The President discussed his future message with the leadership of the Federation Council Dmitry Medvedev, as part of the preparation of the annual presidential address to the Federal Assembly, yesterday met in the Kremlin with members of the Council of the Chamber of the Federation Council and listened to proposals that legislators consider the most relevant.

The Russian army needs to prepare personnel and material resources for a new command and control system The shortcomings of the Russian military command and control system are widely known. The example of the commander of the 58th Army, General Khrulev, who a little more than a year ago, during the war with Georgia, led a column to release Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia, became a textbook example.

The trial for the murder of Magomed Evloev has begun The Karabulak District Court of Ingushetia yesterday began a new trial of the scandalous case of the August 31, 2008 murder of the famous Ingush oppositionist, owner of the website “Ingushetia.ru” and member of the Moscow Bar Association, Magomed Evloev. Previously, the Nazran district court of the republic could not make a decision on this high-profile case, all of whose judges recused themselves.

Iceland is not ready for accelerated market liberalization Iceland, which suffered more than other Western countries from the financial crisis, seems to be starting to emerge from it. This was facilitated by a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the amount of $2.2 billion. However, now the authorities will have to follow the recommendations of the IMF, in particular, limit freedom in the foreign exchange market.

Today, as well as on November 7 and 10 (beginning at 20.00), the School of Dramatic Art theater, directors Alexander Ogarev and Oleg Glushkov, as well as the unique theater choir of the ShDI under the direction of Svetlana Anistratova are presenting Alexander Manotskov’s opera “Guidon” based on texts by Daniil Kharms.

The recent warming of Russian-Polish relations may come to naught due to verbal moves by Polish officials, in particular statements by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski. The head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Konstantin Kosachev, called them “absolutely unacceptable” and fraught with a “cooling” of relations between Moscow and Warsaw. He calls on the Russian Foreign Ministry for a “clear and very tough” response.

"Upper Lars" scared the Georgian opposition The National Security Council of Georgia will one of these days consider the feasibility of restoring the Kazbegi - Upper Lars checkpoint on the North Ossetian section of the state border with Russia, 38 km from Vladikavkaz and 149 km from Tbilisi. Georgia considers it the only legal checkpoint on the land border with Russia, since it does not recognize the checkpoints in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Only Russia and Germany remain to approve the construction of a gas pipeline across the Baltic The solidarity of the Baltic countries, which until now has often been considered one of the main risk factors for the Nord Stream project, has played into the hands of the initiators of the construction of a gas pipeline from Russia to Germany along the bottom of the sea.

On November 6, the northwestern region and central zone of European Russia will remain on the outskirts of the anticyclone. Significant precipitation is not expected, slight frosts will grip the air at night, and daytime temperatures will be close to 0°C. On November 7, a cyclone approaching from the west will in some places cause light precipitation and a slight increase in temperature; at night it will be close to 0°C, during the day 0...+5°C.

Sheremetyevo's third terminal will open in February Aeroflot plans to officially open Sheremetyevo's new third terminal on February 9, 2010, the anniversary of the founding of the Russian civil air fleet, Vitaly Savelyev, CEO of Russia's largest airline, said yesterday. The same date is considered the birthday of Aeroflot itself. Previously, airline representatives expected to put the third terminal into operation on January 1 of the new year. Mr.

The ECB intends to wind down anti-crisis programs Financial regulators of the eurozone and the UK yesterday left base rates unchanged - 1 and 0.5% per annum, respectively. At the same time, the European Central Bank, following the example of its colleagues from the United States, announced its intention to curtail some anti-crisis programs. In this regard, the euro exchange rate began to rise again yesterday.

Rubin and CSKA have the same chances of reaching the playoffs and being eliminated from the tournament After the fourth round of the Champions League, the first participants in the playoffs and the first losers of the tournament, who are unlikely to achieve anything, were determined. In many matches, the last minutes decided which clubs would join which category.

Moscow is calm about the plans of the former Yugoslav republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to become a NATO member. The decision on this “needs to be made by the Bosnians themselves,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo after negotiations with his colleague Sven Alkalaj.

The Russian team managed to show character The Russian national hockey team went to Finland and played the first match as part of the second stage of the Eurotour against a local team. In a dramatic struggle, losing 0:3 during the game, our hockey players equalized the score, and then were stronger in the shootout. The current stage of preparation for the Olympics is not very successful for the team of Vyacheslav Bykov and Igor Zakharkin.

The failed deal to purchase Opel became a “lesson for Russia” General Motors' refusal to sell its German asset, Opel, to the Canadian-Russian consortium Magna-Sberbank came as a surprise not only to the market, but also to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. But this does not harm Russia’s interests, he said yesterday at the government presidium. “This speaks to the peculiar relationship of American partners with their counterparties,” the prime minister added.