3K 4 min. ... Pictures from the session Having attended an IMF session in Washington, Kommersant correspondent Konstantin Smirnov was convinced that the West is no longer afraid of Russia. He is afraid that other countries will follow its path. Washington financial officials are completely confused by the Russian negotiators. Russian Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov arrives and negotiations are underway.

87 2 minutes. ... Markets Cash registers threaten social explosion Directors of collective farm and wholesale markets called the government's decision of September 3 to reduce the list of persons entitled to trade without cash registers a time bomb. At a meeting at the end of last week at the Moscow Department of Consumer Market and Services, trade representatives said that this resolution could cause social protests. In some cities, such as Khabarovsk, traders have already held protests.

545 4 min. ... Miru is the mayor! where MOSCOW, TVERSKAYA, 13 MOSCOW CITY HALL to whom LUZHKOV YURI MIKHAILOVICH from KABAKOV ALEXANDER ABRAMOVICH Dear Yuri Mikhailovich! In these difficult times, when not only the ruble exchange rate, but also the Dow Jones index is alarming, only one piece of news has, without a doubt, pleased every person in our country and abroad.

612 9 min. ... Elected Candidate Last Thursday, the Russian financial and industrial elite made two discoveries for themselves. Firstly, an open presidential campaign has begun in the country. Secondly, it actually does not have its own candidate. On October 8, Gennady Seleznev announced that he was ready to nominate his candidacy for the next presidential election. Now there is no longer any doubt that the elections will take place before the constitutional deadline.

24 1 min. ... Premiere at Sovremennik Sovremennik solves the housing problem Alexander Galin treated his own dramaturgical enterprise with care. He remembered his old play “Jeanne”, refreshed the text with several relevant remarks on the topic of the day, renamed it “The Accompanist” and staged it himself at the Moscow Sovremennik Theater.

109 3 min. ... Dagestan Guerrilla war began in Dagestan In Dagestan, terrorists tried to derail a train with army armored vehicles. No one took responsibility for the sabotage. But judging by the handwriting of the terrorists, this is not the first time they have committed an attack on the military, police and public figures of the republic. A train loaded with armored vehicles and lighting shells left the 136th Buinaksk separate motorized rifle brigade on Friday.

955 7 min. ... Russian Cezannes The Pushkin Museum opened the exhibition "Cezanne and the Russian Avant-Garde". Cézanne finally met his Russian followers there. Like first with equals. Almost all Russian media reported that a Cezanne exhibition had opened at Pushkinsky. In the West, the public would most likely ask: what, just Cezanne? That's all? After all, no venerable classic has been an event for a long time; The event could be the new exhibition.

36 2 minutes. ... Trains compete with airplanes MPS will become a competitor to Aeroflot The leaders of the Ministry of Railways and the Oktyabrskaya Railway officially announced that in 2000, the journey from Moscow to St. Petersburg by train will take a little more than four hours. And the railroads intend to provide tough competition to air carriers operating on this route. Today, the fastest way to travel by rail from Moscow to St.

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9 1 min. ... Photo Evgeniy Primakov's frantic whistle helped Spartak in the game against Real Madrid. The team did not evoke such emotions in the prime minister and lost. See page 11 Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 190 dated 10/13/1998, page 12

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8 1 min. ... Read in Kommersant weekly: "Power" October 13 The negotiations that ended last week in Washington, which were conducted by representatives of the Russian government during the IMF session, showed that from now on Russia lives in a new world. The experts of “Power” became aware of the laws of this world. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 190 dated 10.13.1998, p. 1

63 1 min. ... Elections "You can't stop a flying crowbar!" (about the candidates' tactics) The main goal of the candidates in the last days of the campaign was to fight for 21.5% of the votes cast in the first round for State Duma deputy Vladimir Semago, the “understudy” of Andrei Klimentyev, who is in prison.

597 10 min. ... Deputy Prime Minister of regional significance First Deputy Prime Minister Vadim Gustov received scanty powers in the government. He is not allowed to solve economic problems at all. However, Gustov himself is convinced that he is faced with enormous tasks. Yevgeny Primakov last week finally approved the duties of his deputies.