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• INFLATION IN RUSSIA WAS 20,2% IN 2000.
• THE COURT DECIDED TO POSTPONE THE PRIVATIZATION OF THE LARGEST RUSSIAN PRODUCER OF COAL-GRAPHITE, NOVOSIBIRSKIY ELECTRODE PLANT.
• THE DEFICIT OF BLOOD DONORS IN ST.-PETERSBURG BECAME CATASTROPHIC SINCE 1989.
• ENERGY MINISTRY IS GOING TO DOUBLE THE QUOTA FOR EXPORTS OF HEATING OIL.
• MDM GROUP STEADILY PURCHASES COAL COMPANIES WHICH SUPPLY COAL TO THE FAR EAST AND EASTERN SIBERIA.
• THE ARBITRATION COURT OF ST.PETERSBURG AND LENINGRAD REGION ESTABLISHED ARBITRATION MANAGEMENT FOR THE TERM OF 12 MONTHS AT RUSSIA'S LARGEST CHEMICAL
• THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT OF RF AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF KRASNOYARSKIY REGION ARE GOING TO CREATE A UNITED TRANSPORT COMPANY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF KRASN
• RUSSIA EXPORTED 176,747 BILLION CUBIC METERS OF NATURAL GAS IN 2000, WHCIH IS 6% LESS THAN IN 1999.
• THE PROPERTY FUND OF LENINGRADSKIY REGION ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS BEGUN TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMERCIAL COMPETIOTION FOR THE S
• MOSCOW ARBITRAL COURT POSTPONED FOR A HALF YEAR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE LAWSUIT OF "GAZPROM-MEDIA" AGAINST TV-COMPANY "NTV".
• THE GOVERNMENTAL RESOLUTION OF FEBRUARY 16, 2001 ALLOWS ALROSA COMPANY TO RESUME EXPORTATION OF DIAMONDS.
• IN 2000 RUSSIAN AIR COMPANIES WROTE OFF 102 AIRCRAFT, AND PURCHASED ONLY THREE PLANES AND ONE HELICOPTER.
• KIRGIZIYA IS READY TO ASSIGN THE CONTROLLING BLOCKS OF SHARES IN THE LEADING ENTERPRISES OF THE COUNTRY TO RUSSIA AS REPAYMENT OF THE STATE DEBT, REPORTED
• THE REASON FOR THE TRAGEDY OF NUCLEAR SUBMARINE "KURSK" IN THE BARENTS SEA ARE FINALLY DETERMINED, REPORTED THE STATE DUMA DEPUTY, VICE ADMIRAL VALERY DOROGI
• ST.PETERSBURG ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT GAVE A COMMISSION TO ZAO SEA WORKS "ALMAZ" TO DESIGN A NEW TYPE OF OIL COLLECTOR VESSEL.
• FEDERAL COMMISSION ON THE SECURITIES MARKET BEGAN A LAWSUIT AGAINST RAO "NORILSKY NICKEL" AND ITS MAIN SHAREHOLDER- "INTERROS" GROUP.
• MOSCOW INTERBANK CURRENCY EXCHANGE HELD THE FIRST AUCTION IN 2001 FOR THE SALE OF STATE BONDS.
• THE STATE DUMA ADOPTED THE BILL INTRODUCED BY VLADIMIR PUTIN "ABOUT THE IMMUNITY OF FORMER PRESIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES".
• THE VOLUME OF PRODUCTION OF ST.-PETERSBURG LARGE AND SMALL INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES INCREASED BY 26,4% IN 2000 AS COMPARED TO 1999.
• RF CONSTITUTIONAL COURT HAS ADOPTED AN UNPRECEDENTED DECISION: SALES TAXES ARE CONTRARY TO THE CONSTITUTION.
• THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF RUSSIA, IGOR IVANOV, APPEALED FOR CONTINUATION AND STRENGTHENING OF THE ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE TREATY.
• PRESS SERVICE OF AEROFLOT AIR COMPANY REPORTED THAT AFTER LONG TALKS AMERICAN AUTHORITIES ALLOWED SMOKING IN RUSSIAN PLANES FLYING OVER THE TERRITORY OF THE
• "ROSNEFT" HAS COMPLETED THE LARGEST TRANSACTION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AGREEMENTS ON THE SHARING OF PRODUCTION, BY SELLING ITS SHARE IN THE PROJECT
• THE MOSCOW AUTHORITIES ARE WORKING ON THE INNOVATIVE IDEA- OF DISTRIBUTING THE ENTIRE CITY'S SURFACE TRANSPORT ROUTES ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS.
• THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT ANNOUNCED THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE DEPARTMENTAL STATE UNITARY ENTERPRISES.
• THE RESERVE "LINDULOVSKAYA GROVE", NEAR ST.- PETERSBURG, WHERE THE LARCHES, PLANTED BY PETER THE FIRST, WILL COME INTO ITS PREVIOUS POSSESSIONS.
