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.

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.

Only communists are going to oppose Putin’s report in the Duma Parliamentary factions are preparing for the first government report in the history of Russia for 2008, which Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will speak at an additional plenary meeting of the State Duma on Monday, April 6. He will also tell deputies about the government's anti-crisis program.

Dinara Safina benefits from Serena Williams' misfire A major tournament with the participation of the strongest tennis players in the world continues on the courts of Miami. The prize fund in the women's Premier Mandatory competition and the men's Masters is the same - $4.5 million each. 96 players each started fighting for the title in the main draws.

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 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 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.

The investigation found the alleged participants in the attempt on the life of the head of the Samara Regional Court The UPC announced yesterday that it had uncovered an attempt on the life of the chairman of the Samara Regional Court, Lyubov Drozdova. Last November, she was seriously wounded by an unknown assailant near her home, spent more than two months in intensive care, and only returned to work last Monday.

“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.

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.

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 G20 will try to drive the bankers into a corner and change the IMF beyond recognition Tomorrow, the leaders of the world's leading economies, united in the G20, meeting in London, will answer whether they are ready to decide on a “global deal” in the face of the global crisis. The idea of ​​a “global deal” was proposed in February by the host of the summit, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. He believes that at the G20 level, club members should coordinate their anti-crisis programs.

Rosneft began to operate at a loss Russia's largest oil company, Rosneft, suffered financial losses in the fourth quarter. According to RAS reporting, its loss amounted to 65 billion rubles. During the year, the company received 141.4 billion rubles. net profit is 12.8% less than last year. However, according to the GAAP standard, which gives a clearer picture of its financial position, Rosneft's profit for 2008 amounted to $11 billion.

In the government's anti-crisis plan, experts have not found ways to implement it The government’s anti-crisis program, which has now been put up for wide discussion, is well written, decided the participants of the round table “Questions to the government’s anti-crisis plan,” held yesterday at RIA Novosti. The only thing that confuses them is the lack of guarantees of its implementation.