On the folk calendar, it is Indian summer, the season opens with Semyon (September 14). “If the Indian summer becomes rainy, then the subsequent period of autumn will be dry and sunny. If the weather is clear on Semyon, the whole autumn will be rainy, but if the day turns out to be stormy, it will be a dry autumn.” On Semenov Day, the central regions of European Russia will be in the rain zone.

The northerners joined Russia, Spain and Serbia in the Euro 2007 semi-finals Following the results of the second group stage of the European Championship held in Russia for the first time, the hosts Finland, Spain and Serbia reached the semi-finals of the tournament. Yesterday's late evening match between Russia and Finland no longer had any sporting significance. Immediately after its completion, the playoff draw took place.

Chronicle of sporting events The Major League of the Russian Chess Championship, held in Krasnoyarsk according to the Swiss system, is entering a decisive phase - there are only two rounds left. The qualifying nature of the tournament for the super final of the national championship, taking into account the density of the leading group, largely determines the tactics of the competitors.

Oleg Blokhin's team lost its chances of getting to the European Championship The Ukrainian national team, which surprised with its performance at last year's World Cup, will not be included in the Euro 2008 participants. After the home loss to the Italians, our neighbors still had theoretical, too theoretical, chances of qualifying from Group B. As at the World Cup, the Italian team turned on the red light for the Ukrainian team.

A new election coalition has emerged in the country Yesterday, representatives of political parties and movements signed an agreement to create an electoral coalition “Motherland - Patriots of Russia”. The coalition was created on the basis of the Patriots of Russia party , headed by State Duma deputy Gennady Semigin. The coalition included the Party for the Revival of Russia of Gennady Seleznev and “Great Russia,” which was denied official registration by the Ministry of Justice in the summer.

The government of Mikhail Fradkov was greeted with applause President Vladimir Putin, having asked ex-Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov to work until the approval of the new head of government, obviously wanted to demonstrate complete and final “continuity of course” until the last second.

The US has stored a 14-ton bomb for Iran The United States may try not only to crush Iranian military power and put an end to Tehran’s nuclear program, but also to turn the territory of this country into a testing ground for the latest types of weapons .

A jury has been formed that will judge the “Bitsa maniac” The Moscow City Court yesterday held a procedure for selecting jurors who will hear the case of the so-called “Bitsa maniac” - Muscovite Alexander Pichushkin, accused of 49 murders and three attempted murders. Yesterday he himself abandoned one of his lawyers - Roman Shirkin, who, in his opinion, protects not him, but the interests of the prosecutor's office.

Exhibition of Alexander Samokhvalov in the “Ark” gallery Like many artists of the revolutionary era, Alexander Samokhvalov is remembered by the people as the author of one painting - “Girl in a T-shirt” (mid-1930s). This painting can be called a brand of the era, the same bundle of energy of its time as, for example, “Mona Lisa” the first, “Mona Lisa with a mustache” by Duchamp, “Mona Lisa” in acid posters by Andy Warhol or “Daughter of Soviet Kyrgyzstan” by the artist Chuikov .

The British taught Guus Hiddink a lesson Guus Hiddink's Russian team suffered its first defeat in an official match. In London, at the renovated Wembley, the Russians were defeated by the England team - 0:3. In a month, however, Hiddink's team will have a chance to take revenge - on October 17, the British will travel to Moscow, where on the artificial turf of the Luzhniki Stadium they will try to get a ticket to the European Championship ahead of schedule. “It was a good lesson.

FAS decided to write rules for cooperation between banks and insurers The Federal Antimonopoly Service decided to accommodate banks and insurance companies that enter into agreements with each other to provide financial services to private borrowers.

The EU will wait for the results of the Ukrainian elections Today the 11th Ukraine-EU summit will take place in Kyiv. It will be attended by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, head of government Viktor Yanukovych, as well as top officials of the European Union - Prime Minister of Portugal, which is presiding over this half-year, Jose Socrates, EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, and Head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who announced his resignation on Wednesday, was yesterday admitted to a clinic where he will spend several days with nervous exhaustion and acute gastritis (“apparently due to the stress of recent months,” his doctor said). Abe left office after a series of scandals surrounding his ministers and due to the inability to cope with the resistance of the opposition, which controls the upper house of parliament and blocks cabinet initiatives.

Russia demands the release of peacekeepers arrested in Georgia As the anniversary approaches the sharp deterioration in Georgian-Russian relations that followed the detention of four Russian officers on suspicion of espionage in Tbilisi at the end of September 2006 , it becomes clear that the crisis is not over.