About the new album and Sting's difficult path There is a special genre in Western sound recording - the Christmas album. Damn genre. The infection is real. Such albums fill the store shelves, and boastful spam press releases pour into the mail. Although few of us need these naive songs, usually performed by rich-voiced jazzmen or beaten by life (in the form of drug dealers) rockers.

Juventus besieges Sampdoria The main sensation of the start of the Italian football season - Sampdoria failed to surprise Serie A once again. In the match with Juventus, in which it was decided who would have the honorable mission to pursue Inter, the club from Genoa was defeated - 1:5. The “Old Lady” may still be weak to really threaten the leader, but she is quite strong enough to put upstarts in their place.

Superjet 100 flies from winter to spring The Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) will most likely not be able to begin deliveries of the new Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100) airliner on time agreed with the launch customer, Aeroflot. Although Aeroflot and GSS officially still adhere to the deadline set out in the contract between them (December 2009), experts believe that certification of the SSJ-100 cannot be completed before the first quarter of 2010.

On the path of modernization, Russia risks becoming Kazakhstan What is modernization? This pressing issue, persistently put on the agenda by President Medvedev, was tried but failed to be resolved by the titans of domestic political science during a discussion held yesterday at the Institute of Contemporary Development.

The Mongolian parliament yesterday supported the candidacy of 46-year-old Sukhbaataryn Batbold, now the minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, for the post of prime minister of the country. One of these days the president will probably approve this appointment. The candidacy of the new prime minister was nominated by the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, of which he is a member.

The series “Life of Remarkable People” has been expanded with a book about Bagration “The fact that the Kazan Cathedral in St.

Vladimir Putin gave a gift to Elvira Nabiullina Vladimir Putin began the meeting of the Presidium with congratulations - Elvira Nabiullina had her birthday yesterday. The meeting itself this time turned out to be unusually rich in news. The head of government brought to the attention of those gathered information about the signing of resolutions on supporting small businesses, about the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station and about the creation of a government commission on alcohol.

The escape of a prisoner caused a series of scandals in the courts, pre-trial detention centers and the legal profession The scandalous story of the escape of a prisoner, whom Basmanny Court judge Elena Yarlykova released in July after mistaking him for someone else, received a new continuation. As Vremya Novostei learned, the judge of another court - Ostankino, where the criminal case of the fugitive Bazhenov was considered, suspected one of the lawyers of hiding information about the escape.

An ultra-modern sports palace opened in Kaliningrad Matches of the semi-final stage of the Russian Open Cup with the participation of four men's teams from neighboring countries continue in Kaliningrad, Kazan, Ufa and Novosibirsk. The results of volleyball battles faded into the background before the event that took place in the westernmost region of our country - a new sports palace "Yantarny" opened in Kaliningrad, which will be the home arena for the local super league team "Dynamo-Yantar".

The Central Internal Affairs Directorate was unable to convince “dissenters” to abandon the Sunday rally The non-systemic opposition is still in disgrace with the Moscow authorities, who once again refused to allow “dissenters” to hold a rally on Triumfalnaya Square on October 31. Traditionally, opposition rallies in the center of Moscow end in clashes with riot police and explanatory conversations for those especially guilty at district police stations.

Harmony has appeared in relations between Russia and Lithuania Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Ušackas (pictured) arrived in Moscow and yesterday held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The difficult nature of these negotiations is evidenced by the fact that bilateral contacts of this level were preceded by a break of two and a half years.

The injured Zvonareva took the place of the injured Safina One of the favorites of the final tennis championship in Doha, Russian Dinara Safina, withdrew from the competition due to a back injury. 12 minutes into her opening match against Serbia's Jelena Jankovic, the Russian felt severe pain in her back and was unable to continue playing. Safina later announced that she was withdrawing from the tournament. Few could have expected such a development of events.

Yesterday, the President of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov Yasen Zasursky celebrated his 80th birthday. Everyone knows the secret of the hero of the day’s human and managerial longevity: since the distant and almost mythical year of 1965, Zasursky has been permanently at the head of the Faculty of Journalism.

US seeks new tactics to reconcile Israelis and Palestinians US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will arrive in Israel tomorrow evening. She will once again try to persuade the Palestinians and Israelis to resume peace negotiations. Despite pressure from the United States, negotiations between the head of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have not yet been restored.

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