• PROCEEDS OF STATE OIL COMPANY ROSNEFT IN 2000 WAS $1 BILLION.
• CARRYING OUT OF A UNIQUE PROGRAM "AIR LAUNCH" HAS STARTED.
• CHEREPOVETS' METALLURGISTS ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TENDER FOR SALE OF SHARES IN VORKUTAUGOL.
• IN THE NEAR FUTURE RUSSIA IS READY TO RELEASE TO THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC IN BRUSSELS ITS PROPOSALS FOR NON-STRATEGIC ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE IN EUROPE, ANNO
• INTERDEPARTMENTAL GROUP OF EXPERTS FOR THE STUDY OF THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF USING WEAPONS WITH DEPLETED URANIUM BY NATO FORCES IN YUGOSLAVIA WAS CREATE
• IN NEAR FUTURE OFF-ROAD "UAZ" VEHICLES WILL INCREASE IN PRICE 1,5 TIMES DECIDED THE MANAGERS OF THE HOLDING "SEVERSTAL", THE LARGEST SHAREHOLDER OF U
• THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPT TO FIGHT CORRUPTION LEAD TO THE FACT THAT RUSSIAN OIL COMPANIES SAVED UP SEVERAL MILLIONS TONS OF "EXCESS" OIL.
• RUSSIAN FUND OF FEDERAL PROPERTY DEFINED THE CONSULTANTS OF THE PLACING OF 6,13% SHAREHOLDING OF THE OIL COMPANY "LUKOIL" ON THE FOREIGN AUCTIONS.
• RUSSIA TAKES FOURTH POSITION IN EUROPE ON THE CONSUMPTION OF INTEL PROCESSORS.
• THE STATE CUSTOMS COMMITTEE APPROVED THE CRITERIA, WHICH DETERMINE "GRAY" IMPORTS, AND CALLED IT "RISKS".
• BILL "ON POLITICAL PARTIES" WAS ADOPTED BY THE STATE DUMA ON THE FIRST READING.
• THE EBRD DEMANDED THAT LUKOIL MAKE ITS ACCOUNTING TRANSPARENT.
• RUSSIA AND YUGOSLAVIA SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY OF 1,5 BILLION CUBIC METERS OF GAS TO YUGOSLAVIA IN 2001.
• IN 2000 EXPORTS OF RUSSIAN CARS CONSIDERABLY EXCEEDED THE IMPORTS OF FOREIGN CARS INTO RUSSIA, BUT ONLY IN THE NUMBER OF CARS, NOT IN TERMS OF REVENUE.
• THE PENSION SYSTEM IN RUSSIA IS EXHAUSTED ANNOUNCED VLADIMIR PUTIN.
• THE ARBITRAL COURT OF ST.-PETERSBURG AND LENINGRAD REGION WILL CONSIDER THE LAWSUIT OF THE STATE UNITARY ENTERPRISE "INPREDSERVICE" AGAINST THE USA CONSUL
• GAZPROM AND POLISH NEGOTIATORS HAVE RECONCILED THEIR DIFFERENCES ON THE ISSUE OF CONSTRUCTION OF A GAS PIPE-LINE FROM POLAND TO SLOVAKIA AROUND UKRAINE.
• US ANALYSTS CONSIDER RUSSIA IS GOING TO PURCHASE 425 TONS OF VEAL ABROAD IN 2001,WHILE IN 2000 350 THOUSAND TONS HAD BEEN BOUGHT.
• THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION "ON THE ASSIGNMENT, WITHOUT COMPENSATION, OF SHARES BEING FEDERAL PROPERTY TO THE OWNERSHIP OF THE CITY OF
• 31 MILLION PEOPLE IN RUSSIA HAVE INCOMES LOWER THAN THE MINIMUM LIVING STANDARD.
• ON JANUARY 29 OAO "OIL COMPANY "LUKOIL"' LOST 10% OF ITS VALUE BECAUSE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF ONE OF ITS SHAREHOLDERS.
• THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE PLANS THE INCREASE OF THE LEGAL SALARY BY 15% IN CONNECTION WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE SECOND PART OF THE TAX CODE.
• THE PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE PRESIDENT OF RF IN URALSKIY FEDERAL REGION, PETER LATYSHEV, CLAIMS THAT THE EXECUTIVE BODIES OF SVERDLOVSKIY AND TUMENSKIY REGIO
• THE VOLUME OF WOOD CUTTING WILL REACH 135 MILLION CUBIC METERS THIS YEAR, REPORTED THE HEAD OF THE FEDERAL WOOD SERVICE, YURY KUKUEV.
• ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. ACCORDING TO HIM, THE ACCOUNTING CHAMBER HAS MANY CRITICISMS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MINISTRY OF STATE PROPERTY REGARDING THEI
• ACCORDING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE 160-165 THOUSAND CASES OF CARDIAC INFARCTION IS REGISTERED IN ST. PETERSBURG ANNUALLY.
