The November break in the national hockey championship does not promise calm Holiday moods are increasingly permeating the Super League. There is very little left before the desired first break in the championship - only two rounds, after which 11 days off are planned in the brutal game schedule. There will be time to take a breath and restore strength. Now complaints about players’ fatigue have become a common theme in coaches’ statements.

Almost all participants in the final tournaments of the year are known The world tennis season has entered the home stretch. For men, this week the last Master Series tournament of 2003 is taking place, and on November 10, the final Masters Cup competition starts with the participation of the eight best players of the ATP Championship Race. For women, the final WTA championship will begin on November 5.

They find out how Vasily Shakhnovsky became a senator Far from the capital's political battles, Evenkia came under the close attention of prosecutors. The prosecutor's office showed a keen interest in the Autonomous Okrug after on October 27, deputies of the local legislative assembly - Sulgan - elected Vasily Shakhnovsky, one of the main defendants in the Mikhail Khodorkovsky case, as their representative in the Federation Council.

The political elite discusses changes in the Kremlin Financial markets took Vladimir Putin's order to stop "speculation and hysteria" in connection with the arrest of Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky and stopped in confusion yesterday. After Monday's collapse, the major stock indices recovered slightly yesterday. The RTS exchange index rose by 4.93%, and shares of Yukos itself on this site rose in price by 3.33%. Quotes of Yukos securities in the West increased by approximately the same amount.

Intrigues of the NBA season that has started Last night the 58th NBA season kicked off with three games. It’s been a long time since the championship of the world’s strongest basketball league has been so eagerly awaited. The off-season was too turbulent. Because during the pause in basketball America, so many interesting things happened. And it continued to happen right up to the start.

The return to Earth again was not without complaints Yesterday morning at the Mission Control Center near Moscow was again quite nervous. The specialists of the Russian Mission Control Center were faced with at least two tasks: not only to ensure the landing of the Soyuz TMA-2 descent module with Yuri Malenchenko, American astronaut Edward Lu and Spaniard Pedro Luque, but also to do it beautifully - without failures and comments from partners project of the International Space Station.

The governor of Kamchatka must now listen to the investigator Now the governor of the Kamchatka region, Mikhail Mashkovtsev, knows exactly what the claims against him by law enforcement agencies are. On Tuesday, he was officially questioned by an investigator from the regional prosecutor's office as a suspect of negligence. However, this event can only be called an interrogation, since the head of the regional administration refused to answer questions without his lawyer.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs exposed a former sergeant The leadership of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced yesterday that another gang of “werewolves in uniform” had been exposed.

Bashkortostan presidential candidate intends to sue Deprived of the opportunity to continue the fight for the post of President of Bashkiria, businessman Sergei Veremeenko is confident that the issue of his rehabilitation will be resolved within 20 days. Lawyers from the candidate's election headquarters intend to file a complaint against the local central election commission with the Supreme Court of Bashkiria.

Since 2005, the GM-AvtoVAZ joint venture will launch production of the Opel Astra The GM-AvtoVAZ joint venture has officially announced the launch of a new project for the middle class in 2005. As expected, at yesterday's press conference, Vladimir Kadannikov, who heads the boards of directors of AvtoVAZ and the joint venture, revealed the name of the new model being prepared for launch, which was kept secret. It became the Opel AstraT 3000.

“We don’t care, we can live without their handouts,” Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad (pictured) said yesterday after hearing about the US Senate’s decision to suspend the allocation of $1.2 million in military aid to his country.

Analysts and politicians comment on the situation with the “YUKOS case” Political scientists and politicians gathered yesterday for an emergency round table dedicated to the so-called “YUKOS case.” Despite the sometimes humorous tone, the speakers' forecasts were disappointing. Increasingly, analysts used the words “repression,” “police state,” and “gangster capitalism.” “What happened is a product of the vital activity of the system that now exists.

Forecast for the coming days The cold that came to European territory did not last long. Nevertheless, the frosts were quite severe; last night, with a clear sky in the central regions, the air cooled in places to -10...-15°C. But in the coming days, a powerful flow of warm air will sweep over almost the entire European territory of Russia, and the cold will recede. The central region will be in the warm part of the Atlantic cyclone on Wednesday.

Today NATO Secretary General George Robertson, Lord of Port Allen, arrives in Moscow on a short two-day working visit. This is part of his farewell tour of 40 partner countries. At the end of the year, he will transfer leadership of the North Atlantic Alliance to Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the current head of the Dutch Foreign Ministry. In Moscow, Mr. Robertson is expected to meet at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense and in the State Duma.

A new ballet award has been established This spring, two stars met at an exhibition in the Assumption Belfry of the Moscow Kremlin. Ballet star Nina Ananiashvili looked at the jewelry on display; jewelry star - Swiss Gilbert Albert personally invented jewelry. As soon as they met, Albert’s fate was decided: in his youth, the venerable gray-haired gentleman, who dreamed of becoming a dancer, was fired up with the idea of ​​​​supporting the ballet art of Russia.