Joseph Biden brings new proposals US Vice President Joseph Biden plans to visit Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic this week. The closest ally of American President Barack Obama begins his visit to Eastern Europe from Warsaw. Biden's negotiations with the Polish leadership are scheduled for tomorrow.

The authorities of the Celestial Empire have begun implementing a grandiose project to transfer rivers In central China, the relocation of a third of a million people in Hubei and Henan provinces has begun to make way for the construction of a sluice gate and other structures that will be involved in a project to transfer water from several rivers to the arid north. The Chinese authorities have provided compensation for resettled peasants.

Lukashenko plans to visit Yushchenko Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko intends to soon visit Kyiv for negotiations with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko. The corresponding invitation was brought to Minsk yesterday by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko. The guest suggested that a meeting between the two leaders could take place in early November.

A representative of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation may become one of the deputy chairmen of the Moscow City Duma Conflicts and scandals that have not subsided since the elections are forcing the party in power to do extraordinary things.

The XXVII Russian Antique Salon is taking place in Moscow Cynically paraphrasing Skalozub’s cynical words, we admit: “The crisis contributed to the salon’s decoration.” The murky stream of things of dubious quality has become less. As a result of the crisis redistribution of collections, the neat stands of respected galleries began to display items from the first row that until recently seemed inaccessible.

CONCERTS "Picnic". Theater "Fest" , 19.00. Ash. The repertoire of song arrangements by A.-K. Jobima, Brazilian classics, as well as works by group leader Igor Nadezhdin in Portuguese. "Forte" , 21.00. Haleo (Cuba). Latin American rhythms, youthful enthusiasm and tropical temperament at Cool Train Club , 21.00. CLASSIC Autumn choir festival. D. Shostakovich, A. Schnittke, E. Podgaits, M. Bronner. Ensemble of soloists of the Moscow Choral Theater of Boris Pevzner. Conductor Boris Pevzner.

Scientists “saw” magnetism for the first time For the first time, English physicists were able to experimentally demonstrate the magnetic equivalent of electricity—magnetricity. They were able to measure the charge and current in the monopole. In addition, scientists were able to determine that monopoles can move like charged particles. Physicists call a magnetic monopole quasiparticles that have a non-zero magnetic charge, i.e. a point source of a radial magnetic field.

The Russian team has Slovenia on its way to South Africa During the draw in Zurich yesterday, the opponent of the Russian team in the fight for the right to participate in the final part of the 2010 World Cup was determined. Guus Hiddink's team will meet Slovenia in the play-offs. The first game will take place on November 14 in Moscow, and, as the general director of the Russian Football Union Alexey Sorokin said yesterday, the RFU has not yet decided on which stadium.

In Belgrade, they expect more than just moral support from Dmitry Medvedev In one day of his first visit to Belgrade as President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev will have to meet with all branches of the Serbian government - his colleague Boris Tadic, deputies of the People's Assembly and members of the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

A year in power has added pessimism to Dmitry Medvedev The time has come for Russian authorities to learn from the crisis and turn the country's intellectual advantages into economic achievements, President Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting to prepare his address to the Federal Assembly. The recipes for turning Russia into a center of innovative thought will become known in the fall, and literally every interested Russian will be able to take part in their development.

AvtoVAZ for the first time announced such a possibility in case of failure in debt restructuring The management of AvtoVAZ, despite assurances from the authorities that bankruptcy of the largest Russian automaker is unacceptable, yesterday for the first time did not rule out this extreme measure.

Jenson Button wins the championship Jenson Button, having finished fifth at the Brazilian Grand Prix, received his championship status ahead of schedule. His Brown team also won the Constructors' Championship. So simply and routinely, without enchanting victories and dramatic endings, the 29-year-old English racer first won one of the most cherished titles in world sports.

Russians trust banks with money, but do not take out loans The volume of lending to individuals has decreased by more than 12% since the beginning of 2009. This is evidenced by data from the Bank of Russia. As First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Alexey Ulyukaev said yesterday, the total loan portfolio of Russian banks has become only “slightly smaller” than at the beginning of the year.

Negotiations on a new agreement with Russia are not even halfway The meeting of the Permanent Partnership Council (PPC) of Russia and the European Union that took place yesterday in Brussels, judging by the words of its participants - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (pictured) , Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner, went quite well. However, it did not bring noticeable progress.

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Buryatia was reminded of the “resort” past The Basmanny District Court of Moscow is expected today to consider the investigation's request for the arrest of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Buryatia, Major General Vladimir Syusyura, and his deputy Andrei Shurupov, who were detained last Saturday in Ulan-Ude as part of a large-scale criminal case of smuggling.