eleven 1 min. ... Announcement "Power" (analytical weekly) The election of Andrei Klimentyev, a businessman with a criminal past and the worst enemy of Boris Nemtsov, as mayor of Nizhny Novgorod, turned into a federal scandal. Kommersant correspondents found the answer to the question why this happened Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 60 dated 04/07/1998, page 1

55 4 min. ... Restaurant criticism The Vienna restaurant at the five-star Sheraton Palace hotel has updated its a la carte menu. The author was chef Nigel Smith, who came to Moscow from London to head the Vienna kitchen. Mr. Smith's handwriting is very classic, but not without personality. Our correspondent DARIA TSIVINA provides details. Nigel Smith is a very humble young man. He enjoys cooking, skiing and playing football.

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516 9 min. ... Some in the east Prophets about the Fatherland Kommersant turned to representatives of the political and intellectual elite with a request to give a forecast of the development of the situation in the country in the post-Chernomyrdin era. Toy cabinet Igor Bunin, Center for Political Technologies Chernomyrdin's resignation radically changed the existing configuration of the political space.

3 1 min. ... Trading on Russian currency exchanges Trading on Russian currency exchanges 04/06/98 Exchange Rate (RUB/$) Sales volume ($ million) Rate (RUB/DM) Sales volume (DM million) MICEX 6,132 87.00 3,348 2.16 SPVB 6.128 5.25 3.328 0.54 SICEX 6.121 1.00 — — URVB 6,130 3.76 — — ATMVB 6,133 1.00 — — RMVB 6.110 0.12 — — MICEX - Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange, SPEB - St.

42 1 min. ... Main news The terms of the competition for the favorite have been determined The tender for the right to service customs accounts will answer the question of whether new favorites have appeared in power page 9 Kommersant managed to find out who and why bought five used Moskvich cars for $197 thousand. page 11 “People like Berezovsky spoiled the people.

41 3 min. ... Excise customs again Competition for favorite On Friday evening, the government commission on financial and monetary policy approved the terms of a competition among commercial banks for the right to service accounts of the State Customs Committee. The tender, scheduled for May 15, should answer the question that worries the largest Russian bankers today: have new favorites emerged in power?

58 3 min. ... Luzhkov Literaturnaya Gazeta will be bought by Luzhkov's holding company And the yellow press will pay off her debts The Literary Gazette again became an item for sale. The Russian Publishing House, which had owned it for two years, which was founded by MENATEP, cedes its full stake in the newspaper to the newly created Metropolis holding, sponsored by the Moscow government. The deal is in its final stages, and, as Kommersant has learned, Literaturka will soon change its owner.

1K 2 minutes. ... Death of a Candidate Candidate for deputy prevented Uralmash bandits On the night from Sunday to Monday, businessman Gennady Merkulov, a candidate for deputy of the legislative assembly of the Sverdlovsk region, was killed in Yekaterinburg. According to law enforcement officials, the murder is most likely related to Merkulov’s business. He headed the Yediar association, which was actively working in the region's gasoline market.

86 2 minutes. ... Boxing The judges did not give Andrey Shkalikov the championship belt Konstantin Tszyu is ready to return it with a fight At the end of last week, two professional fights took place with the participation of Russian middleweight boxers. On Friday in Puerto Rico, Andrei Shkalikov lost the fight for the World Boxing Council (WBC) world title in the weight category up to 76.2 kg to local boxer Frankie Lyles.

34 4 min. ... Direct speech Cars from the Moskvich plant that took part in the Moscow-Novosibirsk-Moscow motor rally were sold at auction at fantastic prices (see page 11). The head of the capital's traffic police, Mr.

77 5 minutes. ... Vedomosti Shootout between bandits and policemen In Pyatigorsk, criminal investigation officers shot an armed criminal and wounded his accomplice. The bandits traveling in a Zhiguli car refused to stop at the request of the police. When the latter began the chase, one of the criminals began to shoot at their pursuers. The criminal investigation officers returned fire.

617 1 min. ... Brandy factory director kidnapped Cognac factory workers go on strike Their director is kidnapped by bandits On Sunday evening, in the Dagestan city of Kizlyar, the director of a local cognac factory, Vladimir Grigoryants, and his wife were kidnapped. So far the kidnappers have not made any demands. Meanwhile, the plant went on strike - workers are demanding decisive action from law enforcement agencies.

44 2 minutes. ... Yurzinov The Russian national team will again be led by Yurzinov Yesterday a meeting of the executive committee of the Russian Hockey Federation took place, at which Vladimir Yurzinov was approved as the head coach of the national team. His assistants, just like at the Olympics in Nagano, will be Zinetula Bilyaletdinov and Pyotr Vorobyov. After the death of Igor Efimovich Dmitriev, the head coach of the national team was not officially approved.

1K 11 min. ... The beauty and the Beast Murder of a Friend of the People To put an end to the career of a hardware politician, it is enough to dismiss him. A public politician gripped by an all-consuming thirst for power can only be stopped through physical elimination. However, the court of history rarely justifies political murders. One of the few exceptions is the murder of Jean-Paul Marat by Charlotte Corday.