88 2 minutes. ... Birthdays On June 26, Natalia Shakhalova, director of the State Literary Museum, celebrated her anniversary Natalya Pasternak, director of the B. L. Pasternak House-Museum, congratulates Natalia Shakhalova on her birthday: — Natalia Vladimirovna has been heading the Literary Museum for 40 years. Over the years, thanks to her talent, great love for museum work and professionalism, she managed to create an entire museum empire throughout the country.

174 1 min. ... Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin I dies Yesterday at about 17.00 Moscow time, Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin I (in the world Nshan Sargsyan) died at the age of 67. Garegin I had been ill for a long time: he had throat cancer. At the end of last year in the United States, he underwent surgery to remove the tumor, but in May the Catholicos’ condition worsened again.

15 2 minutes. ... The state becomes a mediator In negotiations between banks and their Western creditors Yesterday, foreign bankers were invited to the Agency for Restructuring of Credit Institutions (ARCO). ARCO expects that they will not only provide loans for the rehabilitation of the banking system, but will also write off part of the debts of Russian banks (and ARCO hopes that in some cases the discount will amount to 70% of the debt).

67 1 min. ... TODAY: At the meeting of shareholders of RAO Gazprom, a new composition of the company’s board of directors will be elected The Ural Arms Exhibition-99 will open in Nizhny Tagil Writer and philosopher Alexander Zinoviev will return to Russia after 21 years of forced emigration READ TOMORROW'S ISSUE OF KOMMERSANT

78 3 min. ... Lerner stole both big and small The Israeli Supreme Court refused to reduce the prison term for Grigory Lerner, who was sentenced last year to eight years in prison for major financial fraud (Kommersant covered the process in detail).

6K 10 min. ... The dollar is having trouble growing Since June 29, sellers and buyers of currency live in a new way. Or, on the contrary, in the old way. In any case, it is not the same as life has been for the past nine months. Until now, dollar trading on the MICEX took place in two sessions: in the first - morning - the currency was cheaper (but not available to everyone), and in the second - afternoon - it was more expensive.

8 1 min. ... Indices of leading stock exchanges as of June 29 (points) (at the close of trading) DJIA* 10655.15 (+102.59) FTSE-100 6307.10 (-98.60) CAC-40 4503.83 (+38.60) DAX-30 5359.53 (+2.58) Nikkei-225 17782.79 (+172.21) *As of June 28.

689 2 minutes. ... The head of the traffic police got burned on the toilets The St. Petersburg prosecutor's office opened a criminal case into abuse of official powers by the head of the city traffic police department, Vladimir Mashnin. According to the official version, Mashnin abused the money allocated for the repair of buildings of the inspection subordinate to him. But there are facts indicating that the leaders of the St.

21 1 min. ... Read in our magazines "Power" Luzhkov is rebuilding Petrovsky Castle Today, the Moscow City Planning Council is to consider a project to transform Petrovsky Castle, an architectural monument of the 18th century, into a deluxe hotel (six stars). Petrovsky Travel Palace was built according to the design of architect Matvey Kazakov for Catherine the Great in 1778.

10 1 min. ... Indices of leading stock exchanges as of June 28 (points) (at the close of trading) DJIA 10655.15 (+102.59) FTSE-100 6405.7 (-29.7) CAC-40 4465.23 (+48.34) DAX-30 5356.95 (+55.74) Nikkei-225* 17782.79 (+172.21) *As of June 29.

15 6 min. ... ADR and GDR rates of Russian issuers (based on trading results on German stock exchanges on June 29, 1999 at 16.00) Issuer Number of shares in ADR-GDR Volume of transactions, pcs.

53 2 minutes. ... Opera that conquered fate Among the opera performances of "Stars of the White Nights" '99, Verdi's "Force of Destiny" is the only premiere of the last season. True, since then it has not appeared on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater, so the feeling of its premiere has not yet dried up, and discussions around the “historical performance” have resumed with the same force.

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60 3 min. ... Vedomosti Miss Europe - a girl from Samara Lebanon hosted the traditional Miss Europe beauty contest, which this year celebrates its 50th anniversary. For the first time in the history of the competition, the winner was Russian Elena Rogozhina, owner of the title “Miss Russia-97”.

22 1 min. ... Vitaly Ignatenko: we want to be outside of electoral technologies — What should the World Russian Press Association do? — To unite all Russian publications around the world and ensure that we have an established communication mechanism for the constant exchange of information. Another important point is the training of personnel for the Russian press. The staffing situation in CIS newspapers is simply depressing due to the loss of training facilities.