A cyclone of southern origin brought snowfalls and blizzards to the European territory of Russia on Tatyana’s day. And another cyclone, more powerful, is moving in the north of European Russia, and all this bad weather is in a hurry to cover the northwestern regions. But thanks to this, the frosts here will begin to weaken: if next night it’s -17...-22°C, then on Friday afternoon it will be -8...-13°C, on Saturday night -13...-18°C, and in the daytime -5...

VEB will have another tool for the “silent” Vnesheconombank may receive the right to invest pension savings in mortgage-backed securities that are not backed by government guarantees. The corresponding amendments to the legislation were prepared by the Ministry of Finance and submitted to the government for consideration.

Sharapova will play Williams Jr. in the Australian Open final Maria Sharapova, who has regained her title of world number one, has reached the final of the Australian Open and will meet the two-time winner of this tournament, American Serena Williams, on Saturday. Yesterday the Russian woman defeated the representative of Belgium Kim Clijsters - 6:4, 6:2. The account of this meeting is somewhat misleading and does not reflect the true balance of power.

Minister of Economy of Ukraine Vladimir MAKUKHA told Vremya Novostey about the prospects for Ukraine’s accession to the WTO and the development of Russian-Ukrainian cooperation. -- Will Ukraine become a member of the WTO in 2007? -- Ukraine has completed negotiations with almost all countries - members of the WTO working group. There were 16 official meetings of the group at which Ukraine's application for membership in the organization was considered.

OMV did not find gas for Nabucco in Azerbaijan Competing gas transit projects through the Balkans to Western Europe are preparing for a showdown. In 2007, construction of the Nabucco gas pipeline from Turkey to Austria through Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary should begin, and an alternative project proposed by Gazprom - the South European Gas Pipeline - has been prepared. Both have big problems. Nabucco still has no guarantee of gas supplies.

Dmitry Medvedev makes his debut at the World Economic Forum in Davos The next World Economic Forum kicked off on Wednesday in the Swiss resort town of Davos.

Mass disappearance of agricultural enterprises does not threaten Russian agriculture Over the past 11 years, the number of peasant farms in Russia has almost halved, and 26% of large and medium-sized agricultural enterprises have stopped operating. This was announced by the head of the Department of Agricultural Statistics of Rosstat, Alexandra Epikhina, at a press conference dedicated to the start of publication of the results of the All-Russian Agricultural Census 2006.

The Ministry of Finance has come up with a clever way to limit budget expenditures The government has been hatching an essentially new Budget Code for a whole year. And yesterday - with agony and compromises - it finally approved it. At this stage, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin has largely conceded to his colleagues. But he gave in tactically correctly, solving his main task - reducing and streamlining government spending. So, entering the period of three-year budget planning, Mr.

Foreign embassies suspected of excessive consumption of computers The Moscow-Smolensk Transport Prosecutor's Office has completed an investigation into a criminal case of smuggling, which last spring almost caused a diplomatic scandal with several foreign countries. As it turned out, a group of businessmen managed to arrange the supply of large quantities of electronics and office equipment under the guise of goods necessary for the work of diplomatic missions.

The Latvian Seimas renounced Russian lands Yesterday, the Latvian Seimas preliminary approved a bill to provide a mandate to the government of the republic to sign a border agreement with Russia, not burdened by hints at the possibility of claims to Russian territories. 68 deputies voted “for”, 24 “against”. Now the bill will go to parliamentary commissions for consideration.

Canada helps Russia disarm As part of the Global Partnership program, Canada has allocated 100 million Canadian dollars for the destruction of chemical weapons in Russia. This was announced by the Canadian Ambassador to Moscow, Ralph James Lysyshyn. This money is part of the billion dollars that the Canadian government promised to allocate over ten years starting in 2002.

Georgia told America about Russian nuclear smuggler Yesterday it became known that a year ago in February, a group of nuclear smugglers led by a Russian citizen was detained in Georgia. The American media were the first to disseminate this information. Just yesterday, Georgian Interior Minister Ivane Merabishvili returned from a working trip to the United States.

Monday, January 29 First 5 . 00, 9.00, 12.00, 15.00, 18.00, 21.00 News 5 . 05 Good morning 9 . 20 Malakhov+ 10 . 20 "ETERNAL CALL". Series 11 . 20 Detectives 12 . 20 Without complexes 13 . 20 Understand. Forgive 14 . 00 Other news 14 . 30 Test purchase 15 . 20 Criminal Russia 16 . 00 "LOVE IS LIKE LOVE." TV series (S) 17 . 00 Federal Judge 18 . 20 "FIVE MINUTES TO THE METRO." Series 19 . 10 Wait for me 20 . 00 "BLOOD SISTERS". TV series (S) 21 . 30 "THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING." Series 22 .

The fiction of the two January magazines consists of four stories (“New World”), one novel and three short stories (“October”). Of these eight texts, I can recommend two without a twinge of conscience - the Borgesian experience (essay) called a short story by Anatoly Naiman “Literature and Insomnia” and the simple-minded short story of Oleg Zayonchkovsky “Sheloputinsky Lane”. The rest is exclusively for lovers of desperate macabre and macabre despair.

Moscow and New Delhi agreed on new principles of relations Vladimir Putin, whose two-day official visit to India ends today, arrived in New Delhi in the literal sense of the word for a holiday - Republic Day. The Indian leadership specially timed the visit to coincide with this date.