The anniversary treat of the “Triumph of Jazz” turned out to be plentiful The poster for the tenth anniversary of Triumph was absolutely stunning. It immediately became clear that the 00 event was coming, and not just good jazz concerts with foreigners. I didn’t listen to the entire program, I won’t lie, I didn’t see all the artists. But I still felt the volume, scale and perspective. First impression: abundance.

Polish society is grateful to the scouts for the opportunity to be kind Polish scouting is a unique phenomenon in the country of the former socialist camp - something between pioneers and scouts.

The head of the German Ministry of Finance promised to eliminate banking secrecy German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble recently issued a verdict on the Swiss banking system. In response to the anger of Swiss political and banking circles in connection with the intention of the German authorities to purchase from an anonymous person a CD with data on the bank accounts of German citizens who evade taxes, Mr.

Dagestan waited for the emir before the president Each subsequent crime news from Dagestan (where at the end of last week two high-ranking police officers were killed at once) reminds of the inexplicable delay in the appointment of the head of the republic. The first presidential term of the current Dagestan President Mukhu Aliyev expires in less than two weeks.

The chief of the Makhachkala police was killed in Dagestan The militants celebrated the end of last week with a series of acts of sabotage throughout almost the entire North Caucasus. As a result, in just three days in the region, more than ten law enforcement officers and internal troops were killed and the same number were injured.

The most famous university in Russia celebrated its 50th anniversary President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the world's most famous higher education institution in our country, the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), on its half-century anniversary. “Tens of thousands of its graduates work in 170 countries around the world.

If financial collapse suffers a club from the main hockey or football league of the country, this always becomes an indirect blow to the reputation of the league itself. That is why the best world hockey and football leagues are involved in rescue of the distressing teams as far as possible. In this sense, the story with the Moscow football club in the Premier League and the Togliatti club "Lada" in the Continental Hockey League becomes a test of these structures for civilization.

Russian Railways is seeking compensation from the regions for losses from suburban transportation Regional authorities who, for populist reasons, want to curb the growth of fares on commuter trains will have to compensate for the railway's losses from their budgets.

The head of Roszdravnadzor was fired for criticizing management proposals The Law “On the Circulation of Medicines,” adopted so far only in the first reading, has finally split the Russian government. Last Saturday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed an order to dismiss Nikolai Yurgel, head of the Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare and Social Development (Roszdravnadzor), for violating the civil service law.

Salnikov headed the swimming federation Four -time Olympic champion Vladimir Salnikov was elected president of the All -Russian Swimming Federation (VFP). For Salnikov, who was the only contender for this position, 68 votes were cast at four abstained, “against” was not against. The conference was attended by 62 delegates, 19 members of the VFP Presidium and 12 members of the Supreme Supervisory Board. Before the extraordinary reporting conference, which was held this Sunday in St.

Choreographer and dancer, MAHA graduate, who worked for a long time in the ensemble of Igor Moiseev, Nikolai Ogryzkov will remain in history primarily as the founder and director of the first school of modern dance in Moscow. Not a dance club where children are brought for general development, not a launching pad for those who want to jump into musicals. A professional school of European level, whose graduates easily find work in the most demanding foreign theaters.

The head of the second largest US bank, JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon, will receive a bonus of $17 million based on the results of 2009. Nevertheless, the American administration believes that Wall Street has moved away from the people. The legal attacks on bankers continue unabated: on Friday, prosecutors brought charges against former Bank of America executives.

Games of the XXI Winter Olympiad. February 12-14. Vancouver, Wistler (Canada). The ceremony of the grand opening will be held on Friday, but for Russian fans it will begin when it will be in Moscow five o’clock in the morning of Saturday. Flying skiers are the first to join medals, who, even before the official opening of games in the morning, will be qualified on the middle springboard K-90 (HS-106).

Russia and the West separated in safety The 46th security conference, which brought together about 300 high-ranking politicians and experts from fifty countries, ended in Munich. They were guarded by 3,700 police officers, whose efforts made the old center of the Bavarian capital look like a besieged fortress for three days. The level of representation this time was lower than in previous years.

Iran begins independent uranium enrichment Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced yesterday that his country is beginning independent work to enrich uranium to a 20 percent level. This statement means that Iran abandoned the nuclear fuel exchange agreement with the leading atomic powers, in particular Russia, and began additional enrichment of uranium on its own. The Iranian President gave the corresponding instruction yesterday to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).