The second International Nowruz Celebrations have officially opened in Tehran in the presence of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Baritones from Belarus and Azerbaijan, Ilya Silchukov and Javid Samedov, have become the winners of the First International Vocal Contest of Muslim Magomayev in Moscow.

A musical forum was held at the concert hall Crocus City Hall on October 23-24. The contest is a tribute to the memory of Muslim Magomayev, who died two years ago, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater, head of the judges, Tamara Sinyavskaya said.

The Moscow State University has held a meeting of students with the head of the Azerbaijani news agency, Trend. Ilgar Guseynov and the students discussed issues of Russian-Azerbaijani cooperation in information exchange, the upcoming parliament elections in Azerbaijan and humanitarian cooperation between the two countries.

The Editor-in-Chief of Vestnik Kavkaza, Alexey Vlasov, was also at the meeting.

The first international contest of Muslim Magomayev will be held in
Moscow for the first time on October 23-24 in the concert hall 'Crocus
City Hall', the widow of Magomayev, well-known singer Tamara
Sinyavskaya, told journalists.