On April 1, the northwestern region will fall behind the cyclone moving through the north of the European territory of Russia. There will be light precipitation in places at a temperature of +1...7°C. April 2 without precipitation and 0...+6оС. On April 1, the atmospheric front of the Atlantic cyclone will bring rain of varying intensity to the central region, in the north with sleet, +2...8°C during the day, in the southwest up to +12°C, in the north 0...+5°C.

The Russians told how best to resolve the territorial dispute with Atlantis The Russians' ability to take jokes was tested on the eve of April 1 by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM). The results of the study are controversial, however, judging by the figures, against the backdrop of the economic crisis, our citizens have a sharper sense of humor - without it, one cannot survive in an era of financial turbulence.

Bagnoli made a choice The new head coach of the Russian men's volleyball team, Italian Daniele Bagnoli, has decided on a list of 22 players for our national team's preliminary application to participate in the 2009 World League tournament.

Merkel and Medvedev in Berlin preparing for the G20 summit President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday, on his way to London for the G20 meeting, visited Berlin in the afternoon, where he met with Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The US State Department said it would try to diplomatically resolve the fate of two American citizens whom Pyongyang promised yesterday to bring to trial. Chinese-American Laura Ling and ethnic Korean Yuna Lee were on a business trip in China. On March 17, on the Tumangan River bordering the PRC and the DPRK, they were filming a story about refugees from North Korea, but then they were arrested by North Korean border guards.

The new government of Israel includes four immigrants from the USSR Last night, the new Israeli government was sworn in, led by the leader of the right-wing Likud party, 59-year-old Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu (pictured) . His government, created after lengthy coalition negotiations, will be one of the largest in the history of the Jewish state - it includes 30 ministers.

The new head of General Motors (GM), Fritz Henderson, believes that the likelihood of bankruptcy of the company he manages is extremely high, reports ASSOCIATED PRESS. In his opinion, GM prefers to carry out restructuring without resorting to bankruptcy proceedings, but the US presidential administration puts forward such conditions that bankruptcy may become one of the desirable prospects.

The head of Polish diplomacy saw Russia in NATO Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said that he would like to see Russia in the North Atlantic Alliance. These unexpected words were heard at the traditional “Copernican debate”, taking place in the homeland of the famous Polish astronomer in Toruń. “Russia is necessary to solve European and global problems.

Mikhalkov failed to collect a quorum for the second time The second day of the extraordinary congress of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation began with trouble - the members of the Investigative Committee, gathered by Nikita Mikhalkov from all over the country, apparently decided that the main job was done, the chairman had been elected, and simply did not come to the meeting.

“Strip Jazz” from Candy Dulfer at the House of Music One minor character in the wonderful film “We are from Jazz,” a vile bandleader, while flouting the “jazz band” at the artistic council, lamented that there are no such performers of American improvised music now, in Nepman Russia: “both women’s jazz and gypsy jazz”... If this purist had found himself almost a century later in today’s capitalist Russia, he would have swallowed his tongue.

The Synod changed the management team of the Moscow Patriarchate The result of the first meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by Patriarch Kirill, was a large-scale “castling” that occurred in the church leadership. It was obvious that the election of a new head of the church would be followed by serious personnel changes, but some of the decisions made yesterday at Moscow's St. Daniel's Monastery were unexpected.

Revenue of the world's largest banks will be at the level of 2003 The largest banks will write off about $2 trillion this year, and the growth of their profits may begin only in two years. This forecast is given by analysts at Morgan Stanley Bank and the consulting firm Oliver Wyman. They predict that 2009 will be a better year for financial companies than the previous year. This is due to improved lending conditions, as well as the stabilization of foreign exchange and commodity markets.

The spring session of the Belarusian parliament opens tomorrow. The most intriguing issue could be the consideration of applications received at the end of last year from Sukhumi and Tskhinvali to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. However, this issue has not yet made it onto the agenda of the parliamentary session.

The story of the anti-Semitic textbook for the Ministry of Internal Affairs caused a scandal The publication of “Vremya Novostey” about the Black Hundred textbook “History of the Russian State and Law. 1985-1991” published at the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs caused active discussion in the media.

Watch from April 2 on Moscow screens “To promise does not mean to marry” (USA, 2008, Ken Kwapis). The film, whose original title is a quote from Sex and the City, is created in the venerable genre of "multi-character romantic comedy with conversations": nine men and women from Baltimore sort out their relationships and from time to time their stories intersect in rather whimsical ways.