Cyclones do not leave the European territory of Russia alone, which means there will be precipitation. On Thursday in the northwestern regions there will be a break in precipitation between cyclones, but already on Friday, with the approach of the atmospheric front, cloudiness will increase and precipitation will increase, but the temperature will not change significantly - during the day +2...+8oC.

The Primorsky Territory prosecutor's office yesterday brought formal charges against the mayor of Vladivostok, Vladimir Nikolaev . He is charged with two articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - 285 (abuse of official powers) and 286-2 (excess of official powers).

YUKOS assets will be transferred to Rosneft, possibly with the participation of the Chinese Rosneft, which is going to buy back its shares (9.44%) from YUKOS, seems to intend to act according to the same scheme that it applied when purchasing Yuganskneftegaz. As it became known yesterday, a certain LLC “Razvitie” made a deposit for participation in the auction on March 27 for the sale of Rosneft shares in the amount of 39 billion rubles. ($1.5 billion).

Latvian port mayor faces prison sentence Yesterday evening, the Riga Central District Court discussed for several hours the issue of a preventive measure against the mayor of the port city of Ventspils, Aivars Lembergs. The final decision was expected by midnight, but it did not address the essence of the charges brought against one of the most influential Latvian oligarchs: bribery, laundering about 20 million “dirty” dollars, illegal business. Aivars Lembergs was detained yesterday morning.

Bank Intesa is looking for a partner for Gazprom in Italy From April 1, Gazprom will have the right to physically sell gas on the wholesale market in Italy. However, as it turned out yesterday, an Italian partner for joint work in a new segment for the Russian monopolist has not yet been found. So far, only Gazprom's consultant has been appointed to find a worthy candidate for this role - ZAO Bank Intesa (part of one of the largest banking groups in Europe, Intesa SanPaolo).

Six teams secured their place in the quarter-finals Just three matches in the first round of the playoffs were enough for six Super League teams to quickly earn the right to continue fighting for medals. In only two episodes the showdown is delayed at least until tonight. The first to secure passage to the quarterfinals was the current national champion and winner of the regular season, Ak Bars.

At the new trial in the “Khlebnikov case” there were missing defendants The Moscow City Court yesterday suspended the murder case of the editor-in-chief of the Russian version of Forbes magazine, Paul Klebnikov, due to the defendant's failure to appear. The rehearing, already postponed on February 15 for a similar reason, was supposed to begin yesterday with the jury selection stage. However, on Wednesday Dukuzov failed to appear in court again.

Sergey Naryshkin held the first board meeting of the subordinate agency Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Naryshkin, who chaired yesterday a meeting of his counterpart of the Federal Agency for Tourism (Rosturizm), supported the amendments to the law “On the Fundamentals of Tourism Activities” adopted at the beginning of the year, which provide for the introduction of financial guarantees for the tour operator business.

CLUBS “Swedish Literature of the 21st Century”: Johan Mulander, Alexander Livergant, Alexandra Polivanova, Staffan Söderblom, Johan Öberg, Helen Siegeland, Lars Mikael Raattamaa, Inger Edelfeld (Lotta Gustas). Multimedia presentation of the Swedish issue of the magazine “Foreign Literature”. “Club on Brestskaya” , 19.00. Miss is Big . "Sixteen tons" , 22.00. Anna Levshina Quintet. "Apshu" , 22.00. CONCERTS Music of pagan Rus'.

Dmitry Gaev spoke out against the construction of the metro in Zhulebino The capital's metro, it seems, does not want to lag behind road workers who are actively developing budgets for the construction of new ring highways, and intends to present a detailed plan for the construction of a second subway ring to the city planning council under the mayor this year.

VEB organizes new production facilities in Russia During Vladimir Putin's visit to Italy, which ended yesterday, both Russian and Italian officials emphasized that economic relations are developing extremely successfully, and trade turnover is growing year after year. Yesterday, as part of interstate consultations held in the city of Bari, this was confirmed by a package of new contracts and agreements. Two of them were concluded with the participation of Vnesheconombank.

United Russia does not seek to revive Soviet-Turkmen traditions Last weekend, the country confidently entered the big election cycle. For many in the Russian expert community, the results of the regional elections held on March 11 seemed predictable. Many predicted a classic victory for us, wondering only how much our competitors would be able to “pinch off” from us. However, the advantage of the electoral process is that the intrigue remains until the last moment.

Britain will build a new nuclear fleet Yesterday, the British Prime Minister presented to parliamentarians a plan for updating the United Kingdom's strategic nuclear forces . The government's intention to build a new generation of Trident ballistic missile submarines has raised objections not only among the traditionally pacifist Liberal Democrats, but also within the ruling Labor Party itself. About a third of Labor MPs were strongly negative on the issue.

Vladimir Putin completed his visit to Italy Russian-Italian interstate consultations chaired by Vladimir Putin and Romano Prodi took place yesterday in the city of Bari on the Adriatic coast, one might say, with God’s help. In the Basilica of St. Nicholas, where the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker are kept, events took place no less important and interesting than at the negotiations themselves.

Brazilian ethanol will save the US from oil dependence US President George W. Bush's week-long tour of Latin America ended yesterday with a visit to Mexico. He visited Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay and Guatemala. The trip, as Bush himself put it, was dictated by “good will” and his administration’s desire to promote prosperity in the region.