In the coming days, the European territory of Russia will be divided among themselves by an Atlantic cyclone, whose power will fall into the northern regions, and an anticyclone, the center of which will be located in the Urals. Due to the cyclone, there will be rain in most of the north-western regions, heavy in some places on Tuesday. On Monday, wind gusts will reach 15-20 m/s in some places, and temperatures during the day will range from 4 to 9 degrees Celsius.

Professionalism, the ability to use your abilities wisely and the absence of serious injuries in big sports sometimes lead to better results than incredible talent. It is very correct that Sergei Fedorov has now become the best sniper of the National Hockey League among Russians. Fedorov, now playing for the Washington Capitals, set his record on Sunday night.

Russians Maria Mukhortova - Maxim Trankov became third at the Grand Prix stage in the USA Russian figure skaters Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov won bronze at the Grand Prix stage in Everett, America, which officially opened the figure skating season. Oleg Vasiliev's students lost to the winners of the tournament in pair skating - 2008 world champions Alena Savchenko - Robin Szolkowy from Germany by about 12 points.

A new “conception” of history and a moral crisis Still, the discussion provoked by the authors of the “Concept of the Course in the History of Russia 1900-1945” (see “Vremya Novostey” of August 25, September 9 and October 7) , which is supposed to be the basis of the new textbook, is fruitful in every sense. The very fact of the emergence of the concept of a “rational” approach to the “Great Terror” of the late 30s indicates certain shifts in our social consciousness.

A representative of Gazprom will head Sakhalin-2 for the start of gas supplies The Gazprom board reviewed the progress of the Sakhalin-2 project and confirmed the monopolist’s intentions to ensure full operational control in it.

European observers are inviting themselves to Abkhazia and South Ossetia Yesterday, Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh accused Georgia of launching “large-scale terrorist activities” on Abkhaz territory.

In Northern England, extreme competition participants gathered in the mountains for two days The 40th mountain marathon, which has been held in late October in the Lake District National Park in north-west England since 1968, was the most extreme ever.

September 24 -- October 24, 2008 “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of “Vremya Novostei” and the “Medialogia” company, are ratings of political figures who are most actively discussed in the federal press and on central TV channels.

On Saturday, Muslim Magometovich Magomaev died in Moscow. The legendary singer suffered from coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis. In July I was hospitalized for the third time. But Magomayev preferred not to linger in hospitals and was treated on an outpatient basis. I was optimistic about my health... Singer, songwriter and born artist Muslim Magomayev was born on August 17, 1942 in Baku. Almost everyone in his family is professional musicians.

Dynamo Riga plays two of its KHL calendar matches (October 26 with Ak Bars and October 27 with Lada) in Finland. Club President Viestur KOZIOLS, in a conversation with Vremya Novostei correspondent Oleg EREMINS, explained why his team decided to play abroad, to whom Dynamo is inferior in popularity in Latvia, and what he thinks about the organization of the Northern League in Europe. - You decided to play a home match in Espoo, Finland.

Slowing capital outflow is not a guarantee against devaluation In October, capital outflow from Russia slowed down, and banks are less actively buying foreign currency and taking it abroad, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Alexei Ulyukaev said on Saturday. However, according to experts, the size of capital outflow is not the only threat of a significant devaluation of the ruble in the coming months.

Israel awaits early parliamentary elections The head of Israel's ruling Kadima party, 50-year-old Tzipi Livni (pictured), failed to repeat the political fate of the legendary Golda Meir by heading the Israeli government. Yesterday, at a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres, Ms. Livni officially announced that she was forced to stop trying to form a ruling coalition . This means dissolving the Knesset (parliament) and holding early parliamentary elections.

Pereslavl Railway Museum opens unique routes of communication with history I remember in Soviet times, the dream of all the boys was to get and assemble in their apartment a toy East German (GDR) railway, which was sold piece by piece in the Detsky Mir store (which is now about to be dismantled). Using your imagination, you could create your own travel routes from complex combinations of rails and landscapes laid out on mock-ups.

Rosoboronexport again came under sanctions from the US State Department On October 23, the US State Department imposed economic sanctions for a period of two years against the Russian state intermediary in the trade in arms and military equipment - the Rosoboronexport company and all its subsidiaries.

Russia invites China to make cultural cooperation mutual On the eve of negotiations between the Prime Ministers of Russia and China Vladimir Putin and Wen Jiabao, which begin tomorrow in Moscow, a meeting of the bilateral commission on cultural, scientific and humanitarian cooperation was held in the Russian capital. As a result of its work, protocols on cooperation in the fields of tourism and education were signed.