Due to the blocking anticyclone, very hot weather with a huge positive air temperature anomaly will continue in most of the European territory of Russia. It will be relatively comfortable only in the extreme northwest, where atmospheric fronts of cyclones, forced to bend around the anticyclone from the west and north, can break through. In the North-West region, intermittent rain, in some places thunderstorm with wind of 15--18 m/s, +26...+32оС, in some places up to +35оС.

RFPL is concerned about air smoke The Russian Football Premier League sent a request to the Research Institute of Pulmonology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation with a request to assess the current environmental situation in Moscow and the regions of the country from the point of view of the health safety of competition participants (football players, coaches) and spectators during the events scheduled for the coming weekend days of football matches of the Russian Championship,

Today in the ritual hall of the Botkin Hospital at ten o'clock a memorial service will begin for the famous historian, American scholar Anatoly Ivanovich Utkin. He died at the age of 66 on the night of January 19. The funeral will take place at Khovanskoye Cemetery at 12.30. Anatoly Utkin, director of the Center for International Studies at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, had a high scientific reputation in the expert community.

In September, the UN General Assembly will consider a Serbian draft resolution proposing that Belgrade and Pristina begin new negotiations “on open issues.” Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said yesterday that Moscow will support this document. These words were voiced on the eve of a meeting on the same topic at the UN Security Council. The meeting passed in disputes.

US attempts to achieve “pressure measures” against the Islamic Republic of Iran remain unsuccessful. As the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, said the other day, “Russia stands for finding political ways to resolve the Iranian nuclear problem.” Moscow and Beijing continue to resist pressure from Western countries seeking a new tightening of sanctions against Iran.

CONCERTS Jazz In Motion Festival: Mariam and Armen Merabov, Anton Gorbunov and the Day of Creativity group, Alexey Kuznetsov trio, Eteri Beriashvili and the Eteri Jazz group. Artcafe “Durov” , 20.00. Anthrax (USA). A metal band that is one of the Big Four thrash metal bands (along with Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer). "B1 Maximum" , 20.00. Dir En Gray (Japan). "Point" , 20.00. Les Lapins Superstars (France). A real Brass-band from Paris, a mixture of funk, afrobeat and jazz.

"Odnoklassniki" on Moscow screens As children, they played basketball in a neighborhood team and idolized their coach, who, after the time allotted to him by the supreme referee, went to another world. And the already grown-up “children from our yard” gather for cremation. Lenny Spader (Adam Sandler), a Hollywood agent who works with either Brad Pitt or Hulk Hogan and is the father of three children who sold their underage souls to computer games with gratuitous violence...

European banks are preparing for the best Reports from European banks exceeded analysts' expectations thanks to a reduction in the volume of bad debts in the first half of the year. This compensated for the drop in profits in the investment market caused by the debt crisis in European countries.

Power struggle intensifies in Kyrgyzstan The Kyrgyz capital again froze in anxious anticipation. Today the next people's kurultai is expected to be held in Bishkek. “This time it will be real,” the 24.kg news agency quotes a certain Kubanychbek Amanaliev, who introduced himself as a member of one of the political parties that supported the forum. This hitherto unknown figure believes that in recent years the concept of “kurultai” has been distorted in the republic.

Documentary films at different latitudes The international festival of documentary and animated films “Message to Man” was recently held in St. Petersburg. It traditionally attracts many guests and participants from different countries. Our correspondent Anton SAZONOV met with some of them to find out how things are going in their countries with such an acute problem for Russia as the financing and production of documentary films. It turned out that it is different for everyone.

Russia and Belarus hastily deny news from Iran about S-300 deliveries Yesterday two news came from Iran, although not confirmed, but capable of mobilizing the population of this country to fight the “external enemy”. The report, carried by some local agencies and then picked up by Western reporters, spoke of an assassination attempt on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his trip to the city of Hamadan.

The draft general scheme for the development of the Russian gas industry contains a description of the numerous risks of gas liquefaction on the peninsula One of the main complaints about the previous version of the draft general plan for the development of the Russian gas industry for the period until 2030, sent by the government for revision last summer, is the lack of a clear plan in the field of liquefaction and export of natural gas.

Doku Umarov is Emir again Russian terrorist number one, the so-called Emir of the Mujahideen of the Caucasus, Doku Umarov, has firmly established himself this week among the people most often mentioned in the media. On Monday, news of his resignation as emir for health reasons spread like wildfire.

Danny's only goal is saved by Zenit at Petrovsky St. Petersburg Zenit barely made it to the last qualifying round for the group stage of the Champions League. Luciano Spalletti's team, which was counting on success in Europe, was almost stopped at the start by the Romanian Unira. Only Danny's only goal in two matches allowed Zenit to win a minimal victory - 1:0. It turns out that it was not in vain that Zenit was in a hurry to buy Portugal national team defender Bruno Alves.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led by John Kerry, postponed the vote on the treaty with Russia from this week to September 15 or 16. We are talking about a recommendation to ratify or not the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START).