On July 13, information appeared that the State Duma of the Russian Federation had extended the work of the plenary session until 22:00. The proposal of the SPS faction deputy Boris Nadezhdin to extend the work was supported by 229 parliamentarians. After this, the floor was given to Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov. Now he speaks from the rostrum of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

testimony 137 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, details of the interrogation of the daughter of French President Jacques Chirac became known. The day before, she appeared before judges in connection with corruption charges brought against her father. Claude Chirac, 38, gave her first testimony to the panel of judges on Wednesday. She was questioned by three judges for an hour.

Juan Antonio Samaranch is seen off in tears 34 2 minutes. ... Yesterday at the Bolshoi Theater, Vladimir Putin solemnly opened the session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It so happened that the ceremony was mainly dedicated to another president, the Olympic one - Juan Antonio Samaranch, who was being seen off in Moscow to retire. Vladimir Putin met with Juan Antonio Samaranch this morning. The president invited 350 people to the St.

9 1 min. ... Index 191.35 Change. (%) -0.02 Issuer Calc. price ($) Change (%) Trading volume (pieces) GAS 18.55 -1.33 — "LUKoil" 10.85 -0.73 162500 RAO "Gazprom" 0.5854 +1.42 1790000 RAO "UES of Russia" 0.1152 -0.69 66850000 "Rostelecom" 0.78 -2.50 650000 Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 122 dated July 13, 2001, p. 5

On July 13, the leader of the Communist Party faction Gennady Zyuganov and the head of the Agro-Industrial Deputy Group Nikolai Kharitonov sent a joint message to Russian President Vladimir Putin in connection with the chamber’s consideration in the second reading of the draft Land Code of the Russian Federation.

On July 13, information appeared that the leader of the Chechen militants Khattab intended to temporarily leave Chechnya to recruit mercenaries in Afghanistan. According to Russian intelligence services, Khattab intends to temporarily leave Chechnya, and now his assistants are developing a route from Chechnya to Afghanistan.

Today the International Olympic Committee will announce the capital of the 2008 Olympics. 31 4 min. ... Today the International Olympic Committee will announce the capital of the 2008 Olympics. Experts agree that it will be Beijing (see pages 2, 11). Would you vote for the Chinese? Viktor Ishaev, Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory: - I guess so. The Chinese will be able to handle the Olympics, because ten years ago they set a very high pace of construction of world-class sports facilities.

12 1 min. ... Yesterday, the international agency Fitch announced its intention to raise the long-term currency rating of St. Petersburg. The agency's delegation, which was in St. Petersburg for the purpose of annual rating updates, announced its intention to recommend that the Fitch rating committee increase the long-term currency rating. The current long-term currency rating of St. Petersburg is “CCC+” (the quality of investments is low, default is possible), the forecast is stable.

passengers and crew died On July 13, 200 km from the capital of Venezuela, at the airport in Puerto Cabello, a plane with 13 people on board crashed. They all died. A small plane belonging to a private Polish company in Venezuela crashed onto the runway after barely leaving it. From the impact, the plane with full fuel tanks exploded, all passengers and crew were burned.

On July 13, information appeared that a fire in Moscow on Sushchevsky Val Street in the area of ​​house number five had been extinguished. The fire broke out on the territory of the Sovenok shopping center. According to the capital's police department, the fire broke out in one of the hangars with goods at about 19:20. The fire quickly engulfed the entire building. The fire area was more than 600 square meters. Firefighters who arrived at the scene began extinguishing the fire.

London is ready to support NMD 14 2 minutes. ... The official visit of the new British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to Washington ends today. Mr. Straw made it clear that Britain, albeit not unconditionally, still supports the American missile defense plans. And while the Foreign Minister was in Washington, the leading critic of the missile defense system in the British Parliament, the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee, was dismissed.

Do you think there are a lot of commissioned stories on TV? eleven 1 min. ... You can answer this question on the Dengi magazine website at http://dengi.kommersant.ru.

On July 13, the State Duma of the Russian Federation will host an organizational meeting of the inter-factional deputy group "Moscow Region". According to news agencies, the Moscow Region group will include more than 60 deputies, in particular Sergei Glazyev, Mikhail Zadornov, Oleg Kovalev, Anatoly Kulikov, Vladimir Lukin and Anatoly Lukyanov. The goal of creating a new deputy association is to promote the legislative initiatives of the Moscow region at the federal level.

Yesterday, the AK&M agency reported that the representative of the Voronezh region in Sove 48 1 min. ... Yesterday, the AK&M agency reported that the representative of the Voronezh region in the Federation Council will be the president of the Alfa-Eco company, Gleb Fetisov. The company does not hide its good connections with the Voronezh governor: this is evidenced by the fact that the entrepreneur had no competitors - the regional legislative assembly elected him on a non-alternative basis.

How much time a day do you spend at the computer? 12 1 min. ... You can answer this question on the website of the magazine "Vlast" at http://vlast.kommersant.ru.