Another extremely nice representative of an extremely unsympathetic America in general 62 2 minutes. ... Yuri Kommersant-Yarotsky Another extremely attractive representative of the generally extremely unsympathetic American stage is the female trio TLC. That is, unfortunately, no longer a trio: the brightest member of TLC, Lisa Lopez, nicknamed Left Eye, died in a car accident last year.

Iraq and North Korea, which have not left the front pages and television screens, for some time 130 2 minutes. ...

NTV presents a new general director - a pulmonologist 3K 4 min. ... managerial move-2 Yesterday, the head of Gazprom, Alexey Miller, introduced the NTV team to Boris Jordan's successor - the new acting... O. general director of a television company. He became 34-year-old Doctor of Medical Sciences Nikolai Senkevich, the son of the famous TV presenter Yuri Senkevich. For the television company staff and television market participants, this was a completely unexpected decision. However, Mr.

On January 23, a New York court dismissed groups of American teenagers blaming fast food chain McDonald's for their obesity.

“I imagine an industry called television.” Last one and a half 87 2 minutes. ... Immediately after the presentation to the NTV team, the new general director of the channel answered questions from Kommersant columnist ARINA BORODINA. — What experience do you have in television work and how well do you imagine such an industry as television?

8 2 minutes. ... Oil ($/barrel) Petroleum products ($/t) Name, terms of delivery Region Seq. demand Previous closed Name, terms of delivery Region Seq. demand Previous closed Brent, F.O.B. NW 32.08 32.15 High octane gasoline (95), CIF M 289 289 Cabinda, F.O.B. M 32.21 31.86 High octane gasoline (95), CIF NW 297 297 Bonny Light, FOB M 32.61 32.26 High octane gasoline (95), FOB M 285 285 Kirkuk, FOB M 29.66 29.31 Nafta, CIF M 301 301 Oseberg, F.O.B.

customs regulations 640 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, representatives of the State Customs Committee approached importers with a proposal to more actively switch to a simplified scheme for the import of electrical household appliances - the corresponding order #430 came into force six months ago, but so far only three applications have been submitted to the State Customs Committee.

pension funds 103 2 minutes. ... As Kommersant has learned, one of the oldest Russian non-state pension funds, Dobroye Delo, is preparing for sale. Its owner, one of the structures affiliated with the UWC holding, suggested that the NPF management find a new owner. Thus, for the first time on the Russian market, the pension fund went on open sale. NPF "Good Deed" was registered in April 1994 as a non-profit organization with an authorized capital of 4 billion rubles.

Since January 23, the Chairman of the Government of Chechnya, Mikhail Babich, has been on vacation, the administration of the Chechen Republic reported. The decree granting Mr. Babich leave for 2002 from January 23 was signed by the head of the Chechen administration, Akhmat Kadyrov . According to the decree, ITAR-TASS reports, the duties of the chairman of the government are assigned to Andrei Yarin, Mikhail Babich's first deputy.

Korean crisis 25 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, Russian Presidential Special Envoy Alexander Losyukov returned to Moscow after completing his mission in Pyongyang. He managed to convince Kim Jong Il not to toughen North Korea's position in the confrontation with the United States. As a result of the efforts of Alexander Losyukov, a miracle did not happen. Kim Jong Il did not repent and did not announce his renunciation of nuclear ambitions.

river transport 74 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, at the board of the Ministry of Transport, the head of Rosrechflot Nikolai Smirnov presented a program for reforming the management of inland waterways. In 2004, several new enterprises will appear that will manage the state property of river ports - berths, buildings and the icebreaker fleet. Later they may be subordinated to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Rosrechport", created according to the same scheme as "Rosmorport".

Maria Brodskaya, the poet's widow; Oleg Kharchenko, chief architect of St. Petersburg; Willow 55 1 min. ... Maria Brodskaya, the poet's widow; Oleg Kharchenko, chief architect of St. Petersburg; Ivan Uralov, chief artist of St.

Moscow and Sistema-Telecom will spend $40 million on this 70 2 minutes. ... telecommunications Yesterday, the Sistema-Telecom holding and the Moscow government announced the start of an ambitious project: over the next two years, a satellite-cellular navigation and telematics system will be created in the capital. In addition to the city authorities, OJSC Mobile Telesystems and its subsidiary MTS P will take part in the project.

On January 23, the overwhelming majority of US senators (94 out of 100) voted to approve the candidacy of Thomas Ridge as head of the new federal department - the Department of Homeland Security. Not a single member of the upper house of the US Congress spoke out against Ridge's candidacy, nominated by US President George W. Bush , reports the Associated Press . 6 senators simply abstained from voting. Thomas Ridge, 57, previously served as governor of Pennsylvania.

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