Very warm weather has settled over most of the European territory of Russia. The average daily temperature exceeds the norm by 4-8 degrees, and in the northeast of European Russia by 10-16 degrees. Summer-like high air temperatures will be observed all the way to the coast of the Barents Sea. But in the south of European Russia, rains prevent the temperature from rising, and there it is somewhat cooler than normal.

Why Poland did not want to release Soviet troops Tomorrow marks 55 years since the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, known as the Warsaw Pact, was signed on May 14, 1955 in Warsaw. The document was signed by representatives of Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. The military alliance of socialist countries was intended to balance the NATO bloc - just in May 1955, West Germany joined the ranks of the alliance.

Fortum will gain control over Gazprom's thermal power plant As Vremya Novostey was told by Gazprom Energoholding, which controls the energy assets of the gas monopoly, the Finnish concern Fortum has shown interest in purchasing the Kaunas Thermal Power Plant. The Finns intended to purchase the Lithuanian station back in 2003, but then, as a result of the competition, they were beaten by Gazprom.

On the eve of the third match of the first stage, the leaders of our team were given a rest; the rest made their own decisions about participating in the training. The Vremya Novostei correspondent managed to talk after classes with the head coach of the national team Vyacheslav BYKOV and goalkeeper Alexei EREMENKO. How is Alexander Frolov’s health? Vyacheslav Bykov: -- He has already taken part in training, and I think that he will be ready for the match with the Belarusian team.

A sliver from Newton's apple tree will be sent into space tomorrow In the program of celebrations of the British Royal Scientific Society, stretching over several months, one experiment is planned, designed to humorously recall the great role in the history of one of the leaders of this society - Sir Isaac Newton.

The IOC will re-check doping samples of the 2006 Games The International Olympic Committee (IOC) intends to recheck several dozen doping samples of the winners and medalists of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin for the presence of the banned drug of a new generation of erythropoietin - CERA. “We received additional information about the possible use of CERA in Turin before the banned drug entered the market.

After the first retirements at the start of the championship, Vitaly Petrov planned to score his first points upon returning to the European tracks. But already in China, our pilot had a brilliant race and exceeded the plan, opening his personal account in the Formula 1 individual competition. Therefore, Vitaly arrived in Barcelona without an impressive psychological burden, which became heavier with each new failure.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said yesterday that the Il-76 transport plane detained in Thailand in December 2009 was supposed to deliver weapons to Iran for the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah and the Palestinian radical movement Hamas. Mr. Lieberman did not specify the sources of his information, which was officially announced for the first time.

Child survives airbus crash in Libya Another plane crash that killed almost 100 people occurred yesterday in Libya. However, despite the terrible consequences of the tragedy, during the search and rescue operation at the crash site, a real sensation occurred - rescuers discovered a surviving eight-year-old boy, a citizen of the Netherlands. The child was taken to the hospital, and doctors yesterday assessed his condition as good.

The Russian economy may be threatened by a new wave of speculative foreign capital The world economy is beginning to gradually emerge from the crisis, and investors are again looking for the most profitable areas and countries to invest their capital. At the same time, the threats of economic overheating, forgotten during the crisis, are also returning.

Viswanathan Anand retains world title The World Chess Championship match in Sofia ended with the victory of Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand. Having confidently won the last, 12th game with classical control with Black against his opponent Veselin Topalov, Anand won the match with a score of 6.5--5.5 and retained the title of world champion. Nothing foreshadowed such a conclusion, and most chess experts were already thinking about who would be more comfortable playing rapid chess.

Conservative leader has found a partner for power Even on Tuesday morning, not a single political commentator could have imagined that Britain would have a new prime minister this evening. The Liberal Democrats broke off coalition talks with the Conservatives and switched to Labour. But there was no information about the progress of the consultations. The journalist camp in the park opposite the parliament building was bored.

The head of the Latvian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Linda Murniece, said that the police have been looking for Maxim Bakiev, the son of the ousted President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev, since Tuesday evening. This request was made by the Prosecutor General's Office of Latvia after Bakiyev Jr. was put on the wanted list by Interpol and the new authorities of Kyrgyzstan.

Gazprom and Botas continue to operate under the same conditions Based on the results of the discussion of the gas agenda during Dmitry Medvedev’s official visit to Turkey , the parties, apparently, remained at their own conclusions. Ankara did not achieve a single new concession from Moscow - a price reduction or permission to re-export gas.

Prosecutors come to Wall Street Throughout April, the entire Wall Street watched with tension as the attack by the American authorities on Goldman Sachs, accused of gambling against clients, was unfolding. The culmination was the actual questioning of the bank's head, Lloyd Blankfein, before the Senate Investigations Committee on April 27. Mr. Blankfein looked pale and did not defend himself very convincingly, but it seems that this was just a PR stunt designed to calm public opinion.