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• ONE OF THE LARGEST RUSSIAN AUTOMOBILE WORKS, GAZ, HAS SUMMED UP THE RESULTS OF LAST YEAR.
• 231ST AUCTION ON SALE OF LAND IN SARATOV TOOK PLACE AFTER THE DISPUTED REGIONAL LAW HAD BEEN ADOPTED.
• OFFER AND DEMAND IN ST.PETERSBURG LABOR MARKET DIFFER A LOT.
• THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE LARGEST RUSSIAN COMPANY - OAO GAZPROM - REM VYAHIREV ANNOUNCED, THAT GAS MONOPOLIST WAS LIKELY TO BE SPLIT
• THIS WEEK ROSVOORUZHENIYE COMPANY IS GOING TO CONCLUDE A CONTRACT WITH THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT FOR THE SUPPLY OF 300 TANKS DURING 2000.
• THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BANK OF RUSSIA ANNOUNCED A SHARP REDUCTION OF THE BANK OF RUSSIA LOAN RATE - FROM 55% TO 45% A YEAR. THE
• AMERICANS WERE ALLOWED TO ARRANGE THE MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS AT THE LOMONOSOV PORCELAIN WORKS.
• IN 1999, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS, MORE THAN 1 MILLION SQUARE METERS OF RESIDENTIAL ESTATE WAS PUT INTO OPERATION IN ST.PETERSBURG.
• SHIP BUILDING FIRM "ALMAZ" STARTED EXECUTION OF EXPORT ORDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF TWO MILITARY SHIPS, "ZUBR", TO GREECE.
• CONTROL OVER IMPORTS INCREASES.
• SINCE THE BEGINNING OF ANTI-TERRORIST OPERATION IN CHECHNYA IN SEVERAL MONTHS "ABOUT RBL 5 BILLION HAVE BEEN SPENT", REPORTED THE FIRST DEPUTY
• THE COMMITTEE OF CITY PROPERTY OF ST.PETERSBURG IN THE NEAR FUTURE WILL ARRANGE A TENDER WITH INVESTMENT CONDITION FOR SALE OF 60% SHARES IN
• STARTING NOW IT IS PROHIBITED FOR THE STATE MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISES TO USE INCOMES FROM THE LEASE OF THEIR PROPERTY FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES.
• ST.PETERSBURG BALTIC WORKS RECEIVED REAL CHANCE TO RESUME WORK ON CONSTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR ICE BREAKER, "50 LET POBEDY", WHICH IS ONE OF
• THE MINISTRY OF MEANS OF COMMUNICATION IS GOING TO ABOLISH ALL PRIVILEGES FOR TARIFFS FOR CARGO CARRIAGES.
• RAO "EES ROSSII" WILL RECEIVE SHARES IN GRES-2 IN EKIBASTUZ AS A PART OF MUTUAL SETTLEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY BETWEEN THE RUSSIAN
• THE TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS OF RUSSIAN REGIONS TO STATE EMPLOYEES IS RBL 5 BILLION, AND THE AVERAGE DELAY IN PAYMENT OF WAGES IS 1.2 MONTHS.
• THE DEPUTY HEAD OF RF MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT FOR STRUGGLE WITH ECONOMIC CRIME, I. GALIMOV, ANNOUNCED THAT HIS MINISTRY
• A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION OF LENINGRAD NUCLEAR STATION AND PERSONNEL CONCERNING WAGES CONTINUES.
• RAO "EES ROSSII" BECAME THE OBJECT OF INTENSIVE PRESSURE BY THE GOVERNMENT.
• VETERINARY INSPECTORATE OF RUSSIA HAS ABOLISHED A BAN ON IMPORTS OF MEAT FROM BELGIUM.
• THE FINANCE MINISTRY PROPOSED NOT TO LIMIT THIS YEAR THE VOLUME OF BONDS, WHICH MAY BE ISSUED BY THE BANK OF RUSSIA.
• FISH PRODUCTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $700 MILLION WERE ILLEGALLY EXPORTED FROM RUSSIA, REPORTED NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE COMMITTEE ON FISHING,
• CHECHEN FIGHTERS OFFER STRONG RESISTANCE TO ATTACK DETACHMENTS OF FEDERAL FORCES IN GROZNY.
