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• SBERBANK INCREASED ITS PROFIT CONSIDERABLY.
• THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS OF RF EXTENDED THE TERM OF THE PRIVILEGES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF CARGO THROUGH OAO "ARHANGELSKIY MARINE TRADE PORT".
• DUE TO THE COMING DISCUSSION OF THE LAND CODE OF RF A LETTER FROM RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS WAS DISTRIBUTED IN THE STATE DUMA.
• AN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR DEDICATED TO THE ECOLOGICAL PARTNERSHIP OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE BALTIC REGION OPENED IN ST.-PETERSBURG.
• THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BANK OF RUSSIA, VICTOR GERASHCHENKO, FOR THE FIRST TIME OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED THE INFORMATION ON THE ADDITIONAL ISSUANCE OF SHARES OF S
• THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREVENTING NUCLEAR DANGER, VYACHESLAV ROMANOV, WAS PUNISHED FOR HIS WORDS WHEN HE SAID THAT IN RESPONSE FOR CREATING
• THE HEADS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BODIES OF ST.PETERSBURG DISCUSSED THE SITUATION WITH THE STRUGGLE WITH CORRUPTION AT A SITTING IN THE CITY PROSECUT
• RUSSIA TRIES TO CREATE A STATE TRANSPORT- LEASING COMPANY, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE FOR BUILDING, SALE AND EXPLOITATION OF TU-214 AIRPLANES.
• THE COURT OF DZERJINSK CITY MADE A DECISION, WHICH HORRIFIED A MAJORITY OF RUSSIAN INSURERS: THE HEAD OF THE LOCAL SUBCIDIARY OF INDUSTRIAL-INSURANCE COM
• "DRUG-CRIMINALITY IN RUSSIA REACHES HUGE SCALE, CREATES A REAL THREAT FOR PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND COUNTRY'S FUTURE",-ANNOUNCED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNMEN
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RE-CYCLING OF NUCLEAR WASTE.
• GAZPROM AGREED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ACCOUNTING CHAMBER TO WITHDRAW ASSETS INVESTED IN MASS MEDIA IN FUTURE AND TO SPEND THEM FOR INCREASING GAS P
• ON MARCH 16 THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE ON ACCESS TO MAJOR PIPE-LINES DECIDED TO LIMIT, IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2001, ACCESS TO THE PIPELINES OF 83 COMPANIES W
• A PROGRAM OF COOPERATION WITH THE US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WILL HELP ST.PETERSBURG MARINSKY THEATER PRESERVE A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF MUSICAL SCORES
• THE VOLUME OF THE PRODUCTION AND SERVICES OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH WERE SOLD IN 2000 INCREASED BY 64,1% AS COMPARED TO 1999.
• LENINGRADSKIY REGION ESTABLISHED PRIVILEGES FOR INVESTORS.
• THE HEAD OF THE FILM STUDIO "MOSFILM", THE FILM DIRECTOR KAREN SHAHNAZAROV, CONSIDERS THAT THE PRIVATIZATION SCHEME FOR THE FILM STUDIO, PROPOSED BY THE M
• THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMISSION, WHICH CONSIST OF EXPERTS OF THE MINISTRY OF ATOMIC ENERGY, THE DEFENSE MINISTRY OF RF AND INDEPENDENT EXPERTS, GAVE A POSI
• STRUCTURE OF SUGAR CONSUMPTION.
• TILL 2005 THERE WILL BE NO PRIVATIZATION OF THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS.
• ST.PETERSBURG AUTHORITIES INTRODUCED TO JOURNALISTS THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE MIPIM- 2001.
• ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE WORLD BANK WERE READY TO RELEASE A CREDIT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS AT
• RUSSIA WOULD USE ONLY "POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC MEASURES" OF INFLUENCE ON USA AND EUROPE, EVEN IF WASHINGTON WITHDRAWS FROM THE AGREEMENT REDUCING ANTI-MISS
• ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. THE TOTAL COST OF THIS OPERATION IS $80 MILLION, $25 MILLION OF WHICH- IS RUSSIA'S PART. ALL THE MONEY IS ACCUMULATED IN THE INTERN
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• LONG CONFLICT BETWEEN RUSSIAN BREWERS AND CHIEF SANITARY DOCTOR GENNADY ONISCHENKO IS OVER
• RF PRESIDENT'S ASSISTANT SERGEI YASTRZHEMBSKY HANDED OVER TO BRITISH SECURITY OFFICERS VIDEO FILMS WHICH PROVE THAT BRITISH MOSLEMS TAKE PART IN MILITARY ACT
• THE STRUGGLE WITH SNOW AND ICE IN ST.PETERSBURG CAUSED IRREMEDIABLE DAMAGE TO THE ECOLOGY
• ON FEBRUARY 22 "AEROFLOT" WORKERS STAGED A PROTEST ACTION NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE IN MOSCOW.
