On October 1, Russia's first technological complex for extracting gold from ore using bacteria was put into operation. The complex was launched at one of the largest fields in the country, the Olimpiadinskoye field. The development of the deposit is carried out by CJSC Gold Mining Company Polyus. The company has been developing unique reserves of the precious metal in the North Yenisei region of the Krasnoyarsk Territory since 1980.

On October 1, a UN official announced that the first trucks with humanitarian aid had arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul. "Eight trucks carrying 218 tons of food arrived in Kabul this morning. The entire operation took place without any incident," UN Food Program spokesman Khaled Mansour said. “This is a good sign and we are going to increase the volume of food supplies to Afghanistan,” he added. Mr.

On October 1, Georgian Foreign Minister Irakli Menagarishvili stated that “Georgia has opened an air corridor for the use of its airspace for the coalition countries to conduct an anti-terrorist operation.” The official representative of the Georgian Foreign Ministry, Kakha Sikharulidze, told reporters that the United States turned to the country's foreign ministry "with a request to open an air corridor through Georgian airspace.

The People's Deputy movement has found its niche 37 3 min. ... On Saturday, the People's Deputy movement held a founding congress, at which, in accordance with the new law "On Political Parties", it transformed into the People's Party of Russia. The congress delegates unanimously voted for the party's charter and program, and also approved the only candidate for the post of leader of the NPR in the person of Gennady Raikov.

5 1 min. ... 06.08-10.08 13.08-17.08 20.08-24.08 27.08-31.08 03.09-07.09 10.09-14.09 17.09-21.09 20.09-28.09 Currency 23.14 19.76 23.01 31.20 31.00 18.26 19.54 18.97 MBK 24.02 24.45 22.13 20.20 14.73 15.44 11.23 10.90* Stock 12.98 10.37 15.36 14.07 14.10 16.32 21.61 18.68 Government bonds 1.89 1.76 1.74 1.45 1.63 2.09 1.96 3.26

91 2 minutes. ... Today, the trial of the deputy of the legislative assembly Yuri Shutov is due to begin in the St. Petersburg City Court. He and his accomplices (a total of 22 people will stand trial) are accused of creating a gang, committing contract killings and other serious crimes. With details - ALEXANDER SAMOILOV and ANDREY TSYGANOV. Yuri Shutov was arrested on February 16, 1999 in his office at the St. Petersburg Hotel.

Currently, due to forest fires and peatland burning, the height of the smoke veil in the vicinity of Khabarovsk and adjacent areas has reached 180 meters in some places. As Viktor Ishekov, a representative of the Khabarovsk regional department of the Civil Defense and Emergency Situations, reported on October 1, a fire emergency was declared in Khabarovsk and other areas.

New York offices will become more expensive 20 2 minutes. ... The American consulting company Merril Lynch published the results of a study of the New York office market after the September 11 terrorist attack. The company's analysts are confident that in the coming years, a shortage of office space and an increase in rental rates will become typical for the city. As Kommersant found out, not everyone shares this point of view.

On September 30, the famous Russian musician Oleg Vedernikov contacted the police with a statement that, during a scandal, neighbors had broken the expensive cello he was playing. According to Vedernikov’s statement submitted to the Voikovsky police station, a scandal occurred between the cellist and his neighbors in the communal apartment in which the musician lives. As a result, an expensive Guarneri cello worth about $250 thousand was broken.

They have seven murders on their conscience 292 3 min. ... The Samara regional court handed down a harsh sentence to two killers who carried out a massacre at the Stavropol hotel in Togliatti last year - five people were killed at once with shots to the back of the head. As a result, one of the criminals was imprisoned for 24 years, the second - for the rest of his life. On November 21, 2000, 10 murders were registered in Togliatti.

On September 30 in Paris, visitors and staff of the famous Eiffel Tower were urgently evacuated after an anonymous phone call. An unknown person reported that the tower was mined. As the police prefecture of the French capital said, at 16:00 Moscow time, the company responsible for operating the tower decided to evacuate those on the tower in accordance with the plan of special security measures and set up a cordon around it.

On October 1, a source close to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation reported that the average pension in Russia is planned to be increased to 1,480 rubles. that is, by 35%. This intention was confirmed at a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chairman of the Pension Fund Mikhail Zurabov, held on September 28. Specialists of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation also predict that in 2003-2004.

Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Regional Court ANATOLY EFIMOV story 60 4 min. ... Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Regional Court ANATOLY EFIMOV tells Kommersant correspondent OLGA PLESHANOVA about inheritance disputes. — Are there many cases in the courts about declaring wills invalid? — There are many, and their number is growing. Relations in society have become completely market-based. Previously, relatives used to jointly decide the fate of a house or dacha.

TV program [Monday, October 1] 260 5 minutes. ... ORT 6.00 TV channel "Good morning" 9.00 News 9.15 "Land of Love". TV series (Brazil) 10.15 "Kamenskaya. Coincidence of circumstances." Crime series (Russia) 11.20 "The Vietnamese underground in Moscow." 2001 case 11.50 "Bibliomania" 12.00 News 12.15 Comedy "Prisoner of the Caucasus, or New Adventures of Shurik. Directed by L. Gaidai. Cast: A. Demyanenko, N.

in the next ranking "Elite of St. Petersburg" 21 2 minutes. ... Last Friday, the ITAR-TASS agency office published the results of the study “Elite of St. Petersburg - Gallup List.” According to the list, it turns out that in terms of influence, “businessmen with an ambiguous reputation” have supplanted representatives of the city’s law enforcement agencies. The Gallup research company determines the rating of the St. Petersburg elite for the second time.