Arsenal failed to beat Lokomotiv In the second match of the group stage of the Champions League, Russian Lokomotiv got their first point in the tournament. The match between the Russian champion and the famous London Arsenal ended in a draw - 0:0. But Semin’s players have good reasons to be dissatisfied with the result. For most of the match, Lokomotiv besieged the other team's goal and only gave up the initiative at the end of the match.

The premiere will take place in 50 countries The producers of the famous action film have announced that the final episode of The Matrix will premiere worldwide on the first Wednesday in November. Moreover, the first screening of the latest film about the struggle of Neo and his team with virtual pseudo-reality will begin in megacities of 50 countries around the world at the same moment.

Gazprom lost another $40 million From October 1, all regional gas companies will charge gas buyers a supply and distribution service fee (PSSU), which is calculated based on the cost of delivering gas to end consumers. A week ago, this right was assigned by the FEC to another 20 regional gas companies; the first 32 companies became its owners a year earlier.

Russia and Belarus resume negotiations Negotiations on the introduction of a single currency, which seemed to have reached a dead end half a month ago, will nevertheless continue. At today's meeting of the Union Council of Ministers, the parties will discuss the progress of preparations for concluding an agreement on the use of the Russian ruble on the territory of Belarus.

The publishing house "UFO" published a collection of works by Mikhail Allenov A unique case: at one time I perceived the contents of the just published collection of articles from different years by the beloved humanities students of Moscow State University, Professor Mikhail Allenov, by ear, so to speak, first-hand. The entire book was presented by the author at lectures and seminars on Russian art, and at conferences of the history department.

Forecast for the coming days An atmospheric front stretches across the western regions of European Russia, causing rain in the northwestern region at night and this morning. In the afternoon, with the withdrawal of the front, they will stop. On Thursday night there will be rain again, no precipitation during the day, daytime temperatures will be +8... +13оС. In the central regions, rain is unlikely - there the weather is controlled by an anticyclone.

Beijing disappointed with Moscow's oil policy Today China celebrates another anniversary of the victory of the socialist revolution of 1949. On the eve of this day, the leaders of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce met with Russian journalists. However, the topic of conversation was not the regular celebrations, but poorly concealed concern about the uncertainty of Moscow's oil plans. Let us recall that last week Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov visited China.

Air France and KLM are going to survive the crisis together Air France SA and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have announced a merger that will create the largest air carrier on the continent. Until now, this title belonged to British Airways Plc (BAB), which currently ranks third in the world after American Airlines and Delta Air Lines. The consolidation of the largest European airlines is caused by the desire to reduce costs in the context of a protracted crisis in the industry.

Opinion of Andrey Kovalev The project “Perpetual Motion” by Tatyana Liberman, shown in the XL gallery, was born, as they say, from life itself. For some time she worked at the Moscow House of Photography. And Olga Sviblova, its director, has a penchant for arranging social life. In particular, to amuse the public at parties, it was proposed to take photographs in the theatrical interior of an old photographic studio.

How much does it cost to visit the Kremlin Cup? Tennis has come to Moscow - the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament has started at the Olimpiysky sports complex. The interest in it is so great that cheap tickets starting at 10 rubles have sold out with a bang. Of course, fans have a unique opportunity to see with their own eyes world-famous tennis stars, whose performances we are accustomed to learning about mainly from news reports.

Andrei Illarionov got involved in a discussion about reform of the gas industry The presidential adviser on economic issues, who built his image capital on public verbal battles with Anatoly Chubais and the government over reforming the electric power industry, until recently refrained from commenting on the restructuring of the gas monopoly. Yesterday, he finally broke down and signaled to the market that he was ready to participate in the discussion of ways to develop the gas market.

Russian weapons are on display in Malaysia Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday opened the LIMA 2003 aviation and naval show. This regional arms exhibition is held every two years on the Malaysian island of Langkawi. Russian participation in it has traditionally been noticeable, especially in the aviation exposition. Mahathir intends to resign this year from the post of prime minister, which he has held continuously for 22 years.

America creates a Soviet visa system The United States is steadily tightening American visa policies. Yesterday, US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge signed a Memorandum of Understanding (it was immediately endorsed by President Bush) regarding visa issues.

Udugov's portal was allowed to host in Lithuania Yesterday, the Second City Court of Vilnius ruled that the decision to close the website of the Chechen separatists Kavkazcenter (www.kavkazcenter.com) at the direction of the Lithuanian state security was made illegally, without sufficient grounds. According to the court decision, the case regarding the administrative liability of the operator of this site in Lithuania - the director of the Elneta company Rimantas Pašis - should also be dropped.

Withdraw from the capital of Russian foreign banks The solution to the long-suffering issue of the fate of Russian foreign banks, the main shareholder of which remains the Bank of Russia, is reaching a dead end. Yesterday, the external control body over the activities of the Central Bank, the National Banking Council (NBC), proposed that the State Duma and the Accounts Chamber check how the Central Bank spent funds to finance its foreign subsidiaries.