1K 2 minutes. ... Content HOW ARE YOU GOOD/BAD NEWS The traffic police wants to be closer to people DEBRIEFING Operation "I" How much will it cost us to fight customs against illegal imports? VANE Ministry of Pyramid Restoration Will the new GKOs suffer the same fate as the old ones? THEY SAY THAT The capital will be moved to St.

1K 2 minutes. ... Donald Brashear doesn't spare his brain Vancouver Canucks hockey player Donald Brashear was nearly injured a week ago when “colleague” Marty McSorley from the Boston Bruins hit him in the temple with a stick. However, last Monday the victim said: fights are an integral part of hockey, and the police should under no circumstances interfere in the affairs of the league.

579 2 minutes. ... TV is killing football Football is in danger of boring TV viewers; it is now shown too much in Europe - this is the meaning of the official statement made yesterday by Stefan Kürten, head of the sports department of the EBU Corporation, which unites almost all the major Western continental radio and television channels.

847 1 min. ... Quotes of shares included in the Kommersant index as of 02/29/00 Index 241.042 Change. (%) +3.27 Issuer Calc. meaning ($) Change (%) Volume (pcs.) GAS 36.5 -2.14 2500 LUKOIL 10.25 +3.02 304900 RAO "Gazprom" 0.3293 +3.81 10658840 RAO "UES" 0.1424 +5.87 76180000 Russia" "Rostelecom" 2,795 +4.10 307000 Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 35 dated 03/01/2000, p. 6

603 1 min. ... Key indicators as of 02/29/00 (billion rubles) Monetary base as of 02/21/00 308.9 Gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank on 18.

1K 6 min. ... Operation "I" Wealthy Russian citizens are again asked to share. The State Customs Committee of Russia, with the support of law enforcement agencies, launched Operation Import, aimed at suppressing “black” and “gray” customs clearance of foreign goods. Customs sanctions will inevitably lead to higher prices for imported consumer electronics and furniture. The only question is by how much. The traders were scared to death.

469 2 minutes. ... First flight Yesterday, in Zhukovsky near Moscow, the first test flight of the Russian Aircraft Corporation (RSC) MiG experimental fighter took place. The vehicle, known as “product 1.44,” or fifth-generation multirole front-line fighter (MFI), spent 18 minutes in the air and landed safely. The display of this aircraft last year caused a scandal. This time, the representatives of the RSK themselves dotted the i’s.

There are only two countries in the world where the mobile phone has received a special social status: the USA and Russia. In America, it became so accessible that it became a symbol of a person’s belonging to the lower strata of society. The logic of the Americans is simple: mobile communications are needed by homeless people and idle people who have neither a home nor a job, but a normal person has no need for a mobile phone.

Case against BoNY Yesterday, Natalya Kagalovskaya, a former vice president of the Bank of New York, who was fired in connection with the “Russian” scandal, announced that she was starting legal proceedings against the bank. She demands an apology and $270 million from BoNY. And it cannot be ruled out that the bank will decide to reach an agreement with her before the trial.

2K 3 min. ... Auction WITH A CLAIMS FOR LIFE The Spice Girls were involved in a motorcycle accident Last week, London's High Court ruled on the conflict between the Spice Girls and the Italian motorcycle company Aprilia (we wrote about this litigation in #6 of February 16). As expected, the verdict is not in favor of the pop stars. Let us briefly recall the history of the conflict. In 1998, the group signed an agreement with Aprilia to advertise the new Spice Sonic scooter model.

814 1 min. ... Indices of leading stock exchanges on February 28 (points) (at the close of trading) DJIA 10038.65 (+176.53) FTSE-100 6099.6 (-98.4) CAC-40 6102.73 (-85.91) DAX-30 7587.13 (-151.55) Nikkei-225* 19959.52 (+239.42) *As of February 29.

634 1 min. ... Savings Loan Bond Market Bond series Maturity date Next coupon payment date Coupon interest (% per annum) Purchase rate (% of par value)* Selling rate (% of par value)* 27 20.05.00 20.05.00 50 117.24 124.28 28 17.06.00 17.06.00 50 114.34 123.94 29 15.07.00 15.07.00 25 99.68 110.08 *Quotes from the Moscow Bank of Sberbank of Russia, taking into account accumulated interest as of 02/29/00 for individuals. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 35 dated 03/01/2000, p. 6

1K 1 min. ... "Arena" went to intercept This week in Moscow there will be negotiations between the American company General Dynamics and the state-owned company Rosvooruzheniye on the purchase of the Arena active tank defense complex, developed by the Kolomna Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau. General Dynamics intends to equip its M1A2 Abrams tanks with Arena.

1K 2 minutes. ... Murdoch's new face The New York Times reported that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and Yahoo! are negotiating the creation of an alliance. And although the leaders of both companies themselves prefer not to comment on the publication, the fact is that News Corp and Yahoo! Joint projects will be announced soon, no doubt. Simply because to ignore the alliance formed a month ago between America Online Inc and Time Warner Inc. these companies can't.

www.autokatalog.net As the name suggests, there is “no auto catalog” here. There are two smart guys who collected pictures of cars of all brands and decided at the same time to support the automotive life of the Russian province. We made the last conclusion by looking at the links collected by enthusiasts: if they have something in common, it is the lack of mention of what they have the misfortune of being in Moscow.