• IN 2000 MONEY EXPENSES OF THE POPULATION OF RUSSIA FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOREIGN CURRENCY WERE EQUAL TO 7.1% OF THE TOTAL MONEY INCOMES, WHILE IN 1999 THE EXPE
• THERE ARE ENOUGH CURRENCY RESERVES IN THE CENTRAL BANK TO CONTROL THE SMOOTH CHANGE IN THE $USD RATE.
• THE INDEPENDENT RESEARCH CENTER "ROMIR- GALLUP INTERNATIONAL" ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS OF ITS RESEARCH ABOUT THE PREFERNCES OF RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER READERS.
• ALL 11 VICE-GOVERNORS OF PRIMORSKIY REGION RESIGNED ON THEIR OWN INITIATIVE.
• THE STATE DUMA BEGAN DISCUSSION OF AMENDMENTS TO BUDGET-2001 PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THESE AMENDMENTS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE REPAYMENT OF DEBTS TO THE P
• IN 2000 THE STATE BREAD INSPECTORATE FOR THE RF GOVERNMENT DECLARED 47 THOUSAND TONS OF GRAIN TO BE LOW-QUALITY, INCLUDING 24 THOUSAND TONS OF IMPOR
• MOSCOW ARBITRATION COURT SUSTAINED THE APPEAL OF THE JUDGEMENT DECLARING THE PRIVATIZATION OF VVO SOYUZPLODIMPORT TO BE INVALID.
• THE TOTAL ASSETS OF ST.PETERSBURG BANKS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FOR INVESTMENT GREW BY 41% IN 2000.
• THE MINISTER OF ENERGY OF RF, ALEXANDER GAVRIN, ANNOUNCED THAT RUSSIA, FOR THE TIME BEING, IS NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OIL PIPELIN
• THE MARKET FOR MOBILE W.C. IS GROWING BY 30% ANNUALLY.
• THE PRESIDENT OF RF VLADIMIR PUTIN SERIOUSLY CRITICIZED THE PRESENT STATE OF THE SPACE INDUSTRY AND SCIENCE IN THE COUNTRY.
• THE GOVERNMENT ALLOTTED THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RBL 2 BILLION FOR INTERVENTIONS IN THE GRAINS MARKET.
• THE MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED THE PROJECT OF REDUCING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES.
• A DIAMOND EXCHANGE IS BEING CREATED IN ST.PETERSBURG, THE THIRD ONE AFTER MOSCOW AND YAKUTSK.
• THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF GENERAL MOTORS, THE WORLD'S LARGEST AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, APPROVED THE CREATION OF A JOINT VENTURE WITH AVTOVAZ, RUSSIA'S LARGE
• THE STATE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNAL SERVICES .
• THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF THE CORSET PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF CIS AND BALTIC COUNTRIES TOOK PLACE IN ST.-PETERSBURG.
• IN SOSNOVIY BOR IN LENINGRAD REGION THE ENTERPRISE FOR UTILIZATION OF THE METAL RADIOACTIVE WASTES WAS PUT INTO OPERATION.
• AMONG RUSSIAN BANKS 87% ARE FINANCIALLY STABLE, 92% OF RUSSIAN BANKS ARE PROFITABLE.
• IN 2000 THE TOTAL CONSUMPTION OF ICE-CREAM IN RUSSIA DECLINED BY 3.5% AS COMPARED TO 1999, AND WAS 338 THOUSAND TONS.
• THE RESULTS OF THE SITTING OF THE STATE COUNCIL DEDICATED TO ESTABLISHING OF PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR LAND.
• LAST YEAR THE EXPENSES OF 250 THOUSAND RUSSIANS WERE ANNOUNCED NOT CORRESPONDING TO THEIR INCOMES.
• THE NEW HOLDING "EUROPEAN BEARING CORPORATION", WHICH CONSISTS OF VOLGOGRAD AND MOSCOW BEARING PLANTS, WILL SELL SOME OF ITS ENTERPRISES, WHICH PRODUCE OT
• THE STATE DUMA COMMITTEE OF NATURAL RESOURCES DID NOT SUPPORT THE BILL WHICH WOULD HAVE INCREASED BY 40% THE RESERVE OF NATURAL RESOURCES WHICH MAY BE USED
• THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHECHEN OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR FOUND TRACES OF THE CAPTURED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ORGANIZATION "DOCTORS WITHOUT BOUNDERS", KE
• STARTING FEBRUARY 13 THE REGISTRATION OF DOMAINS IN THE RUSSIAN SEGMENT OF THE INTERNET WILL BECOME 30% CHEAPER AND WILL COST $24.
• THE SHARES IN IRKUTSTENERGO WERE ASSIGNED TO THE OWNERSHIP OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
• 3,600,000 FOREIGN GUESTS VISITED ST.PETERSBURG IN 2000.