144 2 minutes. ... About Pushkin, but without Pushkin "Encyclopedia of Russian Life" at the Pushkin Museum Museum of Personal Collections of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Pushkin contributed to the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of “our everything” - A. S. Pushkin.

13 6 min. ... Prices of major commodities on international exchanges Product name Place of sale Type of contract, maturity date Unit of measurement Price as of 05/18/99 ($) Change per day ($) Name of product Place of sale Type of contract, maturity date Unit of measurement Price as of 05/18/99 ($) Change per day ($) Aluminum LME spot ton 1337 -2 Platinum NYMEX futures, July tr. ounce 356.5 +0.5 Aluminum LME 3 months ton 1364 -2 Palladium London spot tr.

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63 2 minutes. ... Derev sent the hungry people home The FSB joined the settlement in Karachay-Cherkessia Rallies continue in Karachay-Cherkessia, whose participants demand the cancellation of the election results and the introduction of direct federal rule. Yesterday, Boris Yeltsin and Secretary of the Security Council Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in the republic.

2K 2 minutes. ... The veterinarian was allowed to treat people with formaldehyde The Saratov Regional Prosecutor's Office dropped the criminal case brought against a senior researcher at the Saratov Veterinary Research Station, Candidate of Medical Sciences, 56-year-old Vladimir Rybin. He came under investigation for treating seriously ill people with formalin solution. Rybin graduated from the pediatric faculty of the medical institute.

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92 1 min. ... Psychact on Red Square Employees of the Federal Security Service prevented retired warrant officer-signalman from Krasnodar Yuri Serdyuk from committing self-immolation on Red Square. During the arrest, they pierced Serdyuk’s head. At the Institute. Sklifosovsky was given first aid and sent to a mental hospital. With details - SERGEY Kommersant-TOPOL. Red Square is increasingly attracting the attention of mentally unstable people.

19 6 min. ... Quotations of shares of mutual investment funds as of 05/19/99 Management company, fund Minimum investment amount (rub.) Share value (rub.)* Net assets (thousand rubles) Change.

82 2 minutes. ... Quality mark from the time of Catherine Baltasar Galuppi's opera "The Shepherd King" was performed in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Before that, it was performed in Russia only once - in 1766 to celebrate the coronation of Catherine II. And 233 years later it made a splash. The booklet note “an antique opera in concert performance” announced that a rarity was on the agenda.

50 2 minutes. ... Result Basketball NBA. Play-offs 1/4 finals."Atlanta" - "New York" 92:100. New York leads the best-of-seven series 1-0. “Utah” – “Portland” 93:83. Utah leads the series 1:0. Tennis ATP tournament in St. Pölten (Austria). Prize fund - $425 thousand. First round. Evgeny Kafelnikov (Russia, 1) - Jimi Szymanski (Venezuela) 7:6 (7:4), 6:2. Mariano Zabaleta (Argentina, 5)--Justin Geimlstob (USA) 6:4, 7:5. Jan Kroslyak (Slovakia) - Jiri Novak (Czech Republic) 7:6 (7:4), 7:5.

36 1 min. ... Russian rocket reaches Paris Yesterday, Sheremetyevo Airport became the venue for a unique transport operation. The new Russian space rocket Angara-1 flew on the Volga-Dnepr airline flight to Paris - the highlight of the Russian exposition at the 43rd aerospace salon Paris Air Show-99. Kommersant correspondents were the only representatives of the media who managed to be present when the Angara was loaded into the An-124-100 Ruslan.

45 2 minutes. ... Russian connection, cheap and seductive Americans bought Petersburg Long Distance for $132 million Yesterday, the American Metromedia International Group announced the purchase of the telecommunications company Petersburg Long Distance (PLD), operating in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. This deal worth $132 million confirms that the domestic communications industry has retained high investment attractiveness even after the crisis.

41 1 min. ... What is Petersburg Long Distance Petersburg Long Distance (headquartered in New York, the main shareholders are Canadian and Australian companies) owns stakes in the fiber-optic communications network operator Peterstar, the international communications operator Baltic Communications Limited and the publishing house Yellow Pages (all in St.

18 1 min. ... TODAY: The Russian Government will consider the situation in the sphere of economy and public finances The President of Finland and the US First Deputy Secretary of State will arrive in Moscow to continue consultations on Kosovo The next round of negotiations on the issue of Russian steel exports to the United States will begin in London. READ TOMORROW'S ISSUE OF KOMMERSANT Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 84 dated May 20, 1999, p. 1

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