The trial of the organizers of “Forbidden Art” showed the bureaucratization of the Russian artistic process The trial of the organizers of the exhibition “Forbidden Art” Andrei Erofeev and Yuri Samodurov, which ended with a guilty fine, can be regarded as new evidence of the bureaucratization of the modern artistic process. A little history. The exhibition “Forbidden Art 2006” was held from March 7 to March 31, 2007 at the Moscow Museum and Public Center named after A.D. Sakharov.

June 9 -- July 9, 2010 “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of “Vremya Novostei” and the “Medialogia” company, are ratings of political figures who are most actively discussed in the federal press and on central TV channels.

Gennady Onishchenko called for introducing elements of Mediterranean culture into Russia Chief State Sanitary Doctor Gennady Onishchenko not only fights wine merchants from unfriendly countries, but also gives Russians useful advice, in particular, explains how to survive the abnormal summer heat without harm to health.

The Constitutional Court of Moldova corrected the acting president The Constitutional Court of Moldova yesterday declared illegal the decree of the acting President and Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova, Mihai Ghimpu, establishing June 28 as the “day of Soviet occupation.” This verdict is final and cannot be appealed. The chairman of the court, Dmitry Pulbere, explained that Mr.

State Deficits Concern Fed The US Federal Reserve fears that the budget deficits of many American states have led to a situation similar to the European one. Increased financing threatens to further inflate external debt, while spending cuts could stall an already slow economic recovery. As Reuters notes, Fed officials have already said that high unemployment, the European debt crisis and losses in the commercial real estate market may take a back seat to problems related to public finances.

Influential Democrats defend new treaty with Russia New hearings in the US Congress on the ratification of the Russian-American Treaty on Measures for Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START) are scheduled for September. They will take place after the end of the parliamentary recess, but the intensity of passions about the document in the United States does not subside.

An abnormally hot summer may lead to a slight rise in bread prices The drought, which has practically destroyed grain crops in more than a dozen regions of the Volga region, the Southern Urals and the Central Black Earth region of Russia, will not lead to an increase in prices for bread in stores. President of the Russian Grain Union (RGU) Arkady Zlochevsky assured consumers of this yesterday. Other experts do not share such optimism. Mr.

Israeli diplomats demand decent salaries Employees of the Israeli Foreign Ministry decided to take extreme measures in their demands for a salary increase. They declared a general strike, during which they stopped working to accompany foreign visits of members of the Israeli government and deputies. In addition, they provide almost no assistance during the arrival of foreign delegations to Israel.

The President of Bashkortostan is suing federal media Following the lawsuit against NTV, the President of Bashkortostan, Murtaza Rakhimov, filed a lawsuit against the country's main official publication, Rossiyskaya Gazeta. The reason for the lawsuit was the article “The Bashkir Paradox” dated June 30, 2010, which dealt with corruption in the fuel and energy complex of the republic. The article suggested that Mr.

In the North-West region there is no precipitation, during the day +28...+33оС. In the Central region, mostly dry and sunny weather is expected, daytime temperatures will be +28...+33°C. In the south of European Russia there will be intermittent rain and thunderstorms (except for the Astrakhan region), in the Rostov region, in the Stavropol Territory during the day +29...+36оС, in the east of the region +37...+39С, in the Astrakhan region intense heat - up to +40оС.

Our team went to the World League final from the USA The intercontinental round of the World League with the participation of the 16 strongest men's volleyball teams on the planet has ended. Following the results of the group stage in the “Final Six”, which will take place on July 21-25 in the Argentine city of Cordoba, in addition to the hosts, Russia, Brazil, Italy, Cuba and Serbia will compete.

Russia and Germany need to deepen post-crisis cooperation The German delegation at the two-day Russian-German intergovernmental consultations opening tomorrow in Yekaterinburg will be led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, but traditionally a large group of representatives of German politics and business will come along with her. As always, the Eastern Committee of the German Economy plays a significant role in the preparation and conduct of such bilateral meetings.

As already reported, exactly a year before the start of the XIV International Competition. Tchaikovsky (it will be held in June 2011), the organizing committee chaired by Valery Gergiev announced its division into two equal parts: the piano and cello rounds will be held in Moscow, the violin and vocal rounds in St. Petersburg.

Small debts of citizens will be accumulated by the state, and large ones will become easier to recognize as hopeless. At the end of last week, State Duma deputies adopted in the first reading a bill that allows tax and customs officials to postpone the collection of small debts from citizens until their amount reaches 1.5 thousand rubles through penalties, fines and interest.

To combat the consequences of crop failure, the government is ready to unpack the grain fund Yesterday, members of the Presidium of the Cabinet of Ministers delved into one of the two eternal troubles of our agriculture - crop failure. In previous years, the government had to solve the second main peasant problem - too much harvest, but even in case of the current state of affairs, the cabinet of ministers already has a list of measures.