• THE FINANCE MINISTRY HELD AN AUCTION FOR THE PLACMENT OF STATE SHORT-TERM BONDS.
• ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. THE COMMUNISTS WON THE VICTORY. THE MARGIN OF VICTORY MEANT THAT THE COMMUNISTS WOULD HOLD NEARLY 70 PERCENT OF SEATS IN MOLDAVIA'S
• THE VISIT OF VLADIMIR PUTIN TO KOREA.
• POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THIRD PARTIES FROM THE FALL OF THE MIR SPACE STATION WILL BE INSURED IN THE AMOUNT OF $200 MILLION.
• STARTING MARCH 5 CANADA ESTABLISHED ANTIDUMPING SANCTIONS AS REGARDS ZINC- COATED STEEL IMPORTED FROM RUSSIA.
• THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL NOTARY CHAMBER, ANATOLY TIHENKO, WAS KILLED IN MOSCOW.
• IN MURMANSK A COORDINATION COUNCIL FOR MUTUAL COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR AND RADIATION SAFETY IN THE TERRITORY OF MURMANSK OBLAST WAS CREATED B
• RATING AGENCY STANDARD & POOR'S RAISED THE RATING OF HARD CURRENCY BONDS OF THE FINANCE MINISTRY OF RF TO B- AND CONFIRMED THE SOVEREIGN RATING OF RUSSIA
• THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE OF RF MAXIM MEDVEDKOV ASKED REPRESENTATIVES OF ASEAN COUNTRIES TO SUPPORT RUSSIA'S ENTRY INTO THE WO
• THE VICE PRIME MINISTER OF RF ALEXEY KUDRIN SIGNED THE EXPECTED ORDER, PERMITTING ENTERPRISES TO INCREASE ADVERTISING EXPENSES 1,5 TIMES.
• THE GOVERNOR OF TAIMYR NATIONAL DISTRICT, ALEXANDER HLOPONIN, REPORTED THAT IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS THE VALUE OF NORILSKY NICKEL MAY GROW TO $8-10 BILLION
• INDIA SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR SALE OF 550 THOUSAND TONS OF GRAINS TO RUSSIA
• ST.PETERSBURG ADMINISTRATION ABANDONED THE INTENTION TO ISSUE NEW EUROBONDS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR
• MICROSOFT CORPORATION ARRANGED A PRESS-CONFERENCE IN ST.PETERSBURG, AT WHICH CERTIFICATES OF COOPERATION WERE HANDED TO LARGE SELLERS OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT
• "VOSTOKTRANSFLEET" BROUGHT AN ACTION AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF PRIMORSKIY REGION.
• LIQUOR AND VODKA PRODUCTION DECREASED BY 32% IN 2001, THE PRODUCTION OF WINE-INCREASED BY 9%.
• PRIVATIZATION IS DANGEROUS FOR THE HEALTH.
• THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT, CONTROLLING THE LEGALITY OF THE EXECUTION OF THE CRIMINAL PUNISHMENTS LIEUTENANT- GENERAL YURIY SHERBENKO SUMMED UP THE RESULTS
• OAO "BALTICA BREWING COMPANY" PLANS TO INVEST $100 MILLION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTION IN 2001.
• DURING THE NEXT TWO YEARS A COMPLETE INVENTORY AND SYSTEMATIZATION OF RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WILL BE CARRIED OUT AND A COMPLETE R
• A COURT HEARING ON THE CASE OF THE COMMANDER OF 160TH TANK REGIMENT, COLONEL YURY BUDANOV, HAS BEGUN IN THE TRIBUNAL OF NORTH CAUCASUS.
• PAYMENT FOR TELEPHONE BASED ON TIME USED WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN ST.PETERSBURG THE BEGINNING OF 2002.
• ACCORDING TO THE INSTITUTE OF CORPORATE RIGHTS AND MANAGEMENT, THREE-FOURTHS OF THE 25 LARGEST RUSSIAN COMPANIES HAVE PROVISIONS IN THEIR CHARTERS, INFRING
• THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF RF DECIDED TO COMPLICATE THE BANKRUPTCY OF COMPANIES.
• THE PROBLEM OF SICKNESS RATE AMONG ST.- PETERSBURG'S PUPILS.
• THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TERMINAL FOR HANDLING STEEL ROLLED METAL WAS STARTED IN ESTONIAN PORT OF MUUGA (NEW TALLINN PORT)
• A DRAFT PRESIDENTIAL DECREE ON THE SUPPORT OF DEFENSE INDUSTRY ENTERPRISES IS PREPARED IN THE OFFICE OF DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNMENT, ILYA KLEBANOV
• THE STATE DUMA RECEIVED FOR CONSIDERATION A DRAFT LAW ON PRIVATIZATION PREPARED BY THE GOVERNMENT
• ON FEBRUARY 23 THE VOLGORECHENSKIY PIPE PLANT WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED NEAR KOSTROMA CITY.
• THE PRODUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING GAS BY OIL COMPANIES WOULD BECOME MORE ATTRACTIVE BUSINESS.
• AFTER LONG DISPUTES THE STATE DUMA FINALLY APPROVED THE NEW WAY OF DISTRIBUTION OF THE ADDITIONAL REVENUES RESULTING FROM BUDGET- 2001 FOR THE P
• MILLION FOREIGN TOURISTS AND 1 MILLION RUSSIAN TOURISTS VISITED ST.-PETERSBURG IN 2000.
• COMMERCIAL LAUNCHES OF SPACE ROCKETS ARE PLANNED TO BE CARRIED OUT FROM THE CENTRAL SEA LAUNCHING GROUND IN NENOKS, 60 KILOMETERS FROM SEVERODVINSK.
• AT A SITTING OF THE RF GOVERNMENT A NUMBER OF MEASURES FOR SIMPLIFICATION OF STATE CONTROL OVER BUSINESS WERE DISCUSSED.
• SPECIAL COMMISSION OF THE MINISTRY FOR ANTIMONOPOLY POLICY SATISFIED THE DEMANDS OF THE UNION OF BEER PRODUCERS AND BALTIKA BREWING COMPANY, AND DECIDE
• AMERICAN BRENCO COMPANY AND EUROPEAN BEARING CORPORATION, WHICH MANAGES VOLZHSKY BEARING WORKS ANNOUNCED THE POSSIBLE FORMATION OF A JOINT-VENTURE.
• THE MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS OF SBERBANK DEMANDED A SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS.
• THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BANK OF RUSSIA DECIDED TO LIBERALIZE CONSIDERABLY THE ORDER REGULATING THE USE BY NON-RESIDENTS OF THEIR S-ACCOUNT
• TRANSPORT PRIVILEGES IN ST.-PETERSBURG.
• ALCATEL, MOTOROLA, NOKIA, PANASONIC, SAMSUNG, AND SIEMENS INITIATED A CAMPAIGN AGAINST GREY IMPORTS OF MOBILE TELEPHONES TO RUSSIA
• INFLATION IN THE CONSUMER MARKET WAS 0.8% DURING THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 1 TO MARCH 12
• MOSCOW MAYOR YURY LUZHKOV CONSIDER THE PRIVATIZATION OF ENERGY ENTERPRISES WHICH ENTER THE SYSTEM OF RAO EES OF RUSSIA IS UNNECESSARY
• 7 UKRAINE PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA PROMISED THE HEAD OF "TRANSNEFT" COMPANY, SEMEN VAINSHTOK, THAT TARIFFS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF RUSSIAN OIL THROUGH UK
• ACCORDING TO THE RESEARCH COMPANY IDC, 1,4 MILLION PCS WERE IMPORTED INTO RUSSIA IN 2000 FOR A TOTAL VALUE OF $1,3 BILLION.
• THE MINISTRY OF ENERGY ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SUPPLY OF HEATING OIL TO THE INTERNAL MARKET FOR MARCH AT A VOLUME OF 75% OF THE TOTAL VOLUME OF HEATIN
• GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE RUSSIAN NAVY REFUSED AMERICAN FILMMAKERS, WORKING ON THE FILM ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE SOVIET SUBMARINE "K-19", PERMISSION TO SHOO
• RUSSIA'S LARGEST BEER PRODUCER, BALTIKA IS TO INVEST $50 MILLION IN 2001-2002 IN THE BREWING INDUSTRY OF BELORUSSIA.
• THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT IN A HURRY TO SEND DOCUMENTS ON PRIVATIZATION TO THE STATE DUMA.
• RF MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE REPORT OF THE US STATE DEPARTMENT ON OBSERVANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE WORLD.
• THE PRICE OF OAO "SEVERSTAL" SHARES INCREASED BY 50% IN A MONTH.
• LIBERALIZATION OF CURRENCY REGULATION, I.E. A REDUCTION OF THE NORM FOR OBLIGATORY SALE OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE REVENUES FROM 75 TO 50%, MIGHT LEAD TO A