65 1 min. ... How to hide property abroad Realtors believe that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is unlikely to be able to find out which of the candidates owns real estate abroad. Data on property owners can only be obtained from relevant departments in other countries within the framework of cooperation between investigative authorities. And if the property of a person who committed an action considered a crime in the country where the request is sent is being verified.

16 3 min. ... Ministry of Foreign Affairs of rapid response Russia got involved in military correspondence The Chechen issue continues to remain in the center of attention of the whole world. Statements and demarches addressed to Moscow follow continuously. The Russian Foreign Ministry responds to them with increasing irritation.

eleven 1 min. ... COMPANIES 5 Rostelecom has a powerful competitor MARKETS AND FINANCE 6-7 Duties on imported medicines have doubled TRENDS 8 Corporate governance the Russian way Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 214 dated November 19, 1999, p. 4

42 2 minutes. ... “It would be better if they lost to Russia!” The number of people gathered for the decisive match between Ukraine and Slovenia was frivolously small, only 45 thousand in a stadium with a hundred thousand people - it seemed to everyone in the country that the team was already in the final of the European championship.

83 1 min. ... TODAY: At the OSCE summit in Istanbul, the Russian Foreign Minister will sign the Charter for European Security and final documents The pre-election campaign of candidates for State Duma deputies begins on Russian television channels A government commission will consider increasing export duties on a number of goods READ TOMORROW'S ISSUE OF KOMMERSANT Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 214 dated November 19, 1999, p. 1

15 1 min. ... Currency currency to dollar rates Official rates of the Central Bank of Russia as of 11/19/99 Australian dollar 16.89 Austrian schilling* 19.98 English pound 42.90 Belarusian ruble** 51.78 Belgian franc*** 68.14 Dutch guilder 12.47 Greek drachma**** 83.70 Danish krone* 36.96 U.S.

70 1 min. ... Lithuanian instigators of the Chechen war On Wednesday, a small (about fifty people) but active group of supporters of Chechen independence held another protest rally near the Russian embassy in Lithuania. The protesters burned the Russian flag.

344 7 min. ... TV program TV program [Friday, November 19] ORT 6.00 TV channel "Good morning" 7.40 Elections-99 8.00 TV channel "Good morning" 8.45 Elections-99 9.00 News 9.15 "Gentle Poison". Series 10.15 "Pun".

17 2 minutes. ... Skoda did not find $60 million For car production in Russia The start of the assembly of Skoda cars in Russia within the framework of the joint project "Skoda Auto - Izhmash" (Izhevsk) is once again postponed. Nikolai Hanza, Chairman of the Government of Udmurtia, told reporters about this. This time, the reason for the postponement of the project was not the drop in demand for foreign cars on the Russian market, but the problems of Skoda Auto itself.

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21 2 minutes. ... CSKA upset the president In the eighth round of the Euroleague basketball, Russian champion CSKA upset its fans by losing to the Greek club PAOK on its home court with a score of 71:82. After this defeat, the army team lost second place to the Greeks. To remain in third position in the group, they now need to win the two remaining matches away from home: against the French Cholet and the Italian Benetton.

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eleven 1 min. ... From the editor For Kommersant, Mr. Zelenin’s statement was, so to speak, long-awaited. Firstly, because the existence of top management as a certain social stratum is finally officially recognized as its representative. Secondly, such self-identification makes it possible to demand (including journalistic) demands from top managers of companies for their actions and deprives them of the traditional right to no comments on corporate interests.

24 1 min. ... Attacks on television workers in Yekaterinburg This year, crimes have been committed against five employees and heads of television companies in Yekaterinburg. None of them have yet been revealed. In March, unknown assailants stabbed the editor-in-chief of the ATN television company, Eduard Khudyakov, when he entered the entrance of his house on his way back from work. In July, unknown persons burned down the apartment of the president of the Channel 4 media holding, Igor Mishin.

54 2 minutes. ... Pension revolt of Konstantin Titov Samara governor Konstantin Titov found himself at the epicenter of a loud scandal. A month ago, he signed a decree on the payment of pensions in the Samara region with a coefficient of 0.7, while in the country as a whole it is 0.525.