611 1 min. ... The raiders were confused with suppliers In St. Petersburg, a branch of the State Optical Institute named after. Vavilov, who develops unique devices, including military and special purposes. Bandits stole platinum-containing equipment worth 104 million rubles. The attack occurred on Sunday at 2.40 am. Four in camouflage uniforms and masks drove up to the institute building (36 Babushkina Street) in a Gazelle.

4K 3 min. ... Plenipotentiaries defeated the administration As a high-ranking Kremlin source said yesterday, in the coming days Vladimir Putin will sign a decree on the reorganization of the main territorial department of his administration. This is a major victory for the president’s representatives in the federal districts: now they will not only carry out the Kremlin’s regional policy, but also determine it. With details - ILYA BULAVINOV.

The administration is appealing the decision of MAP 28 2 minutes. ... The city administration intends to appeal in the arbitration court the decision of the antimonopoly committee, which found Smolny guilty of creating favorable conditions for individual players in the fuel market. Court proceedings will allow the administration not to comply with MAP orders for almost the entire year. A meeting of the St. Petersburg administration of the MAP took place on January 16th.

147 2 minutes. ... Quotes of foreign currency bonds 01/29/01 (at 19.30) Currency Redemption Coupon (% of nominal) Demand (% of nominal) Offer (% of nom) Change.

4K 2 minutes. ... Deputy Prime Minister from the machine tool The Ukrainian government was strengthened by Oleg Dubina At the end of last week, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma appointed Oleg Dubina as the new Deputy Prime Minister, replacing the dismissed Yuliya Timoshenko. The President gave his word that the new Deputy Prime Minister is not associated with any financial and industrial group. The new Deputy Prime Minister has a really good reputation.

512 2 minutes. ... Power is changing in Russian basketball CSKA is no longer the only leader On Saturday, according to many experts, a significant event took place in Russian basketball: Perm's Ural-Great defeated CSKA in Moscow with a score of 86:84. As part of the national championship, the army team had never lost to opponents on their own court before and were not inferior to the team of Sergei Belov.

3K 1 min. ... Alexander Lukashenko attacked the OSCE On January 27, in an interview with the national television channel, the President of Belarus said: “They decided to create a corps of 14-18 thousand militants who will supposedly be observers, and tomorrow, as journalists in the Chechen Republic say, 'they sow grain during the day, and in the evening they shoot from under the bed.'" .

3K 1 min. ... The European House will be saved by tolerance Yesterday a two-day forum on combating racism and other forms of intolerance began in Stockholm. 400 participants from 50 countries are discussing a problem that in the coming century could explode European society from the inside. The demographic changes taking place in the Old World force us to jointly look for ways to form a new, multinational and multicultural face of Europe.

3K 1 min. ... Birthdays Today, January 30, designer Andrey Sharov turns 35 years old Theater director Andrey Zhitinkin congratulates Andrei Sharov on his birthday: — I have a very affectionate attitude towards Andryusha Sharov: he has been dressing and designing my performances for the last ten years. He is a unique set designer, whose work cannot be confused with anyone else; his decorations are always unexpected, modern, paradoxical and memorable for a long time, forever.

3K 2 minutes. ... British Petroleum gets rid of LUKoil Yesterday, the British-American oil company British Petroleum released a sensational statement about the sale of its 7% stake in LUKoil. BP claims that this decision will not lead to the curtailment of joint projects with LUKoil and is in no way connected with the relationship between the companies.

3K 1 min. ... BP lowered LUKoil shares The decision of the British-American corporation British Petroleum to sell a seven percent stake in LUKoil collapsed the stock market of the Russian company. Most market participants hastened to get rid of these securities. By the end of the day, LUKoil shares were quoted 10-11% lower than the previous day. At the same time, their trading volume amounted to almost $11 million - half of the RTS turnover.

4K 1 min. ... Laima Vaikule chose her favorites A series of concerts by the Latvian singer Laima Vaikule with the program “Into the 21st century - with loved ones...” has ended in Moscow. “Today I want to be different - bad, good...” - this is what Laima Vaikule said after she sang the first song.

1K 2 minutes. ... Inkombank put an end to the "Black Square" The long-suffering “Black Square” by Kazimir Malevich from the collection of Inkombank will be sold at an open auction in Russia. This is what the bankruptcy manager of Inkombank, Alexander Yesin, told reporters. But the Ministry of Culture still hopes that the fate of this masterpiece, as well as other works from the collection of the bankrupt bank, can be resolved in another way.

753 1 min. ... Vadim Tonkov died Honored Artist of Russia Vadim Tonkov died at the age of 69. He was better known to Soviet viewers as Veronika Mavrikievna. The artist’s death was the result of a heart attack after six previous heart attacks. On the streets, artist Vadim Tonkov most likely was not recognized by passers-by.

9K 2 minutes. ... Taimyr chose Norilsk Nickel Head of RAO Alexander Khloponin became governor On Sunday, gubernatorial elections were held in Taimyr. The victory in them, as Kommersant expected, was won by the general director of RAO Norilsk Nickel, Alexander Khloponin - according to preliminary data, 61.97% of voters voted for him. The elections in Taimyr were recognized as having taken place by 2 p.m. local time. On average, 63.27% of voters in the district voted.