Recently, Iraq has halved its oil exports under the UN oil-for-food program. On August 13, a report by UN experts was published, which stated that last week Baghdad sold 628 thousand barrels of oil per day, and a week ago 1.21 million. According to experts, over 7 days Iraq exported only 4.4 million barrels worth about $100 million, which is four times less than the country’s export potential.

First prize at the Montreal Festival 451 3 min. ... cinema awards French director and producer Luc Besson was named yesterday as the first laureate of the Montreal International Film Festival. On August 22, at the opening, he will be awarded the Grand Special Prize of the Americas for his exceptional contribution to contemporary cinema. And the festival itself will open with a film by Canadian Manon Briand, La Turbulence des fluides, co-produced by Besson.

Only in the afternoon of August 14 did the police manage to remove the seized counterfeit products from the territory of the capital's Salyut-3 market. To this day, several dozen indignant traders remain there, who tried to prevent the removal of the confiscated goods the night before.

16 3 min. ... On Monday, a dozen heavy vehicles gathered near the office of the Association of International Road Carriers of the North-West (ASMAP) on Khrustalnaya, 27. As it turned out, St. Petersburg truckers were “practicing” a protest action that they are going to carry out in the coming days in the area of ​​the Torfyanovka checkpoint on the border with Finland. The outrage of truckers was caused by the new demands that Finnish customs officers place on them.

On August 14, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported the detention of an unemployed Muscovite and three residents of Georgia, who held the hostage for three days. The kidnapped Mr. Huseynov was kept in an abandoned house in the village of Terehovo. The kidnappers did not make any demands and did not claim any monetary reward. The motive for the crime is being established and an investigation is underway.

On August 14, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Southern Federal District, Viktor Kazantsev, began a working trip to the North Caucasus republics. Before leaving, Mr. Kazantsev noted that, unfortunately, in the district under his jurisdiction, which was affected by the flood, “there are cases of misrepresentations and theft.” “We will very firmly restrain those who try to warm their hands.

1K 3 min. ... In the coming days, one of the key units of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate - the department for combating organized crime - may literally find itself on the street. The reason for this was the protracted conflict between the leadership of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate and the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Northwestern Federal District, which cannot divide the former building of the RUBOP at Tchaikovsky, 30.

Single trading session 6 3 min. ... Currency Min. (RUB) Max. (RUB) Avg. price (rub.) Change. (RUB) Closing (RUB) Volume (millions) USD 31,526 31.5405 31.5321 -0.0291 31.5271 56,817 EUR 30.78 30.84 30.8105 +0.0911 30.79 5.437 MICEX SICEX SPVC RVSE URVB ATMVB NVSE SVSE 67.58 4.99 14.37 2.99 3.91 2.66 2.75 0.74 Exchange Currency Delivery Avg. price (rub.) Change.

124 1 min. ... Issuer Settlement price ($)* Change (%) "Centertelecom" pr. 0.1035 +4.28 "Tatneft" 0.6063 +2.75 YUKOS 9.045 +2.52 LUKOIL 15,705 +2.48 RITEK 0.835 +2.14 Nizhny Tagil 0.05 -1.96 Iron and Steel Works Kostroma State District Power Plant 0.0435 -2.25 "Megionneftegaz" pr. 2.075 -2.35 "Severstal" 52.0 -2.80 "Bashneft" 2.4775 -2.84 *The average value between the best buy and sell quotes. pr - preferred shares. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 143 dated 08/14/2002, p. 9

US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on August 13 that “Iran continues to provide militants of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda with shelter on its territory.” This is how the American representative commented on Tehran’s statements about the capture and deportation of some terrorists to their homeland.

On the morning of August 14, in the vicinity of Vienna, the highest water level in the Danube over the past 112 years was recorded. Within the city limits, the water in the river is still rising, but the peak of the flood is already close and, according to forecasts, will be behind us in 6-8 hours. As ITAR-TASS reports from the scene, by the morning of August 14, the situation west of the Austrian capital upstream of the Danube had stabilized.

Presidential Decree "On approval of general principles of official conduct of the state 35 1 min. ... The Presidential Decree “On the approval of general principles of official conduct of civil servants” is, in fact, a brief extract from the draft Code of Conduct for Civil Servants, introduced by deputies from the Union of Right Forces and adopted by the State Duma in the first reading on May 17, 2002.

Last premieres of the season at the Bavarian Opera 79 3 min. ... opera festival The Munich Opera Festival, which ended the other day, held by the Bavarian State Opera, traditionally presents to the public both its popular repertoire performances and new productions. This practice, believes MIKHAIL FICHTENGOLTS, is optimal: those who did not have time for the festival itself get a chance to see all the new products during the next season.

Economic relations between Russia and Belarus would never be cloudless 70 1 min. ... Economic relations between Russia and Belarus have never been cloudless. Recently, the main stumbling block remains the scheme for levying value added tax (VAT) on trade between the two countries. As a rule, countries charge VAT (if they want to, of course) only when goods are imported into their territory.

12 1 min. ... Term (days) MIBOR (RUB) LIBOR ($) LIBOR (yen) LIBOR (euro) LIBOR (GBP) LIBOR (SHF) 1 7.42 1.79375 0.0475 3.30375 — — 7 10.22 1.785 0.04813 3.3125 3.945 0.77667 thirty 13.32 1.78 0.05125 3.33 3.97625 0.79 60 — 1.76875 0.065 3.33038 3.975 0.81 90 15.90 1.75 0.06813 3.33625 3.97375 0.82 180 18.44 1.73813 0.07813 3.3525 3.97375 0.87833 360 20.07 1.845 0.0975 3.38038 4.09047 1.035 Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 143 dated 08/14/2002, p. 12