49 1 min. ... ATP Tournament in Brooklyn Prize fund - $325 thousand. 1/4 finals. Arnaud Clement (France) - Sebastien Grosjean (France, 5) 1:6, 6:4, 6:3. Marat Safin (Russia, 6)--David Prinoshil (Germany) 6:4, 6:2. Chieng Schalken (Holland) - Marcelo Rios (Chile, 2) 6:4, 6:0. Greg Rusedski (Great Britain, 1) - Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden, 8) 7:5, 6:3. 1/2 finals. Rusedski--Klemen 6:4, 5:7, 6:2. Safin-Shalken 5:7, 6:3, 6:1. The final. Safin-Rusedski 6:4, 7:6 (13:11). Newspaper "Kommersant" No.

Magazine "Kommersant Power" 08/31/1999, 00:00 TASS has been authorized for 95 years On September 1, the Russian news agency ITAR-TASS, which, according to UNESCO classification, is one of the four supermonsters that have divided the whole world along with Reuters, Associated Press and France Press, has its anniversary. 95 years ago, on the first day of autumn 1904, the first official Russian agency began operating - the St. Petersburg Telegraph Agency.

32 3 min. ... Mercedes takes Coultard out For the last two seasons, Mika Häkkinen's only competitor in the fight for the Formula 1 title has been Michael Schumacher. But now he is not racing, and it seemed that Mika would win the current championship without any problems.

231 3 min. ... Borodin's accuser was banned from traveling abroad The Russian Prosecutor General's Office again urgently needed Swiss help in investigating two high-profile cases: the siphoning of Aeroflot money in the Andava company and abuses in the management of the affairs of the President of the Russian Federation (the so-called Mabetex case). Yesterday, the investigator in the Aeroflot case, Nikolai Volkov, flew to Switzerland.

94 11 min. ... A week Everything is calm at Gazprom Last week, Kommersant's forecast came true that things would not come to an open war between the Kremlin and Chairman of the Board of Gazprom OJSC Rem Vyakhirev. A compromise was reached on the eve of the extraordinary meeting of shareholders, and the meeting itself took place without the slightest glitch. Even two days before the meeting, a tough scenario for the development of events could not be ruled out.

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77 1 min. ... "Russia will come to your aid" All Russian prime ministers promised to help Dagestan deal with its internal problems. Some with money, some with weapons. Viktor Chernomyrdin: “The Russian government will, to the extent possible, support the economy of Dagestan, which plays a stabilizing role in the North Caucasus.” Sergei Kiriyenko: “Dagestan has been and will remain part of Russia.

8K 10 min. ... New power The appointment of 33-year-old Podolsk wrestler Boris Ivanyuzhenkov as Minister of Sports went quite unnoticed. Meanwhile, this is a significant event. Until now, not a single person listed in police databases as “the authority of the criminal community” has held such a high position.

87 3 min. ... With ideological greetings Movladi Udugov addressed Kommersant readers Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov dismissed the main ideologist of the republic, Movladi Udugov, for inciting ethnic hatred. In fact, Udugov was the last major oppositionist who agreed to deal with official Grozny. But the Dagestan war changed the balance of power in Chechnya. Maskhadov did not want to deal with the person who irritates Moscow the most.

1K 4 min. ... Mountain wars. Episode II The Russian authorities decided to put an end to the Wahhabis in Dagestan. On Sunday, in the Buynaksky region of the republic, an assault began on the villages of Karamakhi and Chabanmakhi, where Wahhabi self-government has existed for about a year. The operation uses both ground forces and aviation. Four Russian servicemen have already been killed and 15 were injured. Mujahideen losses number in the dozens.

65 1 min. ... WARNING On August 28, 1999, the information and analytical program “Time” (broadcast 21:00-21:45) aired a story about the action of the public organization “Right Cause” held in St. Petersburg. This story was repeated several times in recordings when broadcast to different time zones (Orbita system).

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17 1 min. ... Dealers are tired of dollars For the third day in a row, during the morning currency session, the Central Bank was forced to repel attacks from buyers. During this time, the volume of funds in correspondent accounts of commercial banks with the Central Bank decreased by almost 2 billion rubles, to 46.8 billion—most of this money went to purchase dollars.

747 1 min. ... The most authoritative minister in the world Heads Russian sport The appointment of 33-year-old Podolsk wrestler Boris Ivanyuzhenkov as Minister of Sports went quite unnoticed. Meanwhile, this is a significant event. Until now, not a single person listed in police databases as “the authority of the criminal community” has held such a high position. All the promises of the president and the government not to let criminals into power remain empty words. Here's just one example.

52 2 minutes. ... Gerashchenko surrendered and allowed to exchange GKOs for dollars The Bank of Russia made a decision yesterday that, in essence, is tantamount to capitulation to foreign investors. Since September, he decided to resume special auctions for the sale of foreign currency to non-residents for rubles received during the restructuring of state bonds.