• THE ASSOCIATION OF RUSSIAN BANKS HAS SENT A LETTER TO ACTING PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN WITH SUGGESTIONS TO TAKE A NUMBER OF MEASURES FOR
• ACTING PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS SIGNED A DECREE CONCERNING PAYMENTS TO THE PENSION FUND*.
• THE RF GOVERNMENT GAVE THE TULA CONSTRUCTION BUREAU FOR INSTRUMENT MAKING THE RIGHT TO CARRY OUT EXTERNAL TRADE WITH MILITARY PRODUCTS
• OAT CROPS IN RUSSIA HAS BEEN REDUCING TO A CATASTROPHICALLY SMALL FIGURE.
• DURING THE VISIT OF THE CHINA DEFENSE MINISTER, CHI HAOTYAN, TO THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL RUSSIA PROPOSED TO CHINA A PARTNERSHIP IN THE JOINT USE
• THE TOTAL SUM OF MONEY SAVINGS OF THE RUSSIAN POPULATION WAS RBL 478 BILLION ON JAN 1, 2000, AGAINST RBL 432.2 BILLION ON DEC 1, 1999 AND
• IN 2000 THE EXTRACTION OF GOLD IN RUSSIA WILL INCREASE BY 8-10% AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
• THE SALES VOLUMES OF THE GERMAN CONCERN BMW AG IN THE RUSSIAN MARKET DECLINED BY ONE FORTH LAST YEAR.
• RF TRANSPORT MINISTRY AND RF TRADE MINISTRY HAVE DECIDED TO LOBBY IN THE STATE DUMA NEW AMENDMENTS TO THE LAW "ON THE AGREEMENTS ON THE
• A QUESTION ON ESTABLISHING CERTAIN SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA BECAUSE OF ACTS OF FEDERAL FORCES IN CHECHNYA WON'T BE DISCUSSED AT AN "URGENT
• THE GOVERNMENT ADOPTED STATE DEFENSE ORDER.
• MORE THAN RBL 300 MILLION WERE TRANSFERRED BY BAILIFFS TO THE FEDERAL BUDGET LAST YEAR.
• THE RF GOVERNMENT ON ITS SEATING HAS DECIDED ON CONTINUATION OF EXPLOITATION OF "MIR" SPACE STATION.
• CUSTOMS CHANGES IMPORT DUTIES FOR CHICKEN.
• THE BEST TRAM AND TROLLEYBUS FOR ST.PETERSBURG WILL BE CHOSEN AT AN OPEN TENDER ANNOUNCED BY THE CITY AUTHORITIES AMONG NATIVE AND FOREIGN
• IN 1999 MOSCOW DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF TAXES AND FEES CHECKED 1288 BANKING AND LOAN ORGANIZATIONS AND FOUND CASES OF DELAY IN
• THE CAPACITY OF THE INVESTMENT MARKET IN RUSSIA FOR THE PERIOD UP TO 2002 IS ABOUT $2000 BILLION.
• MOSCOW CITY DUMA ADOPTED IN THE FIRST READING A LAW "ON STATE DEBT OF THE CITY OF MOSCOW".
• THE MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTRIES, WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, AT THE MEETING IN BRUSSELS HAVE DECIDED TO
• ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. THE VOLUME OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION INCREASED BY 2.4% LAST YEAR AND WAS RBL 624.8 BILLION. DESPITE SEVERE DROUGHT,
• RUSSIA PAID $372.7 MILLION TO THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND IN JAN.
• THE DEPUTY MINISTER ON TAXES AND FEES DMITRY CHERNIK HAS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO ABOLISH SALES TAX OR
• ETHNIC GERMANS REMOVED DURING THE STALIN GOVERNMENT FROM RUSSIA TO KAZAKHSTAN, RETURN AGAIN TO OUR COUNTRY.
• IN FEB OF 2000 AN EXPERIMENTAL SHOP FOR BOTTLING OF WINES WITH THE CAPACITY OF 1.5 THOUSAND BOTTLES PER HOUR WILL OPEN AT "NATIONAL WINE
• EUROPEAN COMMISSION, FOLLOWING THE RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN UNION, HAS REDUCED THE QUOTA FOR IMPORTS OF SOME KINDS OF