In memory of David Salinger Jerome David Salinger has passed away. Another classic. Was there a classic? Not a prophet, not a fighter, not a preacher... Not even a Master. Actually, nothing at all has been published, a volume or two, no more. The main thing is the famous “Catcher in the Rye” (1951), “Nine Stories” (1953), “Frennie” (1961), “Higher than the rafters, carpenters!” (1963), several more stories.

Journalists from Ivanovo were placed under house arrest for publishing incriminating evidence On Saturday, the Khoroshevsky Court of Moscow decided to place three journalists from Ivanovo under house arrest, who are accused of publishing ordered materials in the media.

Dmitry Medvedev promised to support theaters from the treasury Celebrations in honor of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov are held on a grand scale. Although his works are considered world classics and are included in the compulsory school curriculum, Chekhov himself was never a figure on the scale of Pushkin or Leo Tolstoy in the official hierarchy of Russian writers.

Why intellectuals from Russia flock to America There are many of our compatriots in the United States. Nobody knows how many, but apparently there is no longer a sphere where Russian names become familiar. I remember well when I first noticed this for the first time.

There is an epidemic of intestinal infection in the Magadan region Baby food in Russian kindergartens, schools and camps poses a constant threat both in the summer heat and in 20-degree frost. The only difference is that in the unsanitary conditions of the canteens of children's institutions in the warm season, bacteria (most often those that cause dysentery) multiply better, and in the cold - viruses.

Hillary Clinton is exploring ways to cooperate with Russia Today in Geneva, Russian-American negotiations are resuming on the preparation of a new treaty on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms (START).

In Yantarny they honored the memory of the victims of Nazism Yesterday, residents of the Kaliningrad region held a mourning meeting dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the “death march” in the village of Palmniken (now Yantarny) in the former East Prussia. In 1945, the Nazis executed several thousand prisoners of the Stutthof concentration camp there.

Roger Federer and Serena Williams win the first Grand Slam of the season The first rackets of the world ranking, Swiss Roger Federer and American Serena Williams, confirmed their high status by winning the first Grand Slam tournament this season - the Australian Open. Contrary to predictions, both winners went to three sets. Federer defeated Scotsman Andy Murray - 6:3, 6:4, 7:6 (13:11). A day earlier, the black tennis player defeated the Belgian Justine Henin - 6:4, 3:6, 6:2.

In the coming days, the weather in most of European Russia will be subject to the Mediterranean cyclone, which will move to Belarus on Monday, and by Tuesday will move to the north-west of the EPR. In the regions of the north-west it will snow, in a significant part of the territory there will be heavy snow, in places there will be a blizzard, and the situation on the roads will be difficult.

It's decided with Rossiya, Rosavia remains A meeting on the fate of the Rosavia project, chaired by First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov (pictured) on Friday, did not clarify this issue. The secretariat of Mr. Shuvalov told Vremya Novostey that they could not comment on whether any decisions were made at this meeting. Several other sources in government and aviation circles said they knew nothing about the outcome of the meeting.

The government intends to finance a reduction in mortgage rates A regular meeting of the government presidium took place on Friday. Among the traditional large number of agenda items for such meetings, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin highlighted for the press the first flight of a fifth-generation fighter and support for mortgage lending.

The German Ministry of Finance was offered bank secrecy Prices for information about tax sinners secretly placing their capital bypassing financial authorities are falling. A Swiss citizen, who appeared on the tax wanted list in Wuppertal, offered the German Ministry of Finance information about the accounts of one and a half thousand Germans who hide their money in the banks of the Alpine Confederation. He asked for 2.5 million euros for his hot product.

Tony Blair stood up for the Iraq War Tony Blair is not the first British ex-prime minister who had to appear before a special commission of inquiry. Before him, both Margaret Thatcher and John Major found themselves in this situation on various occasions. The practice of independent public inquiries has long been deeply rooted in British political life. True, they use this sharp instrument in exceptional cases.

At the conference they named the price for the “moderate Taliban” The ten-page, 34-point communiqué “Afghan Leadership, Regional Cooperation, International Partnership” was the outcome of the International Conference on Afghanistan, held in London on January 28.

The premiere of the play “Tararabumbia” was performed at the Chekhov Anniversary Week I don’t know how those who rarely go to the theater will react to Dmitry Krymov’s new performance - maybe they will laugh, or maybe they will curse, call “Tararabumbia” a mockery of the great, a skit, etc. But I know for sure that for our brother, the theater critic, as well as for any inveterate theatergoer, Krymov did more than anyone else. He, as they say, closed the topic.