3K 1 min. ... Non-ferrous metals market 4.02.00 Spot Change 3 months Change Aluminum 1686 -35 1665 -35.5 Copper 1770 -20 1807.5 -19.5 Lead 451 -3 468.5 -3.5 Nickel 9150 +220 9105 +155 Tin 5765 -thirty 5790 -40 Zinc 1098 -3.5 1120 -1 London Metal Exchange settlement quotes ($/t). According to Behr Alloys Inc. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 18 dated 02/05/2000, p. 5

771 4 min. ... Let's be like children In the post-Soviet world, everyone wants to be an object - at worst, violence EKATERINA J-TAR Scary children are nothing new. We read about them, for example, in Truman Capote and saw them, for example, in numerous "Omens". Even bourgeois Agatha Christie has a novel where the killer is a little girl. And this is, in principle, O.K., so O.K.

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2K 3 min. ... Not in money, money, money happiness ABBA turned down a billion dollars Former members of the Swedish quartet ABBA refused the contract of the Anglo-American concern, which offered them to reunite and hold 100 concerts. The contract amount was unprecedented - $1 billion. In the mid-70s, The Beatles offered a similar thing - the reincarnation of the group was estimated at $30 million.

981 2 minutes. ... Ultimatum from football oligarchs The association of the 14 richest clubs in Europe, the so-called G14, has made new demands on international football organizations. If FIFA and UEFA implement them, it will essentially mean the end for football at national team level. The official statement addressed to football officials was made following negotiations between clubs belonging to the association.

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1K 1 min. ... Composition of the Russian figure skating team Pair skating: Elena Berezhnaya - Anton Sikharulidze; Maria Petrova - Alexey Tikhonov; Tatyana Totmyanina - Maxim Marinin; dancing: Irina Lobacheva - Ilya Averbukh; Anna Semenovich - Roman Kostomarov; Oksana Podtykova - Denis Petukhov; women: Irina Slutskaya, Maria Butyrskaya, Victoria Volchkova; men: Evgeny Plushenko, Alexey Yagudin, Alexander Abt. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 18 dated 02/05/2000, page 11

4K 1 min. ... Echoes of the past war PFA is still dissatisfied with the Federal Commission Today is the last day when stock market participants can submit proposals to the Federal Securities Commission for the market development program. And this became the reason for a new attack on the commission by the National Securities Association (NFA), a long-time enemy of the former head of the FCSM, Dmitry Vasiliev. True, it is no longer Vasiliev himself who is under the gun, but his team.

1K 2 minutes. ... Mikhailov is a Greek surname “You need to learn from my example how you can’t live,” said respected businessman Sergei Mikhailov at yesterday’s press conference. Mikhailov arrived at the press conference in a black 600 Mercedes, accompanied by lawyer Sergei Pogramkov and the author of the book “Mikhailov or Mikhas” Oleg Yakubov. Later, copies of the book were distributed to everyone with gift autographs of the main character.

3K 2 minutes. ... Renault doesn't drive Yesterday, the President of the French company Renault, Louis Schweitzer, came to Moscow to the Avtoframos plant. I came to see with my own eyes how Renault sales can actually fail in a single country. However, the situation may improve: the Moscow authorities are ready to hand over the dying Moskvich plant to the French. Everyone will benefit from this. JV "Avtoframos" was founded in July 1998.

706 1 min. ... The killer didn't have time to catch a taxi On Thursday, a unique incident occurred in Kazan: for the first time, a killer who had just shot his victim was captured with a weapon in his hands. At eleven o'clock in the morning, a passer-by called the police who discovered the body of a young man near one of the houses on Voskhod Street.

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1K 1 min. ... Direct speech What's your hangover? Vladimir Bryntsalov, State Duma deputy: - First with any brine, then with Ferein vodka. It never gives me a headache or a hangover. Sergey Smirnov, Deputy General Director of Rosalko: — I have a unique grandfather’s recipe, which I use when necessary. In the morning, if you have a headache after a noisy feast, you need to run to the nearest body of water, market or supermarket for fresh sterlet.

788 2 minutes. ... ALROSA accuses cutters in smuggling her diamonds Yesterday, ALROSA President Vyacheslav Shtyrov rejected accusations that the company was involved in diamond smuggling. His defense was based on the assertion that the appearance of smuggled diamonds on the world market was unprofitable for ALROSA. He could not give clearer justifications, but he painted an “image of the enemy” - all cutting enterprises with foreign participation are involved in smuggling, according to him.

3K 3 min. ... Dmitry Kholodov was unlucky again His case may fall apart in court The Prosecutor General's Office yesterday decided to send to court the case of the explosion at Moskovsky Komsomolets in 1994, which resulted in the death of journalist Dmitry Kholodov. Investigators are confident that they have found the true killers - these are airborne special forces officers led by intelligence chief Colonel Pavel Popovskikh.