US President changes commander in Afghanistan The favorite of the president and the American people, the hero of the Iraq war, 57-year-old General David Petraeus will become the new commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan. His predecessor, 55-year-old General Stanley McChrystal, resigned in scandal. This week he was summoned to Washington to explain a magazine article in which the general made unflattering comments about senior US administration officials and the president himself.

Mikhalkov's opponents decided to unite Filmmakers, dissatisfied with the activities of the union headed by Nikita Mikhalkov, and who signed the manifesto letter “We don’t like it” in April, gathered to accept the charter of the new organization proposed by the statutory commission.

There are less than two years left before the deadline for the destruction of chemical weapons (CW) stockpiles in the world. On April 29, 2012, states that possess chemical warfare agents (CWAs), in accordance with their international obligations, must completely complete the destruction of their stockpiles. Until recently, the date of farewell to lethal drugs looked real. But today experts already doubt the possibility of strictly following the convention.

Georgian radicals discuss regime change Today, at its congress, the influential Georgian opposition movement “People's Forum” will unveil a program of action to lead the country out of the internal political crisis. Although the party in power managed to win the local elections on May 30 , opponents of President Mikheil Saakashvili promise to awaken the public in the fall. Georgian oppositionists held consultations outside the country.

LUKOIL intends to develop its own generation In the near future, according to LUKOIL head Vagit Alekperov, Russia's largest private oil company will act in an uncharacteristic role. As the top manager said during yesterday's annual meeting of shareholders, the corporation will build energy facilities.

The head of the Ministry of Justice Alexander Konovalov called criminal prosecution an odious form of legal nihilism in Russia Of the 170 thousand complaints pending at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), 35 thousand are from Russia. This figure was announced yesterday at the opening of the 8th scientific and practical conference on monitoring legislation and law enforcement by Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov. This conference is being held for the first time in St.

The nuclear lobby threatens Angela Merkel with legal action The heads of Germany's four largest energy concerns - E.ON, RWE, EnBW and Vattenfall - met with Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Wednesday evening. The reason was the federal government's announced intention to achieve the introduction of a so-called tax on fuel cells. If the authorities succeed in implementing their ideas, nuclear energy companies will have to pay at least 2.5 billion euros to the state annually.

British government moves towards austerity As part of the sweeping cuts in public spending announced by the new British government, every third magistrates' court in England is set to close - these are lower local courts that usually hear minor criminal and administrative cases. Among others, the magistrates court in Newbry, Berkshire, where Prime Minister David Cameron's mother Mary has worked for the last 30 years, will be cut.

Annette Messager in Moscow The exhibition “Fictions, Temptations, Manipulations” by the French artist Annette Messager, which opened at the Catherine Cultural Foundation, was prepared by the Multimedia Art Museum (popularly known as the Moscow House of Photography) with the support of CulturesFrance, NOVATEK, BSGV. Works courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery.

CONCERTS "NOM." Eccentric St. Petersburg rock. “Gogol” , June 25, 20.00. Ava Logan (vocals, USA). "Union of Composers" , June 25 and 26, 20.30. "Technology". “Reserve” / Art-Garbage , June 25, 21.00. "Caste". “B1 Maximum” , June 25, 21.00. Alexander Laertsky. FM Club , June 25, 21.00. Lyapis Trubetskoy . Ikra , June 25 and 26, 21.00. "Moral Code". “Point” , June 25, 22.30. Zdob Si Zdub . “B2” , June 25, 23.00. Eduard Khil.

In the center of Russia, abnormal heat is expected over the next three days with temperatures close to the absolute maximum or even exceeding it. Today in the afternoon +30...+35оС, on weekends +31...+37оС. Short showers with thunderstorms will occur in places in the west of the region on Saturday and Sunday.

MIFF: Notes of a Flaneur The Moscow Film Festival is approaching its logical conclusion. There are no obvious leaders, and no one expects them to appear. Viewers, according to polls, like the Polish film “Reverse”, which is participating in the “Perspectives” competition. Which is logical: the grotesque noir coloring gave the picture of our common socialist past an unexpectedly new dimension. The main event of the MIFF is an unexpected influx of people “from the street”.

June 28 -- July 4, 2010 Monday, June 28 FIRST 5 . 00, 9.00, 12.00, 15.00, 0.30 News 5 . 05 Good morning 9 . 20 Malakhov + 10 . 20 Fashionable verdict 11 . 20 Test purchase 12 . 20 Section 13 . 20 Detectives 14 . 00 Other news 14 . 20 Understand. Forgive 15 . 20 I want to know 15 . 50 "WEDGING RING". TV series (S) 16 . 50 Federal Judge 18 . 00 FIFA World Cup 2010. 1/8 finals 20 . 00 Wait for me 21 . 00 Time 21 . 30 "Yermolovs". TV series (S) 22 . 30 "MOSCOW SAGA". Series 23 . 30 Posner 0 .

China's Ministry of Public Security yesterday released details of a terrorist plot by Islamic separatists that it announced two days earlier. Ministry spokesman Wu Heping announced at a briefing in Beijing the arrest of “more than ten people” who were plotting terrorist attacks in the cities of Kashgar, Hotan and Aksu in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of the PRC.

59-year-old Alexander Alekseev was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Poland. A source at the Russian embassy told Vremya Novostei that the new ambassador's arrival in Warsaw is expected in July. Previously, the diplomat worked in the central office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abroad, in the last two years he was director of the 4th European department of the ministry. In 1993-1998, Mr.