34 1 min. ... Clinton Clinton is working with us Provoking a fall on European stock exchanges By the time this issue of Kommersant is published, US President Bill Clinton will give an answer under oath to the troubling question: did he have sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky. However, 70% of Americans are convinced that such a connection took place. Much more significant is that in January, again under oath, Bill Clinton completely denied the existence of this relationship.

819 1 min. ... Murder in Moscow Triple murder in an elevator On Friday evening, a triple murder was committed in Moscow: in the elevator of building #3 on Balaklavsky Prospekt, retired spouses and businessman Gagik Shatvaryan were shot with a machine gun. The police have no doubt that the killers were hunting the businessman, and his housemates died as witnesses to the crime.

531 7 min. ... Soft spot warrant It seems that Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko cannot escape from problems of national significance. However, now the young prime minister needs to devote his energies to a local task, which, however, will be more important than many state ones - the time to divide White House’s offices. You can't go wrong here.

1K 7 min. ... What's happening All goods will become more expensive But not at once Almost all commodity markets have either responded to the devaluation of the ruble or are planning to do so in the near future. According to entrepreneurs, we should expect an increase in prices for both imported and domestic goods.

32 1 min. ... Tennis Last week's tennis tournaments ATP Championship tournament in Mason (Ohio, USA). Prize fund $2.45 million. 1/4 finals. Magnus Larsson (Sweden) - Thomas Johansson (Sweden) 6:4, 7:6 (7:2). Evgeny Kafelnikov (Russia, 7) - Daniel Vacek (Czech Republic) 6:4, 6:4. Patrick Rafter (Australia, 5) - Petr Korda (Czech Republic, 3) 6:4, 7:6 (10:8). Pete Sampras (USA, 1)--Vincent Spadia (USA) 6:3, 6:2. 1/2 finals. Rafter-Kafelnikov 7:5, 6:0. Sampras-Larsson 7:5, 2:6, 6:1. The final.

24 1 min. ... Announcement Read in Kommersant weekly: "Money" August 19 The Russian financial market has never been worse than it is now—neither in ’94 nor in ’95. At the end of last week - before the decision of the Central Bank and the government to change exchange rate policy - the dollar exchange rate at banks' exchange offices increased sharply. However, it is not worth buying dollars now. According to the Kommersant-Dengi weekly, imported goods are worth buying. Newspaper "Kommersant" No.

375 1 min. ... What to do What to do In times of panic in the financial market, it is easy to make the wrong decision and suffer significant losses. How to avoid this? Kommersant columnist PETER RUSHAILO shares his thoughts. First of all, you don’t need to do anything with dollars—neither sell nor buy. The current currency purchasing rates are too low. And sales are too high.

278 3 min. ... Explosion in Moscow Grandfather Arkhip went to the toilet The explosion destroyed eight apartments On Saturday morning in Moscow, in house #28 on Flotskaya Street, a gas exploded. Eight apartments were destroyed and damaged. It was only by luck that no one died - one owner of apartment 199, war veteran Arkhip Balashov, who found himself at the epicenter of the explosion, was injured and burned.

973 3 min. ... Islamic revolution in Dagestan Islamic revolution in Dagestan A “separate Islamic territory” appeared in Dagestan. Residents of the villages of Karamakhi and Chabanmakhi in the Buinaksk region of the republic declared their refusal to obey the official authorities of Dagestan, hoisted a green Islamic flag on one of the peaks near Karamakhi, and set up checkpoints on the republican road connecting Makhachkala with Buinaksk and a number of mountainous regions.

47 1 min. ... Official rates of the Central Bank of Russia Official rates of the Central Bank of Russia from 08.18.98 U.S.

608 2 minutes. ... Table of contents 4 CONTEXT 6 QUESTION OF THE WEEK Where would you place the barrier detachments now?

1K 3 min. ... Devaluation Statement by the government and the Bank of Russia The crisis in global financial markets found the Russian economy at the beginning of its recovery. Since October 1997, the government and the Bank of Russia have been defending the main achievements of economic policy in recent years - stable prices and a solid ruble, and therefore the standard of living of the people.

730 8 min. ... STORY OF THE WEEK Losing course The events of the past week - another financial market collapse, a banking crisis, the collapse of Eurobond hopes, an oil workers' revolt and the challenge posed to the government by the Duma - provide a glimpse into the future. The future is: reduced imports and commodity shortages. There were bad times in Russia, there were also good ones - everything depended on the situation with imports.

558 1 min. ... Terrorist attack in Ireland Irish terrorists blew up the city A powerful explosion occurred last Saturday in the provincial town of Omagh (Northern Ireland): 28 people were killed and another 220 were injured of varying degrees of severity. This is the largest terrorist attack in the entire 30-year history of religious unrest in this British province. 220kg of explosives were planted in a car parked on the main street of Omagh, 110km west of Belfast.

58 2 minutes. ... Banks and taxes on losses The State Tax Service is preparing relief for banks But they won't need it anytime soon.