Cold air entered the European territory of Russia. In the next 24 hours, an anticyclone will determine the weather in the north-west of European Russia. At night the temperature will drop to +3...+8оС, in the Leningrad region to -1оС, during the day to +16...+21оС. On weekends, the temperature will rise at night to +8...+13оС, during the day to +17...+22оС.

The day after tomorrow marks seventy years since the conclusion of the Soviet-German non-aggression pact. On August 23, 1939, in Moscow, in the presence of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, this document was signed by the heads of the diplomatic departments of the USSR and Germany, Vyacheslav Molotov and Joachim von Ribbentrop (later this agreement began to be called the “Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact”; in the West it is called the “Hitler-Ribbentrop Pact”) Stalin").

Tomorrow a monument to the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin will be erected in Riga's Kronvalda Park. This will be one of the main events during the celebration of the 808th anniversary of the capital of Latvia, which will take place this weekend. Initially, they wanted to erect the monument on June 6, when the 210th anniversary of the poet’s birth was celebrated, but elections to the European Parliament and local municipalities were scheduled for this day in Latvia.

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The head of Sberbank German Gref joined the negotiations on the purchase of Opel Today, the results of negotiations in Detroit between the management of the American automaker General Motors and the top officials of the Russian-Canadian consortium Magna-Sberbank, which is vying to purchase the German asset of GM - Opel, should be known.

Tymoshenko promises to “snatch” Ukraine’s energy independence The heating season in Ukraine promises to be extremely hot. The presidential election campaign is taking place in an “all against all” format, with sharp statements being made that could at any moment undermine the fragile balance of constructive cooperation with Moscow in the energy sector.

The Russian Orthodox Church opposed the presence of Protestant pastors in the army The discussion about the place and role of regimental priests in the Russian army has become another reason for an interfaith dispute on an eternal topic: who should be considered a traditional religion and who should be attributed to newfangled teachings imported from abroad.

Yunus-Bek Yevkurov again begins to rule Ingushetia According to Vremya Novostey, the President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov plans to arrive in the republic today after a rehabilitation course. Within two months, the President recovered from severe wounds received as a result of the assassination attempt on June 22 of this year. Yunus-Bek Yevkurov is expected to fly to Magas airport and then hold a working meeting.

Waiting for the start of the new season For many years now, before the start of the next theater season, summing up the results of the previous one, critics have begun to complain that now the main theatrical impressions are associated not with the current capital premieres, but with festivals, and, they say, it is on them that the results should be summed up.

On August 12, Vremya Novostey published an article “The United States has come in earnest and for a long time,” where a number of Russian experts talk about some kind of “NATO usurpation of UN functions” in Afghanistan. In this regard, I would like to note that the United Nations has played and continues to play a central role in resolving the situation in Afghanistan, including issues of economic and social reconstruction of this country.

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Two leasing contracts for the supply of Russian aircraft to domestic airlines were signed yesterday in Zhukovsky as part of the MAKS-2009 air show. Yesterday, the Russian government decided to increase budget subsidies to airlines participating in such transactions by one and a half times. Unlike the first day of MAKS on Tuesday, when the Russian military entered into large-scale contracts for the purchase of combat aircraft, yesterday's day of the show was dedicated to commercial aviation.

The authorities have denied rumors of ethnic clashes in the Stavropol Territory In the village of Pelagiada, Shpakovsky district, Stavropol Territory, on Wednesday evening there was a mass fight between local residents - Dargins (one of the Dagestan nationalities) and Russians. As a result, one person was killed and several were injured. However, the scale of the massacre remained a mystery. Initially it was reported that about 300 people fought, but then denials followed.

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A troupe gathering was held at the capital's Youth Theater Alexey Borodin and his theater perceive these difficult times for everyone as a challenge and are going to respond with as many as 16 premieres in the beginning season. Almost half of them will be staged by students of Sergei Zhenovach, who graduated from the Russian Academy of Theater Arts this year, that is, the theater is relying on young directors.