The Art Theater plays Viktor Astafiev Anniversary celebrations took place in the spring and summer, commemorating both the beginning of the war and the victory, budgets were spent, speeches were made. And now the Art Theater is now releasing the premiere - “Cursed and Killed,” directed by Viktor Ryzhakov based on the novel by Viktor Astafiev. "Danish" thing? No, although it was staged in this very anniversary year.

Irish people discuss scandalous interview Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowan found himself at the center of a scandal after an interview he gave to one of the Dublin radio stations. The speech of 50-year-old Cowan was so incoherent, and his answers to questions were so strange, that journalists suspected that the prime minister, if not drunk, was heavily hungover.

The Federal Tax Service proposes to change the taxation of small businesses The Federal Tax Service (FTS) is preparing amendments to the legislation introducing the mandatory use of a simplified taxation system for small businesses with a turnover of up to 60 million rubles. per year. This statement was made yesterday by Deputy Head of the Federal Tax Service Sergei Shulgin at the congress of the all-Russian public organization of small and medium-sized businesses OPORA.

The first TEFI awards were presented in Moscow Yesterday in Moscow the ceremony of presenting the national television award “TEFI-2010” in the “Professions” category took place. According to tradition, this essentially technical (for those “behind the scenes”) part of the award precedes a more significant one called “Faces”, the presentation of which will take place in a few days, and not in the capital, but in St. Petersburg, where the celebrations have been moved back last year.

Today and tomorrow, at the initiative of the Russian Geographical Society, the international forum “The Arctic - Territory of Dialogue” will be held in Moscow. The forum is expected to be attended by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Prince Albert II of Monaco and Icelandic President Olafur Grimsson.

Chairman of the Moscow City Court Olga Egorova was not afraid of threats For the first time in 40 years of work in the judicial system, the Chairman of the Moscow City Court, Olga Egorova, began to receive threats. She admitted this yesterday at a press conference dedicated to the safety of judges. She did not provide details, but, as Vremya Novostei learned, the chairman of the Moscow City Court received several SMS messages with approximately the following content: “Walk and look around.” Ms.

After the team victory of the Canadian team at the home Olympics in Vancouver, the organizers of the Games did not hide that the main component of success was a long-term, thoroughly thought-out program for training athletes, designed not for four years before the start of the 2010 Games, but for decades; a program covering the entire vertical, starting from mass children's sports.

The new chief conductor and artistic director were introduced to the public and the troupe Yesterday, the Bolshoi Theater officially opened its 235th season, the first of five planned, led by the new chief conductor and artistic director Vasily Sinaisky, with a press conference and gathering of the troupe.

An attack on the Pearl Ensign was carried out in St. Petersburg St. Petersburg police officer Vadim Boyko, who was named the Pearl Ensign after the harsh dispersal of an opposition rally on July 31, became a victim of an attack. Mr. Boyko, who was seen actively wielding a baton in an amateur video that appeared on the Internet, was himself hit in the head with a heavy object. The warrant officer is now in the hospital with a concussion. The attack on him occurred on the evening of September 15.

CONCERTS Trio of Frederic Belinsky (France-Russia), Didier Lockwood (violin, France), Shtokelo Rosenberg (guitar, Netherlands). As part of the 1st International Gypsy Jazz festival dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Django Reinhardt. House of Music , 19.00. "SBHR Orchestra " . “16 tons” , 20.00. Vadim Eilenkrieg Quintet as part of the Beatlomania festival. Igor Butman Club , 20.30. CLASSIC Jonathan Powell (piano, UK). S.E. Feinberg, N. Medtner, S. Rachmaninov. Conservatory , 19.00.

Environmentalists are required to compensate the general contractor for work in the Khimki forest The echo of public hearings on the government project for the construction of the Moscow-St. Petersburg highway has not yet died down, and the general contractor of the work, Teplotekhniki LLC, has gone on the offensive against the defenders of the Khimki Forest.

New industrial assembly rules could ruin the production of Russian cars In the hope of developing the domestic automobile industry to a somewhat modern level, Russia was ready to soften the conditions for the industrial assembly of foreign cars. In exchange for the production of at least 300 thousand foreign cars per year in our country, the government promises to exempt foreign companies from duties on components for as many as eight years.

Investigators are multiplying criminal cases against health officials The purchase of expensive medical equipment, and in particular computed tomographs, continues to be the focus of attention of the Prosecutor General's Office and the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was allowed to leave a successor The Kremlin decided to clearly demonstrate to Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov what happens when the long-ruling head of a region resigns voluntarily and quietly.

Human rights activists believe that anti-extremist legislation is hitting sectarians and librarians The SOVA Human Rights Center, which monitors manifestations of xenophobia and extremism and monitors the government’s struggle against various radicals, has prepared a report from which it follows that this year the so-called Federal List of Extremist Materials has become “the main tool for unlawful anti-extremist prosecution.” Speaking at the presentation of the report yesterday, Alexander