602 3 min. ... Chubais allows himself a lot When the water temperature in the Moscow River approaches the temperature of the human body, peat bogs are burning near Shatura, and one can live only in the arms of an air conditioner, then a political paradise begins in the country. People become too lazy to talk, and the number of rumors is rapidly decreasing. An amazing fact: at the beginning of July, not a single scandal worthy of attention occurred.

709 3 min. ... Cheap and unprofitable The Supreme Court of Russia ruled: any citizen of the country who managed to buy something cheaper than others must certainly be punished with a ruble. More precisely, a new income tax. It will be especially difficult for property owners.

73 3 min. ... 200 million dollars were smuggled out Employees of the Russian FSB blocked the largest channel of capital flight from the country. Several criminal groups in Moscow and Aleksandrov (Vladimir region), using fictitious foreign economic contracts, transferred about $200 million abroad. Five bankers have already been charged with smuggling and laundering illegally acquired capital. Three of them were arrested. With details - LEONID BERRES.

764 1 min. ... Auction Grigorovich demands big money Last week, the Bolshoi Theater's tour in London was in jeopardy. Two days before the start of the performances, the artistic director of the theater, Yuri Grigorovich, went to the English court, demanding $160 thousand for showing “copies” of three of his ballets - “La Bayadère”, “Raymonda” and “Spartacus”.

17 2 minutes. ... The IMF shortchanged Moscow But there will be no payments from Russia Sergei Stepashin and Viktor Gerashchenko signed the memorandum on economic policy only yesterday at 18.00. And they should have done this a week ago. The main reason for the delay is that the IMF decided to give Russia less money than Moscow owes it back. Until yesterday, Moscow expected to receive from the IMF an amount equivalent to the volume of payments on Russia's debts to the same IMF.

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1K 6 min. ... Riding rules for novice leaders What should a small business manager know? Well, for example, an enterprise engaged in the production and sale of teapots. He must know what marketing is, he must be able to negotiate and manage personnel, he must, finally, be able to sell the products of his enterprise. But first, be able to sell your own skills and knowledge.

232 3 min. ... The Rothschild collection was sold The auction house Christie's sold off the collection of the Rothschild barons in London with great success. The total result of the auction was $90 million, 23 world records were set in various classes - “for artist”, “for manuscripts”, etc. However, this brilliant action may close the restitution process in the world for a long time.

772 7 min. ... Emergency exit for car owners Citizens pay more attention to car insurance than to insurance of houses and apartments. This is understandable: we see accidents on the roads almost every day. Nevertheless, we are still very, very far from universal insurance of cars and civil liability of their owners. One of my friends, who got her license three years ago and bought a car, immediately insured it.

559 1 min. ... Upstairs A super oligarch has appeared in Russia By presidential decree, the Ministry of Press, Television and Radio Broadcasting and Mass Communications was created in Russia. If until recently there were two recognized oligarchs on television - Boris Berezovsky (ORT, TV-6) and Vladimir Gusinsky (NTV), now they have been joined by a third - Mikhail Lesin (previously he was only called in behind-the-scenes conversations the shadow owner of RTR and "Culture" ").

14 1 min. ... TODAY: Sergei Stepashin will hold a meeting with the heads of law enforcement and fiscal departments on citizen registration systems Minister of Antimonopoly Policy Ilya Yuzhanov will tell the media about his fight against monopolization of the oil market A meeting of the European Commission and the World Bank on the reconstruction of Kosovo will be held in Brussels READ TOMORROW'S ISSUE OF KOMMERSANT Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 122 dated July 14, 1999, p. 1

479 1 min. ... IN THE NEAREST ROOMS The Kommersant Publishing House is preparing special thematic pages for the Kommersant-Dengi weekly “The Largest Enterprises of Russia”, which will be published on August 18. Phone for inquiries: (095) 943-91-12

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501 2 minutes. ... Abramovich was ordered for $1600 Yesterday, a Kommersant photojournalist on Kutuzovsky Prospekt in Moscow took down the billboard that you see in the photo on the left. Two hours later the poster disappeared. In its place appeared an advertisement for the Fatherland movement. Who ordered an advertisement with a photo of Roman Abramovich? Why did it only hang for one day? With details - ROMAN KOSTIKOV.

1K 2 minutes. ... Statistics know everything For example, that almost half of Russians do not want Americans to invest money in the development of their region, territory or republic. According to the Public Opinion Foundation, 46% of respondents are categorically against the presence of American capital in their region. The reasons for hostility towards overseas investors are quite varied. 41% of opponents of American monetary expansion are afraid of complete economic dependence on America.