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• THE BANK OF RUSSIA FOR THE FIRST TIME PROHIBITED NON-RESIDENTS TO BUY BONDS OF SEVERAL RUSSIAN COMPANIES WITH THE HELP OF FROM S-ACCOUNT ASSETS
• THE RESULTS OF THE AUCTION FOR THE SALE OF THE FISHING QUOTAS IN FAR EAST WATERS
• THE PRIME MINISTER MIKHAIL KASYANOV SIGNED THE DECREE ABOUT ABOLITION OF THE STATE'S RIGHT (THE RIGHT TO A "GOLDEN SHARE") TO CONTROL THE LARGEST COAL COMPA
• THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE SANITARY INSPECTORATE OF ST.-PETERSBURG PROPOSED THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION WASH THE CITY AFTER THE WINTER
• THE ECOLOGICAL COMMITTEE OF VORONEJ CITY BROUGHT A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE ENERGY MONOPOLIST OF VORONEJSKIY REGION OAO "VORONEJENERGO", DEMANDING IT BE DECLARED
• KAMAZ CONTINIUES TO WITHDRAW FROM ITS SUBSIDIARIES, WHICH ARE NOT CONNECTED WITH AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION
• IF THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T CHANGE ITS TARIFF POLICY, THERE WILL BE NO POSITIVE RESULTS FROM THE REORGANIZATION OF "SVYAZINVEST" (THE STATE TELECOMMUNICATION C
• THE COMMISSION ON THE PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN EXTERNAL TRADE IS NOT GOING TO LIMIT THE EXPORT OF DIESEL FUEL AND PETROL DURING THE PERIOD OF THE SPRING AGRI
• THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF SERGEY IVANOV TO THE DEFENSE MINISTER POST IS ACCEPTED WITH OPTIMISM BY THE MINISTRY ITSELF
• RUSSIA HAS BECOME AN ORIGINAL ATMOSPHERIC FILTER OF THE PLANET
• THE TAXES COLLECTED TO THE FEDERAL BUDGET IN MARCH 2001 EXCEEDED THE SUM COLLECTED IN FEBRUARY BY 14,5 % (BY RBL 9 BILLION)
• THE MINIMUM FOOD BASKET ON AVERAGE IN RUSSIA INCREASED IN PRICE MORE THAN BY 10% FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR
• THE COMMISSION ON THE PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN THE INTERNAL TRADE DECIDED TO RAISE THE EXPORT DUTIES FOR GAS
• THE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FOREIGN MINISTRY ALEXANDER YAKOVENKO COMMENTED ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TRANSIT VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR RUSSIAN CITIZEN
• MOSCOW HAS INCREASED TESTING THE QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER BECAUSE OF THE ONSET OF THE SECOND STAGE OF SPRING TIDE
• BANK OF RUSSIA FOR THE TIME BEING DOES NOT PLAN TO CHANGE ITS CURRENCY RATING POLICY DUE TO INCREASED INFLATION, ANNOUNCED THE CENTRAL BANK CHAIRMAN VICTOR G
• THE NUMBER OF CELLULAR PHONE USERS IN RUSSIA WAS 4,055 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2001
• KIRGIZIA WILL PROPOSE RUSSIA ITS ENTERPRISES FOR THE DEBTS
• INFLATION IS THE MAIN THREAT TO THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF RUSSIA
• ST.-PETERSBURG'S GOVERNOR VLADIMIR YAKOVLEV SIGNED THE $5,5 MILLION CREDIT AGREEMENT WITH THE EUROPEAN BANK OF RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD) FOR T
• ON APRIL 19 THE BANK OF RUSSIA INCREASED $USD RATE BY RBL 0,03 TO RBL 28,9/ $USD
• RUSSIA WILL WITHDRAW FROM THE AGREEMENT ABOUT STEEL SUPPLIES TO THE U.S. MARKET
• THE STATE DUMA RATIFIED THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF NOVEMEBR 8 1990 ABOUT "THE WASHING", REVELATION, IMPRESSMENT AND CONFISCATION OF CRIMINAL REVENUES, S
• MOSCOW SKINHEADS HAVE CELEBRATED 112TH ANNIVERSARY OF ADOLPH HITLER
• ENVIRONMENTAL & ECOLOGY AT A MEETING AT THE NATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE DEDICATED TO THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHERNOBYL TRAGEDY, ECOLOGISTS ANNOUNCED THAT ACC
• AT PRESENT THE SUBSIDIARIES OF FOREIGN BANKS, WHICH ARE ACTIVE IN RUSSIA, SERVE 12% OF ALL THE EXPORT AND IMPORT NEEDS OF RUSSIAN ENTERPRISES, ANNOUNCED THE VI
• THE DEPUTY ENERGY MINISTER OF RF ALEXEY MILLER ANNOUNCED THAT RUSSIA IS READY TO JOIN THE DECISION, MADE AT AN OPEC CONFERENCE IN VIENNA, TO REDUCE OIL EXPOR
