66 2 minutes. ... On the evening of April 22, at about 5 p.m., in the courtyard of house 15 on Lipovaya Alley, unknown criminals shot Alexander Karavaev, a businessman from Monchegorsk, with TT pistols. He came to St. Petersburg in his Peugeot to conclude an agreement with one of the St. Petersburg companies for the supply of rare earth metals (in Monchegorsk, Mr. Karavaev’s company supplies ores and metals, including rare earth ones).

eleven 2 minutes. ... Leonid Kuchma is ready to be third In the dialogue the prime minister and are happy Today the official visit of Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma to Lithuania ends. He arrived in Vilnius at the height of the government crisis in Ukraine. But the president failed to escape from problems - journalists found him here too.

10 1 min. ... Non-ferrous metals market 04/23/01 Delivery immediately Delivery within 3 months Settlement Prev. Closing Last Prev. closing Aluminum 1520 1534 1526 1545 Copper 1673 1693 1702 1721 Nickel 6460 6480 6370 6400 Zinc 960 966 976.5 983 Tin 4940 4925 5000 4995 Lead 472.5 477 487 490 London Metal Exchange quotes ($/t). According to Reuters. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 73 dated April 24, 2001, p. 6

44 2 minutes. ... Meat and apartment prices are rising in Grozny The Chechen government moved there Grozny regains its status as the official capital of Chechnya. Prime Minister Stanislav Ilyasov, as promised, held yesterday's meeting of the government of the republic not in Gudermes, but in Grozny. Thus, he managed to complete the second important task he had set for himself for April.

56 1 min. ... Russian CeBIT does not work The most popular IT show in Russia, Comtek, is losing popularity. At the entrances to the Expo Center, where the 12th exhibition began yesterday, the usual traffic jams are not noticeable. The usual excitement in the Comtek pavilions is not visible either. The main visitors of the show - teenagers hunting for souvenirs - were pushed into the Forum building, where the "consumer" part of the exhibition takes place.

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33 4 min. ... Doping games could decide the fate of the Italian football championship A sensation is getting closer in the German football championship - Schalke 04 beat the last serious rival remaining and now only incredible bad luck or the exploits of outsider opponents can prevent the club from Gelsenkirchen from becoming the national champion. Among other events, it is worth noting the scandal that erupted in Italy, where two football players from leading clubs were convicted of doping.

On April 24, an unknown person reported an explosive device planted in one of the educational buildings of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov on Vorobyovy Gory in house 1. This was reported to the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate. The alarm signal was received by the operational duty officer at 14:30. Ambulance crews, police, rescuers and firefighters arrived at the scene. An inspection of the building and surrounding areas is currently underway.

eleven 2 minutes. ... The Russian football championship in the second division starts today. St. Petersburg and the region in the West zone are represented by three teams - Dynamo, Lokomotiv and Svetogorets. The hour has come for football players, coaches and club managers who have not given up hope of making a career in big football. Kommersant has already reported on the Napoleonic plans of the leaders of St. Petersburg Dynamo.

18 1 min. ... Alcohol excise taxes have no smell Alcohol producers are increasing payments to the budget. According to Goskomstat, in the first quarter of 2001, vodka and liquor products were produced in Russia by 5.4% more than in the same period last year. However, alcohol production increased by only 3.2%.

6K 2 minutes. ... Deserters cut the throats of contract soldiers Yesterday, in the court of the North Caucasus Military District, where the case of deserters Konstantin Limonov and Ruslan Klochkov, who went over to Chechen militants, was being heard, the main episode of the prosecution was considered - the execution of 16 Russian contract soldiers. With details - ANTON KARMALIN. At the court hearing, the testimony of Konstantin Limonov, given during the preliminary investigation, was read out.

and wrong behavior with bad consequences 231 4 min. ... Yesterday, the general director of the public non-profit organization "European Cities Against Drugs" (ECAD), TOMAS HALLBERG, paid a working visit to St. Petersburg. He held a number of meetings at St. Petersburg State University, with which ECAD signed an agreement on combating the spread of drugs, and gave an interview to Kommersant correspondent YULIA SHUM.

399 3 min. ... Vladimir Kulakov is the governor of Putin's recruitment. As a military man, he is going to restore order in his area. The Voronezh governor told Vlast columnist Pyotr Netrebe what kind of order this is. — Why did you, a career FSB officer, decide to run for governor? “I have devoted more than thirty years to serving in the state security agencies. He worked in Voronezh, about five years in Moscow, and in 1991 he returned to Voronezh as the head of the FSB department.

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8 23 min. ... Share prices of Russian issuers 04/23/01 Issuer Demand ($, rub.) Supply ($, rub.) Min. ($, rub.) Max. ($, rub.) Last ($, rub.) Change. (%) Volume of transactions (pcs.) Number of transactions Dividends (rub.) Min. 52 weeks ($, rub.) Max.