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245 2 minutes. ... Grozny has six days to live The leaflets that the Russian military are scattering over Grozny say that all residents must leave the city by December 11. All those remaining in the Chechen capital after this period will be considered militants and will be destroyed. The Russian military has repeatedly stated that no one will storm Grozny. “We don’t need unnecessary casualties,” they said. “The army will push the militants out of the city, and we will wait.

72 2 min. ... Everything is violated Yesterday, the Central Election Commission issued warnings to four electoral associations for violations of election campaigning. This does not threaten them in any way - the Central Election Commission has the right to withdraw them from the election race without warning. The Central Election Commission again appealed to the Ministry of Press with a proposal to suppress the “illegal propaganda activities” of ORT and TVC.

12 1 min. ... Quotes of shares included in the Kommersant index as of December 6, 1999 Index 150.304 Change. (%) -0.19 Issuer Calc. price ($) Change (%) Volume (pcs.) GAS 28 -3.45 1500 LUKOIL 9.01 -1.26 85854 RAO "Gazprom" 0.2124 +4.22 14585330 RAO "UES" 0.075 -1.19 25150000 Russia" "Rostelecom" 1.445 +1.05 306200 Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 226 dated December 7, 1999, p. 6

79 2 minutes. ... "We live in a country where all laws are circumvented" The introduction of cost controls was bound to have an impact on the markets for blacklisted goods. Cars Victor But-Gusainov, sales director of Gema company: — Some managers I know say that lately they have been selling expensive cars in large quantities. There is no sharp increase in sales in our company, although some people mention future cost control when purchasing.

39 3 min. ... On the trail of Al Capone Nikolai Kommersant-Vardul, editor of the economic policy department Russian tax authorities remember that Al Capone was convicted not for banditry or bootlegging, but for the much less romantic tax evasion. And special agents brought him to trial, but not from the FBI, but from the US Treasury. The example, needless to say, is contagious.

22 2 minutes. ... Option to export capital Participants in the derivatives market were offered to trade in the West Kommersant has learned the details of the project, which will give Russian traders the opportunity to independently enter into futures and options contracts on the world's leading stock indices. The only thing that can prevent this is currency legislation prohibiting such activities.

349 3 min. ... “Actually, I should have become a writer.” After the international premiere of the film “Black Cat, White Cat,” director Emir Kusturica gave an interview to Vlast correspondent Andrei Plakhov. — What was the impetus for your new film? — Stories of Isaac Babel. I was touched by these gangsters of his with big hearts and fatal passions. — Isn’t this where the Russian motive comes from - the arrival of the Gorky steamship? - It's just a fact of life.

10 1 min. ... Cash market of precious metals 6.12.99 Morning fixing ($/troy oz.) Day fixing ($/troy oz.) Change,% Buy/sell ($/troy oz.) Gold 277.25 276.1 -2.35 275.5 / 276.5 Silver — 5.07 -0.39 5.07 / 5.09 Platinum 436 434.5 -0.57 434 / 436 Palladium 405 405 +0.75 404 / 409 Rhodium — — — 890 / 940 Bank of England fixings. According to Kitco Inc. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 226 dated December 7, 1999, p. 6

8 1 min. ... 3 billion rubles were recovered from KrAZ. 5 Another way to violate currency laws 7 How to avoid shopping controls 8 Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 226 dated 07.12.1999, p. 4

48 1 min. ... Tuesday, December 7 TV channel "NTV plus football" 12.00, 18.00, 22.15 Free kick 12.15 International TV magazine Futbol Mundial 12.45 Tales from the Western Stand 13.00 World Cup 2002 draw Live broadcast from Japan 14.30 Review of matches of the German championship 15.30 Spanish Championship. "Numancia" - "Celta" 17.15 English Championship. "Tottenham" - "West Ham" 19.10 Review of Spanish Championship matches 19.40 Hit parade of the past week. Italian Championship.

45 1 min. ... The President of Tuva does not guarantee anything to anyone Roseximbank failed to recover about $1 million from Tyva under guarantees issued by the republic. Her government said it would not pay because the president of the republic, who issued the guarantee, had exceeded his authority. The Moscow Arbitration Court confirmed this statement.

395 1 min. ... Vote - you'll earn money Last week, an advertisement appeared in several media outlets, including publications of the Kommersant Publishing House, which attracted the attention of the editors: the Moscow Totalizator company began accepting bets on the results of the parliamentary elections. As we managed to find out, anyone can come to any Moscow branch of Sberbank (the company has an agreement with it) and deposit an amount of at least 100 rubles.

975 14 min. ... Shoigu over the city The route of the first election trip of the leader of the Unity movement was tortuous. In three days, Sergei Shoigu was supposed to visit Astrakhan, Elista, Volgograd, Kazan and Orenburg. On this trip, Kommersant special correspondent Andrei Kolesnikov traveled with Shoigu. Important political statement On the way to the airport we stopped at the Central Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

77 1 min. ... Birthdays Today, December 7, is the 48th birthday of the president of the Spasskie Vorota insurance group, Boris Khait. Khait was born in Grodno. In 1974 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers, in 1974-1979 he worked at the Central Hospital No. 1 of the Ministry of Railways. In 1997-1999 - President of CB Most Bank, since 1995 - President of the Spasskie Vorota insurance group.