The government will reduce the export duty for Caspian oil LUKOIL's persistent requests for tax preferences have finally borne fruit. According to the head of the Ministry of Energy Sergei Shmatko (pictured) , his department has developed a draft resolution on introducing an export duty regime for the company’s Caspian projects, similar to that which applies to oil production in Eastern Siberia.

Channel One will show a new English series about the great detective Channel One is striking in its efficiency: three episodes of the new BBC film about Sherlock Holmes thundered in the UK at the end of July - beginning of August this year, and our television people have not only bought it, but also translated it. The first episode will be shown this Saturday at 10:50 p.m. In those publications that receive the program in advance, it is called “Sherlock Holmes.

The Moscow prosecutor's office decided to urgently check the finances of human rights activists Representatives of human rights organizations say that the capital's prosecutor's office has begun a large-scale audit of NGOs based in Moscow. In particular, representatives of the Moscow Helsinki Group told reporters about this yesterday.

Robert Wilson premiered Kool in Berlin “Will it be like Hamlet?” - the elderly German asked his neighbor and, hearing that there was no, sighed: “Okay. Bob is great." There's a lot to worry about. Wilson, 69, is the only director whose name, like Warhol's autograph, can sell out any canned soup. But here is a special case altogether.

September 14 -- Semyon. According to Dahl's Explanatory Dictionary, it is with Simeon the summer guide that Indian summer begins. In the center of Russia this year, the period of dry and warm anticyclonic weather will be very short-lived. On Wednesday afternoon in the central regions the temperature will rise to +18...+23оС, in the Bryansk and Oryol regions in the south to +27оС. In the capital itself, the average daily temperature will be five to six degrees higher than its climatic norm.

But only about the press Today in Jerusalem there will be a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. Yesterday they met in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, where negotiations took place under the supervision of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, White House Middle East envoy George Mitchell and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

The embassy in Jakarta rejects the version of the death of Russian engineers Three Russian engineers died almost simultaneously in Indonesia under mysterious circumstances. On the morning of September 13, the bodies of Sergei Voronin and Alexander Poltorak, members of the guarantee team of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Production Association named after Yu.A. Gagarin (KnAAPO), servicing Sukhoi fighters at the Indonesian Air Force air base, were found in their hotel rooms.

Watch from September 16 on Moscow screens "Alpha and Omega: The Fang Brotherhood" (USA, 2010, Anthony Bell and Ben Gluck). Two Canadian wolves of different sexes - the elite female Kate and the very dubious male Humphrey - were transported against their will to a nature reserve in Idaho. They struggle to find their way home, meeting along the way a wide variety of (but for consumers of full-length, and in addition, 3D cartoons, more than usual) representatives of other species of wildlife.

CONCERTS Sting (UK). Concert as part of the Symphonicity world tour, accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Stephen Mercurio. Crocus City Hall , 20.00. Port-Royal (Italy). A mixture of post-rock, shoegazing, ambient and indietronica in the spirit of the Morr Music label. “16 tons” , 20.00. Namosh (Germany). A descendant of immigrants from Turkey, one of the most prominent representatives of the modern Berlin underground. As part of the "Territory" festival.

Today the famous British musician will perform at Crocus City Hall Do music journalists often listen to what they loved in childhood and adolescence? According to my observations, not rarely, but never at all. Firstly, there is simply no time.

Will Benedict XVI repeat the British success of his predecessor? Tomorrow Pope Benedict XVI will begin a four-day visit to the UK. The 83-year-old pontiff's program is busy: he will visit Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Birmingham. The visit will begin in the Scottish capital, where at the Palace of Holyroodhouse the guest will meet Queen Elizabeth II, members of her family and representatives of the public in Scotland's largely Catholic community.

Yuri Luzhkov was convinced of the existence of a domestic eco-mobile Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who has come under massive attack from central television channels, is trying to demonstrate that the “exposing” reports have not unsettled him and that he is still interested exclusively in economic issues.

Siberians began the fight for the honorary trophy The oldest purely Russian volleyball club tournament is taking place in Nizhnevartovsk - the 32nd edition of the Siberian and Far East Cup. Starting from this season, these competitions, held under the auspices of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation (VFV), are dedicated to the memory of the honored coach of the USSR and Russia, Yuri Furaev.

Political scientists on the conflict between federal and capital authorities Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said yesterday that he is not afraid of attacks against him and will fight the slander that has fallen on him in the media. Last week, reports critical of Mr. Luzhkov appeared on Channel One - about Moscow traffic jams, on RTR - about the destruction of the architectural heritage of Moscow, and on NTV, where as part of the program "Emergency.

Belarus has decided to hold presidential elections this year The presidential election campaign has begun in Belarus. The central political event will take place on the eve of the New Year - at its meeting on Tuesday, parliament set presidential elections for December 19. One of the factors that influenced the determination of the date was the deterioration of relations between Minsk and Moscow. The Belarusian-Russian conflict will have a serious impact on the course of the election campaign.