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.

Russian patrol detained piracy suspects The Russian patrol ship Neustrashimy, sent to the coast of Somalia to counter pirate attacks, captured a boat, whose crew members were most likely involved in the attack on the Ariella ship. A distress signal from the bulk carrier Ariella, sailing under the flag of the state of Antigua, was received on the morning of Friday, February 5.

United Russia wants to take the Federation Council under party control The confrontation between United Russia, on the one hand, and the leader of A Just Russia, Speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov, on the other, is gaining momentum. It got to the point that the “bears” complained about the enemy to the Prosecutor General’s Office, simultaneously threatening to create party factions in the Senate.

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 conflict in the oil sector has resulted in an electric power confrontation Yesterday, a delegation of top managers of Inter RAO UES visited Minsk, which tried to agree with representatives of Belenergo on the terms of electricity supplies to Belarus and transit through its territory. And although these negotiations, in fact, are just a continuation of the dispute over the amount of oil export duties, this does not detract from their tension.

Russian e-content merchants ask for protectionist measures In January, Russian Post announced changes to the Russian Customs Code that would make it easier to send goods from abroad. Now parcels with purchased goods have been transferred to the rank of international postal items, which means they are not subject to duty if the cost of the goods received by a Russian does not exceed 10 thousand rubles. per week.

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 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 new helicopter is being prepared for mass production Certification of the new Russian Ka-226T helicopter (pictured) will end in 2012, Sergei Mikryukov, managing director of the Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise (KumAPP), told Vremya Novostei yesterday. He expects that this light helicopter will become the main product of the enterprise, which now specializes in the production of heavy rotorcraft. The Ka-226T is participating in a tender announced by the Indian government.

The company held an “investor day” after a disastrous year Summing up the preliminary results of the year that was the worst in terms of performance dynamics over the past ten years, Gazprom’s top managers held a traditional “investor day” in the Moscow office.

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.