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• THE VOLUME OF PRODUCTION BY THE DEFENSE COMPLEX OF RF INCREASED BY 30,8% FOR THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF 2000 AS COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD OF 1999.
• 281 THOUSAND INFRINGEMENTS OF THE RULES FOR THE USE AND PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS WERE REVEALED IN 1998 ON 20,3 MILLION SQUARE HECTARES.
• THE STATE DUMA HAS DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT THE NECESSITY FOR MILITARY REFORM AND THE REDUCTION OF THE ARMED FORCES.
• RUSSIA'S LARGEST PRODUCER OF PERFUMES AND COSMETICS, OAO "KALINA" CONCERN,, HAS SOLD 16.67% OF ITS SHARES FOR $10 MILLION.
• RUSSIA HAS COMPLETED THE CONCLUSION OF BI- LATERAL TREATIES WITH - PARIS CLUB MEMBERS FOR THE REPAYMENT OF THE SOVIET DEBT IN 1999- 2000.
• THE DRAFT OF THE STATE DUMA RESOLUTION ON ECONOMIC AMNESTY WAS SENT FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE PARLIAMENT CHAMBER.
• THE FIRST DEPUTY MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MIKHAIL KIRPICHNIKOV REPORTED THAT THE AVERAGE AGE OF SCIENTISTS IN THE COUNTRY INCRE
• THE GOVERNOR OF ST.PETERSBURG VLADIMIR YAKOVLEV HAS SIGNED THE CITY LAW "ON UNIFIED TAX FOR IMPLIED INCOME FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF ACTIVITY".
• "TUMENSKAYA OIL COMPANY" WAS CALLED THE BEST OIL-GAS COMPANY OF THE WORLD-2000.
• THE BANK OF RUSSIA SOLD ALL THE PLANNED VOLUME OF HARD CURRENCY AT THE SECOND CURRENCY AUCTION AT THE MINIMUM RATE RBL 30,2/ 1USD.
• AN IMPORTANT DECISION WAS MADE TO AUCTION THE RIGHT TO EXPORT OIL AT A MEETING OF THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL BALANCED COMMISSION.
• REALISTIC MARKET VALUE OF RAO "ES OF RUSSIA" IS ABOUT 5.5 BILLION DOLLARS.
• IN 2001 RUSSIA WILL USE 25 PERCENT OF THE BUDGET TO PAY EXTERNAL DEBTS.
• BEER PRODUCTION IN RUSSIA WAS INCREASED BY 23 PERCENT.
• "SVYAZINVEST" HAS MADE A SENSATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE WAYS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES AND RUSSIAN COMMUNICATION'S MARKET AS
• ACCORDING TO THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES OF RF, IVAN GLUMOV, THE SOURCE OF RAW MATERIALS OF THE ALLUVIAL GOLD IN RUSSIAN ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS IS E
• RUSSIA'S NULLIFYING THE AGREEMENT OF 1995- "GORE- CHERNOMYRDIN"- ABOUT MILITARY-TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND IRAN.
• DOCUMENTS OF THE THREE LARGEST ST.-PETERSBURG BANKS- PROMSTROYBANK, BALTONEXIMBANK AND BALTIYSKIY BANK- WERE SEIZED ON NOVEMBER 23.
• THE FEDERAL TAX POLICE HAS BEGUN THREE CRIMINAL CASES OF TAX EVASION AGAINST THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ENTERPRISES OF NORILSKY NICKEL GROUP, MAGNITOGORSK METAL
• THE CB'S RATE FOR DEC 11 - RBL 27.95 PER 1 USD
• MOSCOW AUTHORITIES HAVE RAISED THE SALES TAX.
• THE FUND OF STATE PROPERTY OF UKRAINE RELEASED THE LIST OF COMPANIES WHICH ARE PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INVESTMENT TENDER FOR THE RIGHT TO PURCHASE 75
• THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES IN ST.PETERSBURG WILL SOON EXCEED THE NUMBER OF CONSULATES IN MANY WORLD CAPITOLS.
• THE LEGAL CASE OAO "GAZPROM" VS ZAO "MEDIA- MOST" IS CLOSED.
• THE INFLATION IN RUSSIA DECREASED TO 1,5% IN NOVEMBER AS COMPARED TO OCTOBER, WHEN IT WAS 2,1%.
• RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT DISCUSSED PROBLEMS OF CIVIL AVIATION ON THE GOVERNMENT'S MEETING.
• DUTCH COMPANY LGB TO INVEST 67.1 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE NOVOSIBIRSKY REGION.
• MOSCOW'S CURRENCY RATING HAS BEEN RAISED.
