Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, appointed by President Dmitry Medvedev to head the Russian delegation at the 65th session of the UN General Assembly, will fly to the United States on September 19. The anniversary session has already begun its work, its chairman is former Swiss President Joseph Deys. Every year on October 24, the world community celebrates United Nations Day.

The European Union defines its interests in relations with Russia The leaders of all 27 member countries of the European Union decided to finally define what they understand by strategic partnership, who and by what criteria should be considered strategic partners in a more complex world.

Sberbank's profit increased 12 times Sberbank's net profit according to Russian accounting standards (RAS) for January-August increased 12 times, to 88.5 billion rubles. At the end of the year, the largest Russian bank expects to receive 100-120 billion rubles. net profit. However, analysts have already drawn attention to the increase in its loan portfolio. Sberbank's pre-tax profit amounted to RUB 111.6 billion. versus RUB 9.9 billion for January-August 2009.

Vladimir Putin inspected the construction of housing for fire victims Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the construction of new houses for fire victims in the Nizhny Novgorod and Vladimir regions. The head of the cabinet does not seem to trust the cameras that broadcast the progress of work live on the government website.

The first applications for the deposits named after. Trebs and them. Titova Yesterday it became known about three companies that officially announced their participation in the competition for the right to develop the deposits named after. Roman Trebs and Anatoly Titov in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The first to start were Bashneft, LUKOIL (represented by its subsidiary LUKOIL-Komi) and Samotlorneftegaz, which will represent the interests of the parent structure - TNK-BP.

Denis SOKOLOV, head of the RAMCOM center for socio-economic research of regions, tells Vremya Novostey columnist Ivan SUKHOV what and how can be modernized in the North Caucasus. -- The program for the socio-economic rehabilitation of the North Caucasus is built on investments that the state is ready to guarantee by 70%. But for this you need a collateral fund, and it turns out that Dagestan, for example, is ready to allocate only minefields to it. Is there anything else?

They want to return immunity from dismissal to labor collective leaders The parliamentary opposition is trying to correct the consequences of the erroneous, from the point of view of some deputies, decision of United Russia, which last summer adopted scandalous amendments to the law “On Trade Unions”, which abolished the immunity from dismissal of heads of trade unions at enterprises.

Exhibition of art from the collections of museums in the capital of Armenia in Moscow Prepared on the initiative of the director of the Pushkin Museum named after A.S. Pushkin Irina Antonova, within the framework of the cycle “Under the Canopy of Friendly Muses”, the exhibition “Two Colors of the Rainbow - Two Fates Reflection” is clearly associated with a triptych in its composition.

CONCERTS Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard (USA). "Assembly Hall" , 20.00. Eteri Beriashvili (vocals) and Eteri Jazz . Art cafe “Durov” , 20.00. "Megapolis". Music Town Club , 22.00. CLASSIC “La Arlesienne” by A. Daudet - J. Bizet. Soloist A. Kuznetsova. Orchestra of the P. Slobodkin Center. Conductor V. Ryzhaev. Concert Hall of the Pavel Slobodkin Center , 19.00. Opening of the season. Three centuries of classical music. The most famous works of world classics from A. Marcello to A. Piazzolla.

In the next two days, the weather in most areas of the European territory of Russia will remain under the influence of a powerful cyclonic vortex, the center of which will slowly move across the European north. Relatively warm and humid oceanic air will continue to flow with southwesterly winds. Therefore, the average temperature will remain above normal, and longer and more intense rains will occur mainly in the northwestern regions, which will be in the front part of the cyclone.

Criminal cases have been opened regarding the theft of money allocated for the Vancouver Olympics The UPC announced yesterday the initiation of two criminal cases regarding the theft of budget funds allocated for preparations for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Human rights activists gather civil forum Defenders of Article 31 of the Constitution, whose attempts to gather on Triumphal Square in Moscow were repeatedly suppressed by force, decided to use a less traumatic form of protest. Yesterday, representatives of a number of human rights organizations announced the convening of the Civil Constitutional Forum of Russia on December 12.

Japan, a country of cutting-edge technology, has once again shown the world that it does not intend to lose ground in its traditional sport - judo. On the home tatami of the World Championships in Tokyo, the founders dominated in most categories. Having won ten top awards out of 16 awarded, as well as four silver and nine bronze, they left their opponents the opportunity to fight for a maximum of second place in the team competition.

Rubin lost the opening match in the Champions League If the first match day sets the mood for the entire group stage of the Champions League, we will be in for a fighting autumn. The start of the tournament included not only the disappointing defeat of Rubin and Messi's failed hat-trick, but also the miraculous rescue of Werder Bremen, the cheerful draw of the current trophy winner Inter, a stupid mistake by the Schalke defender and a terrible injury to the Manchester United player Valencia .

The Bolshoi Theater released the premiere before the start of the season All the ballet people are still on vacation - the troupe will gather only on September 21. And only a dozen enthusiasts went to work much earlier to show Angelin Preljocaj’s freshly staged ballet “And then a millennium of peace.” The famous Frenchman chose this dozen last season, and rehearsals began then.