The Intradance festival took place in Moscow The season's largest project in the field of contemporary dance (European choreographers, Russian theaters, considerable money from the European Union, the colossal enthusiasm of our dancers) for four days, from last Thursday to Sunday, gathered contemporary fans in the “Pyotr Fomenko Workshop” and in the “Assembly Hall” . People danced from Kirov and Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Moscow, Chelyabinsk and St.

Russian Technologies will increase its share in AvtoVAZ to 40% Russian Technologies will increase its stake in AvtoVAZ from 25% plus one share to 40% by converting part of the debt, head of the state corporation Sergei Chemezov told reporters yesterday. According to him, the increase in the stake in AvtoVAZ will occur after the shareholder agreement is signed. The shareholders' meeting at AvtoVAZ is scheduled for June 24, and the agreement to increase the authorized capital, as Mr.

The winners of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival have been announced Contrary to the seemingly established tradition in recent years, the analytical dispatches coming from Cannes this time resembled not Suvorov’s victorious reports, but information messages about the “Cheyne-Stokes breathing.” And the current festival ended to everyone’s relief - according to the unprecedented unanimous opinion of eyewitnesses, such a weak competition program at the main film show on the planet has not been seen for

Vladimir Putin asks to sort out the pricing policy of metallurgists Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday made it clear to domestic metallurgists that he is aware of the current situation with prices for rolled metal products and it worries him. Let us recall that in mid-May it became known: a number of steel plants, including MMK, Severstal and NLMK, sent notifications to automakers about a possible increase in rental prices by 20-30% from July this year.

The former daughter-in-law of Elizabeth II does not have enough alimony payments The ex-wife of the second son of the Queen of Great Britain, Sarah Ferguson, who was convicted of extortion, admitted that she had made a “serious mistake.” She got caught trying to make money off her ex-husband's status. In exchange for a round sum, the Duchess of York promised the pseudo-businessman that she would introduce him to Prince Andrew, and promised mountains of gold from a profitable acquaintance.

The creation of the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia was announced in Tomsk At the XIII Innovation Forum in Tomsk last Friday, a memorandum was signed on the creation of an interregional Association of Innovative Regions of Russia. It included eight federal subjects, as well as the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation and the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation.

Russia continues to communicate with Hamas, and the Israelis learn to hide from the Arabs even faster Russia will continue negotiations with the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), although Europeans, Americans and Israelis consider it terrorist. The Vremya Novostey newspaper learned that a high-ranking representative of this organization, Osama Hamdan, who permanently resides in Lebanon and is currently on a tour of a number of states, may arrive in Moscow in the near future.

The Russian team lost in the World Cup final The Ice Hockey World Championship, which ended in Germany, confirmed the established reputation of the most sensational. Unexpected results happened almost weekly and with the participation of all teams in the tournament. At the last moment, the Russian national team was surprised by losing in the final to the KHL team from the Czech Republic - 1:2. If we rank sensations, then the failure of the Russian team in the final is the main one.

The head coach of the Russian national team VYACHESLAV BYKOV immediately after the defeat in the World Cup final did not see his fault in the failure, saying that second place was an excellent result. In a conversation with Vremya Novostey correspondent Oleg EREMIN, the specialist did not answer the main question - whether he will remain in the team. — The Russian team was given the task of winning gold back in Moscow. You have not achieved your goal. Can you say anything about your future?

Ingush legislators were forced to replace a senatorial candidate Two months after a previous attempt to complete its representation in the upper house of the federal parliament, Ingushetia at the end of last week approved a new candidacy for a senator from the legislative branch. Now businessman Akhmet Polonkoev will compete for the Senate portfolio.

Georgian opposition against military parades Tomorrow, on Independence Day, Georgia will hold a military parade for the first time since the tragic events in the Caucasus in August 2008. 5 thousand military personnel, accompanied by 120 armored vehicles, will march along Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi. The parade, which will be hosted by President Mikheil Saakashvili as Supreme Commander-in-Chief, will include 18 planes and helicopters.

Mikhail Kasyanov acted as a witness for the defense at the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky In the Khamovnichesky District Court of the capital, where the trial of the former head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the former head of the Menatep MFO Platon Lebedev, accused of stealing oil worth almost 900 billion rubles, is ongoing, the first defense witness spoke.

Chicago in the Stanley Cup Final Hockey. NHL. Stanley Cup. Semi-final . “Chicago” – “San Jose” – 4:2 (series score 4--0). Chicago, having narrowly won the semifinal series against San Jose, became the first finalist of the Stanley Cup. During the final meeting with the Sharks, the Hawks were losing the score by two goals by the middle of the second period, but the remaining time for Chicago was enough to decide the outcome of the match and the entire series.

The Patriarchs of Moscow and Constantinople led 40 thousand people through the streets of Moscow On the day of remembrance of Saints Cyril and Methodius (which, among other things, is the name day of Patriarch Kirill), the head of the Orthodox Church led a mass procession, the number of which would be envied by representatives of the party in power, and oppositionists, and “Ours”, and “dissenters”, and other secular activists.

The Russian Foreign Ministry recalled yesterday Moscow’s position on the Karabakh settlement in connection with the parliamentary elections held last Sunday in Nagorno-Karabakh: “Russia does not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state” and “supports the principle of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.” Karabakh's future status as an unrecognized republic "must be determined without the use of force." Moscow believes “that the progress of the peaceful settlement of the conflict