907 2 minutes. ... Sovintel The international consortium has been replenished with Russian managers All of them are well known to the domestic telecommunications community International satellite telephony consortium GlobalStar has announced a series of personnel appointments in Russia associated with a major expansion of its business and the creation of a joint venture with the Russian long-distance operator Rostelecom JSC.

1K 1 min. ... World stock indices Indices of leading stock exchanges as of April 1 (points)* (at the close of trading) DJIA 6611.05 (+22.57) FTSE-100 4248.1 (-64.8) CAC-40 2581.82 (-74.86) DAX-30 3295.93 (-133.12) Nikkei-225* 18037.30 (+167.71) *As of April 2. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 44 dated 04/03/1997, page 1

894 2 minutes. ... Moscow subway The fate of the Moscow metro is at stake In September, metro cards will replace tokens As Kommersant-Daily already reported, the management of the Moscow metro planned to introduce fare payments using contactless microprocessor cards from April. However, as we have learned, new deadlines for the launch of the project have now been set.

1K 1 min. ... Hamas leader may be released from American prison Hamas leader has two paths out of American prison Either Israeli prison or freedom The leader of the Palestinian extremist group Hamas, Musa Mohammed Abu Marzouk, has demanded his release from prison after the US government failed to comply with a court order to extradite him to Israel. As reported by Reuter, the issue of Marzuk's fate began to be discussed yesterday by a New York court.

713 1 min. ... Two more journalists disappeared in Chechnya Chelyabinsk journalists disappeared in the Chechen mountains They were looking for their fellow countryman Two journalists from the Chelyabinsk region disappeared in Chechnya - photojournalist of the newspaper "Satkinsky Rabochiy" Alexander Utrobin and correspondent of the newspaper "Satkinsky Metallurgist" Olga Bagautdinova. They came to the republic to find a fellow countryman who disappeared eight months ago.

1K 1 min. ... Direct speech Russia needs an anthem. This is completely obvious. It is not clear which of the poets and musicians could be entrusted with such a responsible task. Our friends express their opinions on this matter. Oksana Dmitrieva, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Yabloko faction: — What is used as the Russian anthem was written by Glinka, and the words, it seems to me, should be looked at in Russian classics.

1K 2 minutes. ... Basayev - Deputy Prime Minister and Udugov "Terrorist number one" became first deputy prime minister Maskhadov appointed Basayev as his deputy On Tuesday evening, by decree of the head of Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, Shamil Basayev was appointed first deputy prime minister of the republic.

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882 3 min. ... Army Military field market For several years now, the military has been forced to take care of itself - there is not enough budget money. As a result, some, as shown by last week’s meeting at the Main Military Prosecutor’s Office, are actively involved in theft, while others are engaged in leasing out land and other real estate. But the majority chose the easiest path - selling the property.

1K 2 minutes. ... Albania Peacekeepers will enter Albania within a week The details of the operation are still being finalized. Yesterday, the prime ministers of Italy and Albania held an emergency secret meeting in territory controlled by Albanian rebels and clarified a previously discussed plan to bring in an international contingent of 5,000 troops to ensure the safe entry of humanitarian aid into Albania.

1K 1 min. ... Conflict with Kanishchev Valery Gazzaev: fighting the PFL is like going against a steam locomotive with a pitchfork — What they are doing with Alania is chaos, and I don’t know when it will end. After the game with CSKA, Kanishchev was diagnosed with a ruptured ankle capsule. We sent the corresponding document to the PFL, signed by the team doctor, but they did not pay any attention to this, and the campaign to discredit Alania continued.

1K 3 min. ... Towards the signing of the Treaty with Belarus Russian capital has nothing to do in Belarus Because there is no privatization Yesterday the Union of Russia and Belarus became a reality (for more details, see page 1). Is it possible to talk about the impending easy takeover of Belarus by Russian capital (which now ceases to be foreign there)? Hardly. The Minsk authorities continue to think that the value of Belarusian enterprises is too great for them to be taken and sold.

1K 1 min. ... Jews sue European insurers Who is accused of deceiving victims of genocide Assicurazioni Generali SpA and Riunione Adriatica Di Sicurta SpA (Italy), Wiener Allianz Verischerungs Aktiengesellschaft and Der Anker Allgemeine Verischerungs AG (Austria), Assurances Generales de France (France), Allianz Group and Bavarian Reinsurance (Germany). Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 44 dated 04/03/1997, p. 11

1K 3 min. ... NORSI NORSI will not go bankrupt yet The company that controls the plant, NORSI-Oil, has begun paying off creditors. The majority of NORSI's creditors agreed with the program for repaying the refinery's debts proposed by the management of NORSI-Oil.