Forecast for the coming days Most of European Russia will continue to be protected by an anticyclone moving to the east. In the middle zone, it will maintain sunny and dry weather with a large daily variation in temperature, freezing in places at night, and reaching almost 20°C during the day. Only the north is plowed by the atmospheric fronts of the next Atlantic cyclone, causing rain and increasing wind.

Dmitry Kozak is trying to change power in Kabardino-Balkaria as carefully as possible Russian Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District Dmitry Kozak hopes that the issue of Valery Kokov’s successor as President of Kabardino-Balkaria will be resolved within a week. Yesterday at noon he arrived in Nalchik for consultations with representatives of the Kabardino-Balkarian community.

Investigators are looking for the causes of the Su-27 crash at the bottom of the crater Yesterday, the Russian Foreign Ministry finally published its official point of view on what exactly Vilnius is obliged to do with the Su-27 fighter that crashed last Thursday on Lithuanian territory, and with Air Force Major Valery Troyanov, detained by local law enforcement agencies.

The British came up with a new type of punishment In Britain, they came up with a new way of correcting criminals, and a rather radical one - without putting them in prison in the usual sense of the word. As British Home Secretary Charles Clarke said in an interview with The Guardian newspaper, now those convicted on not too serious charges and who received relatively short prison sentences will serve their sentences close to home.

The merger of Europe's largest stock markets, preparations for which have been in full swing for a year, may take an unexpected turn, writes The Wall Street Journal. Some influential shareholders of Euronext NV, which operates the stock markets of Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, are trying to persuade the company's chief executive Jean-Francois Théodore to consider a merger with German rival Deutsche Boerse AG instead of its pending merger with London Stock Exchange PLC (LSE).

Federal ministers took up economic tourism in the Far East After the president declared the Far East and Transbaikalia a region of priority development, it became obvious that golden rain should soon fall on the eastern part of Russia. But first, an impressive delegation of federal officials descended on the region.

United Russia decided to restore order with the vice-speakers The Presidium of the Duma faction “United Russia” yesterday decided to return to the leadership structure of the State Duma the post of another first vice-speaker, which will be occupied by Oleg Morozov. It is already known that he will be responsible for legislative work. So far, Lyubov Sliska remains the only first vice-speaker of the State Duma.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky left the court without lawyers Another attempt by the Moscow City Court to begin considering the cassation appeal of former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky failed again yesterday. And it didn’t just fail, but was marked by a number of new scandals and, it seems, the beginning of another “soap opera”. Which will resemble what came out of the trial of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev in the Meshchansky Court of Moscow, which four months ago sentenced them to nine years in prison each.

Colleagues and students about the legendary editor Yuri ROST: - It was difficult and interesting with him. He always demanded a lot, despite our friendship with him. This is such a human type - powerful, purposeful, clearly aware of his desires and capabilities. We met in 1989 in Tbilisi, after the famous bloody events. He called me to his “Moscow News”. Once he even intended to give me a painting, but before that he wrote that this painting would be mine only if I came to Moscow News.

What prevents Sharon from coming to Moscow? This fall, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, according to Vremya Novostei, may come to Moscow for a visit. But the date of the trip, like the trip itself, remains in question. Moreover, events in Israel could derail these plans. “Theoretically, Ariel Sharon’s visit to Moscow could take place after all the Jewish holidays, that is, in November.

— At the beginning of September you were approved as prime minister, but the cabinet has not yet been created. MPs are still discussing the structure of the government. What's the problem? - The fact is that the current law on government does not comply with the constitution, according to which parliament must approve the structure of the government.

The Constitutional Court (CC) of Lithuania recognized the legal closure of the website of the Chechen separatists “Caucasus Center”. The initiator of the ban on this resource was the Department of State Security (DSB). Lithuanian security officers considered that the Caucasus Center was inciting interethnic hatred and promoting terrorism. Moscow also sought to close the site from Vilnius.

The number of hepatitis patients has doubled in Nizhny Novgorod Despite the fact that doctors tend to consider the water supply to be the source of the hepatitis outbreak in Nizhny Novgorod, the fight against this disease is already underway on the city streets. Yesterday, the chief state sanitary doctor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Evgeny Petrov, demanded that the administration introduce a special trade regime in the regional center.

Where to watch Emmy Award-winning films The 57th Emmy Television Awards, established in 1946, took place in Los Angeles. In those distant times, the laureates of this internal American prize were terribly far from the Russian people.

The political crisis in Ukraine threatens national security, says Georgy KRYUCHKOV, head of the Rada Committee on National Security and Defense. He told Vremya Novostei correspondent in Kyiv Svetlana STEPANENKO about the upcoming parliamentary elections in March 2006. - What is the cause of the crisis? - The explosion was bound to happen sooner or later. Yushchenko’s team was motley: people came together who were incompatible both in business interests and political views.