Forecast for the coming days In the west and center of European Russia, the past weekend was rainy. The reason for this was cyclones and associated atmospheric fronts. And at the beginning of the week, the European territory of Russia remains under the influence of cyclones. The active Atlantic will deliver them to the northwest one after another. And more southern regions will be in the path of the Mediterranean vortexes.

Prodi and Berlusconi on the political scales The first preliminary results of the general elections in Italy on Sunday and Monday indicated victory for Romano Prodi's supporters. Initially, it was reported that the opposition center-left Union bloc led by Prodi won about five percent of the votes from the center-right coalition House of Freedoms led by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

A play based on “Dead Souls” was staged at the Oleg Tabakov Theater It happened. Mindaugas Karbauskis, who seemed to have hung the Memento mori sign over the entrance to his theater house a long time ago, staged a cheerful, light, partly even frivolous performance. It turned out that a cheerful mood suits the director very well.

Mikhail Shvydkoy supported the privatization of architectural monuments The decision of the Constitutional Court, which closed the case last Thursday regarding the delimitation of ownership of architectural monuments between the center and the regions, does not at all mean the end of a long-standing dispute between the Moscow and federal authorities over the ownership of thousands of buildings in the historical center of the capital.

Juventud won the European Cup final against Khimki The “Final Four” of the European Cup held in Kyiv finally removed all questions in the discussion regarding which of the national championships in the Old World is the strongest. In the decisive match of the tournament, Juventud from the Spanish city of Badalona, ​​which ranks fourth in the championship of its country, defeated Khimki with a difference of 25 points - 88:63.

Marat Safin's refusal to defend last year's title of winner of the Australian Open caused a negative reaction even from the captain of the Russian national team, Shamil Tarpishchev, who traditionally protects players. Safin has not been playing tennis for six months due to a knee injury, which seemed to have been successfully operated on and which, according to purely medical logic, should have already healed. But it seems that this is not a matter of medical problems.

Even when he was head of the European Commission, Romano PRODI made many statements that make it possible to judge his attitude towards Russia. On the relationship between Russia and Europe: “Russia and the EU complement each other. Russia and the EU are like caviar and vodka.

The first hire contract will be replaced by youth welfare Yesterday, the Prime Minister of France, 52-year-old Dominique de Villepin, addressed his compatriots live on television. He tried to maintain composure, but his sad eyes and sad voice betrayed bitterness and disappointment. The government project for the reform of labor legislation, which the head of the cabinet courageously defended in recent weeks, has been given a long life.

Officials were closed the doors to Europe Yesterday, the European Union introduced visa restrictions for senior Belarusian officials. The list of “banned persons” is headed by the president of the countries, Alexander Lukashenko. In addition to him, 30 more civil servants were blacklisted.

Last year was the most successful for Russian professional boxers. Roman Karmazin became the IBF world champion in junior middleweight, and Nikolai Valuev won the WBA heavyweight champion belt. Oleg Maskaev, Dmitry Kirillov and Valery Brudov achieved the status of official contenders for the titles. The once-thrown cry “the Russians are coming” is already seriously alarming the entire world of professional boxing. Moreover, this first wave of champions is already followed by the next one.

“KP” and “AiF” found a willing but expensive defender The newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda and the weekly Argumenty i Fakty unexpectedly lost their faces in America. Russian publications have not only lost their trademarks, but also have limited access to their accounts in the United States.

Basketball. NBA. Regular season.

The next Commonwealth Cup is gaining momentum The 14th Commonwealth and Baltic Champions Cup started in Moscow. The previous one, with the resignation of Vyacheslav Koloskov from the post of President of the RFU, could well have been the last. The former head of the Russian Football Union has always been considered a confidant of FIFA President Sepp Blatter for contacts with federations of the CIS countries.

Cuba bought Russian aircraft Leasing company "Ilyushin Finance Co." (IFK) yesterday signed a contract with the Cuban state airline Cubana de Aviacion for the supply of five Russian-made aircraft. To participate in the signing, the head of the Federal Agency for Industry (FAP) of Russia, Boris Aleshin, who also holds the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of IFC, flew to Havana, where the ceremony took place.

Jewelers are looking for alternative precious metals The price of gold on the London Stock Exchange yesterday almost reached $600 per troy ounce; investment analysts expect this record today. Such a rapid rise in price of the precious metal (by 40% over the past year) forces its consumers to look for an alternative.