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• ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. NEW "AIRPLANE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION" WOULD BE CREATED NEXT YEAR IN RUSSIA.
• PRESIDENT PUTIN IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THE REFORM OF THE BANK SYSTEM IS GOING.
• AEROFLOT ENTERS THE WORLD SECURITIES MARKET.
• THE GROWTH OF THE POPULATION'S DEPOSITS IN THE BANKS.
• INFLATION WAS ONLY 1.5% IN NOVEMBER.
• MOSCOW HELICOPTER WORKS NAMED AFTER M.L. MIL, RUSSIA'S OLDEST HELICOPTER BUILDING ENTERPRISE, HAS AGAIN BECOME CONTROLLED BY THE STATE.
• CARGO TERMINAL IS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN THE MAIN AIRPORT OF ST.PETERSBURG, PULKOVO.
• "RENAULT" COMPANY WORKED OUT A PROGRAM FOR THE ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF 140 THOUSAND "DACIA" CARS IN MOSCOW.
• IN JANUARY THE BUDGET OF RF WOULD BE EXECUTED WITH A DEFICIT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS, ANNOUNCED MIKHAIL KASYANOV.
• AN EXPERIMENT WITH THE SALE OF LAND LOTS IN ZELENOGRAD, A SUBURB OF MOSCOW, FAILED.
• THE PRESIDENT OF RF V.PUTIN INTRODUCED TO THE STATE DUMA THE BILL "ON POLITICAL PARTIES".
• ST.-PETERSBURG GOVERNMENT APPROVED THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF KRONSHTADT FOR THE PERIOD UP TO 2020.
• IN 2000 THE TOTAL SALES VOLUME OF METALS OF OAO NORILSKY NICKEL WAS MORE THAN $5 BILLION.
• IN 2000 FUEL AND ENERGY ENTERPRISES OF RUSSIA EXTRACTED 323.3 MILLION TONS OF OIL, WHICH IS 17.9 MILLION TONS MORE THAN IN 1999, AND 584.4 BILLION CUBIC MET
• THE CENTRAL BANK CREATES A GROUP FOR SUPERVISION OVER THE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE OF BANKS, REPORTED THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PRUDENTIAL SUPERVISION OF
• PRIME MINISTER MIKHAIL KASYANOV FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTION OF VLADIMIR PUTIN SIGNED A GOVERNMENT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN INCREASE IN PENSIONS IN RUSSIA B
• INDUSTRIAL DECREASE WAS CONNECTED WITH RUBLE STRENGTHENING.
• THE GOVERNMENT OF RF WILL RAISE THE EXPORT DUTIES FOR SUNFLOWER SEEDS FROM 10% TO 20%.
• ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. ONLY 5% OF THE RESPONDENTS CONSIDER THAT THE FOREIGN FILMS "ARE VERY INTERESTING" AND "USEFUL". 30% OF THE RESPONDENTS THINK THAT T
• BY THE END OF 2001 THE HIGHLY-TOXIC OXID OF THE ROCKET PROPELLANT MELANGE, WHICH IS AT PRESENT KEPT ON THE TERRITORY OF THE CITY OF VLADIVOSTOK IN THE WA
• FEDERAL COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED A COMMITTEE TO RESTRUCTURE THE RAO "ES OF RUSSIA".
• AMOUNT OF CURRENCY CASH RECEIVED BY THE RUSSIA AUTHORIZED BANKS IN NOVEMBER 2000 HAS DECREASED BY 8.3 PERCENT DOWN TO 3.3 BILLION DOLLARS
• NET PROFIT OF OAO SVYAZINVEST WAS RBL 124.113 MILLION FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 2000, THAT IS 117.31% MORE THAN IN THE SAME PERIOD OF THE PREVIOUS Y
• THE TOTAL CAPITAL OF THE BANKING SYSTEM OF RUSSIA GREW BY 59.2% DURING THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF 2000 - UP TO RBL 268.1 BILLION.
• MARKETS
• THE CONCEPT OF RESTRUCTURING OF RAO EES OF RUSSIA, APPROVED IN GENERAL AT THE GOVERNMENT SITTING ON DEC 15, 2000, AND SENT FOR FURTHER ELABORATION.
