decision of the UPC, the bulk carrier Arctic Sea received hope of mooring to the shore The cargo ship Arctic Sea, which was released from pirate captivity by the Russian Navy back in August and has since been drifting in international waters, is expected to be able to land ashore in the coming days. The authorities of Malta, under whose flag the ship sails, agreed to accept it. True, under certain conditions.

The Ministry of Transport is preparing to double regional airports The Ministry of Transport has developed a program to bring air transportation in Russia out of crisis, Deputy Minister of Transport Valery Okulov said yesterday at a meeting of the board of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviation), held in St. Petersburg. One of the anti-crisis measures, according to Mr. Okulov, could be a sharp reduction in the training period for pilots: from five to two years.

Assistant to United Russia deputy suspected of fraud The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced yesterday that it had uncovered a major scam in which an assistant to one of the State Duma deputies from United Russia, Magomet Akhmatov, was involved.

The Public Chamber proposes not to shift the obligations of adopted children to their guardians Debts and other material obligations of adopted children should not extend to their guardians - this opinion was expressed by members of the Public Chamber at yesterday's hearings on the problems of Russian family legislation.

Today in Moscow, Assistant to the American President for National Security James Jones will hold talks on strategic weapons and the Iranian nuclear program. The general was invited by Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, but will also meet with Russian Presidential Aide Sergei Prikhodko and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Moscow is waiting for proposals from the Americans on issues related to reductions in strategic offensive weapons.

Before the tenth anniversary of the Union of Russia and Belarus, Minsk continues to ask Moscow for money and benefits Yesterday, bilateral Russian-Belarusian negotiations and a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State chaired by the heads of government were held at the Moscow President Hotel. Discussion of the most pressing problems took place behind closed doors.

Washington continues its streak Hockey. NHL. Regular season . "Washington" -- "Philadelphia" -- 4:2 - - Ovechkin "B" (2+0), Semin "B" (1+2), "Edmonton" -- "Colorado" -- 0:3, " Vancouver" -- "Detroit" -- 4:5 -- Datsyuk "D" (2+1). Washington achieved its fifth win in a row in the regular season. This time the Capitals beat Philadelphia, losing by two goals during the match. However, goals from Alexander Ovechkin (pictured) and Alexander Semin corrected the situation.

The second round of elections in Afghanistan may fail regardless of the Taliban Daring attacks were carried out yesterday by the Taliban on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border - in Kabul and Peshawar. In total, more than a hundred people became their victims. In the Afghan capital, the terrorists chose as their main target one of the hotels in the city center, where UN employees working in Kabul live.