• THE GENERATION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY IN RUSSIA WILL BE INCREASED BY 3.5 PERCENT BY THE END OF 2000.
• FRENCH COMPANY DANONE, ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST FOODSTUFF PRODUCERS, OPENED ITS OWN DAIRY PRODUCE PLANT IN CHEHOV, SITUATED NEAR MOSCOW.
• ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. THE FUND INDEX OF THE RUSSIAN TRADE SYSTEM WENT DOWN TO 166,24 POINTS, WHICH COINCIDES WITH THE LEVEL OF FEBRUARY 2000 . THE COMMON SH
• THE NEW BILL ON PRIVATIZATION, WHICH WOULD TAKE EFFECT AT THE END OF DECEMBER.
• "LENENERGO" CONTINUES TO SWITCH OFF THE ENERGY ON ST.- PETERSBURG ENTERPRISES-DEBTORS.
• RUSSIAN VICE PRIME MINISTER ILYA KLEBANOV RELEASED DETAILS OF FUTURE OPERATIONS FOR THE LIFTING OF KURSK SUBMARINE, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT SUM
• EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES HAS SIGNED THE FIRST AGREEMENT OF COOPERATION WITH RUSSIAN VNESHTORGBANK SINCE THE CRISIS OF 1998.
• THE HEAD OF THE FEDERAL COMMISSION ON THE SECURITIES MARKET REPORTED HE CONSIDERS IT NECESSARY TO STRENGTHEN THE LIABILITY FOR THOSE WHO MAKE USE OF
• THE RUSSIAN FUND OF FEDERAL PROPERTY HAS SUMMED UP THE RESULTS OF THE SALE OF 30.9% OF SHARES IN ZARUBEZHNEFTEGAZSROY AT A SPECIAL AUCTION.
• THE RAILWAYS MINISTRY REPORTED ON THE OPENING OF DAILY HIGH-SPEED TRAIN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MOSCOW AND ST.PETERSBURG.
• "NORILSKIY NICKEL" IS GOING TO FINISH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NICKEL PLANT "LAS CAMARIOCAS" ON CUBA.
• MOSCOW HOSPITALS ARE SHORT OF BLOOD FOR OPERATIONS.
• ACCORDING TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF "VNESHTORGBANK", YURIY PONOMAREV, THE PRIVATIZATION OF "VTB" MAY OCCUR BY VARIOUS METHODS OVER THE NE
• RAO "ES OF RUSSIA" AND FINNISH COMPANY "FINGRID OYJ" SIGNED A CONTRACT TO CONSTRUCT NEW POWER LINES.
• INFLATION FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER IS EXPECTED TO REACH ABOUT 1.5 TO 1.7 PERCENT; INFLATION FOR THE YEAR 2000 SHOULD BE ABOUT 20 PERCENT.
• INDUSTRY PRODUCTION INCREASED BY 9.6 PERCENT IN LAST ELEVEN MONTHS.
• THE AMERICAN OIL COMPANY CHEVRON DECIDED TO CREATE ITS OWN DISTRIBUTOR NET FOR THE SALE OF MACHINE OIL IN RUSSIA.
• AO "GAZPROM" WORKED OUT THE PROGRAM OF ESTABLISHING OF THE BALANCED GAS PRICES BY 2010, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE FOR THE EQUAL PROFITABILITY OF THE GAS SUPPLIES T
• THE MAIN QUESTIONS OF THE ENERGY STRATEGY OF RF UNTIL 2020 WERE DISCUSSED AT A MEETING OF THE CABINET.
• A BILL "ON THE KEEPING OF DOGS IN ST.-PETERSBURG" WAS DISCUSSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY.
• THE MAJORITY OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF NORILSKY NICKEL ARE FOR RESTRUCTURING.
• THE AMOUNT OF THE EXTERNAL DEBT OF RUSSIA, PROVIDED BY THE BUDGET 2001, IS $148 BILLION.
• DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE DRAFT BUDGET- 2001 THE STATE DUMA VOTED AGAINST THE AMENDMENT, WHICH PROHIBITED THE CENTRAL BANK FROM ISSUING ITS OWN SECURITI
• IN MINSK VLADIMIR PUTIN AND ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO HAVE SIGNED A TREATY ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIFIED CURRENCY FOR THE UNION OF RUSSIA AND BELORUSSIA AND
• THE REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE OF ALL RUSSIA UNION OF INSURANCE COMPANIES IN THE NORTH WEST OF RUSSIA HAS SUMMED UP THE RESULTS OF THEIR ACTIVITY DURING THE FI
• ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF PROSECUTOR GENERAL, THE LARGEST RUSSIAN TV COMPANY "ORT" STARTING FROM 1996 DID NOT PAY THE CUSTOMS DUTIES FOR THE IMPORT OF THE
• THE PRODUCTION OF SEAFOOD IN RUSSIA HAS BEGUN TO DECLINE.
• THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SALE OF THE AGRICULTURAL LANDS WOULD BE PLACED OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE LAND CODE.
• "KRAFT FOODS" TO OPEN A PLANT IN NOVGOROD REGION.
• THE INFLATION IN RUSSIA FROM DECEMBER 1 TO 18 WAS 0.9 PERCENT.
• PRODUCTION OF NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN RUSSIA INCREASED BY 25 PERCENT.
• TUMENSKAYA OIL COMPANY AND AMERICAN COMPANY TEXASO SIGNED AN AGREEMENT FOR CREATION OF A JOINT VENTURE FOR THE BUILDING OF SHOPS AND FILLING STATIONS IN
• THE VICE-PRIME MINISTER, VICTOR HRISTENKO ANNOUNCED THAT THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD BECOME "THE CHIEF DEPARTMENT CONTROLLING AGREEMENTS
• ACCORDING TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PENSION FUND, MIKHAIL ZURABOV, THE PENSIONS IN RUSSIA IN 2001 WILL BE INCREASED BY 35- 40%.
• THE PRESIDENT OF RF, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SIGNED A DECREE "ON THE RAISING OF MONTHLY WAGES OF JUDGES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OFFICE OF PROSECUTOR".
• ANDREW CORPORATION, ONE OF THE LARGEST WESTERN INVESTORS, PREPARES TO SELL THE CONSOLIDATED BLOCK OF SHARES IN THE MAJORITY OF ITS RUSSIAN COMPANIES.
• DRUG TAKER WITH TEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE EXPLAINED THE DRUG MARKET IN MOSCOW TO AN "IZVESTIYA" JOURNALIST.
• NEW CUSTOMS RATES ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE EFFECT ON JAN 1, 2001.
• THE PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA AND UKRAINE HAVE SIGNED A MEMORANDUM ON THE PROBLEM OF THE DEBT OF UKRAINE FOR GAS.
• ON NOVEMBER 23 THE PLANT FOR PRODUCING OF SOLID FUEL FROM THE WASTE OF OIL PRODUCTS AND PEAT-MINERAL MIXTURE- "TIHVIN-ET" OPENED IN TIHVIN, SITUATED NEAR
• RUSSIAN AIRLINES "DOMODEDOVSKIYE AIRLINES", "KRASNOYARSKIYE AIRLINES", "CHELYABINSKIY AIR ENTERPRISE" AND "AVIAEXPRESSCRUISE" SIGNED AN AGREEMENT AB
• RUSSIAN FISHERMEN UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO CHANGE TO ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO INCREASE THE CATCH.
• THE PRIME MINISTER OF RF MIKHAIL KASYANOV SIGNED A DECREE ABOUT THE PRIVATIZATION OF 50 MILLION OF THE COMMON SHARES OF OAO "OIL COMPANY "LUKOIL"
• ALROSA COMPANY TO OPEN TRADE CENTER IN ISRAEL.
• ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. RUSSIA AND FINLAND ARE EXPECTED TO RESTRUCTURE THE 32 MILLION DOLLAR DEBT OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION TO FINLAND.
• GENERATION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY BY THE END OF 2000 WILL EXCEED THE MAXIMUM ELECTRIC ENERGY EVER GENERATED BY THE FORMER SOVIET UNION AND WILL REACH ALMOS
• ON NOVEMBER 24 THE FRIGATE BUILT FOR THE INDIAN NAVY WAS LAUNCHED AT THE BALTIC PLANT IN ST.-PETERSBURG.
• SEVERAL DAYS AGO THE LAST GAZ AUTOMOBILES WERE SOLD IN TEXAS.
• THE BUDGET WOULD RECEIVE RBL 30 BILLION INSTEAD OF THE PLANNED RBL 21 BILLION FOR PRIVATIZATION.
• THE MAJORITY OF "ST.-PETERSBURG" AMENDMENTS TO RUSSIAN BUDGET-2001, INTRODUCED BY THE FRACTION "YABLOKO", WERE COORDINATED WITH COMMITTEES OF THE DUMA AND WI
• GERMAN COMPANY FERROSTAAL AND GAZPROM ANNOUNCED THE CREATION OF A NEW JOINT VENTURE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF METHANOL.
• THE COMBAT READINESS OF THE HELICOPTERS OF LAND FORCES' AVIATION IS ONLY 30%, AND IT HAS BEEN FALLING RAPIDLY BECAUSE OF LACK OF ASSETS FOR MODERNIZATION, T