At the end of the week in the north-west of European Russia the weather will be damp, with precipitation of rain and sleet, windy, with air temperatures around zero degrees. In the middle zone it will warm up on Friday, and on the weekend there will be precipitation, it will be slushy and damp. On Friday, precipitation is expected in the northwestern region, +3...-2оС during the day. In the central regions there is mostly no precipitation, during the day -1...-6оС.

Ukrainian coalition may be short-lived Today in Ukraine the first meeting of the Rada, elected in early elections on September 30, will take place. It is expected that within the walls of parliament the creation of an “orange” coalition will be officially announced as part of the presidential bloc “Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense” (NUNS) and the “Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc” (BYuT). In a coalition of 228 deputies, Ms. Tymoshenko will receive the post of prime minister.

Russia and Croatia, leaving England behind, created the loudest sensation of Euro 2008 The defeat of the England team at Wembley was the only surprise in the last round of the 2008 European Championship qualifying round. All the other teams, whose fate was in their hands, solved their problem: the teams of Turkey, Sweden and Portugal, together with Russia, became the last winners of the European qualifying campaign. Group "A".

The great choreographer Maurice Bejart has died Maurice Béjart was the main unrealized chance of Soviet ballet. The history of the 20th century passed our theaters by - they created their own local stories, sometimes interesting, sometimes even great, but not integrated into the process in any way and viewed by the rest of the world with a somewhat wary interest.

"Beowulf" on Moscow screens “Truly! From time immemorial we hear the word about the valor of the Danes, about the Danish kings, whose glory was won in battle!” The famous Anglo-Saxon epic of the 7th century about the brave Gautian knight Beowulf, who defeated the monstrous Grendel and accomplished many other glorious feats, appeared on screens more than once, but was almost never read canonically.

The largest Russian pipe manufacturer - Pipe Metallurgical Company - has its eye on a new investment target. It was the state-owned Polish pipe plant Walcownie Rur Jednosc Mill (WRJ), which produces seamless pipes.

Exhibition of Igor Shelkovsky at the Fine Art gallery Even before emigrating in 1977, Igor Shelkovsky was a mature and very bright artist, but unlike most of his friends and colleagues in unofficial art, he did not gravitate towards social themes and literature in his work, and complex conceptual designs did not particularly attract him.

The head of the Moscow department of Rosselkhoznadzor was again accused of bribery The Tverskoy Court of Moscow yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of four high-ranking employees of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) in Moscow and the Moscow region.

Russian festival in Nice played with stamps The poster for the ninth festival of Russian art in Nice features a pickled cucumber on a hook. It is green below, shamelessly flushed above. There is an inscription across it: Rusk-off. To be honest, it’s hard to imagine a more monstrous picture, but the French fall for the provocation: this year’s program, as the organizers explain, is built around cliches and stereotypes. As is the game, so is the poster: here you go!

Chronicle of sporting events Hockey. NHL. Regular season . "Phoenix" -- "Los Angeles" -- 4:1 -- Frolov "L-A" (0+1), "Anaheim" -- "Dallas" -- 2:1 -- Zubov "D" (0 +1), “Minnesota” – “Vancouver” – 2:4, “Detroit” – “St.

Russia defeated Korea and became the sole leader After four playing days of the World Cup, this tournament of the strongest teams on the planet finally has a sole leader.

United Russia wins TV debates without participating in them Quite unexpectedly, the United Russia party became the winner of the pre-election television debates. And this despite the fact that for the second Duma campaign in a row, United Russia members refused to conduct public political discussions , reserving the free airtime allocated for them by law for commercials.

Yesterday, Gernot Erler, Minister of State at the German Foreign Ministry, completed a two-day visit to Moscow. The diplomat visited the Russian capital to hold political consultations and get acquainted with the situation on the eve of the State Duma elections. Yesterday, the guest met with the leadership of the Russian Foreign Ministry, and when discussing international problems, the main attention was paid to the Kosovo settlement.

Jonathan Safran Foer. "Extremely loud & extremely close." Translation from English Vasily Arkanov. M.: "Eksmo", 2007. Princeton graduate Jonathan Foer became famous at the age of 24 after the release of the novel “Full Illumination,” receiving all possible literary awards, the opportunity to be republished in thirty languages, and a Hollywood film adaptation.

Pakistani opposition did not stop Musharraf Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday rejected the last of six opposition lawsuits against General Pervez Musharraf's re-election to a second presidential term. This removed the last obstacle to Musharraf becoming president for the next five years. The previous five lawsuits were heard on November 19.