465 1 min. ... Shootout in Barnaul A policeman died on his first mission Last Saturday in Barnaul, police officers entered into a shootout with bandits who were trying to rob an apartment. A police sergeant received a fatal wound to the head. One of the criminals was killed on the spot. As it turned out, he fled from Kazakhstan, where he was sentenced to 32 years in prison.

107 4 min. ... Everyone always lies to everyone where MOSCOW, STATE TAX SERVICE OF THE RF to whom FEDOROV BORIS GRIGORIEVICH from KABAKOV ALEXANDER ABRAMOVICH Dear Boris Grigorievich! I apologize in advance for my frankness, which is not at all accepted here (and, in general, anywhere) when it comes to taxes. This is such a topic - like diseases transmitted in a known way: both embarrassing and a dangerous subject.

100 1 min. ... Fire Residents of the old house burned alive On the night from Sunday to Monday, a residential building burned down in the village of Olovyannaya, Chita Region. 13 people died. The cause of the fire has not yet been established. An investigation has been launched. The two-story, 40-apartment wooden house was built in the village of Olovyannaya at the beginning of the century and had been in disrepair for many years.

395 7 min. ... Dear independence, dear victories (one of the draft reports at the ceremonial meeting) Dear comrades! Russians! Spectators, you know, and listeners! Today our country and still progressive humanity celebrate Russian Independence Day. On such a day, it is customary to look back at the path traveled, no matter what, and outline what remains to be done. One statesman of a bygone era said it right: the best way to celebrate the holiday is to focus on the shortcomings.

421 8 min. ... TV program TV program [Tuesday, June 16] ORT 6.00 TV channel "Good morning" 9.00 News 9.15 "Fatal inheritance." Series 10.40 Home library 11.00 Football. World Championship. Team Germany - Team USA. 2nd half. Transfer from France 12.00 News (with sign language translation) 12.15 Program "Together" 13.00 "Four tankers and a dog." Feature Film.

391 5 minutes. ... Letters to authorities The scandal surrounding the eviction of 22 foreign ambassadors from the Drozdy complex by the Belarusian authorities shocked me. They are trying to treat official representatives of foreign states as “scoops” accustomed to lack of rights: liberate the territory, otherwise we will turn off the gas. And they chose a ridiculous excuse - they say that the buildings are in disrepair and need urgent repairs.

67 1 min. ... Yartsev - Dynamo coach "Dynamo" - champion of 2000 The team was led by a representative of “sworn friends” On June 11, after Dynamo Moscow's home defeat to Rostselmash, the team's head coach Adamas Golodets resigned. A day later it became known who would be the new coach of Dynamo - native Spartak player Georgy Yartsev. Golodets’ resignation, like the change of coaches at Shinnik and Torpedo, was not unexpected.

1K 7 min. ... Georgian-Abkhaz conflict between Berezovsky and Primakov A new war broke out over Abkhazia - between the CIS Executive Secretary Boris Berezovsky and the Russian Foreign Ministry. Having beaten Primakov on the road in Gagra and Tbilisi, and at home in Moscow, Berezovsky lost. June 3. Sochi-Gagra Gagra struck me with its desolation, the absence of noises familiar to the city ear, and its abandonment.

211 7 min. ... Documentation Border on the counter Soon they won’t just let you out of Russia. Only for money The government named those whom it will leave without money The State Duma prohibits the sale of foreign property Border Guard's Dream The State Duma decided to help the government in its search for additional budget revenues.

9 1 min. ... World stock indices Indices of leading stock exchanges as of June 12 (points) (at the close of trading) DJIA 8,834.94(+23.17) FTSE-100 5,769.8(-82.7) CAC-40 4,050.76(-90.85) DAX-30 5,670.83(-83.63) Nikkei-225* 14,825.17(-197.16) *As of June 15. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 105 dated June 16, 1998, p. 7

294 2 minutes. ... Hostages Russian soldiers were kidnapped right in the center of Makhachkala Last Thursday, nine Russian servicemen were kidnapped in Makhachkala. The terrorists soon released four women, and five men were taken to Chechnya. The kidnappers, who called themselves a “sabotage group of the Islamic Front,” have not yet made any demands. It is only known that the hostages are in the area of ​​the Chechen village of Argun.

20 1 min. ... Russians were taken out of Guinea Without light, water and communication Russians remain in Guinea-Bissau Eight employees of the Russian embassy remain in the battle-torn capital of Guinea-Bissau, including the Russian Ambassador to this African country, Yuri Chigvintsev. They are in a shelter on the territory of the Russian diplomatic mission. The embassy building was fired from grenade launchers and received serious damage. None of the diplomats were injured.

42 2 minutes. ... Rakhimov re-elected Rakhimov’s axiom: the president must be beyond competition President of Bashkiria Murtaza Rakhimov was re-elected on Sunday for a second term. In the fight against the minister of his government, he won unconditionally. The only thing that overshadowed the triumph of the Bashkir leader was the significant number of those who voted “against all” for regional elections.

211 2 minutes. ... Bank of Chechnya issues a loan Chechen loan for reconstruction and development On Sunday, the National Bank of the Republic of Ichkeria began placing the first tranche of an interest-free domestic loan. We can safely say that there has been nothing like this in the recent history of the Russian financial market. The securities issued by the main (and, apparently, only) bank of Chechnya are documentary. They record the owner's passport details.

912 5 minutes. ... Are you independent? On June 12, Russia celebrated Independence Day. Kommersant decided to find out how independent its citizens feel. Boris Rybakov, academician. Now nothing bothers me. My personality does not feel dependent. Another thing is that each of us, of all those living on earth, has our own measure of both dependence and independence. And the concept of freedom is also very relative. There is a huge diversity of opinions on this matter.