48 2 minutes. ... A bribe was taken from the vice-governor And they gave me nine years Deputy Governor of the Tver Region Viktor Volkov was sentenced to nine years in prison with confiscation of property. He lent budget money to the tobacco joint venture Tver-Haskovo BT, for which he received a bribe in the form of a share in the authorized capital of this company. With details - VLADIMIR Kommersant-BUYACHKIN. Viktor Volkov was appointed deputy governor at the end of 1995.

4K 6 min. ... For rent - take it It’s rare that a citizen, hearing about thrift stores, will not ask in surprise: “Do they really still exist?” Exist. Moreover, now due to the crisis they are flourishing. It’s not just ordinary citizens who have forgotten about commission stores. The authorities forgot about them too. However, the Moscow government caught on in time, became concerned about the fate of thrift stores, and in the fall adopted a resolution on their revival.

173 5 minutes. ... Direct speech Is there a future for liberal reforms in Russia? Famous Russian economists answer Kommersant Vitaly Naishul, director of the Institute of National Economic Model: — There were no liberal reforms as such. There were attempts to liberate the economy. The reforms of recent years are very far from liberal in terms of ideas and execution. Let me note that Yegor Gaidar never called himself a liberal.

1K 3 min. ... What is young life worth? A student should be poor - this is an established opinion. Perhaps there is some truth in this: it is better to gnaw on the granite of science on an empty stomach, and the body, in which life is barely supported by domestic dumplings and meager lunches in the student canteen, is not distracted by extraneous thoughts while in a theater gallery or in a conservatory hall.

80 2 minutes. ... The end of the world will come in China The global market may not survive the devaluation of the yuan For the last two days, the world has been waiting for a new round of the global financial crisis. Moreover, analysts believe that the consequences of the recent devaluation of the Brazilian real may be a trifle compared to the reaction to a possible fall in the Chinese yuan. The next crisis could significantly complicate Russia’s negotiations with the IMF and other creditors.

72 1 min. ... Result Football Commonwealth Cup. Group A. "Dynamo" (Tbilisi, Georgia) - "Dnepr-Transmash" (Belarus) 3:5 (Asatiani, 11; Mikadze, 21; Shengelia, 34 - Lanko, 12; Ogorodnik, 18, 44; Chumachenko, 35 , 90). The champion of Georgia in 2000 will play in the satellite. Group B. "Skonto" (Latvia) - "Kapaz" (Azerbaijan) 4:0 (Plowman, 51; Astafiev, 56, 76; Soloviev, 86). "Skonto" reached the semi-finals. Group C. "Zimbru" (Moldova) - "Dynamo" (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) 2:0.

86 2 minutes. ... Caterpillar has found a way out of the Russian crisis Representatives of the American company Caterpillar, which produces industrial equipment, said yesterday that they are not going to abandon the construction of their plant in Tosno (Leningrad region) because of the Russian crisis. But the company's initial plans, according to which the new plant was to produce 1,500 units of equipment per year, are likely to be revised. Of course, not in the direction of increase.

42 1 min. ... All this has already happened The history of the political agreement between parliament and the president began at the end of August last year during the epic with the approval by the Duma of the prime minister instead of the dismissed Sergei Kiriyenko.

132 1 min. ... A worker and a collective farmer changed their gender But not forever The famous Moscow artist Tatyana Nazarenko contributed to the mania that has recently gripped the art community for the installation of all sorts of alternative monuments to the official ones. On Tatyana’s day, a mobile monument “Worker and Collective Farmer” appeared next to the Kutafya Tower. Tatyana Nazarenko has a tradition - every Tatyana’s day she and her friends go to the opening day. Your new exhibition.

10 1 min. ... Indices of leading stock exchanges as of January 26 (points) (at the close of trading) DJIA* 9203.32 (+82.65) FTSE-100 5885.70 (+4.80) CAC-40 4071.28 (+20.48) DAX-30 4986.80 (+4.35) Nikkei-225 14382.01 (+173.20) *As of January 25.

4K 2 minutes. ... Gates deflects Brazilian threat The depreciation of the Brazilian currency, contrary to pessimistic forecasts, did not lead to a collapse in quotes on world markets. On the contrary, leading stock indices showed strong growth. The reason for this is the impressive success of computer companies.

155 2 minutes. ... Communist disease Yesterday there were reports about the possible resignation of First Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Maslyukov. Those around him, naturally, immediately denied this information. But the pressure on Maslyukov appears to be increasing. And not only from the oligarchs, whom, according to Maslyukov’s press secretary Anton Surikov, the government deprived of “unjustified preferences,” but also from the Duma faction of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

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1K 1 min. ... Yuri Vyakhirev is now responsible for Gazprom's exports The most profitable subsidiary of Gazprom, the foreign economic enterprise (FEP) Gazexport, was headed by the son of the chairman of the board of the OJSC, Yuri Vyakhirev. The successor of the dynasty got a tasty morsel: last year, Gazexport (all Gazprom’s exports pass through it) brought the parent company more than $8 billion.

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