The famous Russian scientist and political scientist, 48-year-old Alexander Pikaev, was found dead on June 16 in an apartment in the popular Maltese resort of Bugibba in the north of the island. He was vacationing there with his wife. Mr. Pikaev headed the department of disarmament and conflict resolution at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. “Sasha enjoyed great authority among his Russian and foreign colleagues.

Vladimir Putin promises cheap loans Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday participated in the international conference “Central banks and the development of the world economy: new challenges and views into the future,” dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Central Bank of Russia. The Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers made a number of important statements, which, however, rather confirmed the policy he had chosen rather than giving it some new vector.

Gazprom and Beltransgaz have three hours to prevent a gas war Today at ten o'clock in the morning another show is planned at Gazprom to stop gas supplies for debts. The head of the concern, Alexey Miller, is determined to carry out the instructions of President Dmitry Medvedev and apply the most stringent measures to Belarus, which owes $192 million for gas. On Saturday evening, Mr. Miller said that the next round of negotiations had ended in nothing.

Films of the 32nd MIFF outside the main competition “Reverse” (Borys Lankos, Poland, 2009, “Perspectives”). The action takes place in 1952, shortly before Stalin's death. An editor from the Warsaw publishing house Sabinka (Agata Buzek) works for the glory of socialist poetry and really wants to get married, primarily to appease her mother and grandmother. In the end, a suitable candidate is found - a stately handsome man in a long cloak, strict and passionate, who...

Abdul Malik Rigi, the leader of the extremist group Jundallah (Warriors of Allah), was executed in Iran. According to Iranian media, the death sentence of the revolutionary court was carried out at dawn on June 20 by hanging. At the end of May, his brother Abdul Hamid Rigi, also accused of involvement in terrorism, was executed in Iran. Jundallah operates in areas densely populated by Iranian Sunni Muslims, mainly in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan on the border with Pakistan.

The Dance Theater is being destroyed in Yekaterinburg To create a theater with a European reputation requires a lot of effort, time and talent. To destroy it, you need one municipal official and the indifference of the authorities above him. In Yekaterinburg, one of the few Russian troupes that actually exist on the map of the art world, and not just in city reports, will soon disappear - the Dance Theater. It was created twenty years ago by critic Oleg Petrov.

On Monday, the atmospheric front of the cyclone, whose center is located over the Bering Sea, will bring another portion of rain to the North-Western region; thunderstorms are possible; in the Leningrad region, in the active section of the atmospheric front, the rain may be heavy. At night +11...+16оС, during the day +23...+28оС, in the north-west of the Leningrad region +16...+21оС. In the central regions the host will be a fine anticyclone.

Dmitry Medvedev will tell Barack Obama about his impressions of the think tank Tomorrow President Dmitry Medvedev begins a visit to the United States of America, which will last until June 24. Official Washington and the country's intellectual elite are actively preparing for this event. Several serious meetings and briefings with the participation of officials have already taken place in the US capital on the topic of relations with Russia.

Robert Dudley will handle the accident cleanup After being questioned by US congressmen for seven hours about the circumstances leading up to the Deepwater Horizon accident (see Vremya Novostey, June 18), BP chief executive Tony Hayward traveled to the Isle of Wight on Friday for one of the “rare free moments of his life” to take participation in the regatta held by JP Morgan bank. The top manager set off on his own yacht under the symbolic name “Bob” (diminutive of Robert. - Ed. ).

Former policeman convicted of beating passerby to death sentenced The Kuzminsky District Court of Moscow on Friday announced the verdict in the case of former Moscow police sergeant Anver Ibragimov, who last fall became the “hero” of another high-profile scandal in Russian law enforcement agencies.

Alexander Tvardovsky was born one hundred years ago Alexander Tvardovsky was an extraordinary poet, a wise, courageous and courageous editor, and a very large man. All this, of course, is important (hopefully, not only for historians of literature and culture of the twentieth century), but it would have looked completely different if Tvardovsky had not accomplished his main task.

Tired favorites don't live up to expectations The players who played in the leading clubs in Europe did not seem to have time to recover for the World Cup. The teams that suffer the most from this are the almost relegated France, England on the verge of failure, Germany's unstable results and unable to win even against the New Zealanders in Italy. GROUP "C". England - Algeria.

In Vremya Novostei dated June 16, 2010, No. 102, in the article “Alien Power” about the unrest in Kyrgyzstan, author Arkady Dubnov refers to “one of those who could end up in gangster groups.” The author claims that the persons involved in these actions were recruited in Moscow and sent first to Tajikistan, and then to Kyrgyzstan with fake “certificates of return”, which they received at the “Tajik embassy”.

Wimbledon kicks off in London This week, Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam tournament of the season, begins on the outskirts of London. This time the organizers of the competition decided to revive the former tradition and invite crowned heads to tennis. Queen Elizabeth II's visit is scheduled for Thursday, meaning players who take to Center Court will have to practice ceremonial bows.

Pharmaceutical giants plan to accelerate the localization of production in Russia At the forum in St. Petersburg, representatives of the largest foreign pharmaceutical companies confirmed their intention to build a number of new production facilities in our country. Experts believe that total investments in the Russian pharmaceutical market in the next few years could exceed $1 billion. However, foreigners have not yet specified when exactly they will begin implementing investment projects.