Forecast for the coming days November is the pre-winter period, but in central Russia this fall it is still quite warm. The temperature is 3-5 degrees higher than what usually begins the last month of calendar autumn. Warm weather will continue in Europe this week. The anticyclone that fell on European Russia from Scandinavia is gradually warming up, and in the coming days in the center of Russia the daytime temperature will rise again to +5...+10°C, but there will be light rain in places.

The State Duma lifted the ban on agricultural land mortgages Agricultural land for personal use will soon be able to be used as collateral when obtaining a loan. The State Duma adopted a law repealing the direct ban on agricultural land mortgages. According to the developers of the bill, this will attract additional money to agriculture. True, the deputies have yet to prove this to the senators, who killed similar amendments a year and a half ago.

“Empty House” by Kim Ki-Duk on Moscow screens The leaflet is attached to the door, just above the handle, with a piece of transparent tape. Noodles, seafood, seasonings and other invariable attributes of national Korean cuisine are laid out on the leaflet from the most advantageous angle. Nearby is a telephone. But it’s unlikely that anyone will call it: as soon as an ordinary Korean arrives home, he immediately tears off the unnecessary piece of paper and throws it at his feet.

The army team relied on three-point shots In the opening match of the Euroleague, the capital's army team faced a more than serious opponent - the Italian Benetton, which has been consistently among the continental elite in recent years. This game was the first real test of CSKA, which had been noticeably updated in the off-season, because the previous four meetings within our super league were relatively easy for the “red-blues” - the difference in class with the opponents was too great.

Both Republicans and Democrats prepared for trials in advance It so happened that I spent yesterday evening in New York with supporters of Democrat John Kerry. Progressive Manhattan watched the vote in Rockefeller Plaza, a small square squeezed by the skyscrapers of Rockefeller Center and renamed that day Democracy Square. On election night there was a public celebration there, organized by the American Bank and the NBC television company.

Tretyakov Gallery shows pastel art The excellent graphic collections of the Tretyakov Gallery again pleased with the exhibition. This time the heroine was a delicate, fragile, “flowing” technique - pastel. Each of us imagines how to draw with pastels: we all once went to school and wrote with chalk on a blackboard. Colored crayons with a special binder (gum arabic), as well as a coloring pigment, are called pastels.

Boris MAKARENKO, first deputy director of the Center for Political Technologies: -- The main events of the week are related to preparations for the presidential elections. There are more reasons to believe that Khakamada will be registered as a presidential candidate. The fact that more than 2 million signatures were collected for her suggests that no obstacles were put in her way. Of course, there is always a risk that some of the signatures will be rejected by the Central Election Commission.

The chairman of the Novosibirsk State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company can say goodbye to his chair The first victim of the “debriefing” following the results of the State Duma elections appeared in Novosibirsk. The chairman of the Novosibirsk State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, the famous media tycoon Yakov London, submitted his resignation. According to the deputy chairman of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Svetlana Voitovich, on Friday Mr.

Departments The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations warns of the possibility of disruption of communication and power lines, avalanches and mudflows in the coming week due to snowfalls and strong winds.

The company's board of directors is tired of looking for ways out of the crisis YUKOS yesterday made a statement that it now faces a choice: either introduce a special anti-crisis plan, or announce the liquidation of the company, or bankruptcy. As YUKOS board chairman Stephen Theede said yesterday, on Tuesday evening the company's board of directors decided to convene an extraordinary meeting of shareholders on December 20 and finally make a decision.

The Year of Russia in Ukraine was better than the Year of the Goat In Russia, as in Ukraine, they treat the Chinese lunar calendar with great respect and adore astrological forecasts based on it. It is not surprising that many drew attention to the exact coincidence of the end of the Chinese Year of the Goat with the end of the Year of Russia in Ukraine, which became the reason for the two-day visit of the Russian President to Kyiv, which ended on January 24.

The city authorities have prepared for the monetization of benefits Moscow yesterday finally implemented the recommendations of the federal center regarding legislative preparations for the monetization of benefits.

One real estate agency manager will be held accountable for criminal conspiracy The Tverskoy District Court of the capital began to consider a case of major fraud in the housing market when renting out apartments. The defendant is the manager of the Tokada real estate agency, Natalya Popova. There are 17 people injured in the case. All of them were seduced by the agency’s lucrative offer to rent housing at low prices for Moscow.

The Latin name of the St. Petersburg Institute of Contemporary Art “Proarte”, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, translates as “For Art”. It may seem that the title is missing an exclamation point, because one hears in it something feasting or combative, some kind of toast or cry of the defender of a heroic fortress. The institute is indeed located in the Peter and Paul fortress.

The market's immediate reaction to the outcome of the US presidential election was an increase in shares of the Halliburton corporation, which provides services to oil companies. Its quotes rose by 5.8% at the opening of trading in the US. As you know, in 1995-2000. Halliburton was headed by current American Vice President Dick Cheney.