• THE SHARES OF "LUKOIL" WILL FINALLY BE SOLD
• A NUMBER OF ST.-PETERSBURG TRAVEL AGENCIES WHICH RECEIVE FOREIGN TOURISTS IN OUR CITY WANT TO BRING THE PROCEDURE FOR RECEIVING TOURISTS WHICH ARRIVE ON CRU
• THE HEAD OF YUKOS RUSSIAN OIL COMPANY, MIKHAIL HODORKOVSKIY, ANNOUNCED THAT HIS COMPANY WILL BECOME AN OIL AND GAS PRODUCER IN THREE YEARS
• GOLD AND CURRENCY RESERVES OF RUSSIA INCREASED BY 2,38% FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 16-23, AND REACHED $30,1 BILLION
• THE TARIFFS FOR HEAT AND HOT WATER INCREASED BY 25% FOR MOSCOW CITIZENS
• THE PRESIDENT OF RF VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS DEMANDED A SOLUTION TO THE QUESTION OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INTERNAL TARIFFS FOR RAIL TRANSPORT AND THE EXTERNAL
• THE NEW HEAD OF MINATOM (THE NUCLEAR ENERGY MINISTRY OF RF) ALEXANDER RUMYANCEV ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WILL BE NO RADICAL CHANGES IN THE STRATEGY OF DEVELOPMENT
• NIJNETAGILSKIY METALLURGIC PLANT (NMP) HAS OPENED THE NON-COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE "TECHNOPOLIS" FOR THE PROCESSING OF PRODUCTION WASTES
• THE SURPLUS OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET-2001 WAS RBL 8,9 BILLON IN MARCH (1,4% OF GDP), ANNOUNCED THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF THE FINANCE MINISTRY
• THE PRICES FOR VODKA IN NOVGOROD CITY WOULD BE UNDER CONTROL
• RUSSIAN VETERINARY SERVICE ABOLISHED THE BAN ON THE IMPORT OF MEAT AND MILK PRODUCTS FROM SEVERAL COUNTRIES WHERE CASES OF MAD COW DISEASE AND FOOT-AND-MOU
• THE PRESIDENT'S OF RF OPINION ABOUT THE NTV CONFLICT
• RUSSIAN DEPARTMENT OF THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND (WWF) ACCUSED THE LEADERS OF THE COUNTRY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SEA'S BIO-RESOURCES
• THE DIRECTOR OF ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CENTRAL BANK ALEXEY SIMANOVSKY ANNOUNCED THAT THE BANK OF RUSSIA IS AT PRESENT CONSIDERING SEVERAL APPLICATION
• NTV'S CONFLICT ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF INTERNET USERS
• ACCORDING TO THE FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF MOSCOW OLEG TOLKACHEV, THE STATE SHAREHOLDING OF OAO "MOSKVICH" WILL BE EVALUATED IN THE NEAR FUTURE
• THE HOLDING OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND OTHER MASS ACTIONS IS PROHIBITED IN CHECHNYA FOR THE PERIOD OF ANTI-TERROR OPERATIONS AND UNTIL THE COMPLETE STABIL
• OAO "SVETOGORSK" (ST.-PETERSBURG PULP AND PAPER PLANT) INVESTED SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS IN THE PRODUCTION OF PAPER OF SIZE A3
• THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE SENT TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR CONSIDERATION THE IDEA OF A BILL PROVIDING GUARANTEES FOR THE DEPOSITORS WHO PU
• RUSSIAN MARKET FOR JUICES, NECTARS AND FRUIT DRINKS WILL IN NEAR FUTURE BECOME SATURATED
• VLADIMIR PUTIN ORDERED THE GOVERNMENT TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM TAXABLE SALARY, AT WHICH POINT TAX RATES BEGIN TO DECREASE, FROM RBL 50 TO 30 THOUSAND ANNUALLY PE
• THE HEAD OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF THE FEDERAL FRONTIER SERVICE COLONEL GENERAL ALEXANDER MANILOV INFORMED THAT 13,5 THOUSAND-KM OF THE FRONTIE
• THE FIRST NORTH-WEST RUSSIAN MONUMENT TO THE VICTIMS OF RADIATION CATASTROPHES WAS PLACED IN ST.-PETERSBURG
• THE PROPORTION OF RUSSIAN BANKS WHICH WERE FINANCIALLY STABLE IN 2000 WAS 88%, AND THE PROPORTION OF RUSSIAN BANKS WHICH WERE PROFITABLE-MORE THAN 90%, ANNOUN
• THE EXTRACTION OF THE MINERALS IN RUSSIA PRODUCES 30% OF GDP OF RF AND PROVIDES 50% OF THE REVENUES FROM FOREIGN TRADE, ANNOUNCED THE MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOU
• RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (ROC) WANTS TO THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE PART OF THE BUDGET REVENUES DERIVED FROM PERSONAL INCOME TAXES
