The "Orange" government will do the impossible The results of early parliamentary elections in Ukraine have not entered into legal force . Last night, the Supreme Administrative Court prohibited the Central Election Commission from publishing their results in the official media - “Voice of Ukraine” and “Governmental Courier”.

Exhibition by Diana Machulina at the Gelman Gallery “Whose fly is this?” - a question formulated by Ilya Kabakov in the early period of his creativity (the title of one of his most famous paintings “Anna Evgenievna Koroleva: “Whose fly is this?” - Ed. ) still remains on the agenda in Russian contemporary art. The young generation of artists strictly follows the precepts of their older colleagues, recognizing loyalty to tradition as a sign of stable progress.

The corporate war between the shareholders of the Russian insurance company Ingosstrakh is flaring up with renewed vigor . Yesterday, the owner of 38.5% of the insurer's shares, PPF Investments, announced that it rejects the accusations made in the media by the majority shareholder of Ingosstrakh, the Basic Element holding. Allegedly, PPF Investments illegally acquired shares of an insurance company owned by the companies Investment Initiative, Vega and New Capital.

The Russian team won a strong-willed victory over England Football Russia has acquired another memorable date. October 17 will go down in the history of the Russian national team as the day of victory over England - 2:1. Now it depends only on Guus Hiddink and his players whether yesterday's match at Luzhniki will become truly historic.

Britain drags the world into the fight for Antarctica While the United Russia Duma members, who staged a reality show last summer with the planting of the Russian flag on the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, are preparing for re-election on a jingoistic wave, British diplomats are going to start fighting for the shelves at the opposite pole of the earth, trying not to attract public attention.

Best British Novel of 2007 announced at London's Guildhall On the last day before the Booker final, the obsessive inscription “Favorites – Ian McEwan and Lloyd Jones” flashed on the award website for so long that in the end even close relatives stopped believing in the possibility of their victory.

"A Just Russia" may cease to exist in the Sverdlovsk region The conflict between the Sverdlovsk branch of A Just Russia and the federal leadership is over - State Duma deputy Evgeny Roizman left the party . He informed the electorate about his decision via LiveJournal. “I’ve made a decision - I’m leaving A Just Russia.” I just don't want to have anything to do with it. And I would also like to forget... This was the first time in my life that I entered somewhere. And how lucky!..

On the second attempt, senators voted for two-level higher education After heated debates, the Federation Council yesterday, by a majority vote, nevertheless approved a law introducing a two-level system of higher education in Russia - bachelor's and master's degrees. Moreover, the senators’ opinion changed 180 degrees during one plenary session, which does not happen very often in Russian parliamentary practice.

Gazprom reduces investments in the development of the Bovanenkovskoye field Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Board of Directors for Production Issues Alexander Ananenkov yesterday held an off-site meeting on the development of the Bovanenkovskoye field. It should give a start to the development of gas resources of a new province - the Yamal Peninsula - and become a worthy replacement for the depleting reserves of the Nadym-Purtazovsky region.

Roszdrav counted the number of idle medical equipment All medical equipment that was supposed to be delivered to the Russian regions as part of the national project “Health” and installed in medical institutions (health care facilities) in the summer will be in place by the end of the year .

The International Monetary Fund did not keep track of Russian inflation The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts a slowdown in economic growth in Russia . According to the fund's experts, Russian GDP will grow by 6.5% next year, and not by 6.8%, as predicted three months ago - in July.

Europe adopts a fundamental law and learns to talk to Russia At the two-day EU summit opening today in Lisbon, its participants will most likely archive the draft European Constitution. The document failed in 2005 in referendums in France and the Netherlands will be replaced by another agreement. It is not so ambitious, but it is efficient enough to prevent the constitutional paralysis of a united Europe.

On Thursday, a cyclone will determine the weather across most of European Russia. And only in the south the anticyclone promises sun and warmth. In the northwestern regions there are occasional rains, temperature +5...+11оС. In the center of European Russia there will be mostly no precipitation, but in the north and west of the region there will be rain, the temperature will be within +6...+12°C.

President Alexander Lukashenko's remarks about the untidiness of Jews drew criticism from the Israeli ambassador. “If you have been to Bobruisk, you have seen the state of the city. It was scary to go into it! There was a pig pen! It was mainly a Jewish city. Well, you know how Jews feel about the place where they live. Look in Israel,” Alexander Lukashenko said at a press conference for Russian regional journalists last Friday.

Turkish parliament approves military operation in Iraq Turkey's parliament has authorized Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government to operate for a year in northern neighboring Iraq . The decision was made last night by 507 deputies of the ruling and all opposition parties except one - the Party of Democratic Society. Its 19 representatives, mostly Kurds, voted against the resolution, which has the force of law.