907 2 minutes. ... Vedomosti The Russian Estate Foundation reminded of itself The non-governmental foundation "Russian Estate" made its presentation. The fund was created in the spring of 2000 with the assistance of the Russian Assembly of Nobility, the Society for the Study of Russian Estates and the Institute of Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

671 2 minutes. ... Poland is digging for a bright future For the first time, a large part of the Polish population supports joining the EU. Public opinion polls show that the country's leadership may not be afraid of the results of the upcoming referendum. However, the consent of citizens is far from the only problem of the Polish government. Almost 60% of Poles have a positive attitude towards the country's upcoming accession to the EU.

1K 1 min. ... Cash market of precious metals 12/20/00 Morning fix ($/troy oz.) Afternoon fix ($/troy oz.) Chg. (%) Buy/Sell ($/troy oz.) Gold 270.2 272.45 +1.08 272.7 / 273.2 Silver — 4.61 +0.88 4.63 / 4.65 Platinum 606 606 +0.66 606 / 612 Palladium 933 935 +1.96 937 / 957 Rhodium — — — 2050 / 2150 According to Reuters. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 239 dated December 21, 2000, p. 6

821 2 minutes. ... Actis Systems moves to Vienna The Austrian investment fund Red-stars.com data AG announced yesterday the acquisition of a stake in the Russian web development company Actis Systems (AS). Competitors estimate the cost of this transaction at $4-4.5 million. The Red-stars.com data AG fund specializes in investments in Internet companies. Founded in March 2000 in Vienna by entrepreneur Thomas Streimelweger.

618 3 min. ... They came for Gerashchenko The General Prosecutor's Office will take control of the case of violations committed by the Bank of Russia when issuing a stabilization loan to SBS-Agro. Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov promised this to the senators yesterday. In the last six months, the pro-Kremlin-minded Prosecutor General has not made such statements in vain - every time it ended with the removal of another oligarch from the game.

825 1 min. ... Latest NHL matches Boston--Philadelphia 4:4 (Samsonov, 0+2 - Fedotenko, 1+0). NY Islanders--Carolina 2:1 (Irbe (Carolina) stopped 27 of 29 shots). Colorado--Calgary 3:3 (Kravchuk (Calgary), 0+1). Los Angeles--Atlanta 6:7.

Sounding gifts December is surprisingly rich in gifts from mobile communication companies. Although the warm winter did not melt down the prices for handsets, the tariffs for the services provided by operators have seriously “thawed”. It's time to run for mobile gifts - after the New Year, frost will hit the cellular market again. Generous "bees" The most generous Moscow mobile operator with New Year's gifts was VimpelCom (trademark Bee Line).

496 1 min. ... How NkAZ was divided By the beginning of 2000, the Moscow company MIKOM owned 54% of the shares of the Novokuznetsk Aluminum Smelter (20% of NkAZ shares were controlled by Sberbank, 8% by individuals, 4% by companies friendly to MIKOM). On February 11, the Interfax agency, citing MIKOM vice-president Nikolai Nikolaev, reported that a controlling stake in NkAZ had been sold to LogoVAZ. However, it is known that the deal never took place.

865 5 minutes. ... Minatom project threatens Russia's national security NATALIA MIRONOVA, Chairman of the “Movement for Nuclear Safety”, member of the Supreme Environmental Council under the State Duma Committee on Ecology Minatom assumes that importing 20 thousand tons of foreign spent nuclear fuel into Russia in the period from 2000 to 2010 can earn about $21 billion.

512 4 min. ... European energy market 12.20.00 (at 19.30) Name, terms of delivery Mediterranean North-Western Europe Demand Offer Change Demand Offer Change Oil ($/barrel) Brent, F.O.B. — — — 23.21 23.23 +0.11 Kirkuk, FOB 20.46 20.48 -1.14 — — — Iran Heavy, FOB 21.56 21.58 -1.14 — — — Oseberg, F.O.B.

816 3 min. ... In the NHL, Russia has three second-magnitude stars Pavel Bure, Sergei Fedorov and Sergei Zubov There are only a few days left until the Christmas holidays - this is the first intermediate finish of the season in the National Hockey League. At the end of December, experts give their first forecasts for the spring, coaches and general managers figure out how to strengthen the team before the playoffs, and the advertising campaign for the upcoming All Star Game reaches its peak.

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638 3 min. ... There is no price for Russian oil And the methods for calculating it too A month ago, Vladimir Putin, preoccupied with the problem of taxation of the oil industry, during a personal meeting with the Minister of Taxes and Duties Gennady Bukaev, instructed him, together with the Ministry of Economic Development, to develop a methodology for determining domestic Russian market prices for oil by December 15, 2000.

805 2 minutes. ... EBRD invested in special steels The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced on Tuesday that it has acquired a large stake in VIZ-Stal JSC for $5 million. This is the first Russian metallurgical enterprise in which the EBRD is a shareholder. JSC "VIZ-Stal" was created on the basis of the Verkh-Isetsky Metallurgical Plant (Ekaterinburg) in 1995.

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