Yuri Butusov staged “Measure for Measure” at the Vakhtangov Theater After already conquering the Moscow Satyricon and Moscow Art Theaters, St. Petersburg director Yuri Butusov came to master the stage of the Vakhtangov Theater. In advance, she seemed closer to his talent, who loved sharp moves, but at the premiere of Shakespeare’s dark comedy “Measure for Measure” it turned out that this closeness was even closer than they thought.

Most of the European territory of Russia will remain under the protection of the anticyclone. Through his efforts, in the regions of the north-west, in the center of the European territory of Russia and in the Black Earth Region on Thursday and Friday there was no precipitation, from +13 to +19оC. The Upper Volga, which will be located on the outskirts of the anticyclone, will be affected by the influence of atmospheric fronts. There will be some light rain in places.

Chernov in the highest leadership of the world basketball The President of the Russian Federation of basketball Sergey Chernov was elected to the highest governing body of the International Basketball Federation - the Central Bureau of FIBA, the official website of the RFB reports.

Top managers of Russian oil companies are unhappy with the tax regime The tax regime forces Russian oil companies to develop business abroad. Their top managers spoke about this during yesterday’s discussion “Commodity markets in Russia and the world: a look into the future,” held as part of the UBS conference.

Natural anomalies have weakened the immunity of Russians This year, seasonal flu will come earlier than usual - exceeding the epidemic threshold can be expected in early November, and not in January, as is usually the case. Russia's chief sanitary doctor, Gennady Onishchenko, made a bleak forecast yesterday, backing it up with the latest data from the World Health Organization. According to Mr.

After a break of almost a year caused by a change in political elites in Kyiv and Chisinau, GUAM, an organization uniting Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova, resumes its work. Today, GUAM national coordinators - deputy foreign ministers of each participating country - will gather in Kyiv. Cooperation within this association, which was created in 1999, has slowed down amid the change of power in Ukraine and the protracted political crisis in Moldova.

The Georgian authorities intend to increase pressure on Russia on all diplomatic fronts on the Abkhaz and South Ossetian issues. The impetus was the UN General Assembly resolution adopted yesterday, which talks about the possibility of a dignified and safe return of refugees to these former Georgian autonomies. The document also confirmed the rights of refugees to property abandoned in the early 1990s. The resolution was supported by 50 countries, 17 were against it, and 86 countries abstained.

The Territory festival is opening soon The fifth festival-school “Territory” will be held not in Perm, as last year, but again in Moscow, however, it will introduce the viewer not so much to the capital’s artistic life, but to the Berlin one. The art directorate explains its interest in this city by the specific history of Berlin, its location between east and west, its multinationality and multiculturalism.

Fidel Castro stood up for the Jews The leader of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro, called on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to abandon anti-Semitic rhetoric and stop denying the Holocaust. An interview with 84-year-old Castro was published yesterday on his blog by columnist for the American magazine Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg. His interlocutor asked him to tell Mr.

Former head coach of the Russian national team leads Turkey to victories Not only the Russian national team did not have a selection for Euro 2012. The Czech Republic, Belgium and Portugal also does not go well. But the Turkish national team, led by Gus Hiddink, started from two victories in a row. So, by the next meeting with the probably managed to bother him by the German team, Hiddink was in excellent mood.

"Gogolfest" in Kyiv Taking place from September 5 to 12, Gogolfest was opened by the world famous Spanish urban theater La Fura dels Baus (directed by Jürgen Müller) together with the Dach Center for Contemporary Art, founded by festival director Vladislav Troitsky. The action was shown on the First National Channel of Ukraine.

Russian authorities are preparing to place ruble Eurobonds for the first time By the end of October, the Ministry of Finance will prepare amendments to the budget law allowing the placement of ruble government securities on the international market. “We want to be technically ready by November to issue ruble loans on the foreign market,” Deputy Finance Minister Dmitry Pankin said yesterday on the sidelines of a conference organized by UBS.

E.on ruhrgas and BP promise a long century of hydrocarbons In Germany these days, the socio-political euphoria around the “energy coup” does not subside-the decision of the Angel Merkel government on the substantial extension of the operation of the nuclear power plants.

On September 11, in German Frankfurt, at the 55,000th Kommersbank Arena stadium, 34-year-old Ukrainian heavyweight Vladimir Klitschko will defend his championship titles according to IBF (International Boxing Federation), WBO (World Boxing Organization) and IBO (International Boxing Organization). His rival will be the 30-year-old ex-champion of the world according to WBC (World Boxing Council) Samuel Peter from Nigeria.

Moscow Dynamo won the first trophy of the season In Kazan, the championship of the continental hockey league started. The starting game is also a rally of the first prize. Suddenly, the opening Cup left the capital of Tataria and went to Moscow. The leaders of the Dynamo OKK are happy. The new team, which appeared after the unification of the “blue and white” and HC Ministry of Internal Affairs, has already received the first prize.