The Atlantic Lobby is courting Turkmenistan The beginning of spring was again marked by an abundant migration of Western diplomats to Turkmenistan in order to convince the country's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov (pictured) not only in word but also in deed to support the project of gas supplies to Europe, bypassing Russia. From March 1 to March 4, Mr.

Nika announced the nominees On the very last day of March, the Nika national film award will solemnly announce its laureates. Voting began yesterday, March 4, after a press conference at which the award nominees and those laureates whose names are already known were announced. On March 31, Yuri Norshtein will be awarded for his contribution to the development of cinema, and Lyudmila Gurchenko will receive the “For Honor and Dignity” award.

"Another Theater from France" plays with low technology The festival “Another Theater from France” ended yesterday. After the first, cute in its own way, but almost amateur performance “Project RW” based on Robert Walser, performances with funny names “Guff Aff” and “We didn’t know...” pretended to be taken seriously, without discounts . But at the same time, they slyly demonstrated the triumph of “low technology” and home-grown miracles, so suitable for small touring theaters on wheels.

The Greek government received the maximum Tough measures to limit budget spending, taken by the Greek authorities under pressure from the European Union, caused mass protests in Athens. The country's citizens were not enthusiastic about government reforms. At the same time, without waiting for outside help, Greece issued government bonds worth $5 billion. According to experts, thanks to growing investor confidence, the placement was successful.

Today marks the end of a two-day visit to Moscow by US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns. The guest had scheduled meetings with Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, representatives of the presidential administration and other departments.

AvtoVAZ postponed the production of Renault and Nissan cars on the B0 platform by a year Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the government presidium yesterday that an additional 10 billion rubles had been reserved for AvtoVAZ. These funds will be allocated to the plant if a “competent modernization program” is developed. “The company has already received quite serious support. Both in terms of repaying debts to banks, and in solving social problems of the labor collective,” Mr.

Guus Hiddink played his last match with the Russian national team Guus Hiddink has given up on the Russian national team. It doesn’t matter whether he signs a short-term agreement with the World Cup participant Ivory Coast next week or waits until the end for his contract with the Russian Football Union to expire, in any case, the friendly match with Hungary will be his last in the role of head coach. coach of the Russian national team.

In Ingushetia and Dagestan, security forces are at war with themselves On March 3, after the completion of a special operation in the Nazran region of Ingushetia (during which Said Buryatsky, the ideologist of the armed Islamic underground in the North Caucasus, was allegedly killed), a source in law enforcement agencies told reporters that four militants were killed and 15 were detained. A few hours earlier, a report on the same operation listed six killed and 11 detained.

US President Barack Obama has introduced new proposals for financial reform. They are aimed at limiting the size of systemically important banks and reducing risky transactions in the investment market. According to experts, innovations can protect small investors. On Wednesday, Barack Obama sent to Congress proposals to limit proprietary trading and ban mergers that give banks more than 10% market share.

CONCERTS "Meaning hallucinations." “Concert” , March 5, 21.30. "Time-out". “Point” , March 5, 22.00. "Crematorium". “B2” , March 5, 23.00. "Moral Code". House of Music , March 6, 19.30. "Mongol Shuudan". "Schwein" , March 6, 23.00. "NOM." “B2” , March 6, 23.00. Award “Chart's Dozen. Top 13: “DDT”, “Mumiy Troll”, “Chizh and Co”, Zdob si Zdub, “Melnitsa”, Kipelov, “Bi-2”, “Dancing Minus”, “The King and the Jester”, Lyapis Trubetskoy, Brainstorm, Alexander F. Sklyar, A. “Chacha” Ivanov, “Salt”.

The proposal by Mihai Ghimpu, the speaker of the Moldovan parliament and interim president of the country, to change the name of the state language from Moldavian to Romanian caused disagreements in the ruling Alliance for European Integration.

In the European Court at the hearings in the case "YUKOS v. Russia" the most pressing question became who needs all this The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) yesterday held a hearing in the case “YUKOS Oil Company v. Russia”.

A strategic alliance lacks a solid foundation In recent years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has become one of the main irritants and causes of calm on the world political scene. The international community does not want to allow the development of an atomic bomb by a regime that proclaims its goal as a world Islamic revolution, exports its ideas, denies the right to exist to a UN member state and dreams of its destruction.

Historical and literary works by Lev Losev have been published Lev Vladimirovich Losev (1937-2009) was a great poet, and the last book he wrote, “Solzhenitsyn and Brodsky as Neighbors” (St. Petersburg, Ivan Limbach Publishing House), is certainly a book by a poet. Its name is already poetic.

Abkhazia says goodbye to the leader of the struggle for independence An entire era in the history of Abkhazia has ended - on March 4, at the age of 64, the first president of this republic, Vladislav Ardzinba, died. This happened in the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital, where the politician was taken from Sukhumi in serious condition on February 26. Mourning has been declared in his homeland. Today they will say goodbye to Ardzinba in Moscow, after which the body will be sent to Abkhazia.