Watch from September 9 on Moscow screens “The Last Exorcism” (USA, 2010, Daniel Stamm). A pseudo-documentary (hello to “The Blair Witch Project” and “Paranormal Activity”) horror about a priest (Cotton Marcus - “Las Vegas”, “The Cleaner”, “Life”), who spent his entire life making fictitious exorcisms, and then, when it came time to show his cards, he was faced with the true manifestation of the prince of the world - and it didn’t seem enough to anyone.

EU finance ministers want to “play football” according to new rules European Union finance ministers are discussing the idea of ​​strengthening budget controls, as well as imposing sanctions on countries that exceed acceptable deficits. This was stated by the President of the European Union Herman van Rompuy.

Environmentalists criticize the targeted Baikal protection program for lack of specifics The territories adjacent to Lake Baikal will not have normal socio-economic development without a complete shutdown of the local pulp and paper mill, which resumed its work by order of the government.

The Polish opposition is politicizing the tragedy near Smolensk Yesterday, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski unveiled a memorial plaque in the chapel of the presidential palace in memory of the victims of the plane crash near Smolensk on April 10. The names of the presidential couple Lech and Maria Kaczynski, the last exiled president Ryszard Kaczorowski, ministers, employees of the presidential office and the National Security Bureau, ministers and employees are engraved on the slab.

Concerts "Indies 2010." The music festival, which is attended by young, still few well-known groups: the jury chaired by one of the main cultural players of the Soviet, and then Russian rock music by Alexander Kushnir digs in the abundance of young artists sent to his office, chooses the best among them and invites their authors to perform in Moscow. Ikra , 19.00. One Feat. Sunsay. The “national team” of the participants of 5'niza, Masha and the Bears and Dubstepler present the album.

The Kazanchi family is going to become a partner of Gazprom in the Turkish market The president of the gas company Aksa Dogalgaz (part of the Aksa Group), Cemil Kazanci, reiterated to Reuters yesterday that he expects to become a major importer of Russian gas to Turkey next year. According to him, Gazprom is ready to supply 6 billion cubic meters to the market through his company after the contract for this volume with the Turkish state monopolist Botas expires in 2011.

The Ministry of Natural Resources proposed to reduce the mineral extraction tax for small fields The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Finance, as it became known yesterday, began work on a bill that is designed not only to stimulate additional oil production, but also to provide access to the subsoil for small companies. We are talking about introducing a reduction factor to the mineral extraction tax (MET) rate for small deposits.

In the European territory of Russia, the possessions of the anticyclone were spread. In the sphere of influence of anticyclone, the weather is predominantly dry, but cool. In the next day, cool weather in most of the European territory of Russia will remain. In the center of Russia, at night and early morning hours, in places the temperature will decrease to frost. In the afternoon, the sun will be able to warm up the air and increase the temperature to +10 ... +16 ° C.

The US President continues to put pressure on Wall Street The possibility of another recession remains, the World Bank acknowledged in a new report on global economic prospects. According to the World Bank forecast, the world economy will grow by 2.7% this year, and US GDP growth could reach 2.5%. The American authorities, sensing a loss of popularity among the population, are deciding to take new populist measures to “rein in” bankers.

The Russian national team will meet with another “dream team” at the World Championships Our men's national team at the FIBA ​​World Championship in Turkey reached the quarterfinals, beating New Zealand in the first round of the playoffs - 78:56. The next opponent of head coach David Blatt's charges on Thursday evening will be the American "dream team" of the next convocation, that is, a team made up entirely of players from National Basketball Association clubs.

The commander of the servicemen affected in Buinaksk will be responsible for poor guard In connection with the terrorist attack in Dagestan, where last Sunday the suicide bomber attacked the field camp of the 136th motorized rifle brigade, another criminal case may be instituted. As the Prosecutor General’s Office said yesterday, the audit revealed a number of violations of the requirements for the protection of a military facility.

Boris Gryzlov spoke out against the right of the opposition to criticize the government The speaker of the State Duma, chairman of the bureau of the supreme council of the United Russia party, Boris Gryzlov, following the famous phrase “parliament is not a place for discussions,” enriched modern Russian political science thought with a new bright thesis.

The heads of Sberbank and the Central Bank differ greatly in their assessment of the growth of overdue debts Sberbank President German Gref confirmed yesterday his commitment to a conservative financial policy. He said he would continue to increase loan provisions as bad debts become a major concern for banks in 2010. Mr. Gref gave a frank forecast for overdue debt: in his opinion, it will be no less than 20%, which is twice the estimate of the Bank of Russia.

There were only two athletes from Russia at the U.S. Open U.S. Tennis Championship. Mikhail Yuzhny completed his match against Tommy Robredo from Spain last night, and Vera Zvonareva will play with Estonka Kaya Kanepi tonight. The previous day proved that many are ready for the manner of Maria Sharapova, and Svetlana Kuznetsova does not know how to hold a blow at all. There are no sensations in the male discharge.

Giner was elected in the Executive Committee of the Association of European Clubs At yesterday's meeting of the General Assembly of the Association of European Football Clubs (ECA) in Geneva (Switzerland), elections were held to the Executive Committee of this organization. President of the capital's PFC CSKA Evgeny Giner became part of the ECA executive committee.