• RBL 16,8 BILLION WILL BE INVESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY TRANSPORT OF ST.-PETERSBURG BEFORE 2003 ANNOUNCED THE MINISTER OF RAILWAY TRANSPORT OF RF NI
• STARTING FROM 2003 AMERICAN HELICOPTERS SIKORSKY S-76 WILL BE EQUIPED WITH 0VANES PRODUCED AT THE MOSCOW HELICOPTER PLANT, NAMED AFTER MIL (MHP)
• RUSSIA HAS OFFICIALLY DECLINED TO CONTINUE TALKS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND ABOUT A PROGRAM OF COLLABORATION IN 2001. RUSSIA DOES NOT NEED TH
• A PROGRAM OF SUPPORT OF TOURISM (2001-2005) WAS ADOPTED IN LENINGRADSKIY REGION
• THE STATE DUMA APPROVED CHAPTER #25 OF THE TAX CODE "TAX ON THE PROFIT OF ORGANIZATIONS"
• THE MEETING IN DEFENCE OF PAVEL BORODIN, WHICH TOOOK PLACE IN FRONT OF THE U.S. EMBASSY IN MOSCOW, ENDED WITH THE BURNING OF THE U.S. FLAG
• THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK (EIB) WILL GIVE 100 MILLION EUROS ($88 MILLION) FOR THE COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE CLEANSING STRUCTURES
• THE BANK OF RUSSIA REGISTERED THE PROJECT OF THE ADDITIONAL SHARE ISSUANCE OF SBERBANK
• RUSSIA FOR THE FIRST TIME INVESTIGATES ANTI-DUMPING COMPLAINT ABOUT AMERICAN GOODS
• PRIVATIZATION THE STATE DUMA CREATED A COMMISSION, WHICH WILL DEVELOP THE STATE SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY
• SEPARATISTS COMMITTED MASS MURDERS IN CHECHNYA AGAIN
• THE NEW MINISTER OF ATOMIC ENERGY OF RF ALEXANDER RUMYANTSEV AFFIRMS THAT THE STORAGE AND PROCESSING OF THE NUCLEAR WASTES WILL BRING RUSSIA ABOUT $20 BILLIO
• THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL BANK, VICTOR GERASHENKO, HAS SIGNED THE INSTRUCTION REQUIRING RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL BANKS TO CREATE, STARTING FROM OCTOBER 1, THE OBLI
• LEGISLATION THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION PROPOSED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF RF TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONS TO THE CRIMINAL CODE, ACCORDING TO WHICH "COMPUTER TERRORIS
• THE MANAGER OF OAO "URALSKIY AUTOMOBILE PLANT" (URALAZ) VALERIY PANOV ANNOUNCED THAT OAO "AUTOMOBILE PALNT "URAL"', CREATED ON THE FOUNDATION OF URALAZ, WILL B
• THE LEADERS OF THE STATE DUMA'S FACTIONS "UNITY" AND OVR AND DEPUTIES' GROUPS "RUSSIA'S REGIONS" AND "PEOPLE'S DEPUTY" DECIDED TO CREATE A UNIFIED COORDINATI
• ACCORDING TO THE PRESS-SERVICE OF THE OIL COMPANY YUKOS, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY DECIDED TO RECOMMEND THAT SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE DIVIDENDS FOR 200
• SBERBANK OF RF DOES NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SYSTEM OF UNDERWRITING THE DEPOSITS OF THE POPULATION
• AIR TRANSPORTATION IN MOSCOW IN 2025 WILL REACH THE LEVEL OF 1990S
• THE DRAFT-LAND CODE, APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT ON APRIL 19, PERMITS PRIVATIZATION OF CITY LAND
• ST.PETERSBURG NEWS DEPUTIES OF THE ST.-PETERSBURG LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY APPROVED AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL "ABOUT TAX PRIVILEGES", PROVIDING PRIVILEGES TO THE PROD
• RUSSIA DOES NOT USE ITS QUOTA FOR THE EJECTION OF GAS
• RAO "EES ROSSII" ANNOUNCED THAT 8 000 KMS OF CABLE WERE STOLEN FROM THEIR COMPANY DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS
• THE VICE PRIME MINISTER OF RF, FINANCE MINISTER, ALEXEY KUDRIN, ANNOUNCED THAT THE EXTERNAL DEBT OF RUSSIA DECREASED BY $14 BILLION IN 2000
• THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE OF RF YURIY TCHAYKA ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS OF EFFORTS TO BRING REGIONAL LEGISLATION INTO CONFORMITY WITH FEDERAL LEGISLATION
• KREMLIN CRITICIZES U.S. MEETING WITH CHECHENS
• SBERBANK OF RF ANNOUNCED ITS INTENTION TO GIVE LOANS TO ST.-PETERSBURG ADMINISTRATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LARGE BUILDING PROJECTS