• ST.PETERSBURG NEWS
• OAO "BREWERY COMPANY 'BALTIKA'" ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD FOR PRODUCTION BY A DOMESTIC BREWERY- THE VOLUME OF ITS PRODUCTION IN 2000 REACHED 1 BILLION LITER
• THE SITUATION WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF MODERN TYPES OF ARMAMENT IN THE MILITARY- INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
• THE DEPUTY PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE PRESIDENT IN THE SOUTHERN FEDERAL REGION, VICTOR KRAHMAL SENT A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF RF WITH THE PROPOSITION OF ES
• ST.-PETERSBURG MAY FIND ITSELF ON THE VERGE OF A FINANCIAL CATASTROPHE IN 2001.
• THE CREATION OF MARINE CENTERS WOULD BECOME ONE OF THE PRIORITIES OF THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS IN 2001.
• VYBORG SHIP BUILDING WORKS BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF THE LARGEST DRILLING PLATFORM.
• AN EXPORT OF CAPITAL IS THE KEY PROBLEM OF THE COUNTRY.
• THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO ADD NEW DEPOSITS TO THE LIST OF THE DEPOSITS WHICH MAY BE DEVELOPED ON PRODUCTION SHARING CONDITIONS.
• THE CONSULTANT OF RF PRESIDENT MIKHAIL ILLARIONOV SAYS RUSSIA SHOULD SERVICE IN THE FULL AMOUNT ITS DEBTS TO THE PARIS CLUB.
• THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE NEW 160 PASSENGER AIRPLANE TU-234 IS PLANNED FOR APRIL 2001.
• THE RESULTS OF THE WORK OF THE METALLURGIC INDUSTRY FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
• OFFICERS OF THE COURT BEGAN THE ARREST OF THE PROPERTY OF THE STATE ENTERPRISE "KRASNOYARSKAYA RAILWAY", EXECUTING THE DECISION OF THE REGIONAL ARBITRATION C
• THE DEMAND OF IMF, CONCERNING THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE BANK OF RUSSIA FROM THE CHARTER CAPITAL OF VNESHTORGBANK IS UNREALIZABLE.
• WILL INVEST 330 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE EAST "SIBERIAN OIL COMPANY".
• ASSETS OF 30 LARGEST RUSSIAN BANKS REACHED 1 TRILLION 503 BILLION RUBLES.
• THE MINISTRY OF TAXES AND FEES TOGETHER WITH THE FEDERAL TAX POLICE HAVE DECIDED TO CARRY OUT JOINT ATTACKS ON THE SO-CALLED ONE-DAY FIRMS.*
• DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 2000 THE RATIO OF LOANS GIVEN TO NATIONAL INDUSTRY TO THE TOTAL ASSETS OF LOAN ORGANIZATIONS GREW INSIGNIFICANTLY.
• THE LAST ROUND OF RUSSIAN-AMERICAN TALKS ON STEEL TRADE HAD NO RESULTS.
• THE GOVERNMENT HAS ADMITTED THE NEED FOR THE FREE SALE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND.
• THE PROJECT OF CONSTRUCTION OF NEW AIRPORT COMPLEX "PULKOVO" WAS LAUNCHED IN ST.PETERSBURG.
• ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. THE MAIN PRIORITIES OF THE STATE DEFENSE ORDER OF 2001 WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DESIGN. IT MEANS
• THE FEDERAL ENERGY COMMISSION DECIDED TO RAISE THE PRICE FOR NATURAL GAS AGAIN.
• THE GOVERNMENT WILL HELP FOREIGNERS IN RUSSIAN PRIVATIZATION.
• STARTING FROM JANUARY 1, 2001 SEVERAL PRIVILEGES FOR BUSINESS WILL BE ABOLISHED.
• THE NUMBER OF NATURAL AND TECHNICAL CATASTROPHES WOULD INCREASE IN 2001 AS COMPARED TO 2000.
• ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. THE PRIME MINISTER STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD NEVER ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULDN'T PAY DEBTS. HE EXPLAINED TODAY'S SITUATION AS
• THERE WILL BE LESS RUSSIAN ROLLED METAL IN EUROPE.
• TATARIA INCREASED STATE PARTICIPATION IN A NUMBER OF JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES HAVING PURCHASED SHARES IN THE AMOUNT OF $10-11 MILLION.
