Sergei Solovyov’s new film “Odnoklassniki” is on the screens The film "Odnoklassniki" will not have the high-profile fate of "Assa", nor the glory of "One Hundred Days After Childhood", and it is not destined for box office success. However, like most of the creations of our former idols, it did not go unnoticed at all. Something in it touched me and caused a certain amount of positive feedback, although not from those to whom it was addressed...

United Russia loses mayoral elections due to inability to reach agreement among themselves on the ground The municipal elections on March 14 turned out to be two unpleasant failures for United Russia. The party in power failed to elect its candidates for mayoral posts in a number of cities and municipalities, including the regional center of Irkutsk and Ust-Ilimsk.

Vladimir Klitschko is preparing to repel the attacks of another opponent On March 20, at the Esprit Arena football stadium in Dusseldorf, the IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight world champion, 33-year-old Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko, will hold the fourth defense of his titles. His opponent will be the mandatory contender for the WBO championship match, 27-year-old American Eddie Chambers.

The amount of insurance payments in transport will be unified The government is considering a bill on compulsory life and health insurance for passengers of all types of transport. The document, in particular, stipulates that in the event of the death of the insured, compensation should be at least 2 million rubles. This was announced yesterday by Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, speaking at an extended meeting of the board of the Ministry of Transport.

A State Duma representative said that presidential bills are adopted automatically Yesterday's meeting of the Constitutional Court (CC) took on an unexpected political context.

The former head of Lithuania's state security asks for money for the collapse of the Soviet Union The former head of the State Security Department of Lithuania and the former ambassador to Spain and Georgia, Mecis Laurinkus, appealed to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the republic with a request to pay him the rent of the “signator” - this is the name given to the deputies of the parliament of Soviet Lithuania who signed the act of independence on March 11, 1990.

Alexander Deineka as a symbol of national art unification A large-scale exhibition of Alexander Deineka opened at the Tretyakov Gallery. The Tretyakov Gallery and the Interros publishing program are widely celebrating the 110th anniversary of the great Soviet artist. The program started last year, when the Tretyakov Gallery hosted a large exhibition of Deineka’s graphics. Now - a retrospective of creativity, including more than 150 works in different genres, mainly painting.

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom is due to arrive in Moscow in a few days. Many people remember how the International Olympic Committee, at a meeting in Guatemala in July 2007, declared Sochi the capital of the future Winter Olympic Games. After this, relations with this Latin American country began to actively develop. Four months later, in November 2007, Russia appointed its first ambassador to Guatemala. Before this, only the Russian consulate operated there.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to deport 100 thousand illegal immigrants from Armenia: “Currently 170 thousand Armenians live in Turkey, 70 thousand of them are our citizens, the rest we tolerate.

The Moscow City Duma does not want to implement the initiative of the Russian President The Moscow Duma does not intend to expand its composition, as required by the new presidential bill on the unification of regional parliaments. Moscow deputies insist on special principles for the formation of local representative authorities in cities of federal significance - Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The head of Deutsche Bank earned 10 million euros Life in the banking sector in Germany appears to be returning to normal. According to Deutsche Bank's annual report published yesterday, its chief executive, Josef Ackermann, was paid a total of 10 million euros in 2009. This is almost the pre-crisis level of salary and bonuses for the head of Germany's largest bank: in 2007, Mr. Ackermann received 13.98 million euros and was named the country's richest banker.

Rosneft wants to cut off exports Several Western courts issued orders in the lawsuit of former Yukos shareholders against Rosneft, prohibiting counterparties registered in the United States and Great Britain from making payments in dollars in favor of the Russian company. This was reported yesterday by Reuters, citing traders and other sources. Rosneft declined to comment on the information.

Rebuilt CSKA achieved the best result in the Champions League For the first time in its history, CSKA Moscow not only passed the group stage of the Champions League, but also already reached the quarterfinals of the tournament.

Uzbekistan may agree to host the OSCE summit in Astana “We view the successes of Kazakhstan as the successes of Uzbekistan, and I hope that Kazakhstan views the successes of Uzbekistan as their own successes.” These words, spoken yesterday by President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov in Tashkent during a joint press conference with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, look like another gesture of diplomatic reconciliation in relations between Tashkent and Astana.

Ingushetia celebrated the 240th anniversary of joining Russia Ingushetia solemnly celebrates the 240th anniversary of its accession to Russia. Residents of the republic were congratulated by President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and Prime Minister of the Republic Alexey Vorobyov. The ceremonial meeting was held in Malgobek. In the evening there were fireworks.