The Atlantic cyclone is rushing through the north of European territory, moving towards Yamal. In his rear he draws in cool air. In the northwestern regions on Friday and Saturday during the day it will only be about +20°C, only on Sunday it will become a couple of degrees warmer. It will also be cooler in the central regions; on Friday and weekends the temperature during the day is expected to be +19...+25оС.

The Central Bank launched a real-time settlement system This coming Monday, the Central Bank will put into permanent operation a real-time settlement system. Chairman of the Central Bank Sergei Ignatiev (pictured) said yesterday that the system of banking electronic urgent payments (BESP) will allow banks and other clients with current accounts with the Central Bank to ensure large and urgent payments in real time almost around the clock.

VTB sells Swiss subsidiary to Gazprombank Chairman of the Board of VTB Andrei Kostin announced yesterday that he intends to sell the Swiss subsidiary Russische Kommerzial Bank (RKB) to Gazprom structures by the end of this year. According to him, representatives of the concern are now assessing the bank. Mr. Kostin did not say who exactly the buyer will be - Gazprom or Gazprombank, which is leaving the group.

A woman could become the President of India Yesterday India held elections for the 13th president, in which for the first time in the country's history a woman ran for the post of head of state - 72-year-old ex-governor of the northwestern state of Rajasthan Pratibha Patil. Her political career began in the 1960s after being elected to the Indian Parliament from the Indian National Congress party. In the late 1980s, Ms. Patil served as Deputy Speaker of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament.

In Russia they will fight for the life of every newborn In just two or three years, Russian healthcare will have so much money that there will simply be no insoluble technological problems left for it. In the meantime, the current Minister of Health and Social Development, Mikhail Zurabov, still has to think about the material aspect of providing medical care to citizens, many of whom require expensive treatment from the first hours of their lives.

Russia is not threatened by a grain shortage, but by a sharp rise in meat prices Russia will have bread, but no meat . This conclusion was reached by participants in a briefing at the Rosbalt agency, dedicated to the situation on the Russian grain market. In their general opinion, the “price hysteria” that the rush demand for grain has led to will have a much greater impact not on the cost of a loaf of bread, but on the final price of meat and milk.

The S7 Group holding, which controls, in particular, Siberia Airlines, announced yesterday the acquisition of a large Russian tour operator Turenergoservice (TES). It will be merged with the tour operator company S7 Tour, also part of the S7 Group. TES, specializing in Egypt, Turkey and several other popular destinations of mass tourism from Russia, is designed to provide clientele for the charter company currently being created within the structure of the S7 Group.

The process of forming new regional election commissions has been completed On Wednesday, the Central Election Commission practically completed the formation of regional election commissions - after several scandals, the Electoral Commission of the Stavropol Territory was the last to be formed . The CEC also reappointed the head of the Dagestan election commission, Magomed Khalitov, who had difficulty trying to keep the scandalous regional elections of March 11, 2007 within the legal framework.

Album released - a guide to the Moscow metro The publishing house "WAM Books", known for its luxurious albums on art and history, as well as the magazine of the same name - World Art Museum, has released a guidebook "Moscow Metro".

The story of the legless South African runner has gone beyond modern sports South African track and field athlete Oscar Pistorius may have turned a new page in the history of modern sports. A runner without both legs, using special carbon prostheses, competed on equal terms with healthy athletes, taking part in a stage of the prestigious Golden League series.

CLUBS “Biology Live”: Brazzaville (USA), Esthetic Education (Ukraine - Belgium), “Bi-2”, DJ Alexander Nuzhdin . Two more well-known teams will take part in the festival of the B2 group. Brazzaville will play their soulful Mediterranean bossa novas, and Esthetic Education, with the help of keyboards and mannered vocals of band leader Louis Frank, will engage in aesthetic education for listeners. " B1 Maximum" , July 20, 19.00. "F...

After the European Grand Prix, McLaren will be called to account Kimi Raikkonen, having won his third victory this season two weeks ago at Silverstone, summed up the first half of the championship and at the same time opened the second. The British Grand Prix has become a staging post at which one can look back at the path already traveled and look at the prospects of the road ahead. The nine stages covered by the Circus Maximus caravan turned out to be as different as they were the same.

The Moscow region attracted $2.5 billion for construction in six months This year the Moscow region will set a record for attracting foreign investment in the construction sector. As the regional Minister of Construction Evgeniy Seregin said at an extended meeting of the board of the regional Ministry of Construction recently, in the first half of the year alone, foreign investments in construction in the region amounted to $2.5 billion.

Pavel Krasheninnikov spoke about the coming revolution in the registration of real estate rights The Sochi authorities' ban on land privatization contradicts not only federal legislation, but also the Constitution. This was stated by one of the leading Duma lawyers, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Legislation, Pavel Krasheninnikov, speaking to reporters.

The article by the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry was cut The deterioration of relations between Russia and the United States is expanding into new areas. The matter is no longer limited to disputes about missile defense, European security and the independence of Kosovo.