• THE INTERNATIONAL RATING AGENCY, MOODY'S, IS GOING TO LEAVE IN 2001 THE LONG-TERM LOAN RATING OF ST.PETERSBURG FOR EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL OBLIGATIONS
• STARTING FROM JANUARY 29 THE OIL COMPANY "YUKOS" WILL START TO DISTRIBUTE INTERMEDIATE PROFITS IN THE AMOUNT OF RBL 1,26 PER SHARE FOR 2000.
• ACCORDING TO THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES, ALEXANDER DONDUNKOV, EMIGRATION OF RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS AND EXPERTS DECREASED 4 TIMES DURI
• THE PRESIDENT OF RF RECALLED FORM THE DUMA HIS OWN LIBERAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CRIMINAL- PROCEDURE CODE.
• THE PRESIDENT OF TATARSTAN MINTIMER SHAYMIEV CONSIDERS THAT THE QUESTION OF THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AT A SPECIAL M
• POSITIVE TRADE BALANCE OF RUSSIA DURING THE FIRST ELEVEN MONTHS OF 2000 WAS 53.9 BILLION DOLLARS.
• SURPLUS OF FEDERAL BUDGET FOR THE LAST TEN MONTHS WAS 170.2 BILLION RUBLES.
• THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 2000 SHOW THAT THE NET PROFIT OF OAO LUKOIL AND 22 DAUGHTER COMPANIES, INCLUDED IN THE UNIFIED REPORTING, WAS RBL 4
• RUSSIAN MARKET OF TIRES FOR PASSENGER CARS IS ABOUT 18 MILLION ITEMS A YEAR.
• LEGISLATION
• RUSSIANS KNOW WELL THE PRESIDENT OF BELORUSSIA ALEXANDR LUKASHENKO.
• ENVIRONMENTAL & ECOLOGY
• THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PERMITTED THE INDIAN COMPANY ONGC VIDESH LTD, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE STATE-OWNED "OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORP.", TO INVEST $1,7 BI
• THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TUNNEL-BRIDGE PASSAGE, WHICH WILL CONNECT SAKHALIN WITH THE CONTINENT, WILL BE STARTED IN THE SECOND HALF OF 2001.
• THE PRIME MINISTER OF RF MIKHAIL KASYANOV SIGNED THE RESOLUTION, ABOLISHING THE RATE OF EXPORT DUTY ON COPPER CONCENTRATE, WHICH CONTAINS MORE THAN 0,6% A
• THE EXPERTS KNOW THE REASON OF THE WRECK OF THE SUBMARINE "KURSK", ANNOUNCED THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF CKB "RUBIN" IGOR SPASSKIY.
• THE GOVERNMENT'S RESOLUTION PROHIBITING THE PRODUCTION OF OZONE-DESTROYING SUBSTANCES TOOK EFFECT.
• THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN EX-IM BANK DECIDED TO INCREASE ITS GUARANTEES OF TUMEN OIL COMPANY FROM $197.6 MILLION TO 231.5 MILLION.
• IN 2000 THE VOLUME OF EXPORTS OF WEAPONS AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT WAS ABOUT $3.75 - 3.8 BILLION, ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY EVALUATIONS, REPORTED THE FIRST
• MOSCOW GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO ESTABLISH A NEW SYSTEM OF LOANS TO AMO "ZAVOD IM. LIHACHEVA", BY WHICH THE SHARES AND REAL ESTATE OF THE WORKS WILL BE GIVEN
• AMERICAN COMPANY INTER AMERICAN RESOURCES IS GOING TO INVEST $100 MILLION IN THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING CENTERS IN ST.PETERSBURG.
• ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. THIS YEAR UNDER THE PROGRAM OF STATE LOANS THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE WILL ISSUE BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF RBL 91 BILLION. THERE WILL BE ISS
• THE SELLERS OF ACCESSORIES FOR MOBILE PHONES ARE HAPPY: THE HAND-FREE SETS ARE IN GREAT DEMAND.
• THE MONEY, WHICH THE MINISTRY OF PROPERTY EARNED FOR THE BUDGET-2000.
• TAX PRIVILEGES, WHICH WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM LARGE INVESTORS AT THE END OF DECEMBER 2000, WILL BE RETURNED.