The RTS index is close to an anti-record 1K 3 min. ... stock market Last Friday, the RTS index dropped to 462 points, having lost almost 47 points over the week. The Russian stock market has not fallen this much since the fall of 1997. According to market participants, they owe their return to times of crisis to the authorities, who act not only against the largest issuers, but also against the largest investors in the Russian stock market.

An Olympic center will be built in North Ossetia 31 1 min. ... Next year, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) will begin construction of a federal Olympic center for all types of martial arts in North Ossetia. An agreement in principle on this was reached yesterday at a meeting in Vladikavkaz between ROC President Leonid Tyagachev and North Ossetian President Alexander Dzasokhov. As Mr.

Single trading session 8 2 minutes. ... Currency Delivery Min. (RUB) Max. (rub.) Average star. (rub.) Closing (rub.) Change. (rub.) USD today 30.3755 30.42 30.3867 30.3775 +0.0025 USD tomorrow 30,375 30,435 30.3957 30,435 +0.0375 EUR today 34.38 34.46 34.4247 34.45 — MICEX SICEX SPVC RVSE URVB ATMVB NVSE SVSE 79.09 3.54 10.61 1.27 3.56 0.33 1.35 0.25 Exchange Currency Delivery Avg. (rub.) Closing (rub.) Change.

172 6 min. ... Having disappeared from TV screens, Evgeny Kiselev switched from TVS to another job and, on the basis of the “oligarchic collective farm”, managed to grow his authority Vladimir Putin is on television all the time, but most of the time others talk about him, and he apparently remains silent. Hence the citation problems that the Russian president has. Putin finished last year in 25th place in the ranking of authorities.

World Aquatics Championships 53 2 minutes. ... The Russians won two gold and two bronze medals on the first day of the World Aquatics Championships, which started yesterday in Barcelona. Evgeny Koshkarov won, and Vladimir Dyatchin showed the third result at a distance of 5 km in open water. Dmitry Sautin and Alexander Dobroskok excelled in synchronized diving from a three-meter springboard.

friendship of Peoples 555 2 minutes. ... Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi forced the resignation of Deputy Minister of Tourism and member of the Northern League party Stefano Stefani, who last week made sharply negative statements about German tourists. Because of this resignation, Berlusconi's government was almost on the verge of a split: the prime minister with great difficulty managed to persuade his coalition partners from the Northern League to remain in the government.

107 4 min. ... Our vital score What should you eat to lose weight? This question is asked by millions of people around the world. Leading European nutritionists and experts from the Moscow beauty institute "Le Colon" know the answer to this: you can eat everything, but only according to the Line-9 system. Every diet is a restriction, and this is wrong. When the body is forced to reduce its usual amount of calories, it reacts with stress.

world amateur boxing championship 43 2 minutes. ... The World Amateur Boxing Championship in Bangkok ended with the victory of the Russian team in the team competition. We managed to beat the Cubans, who, like the Russians, won three gold medals in Thailand for the first time in six years after the world championship in Hungary. Our coaches spoke before the championship that the Russian team could beat Cuba, where amateur boxing has been the main sport for 30 years.

584 5 min. ... PHOTO: DMITRY DUKHANIN Kadyrov understands that without Moscow’s support his authority is close to zero, so he will hold on tightly to the presidency and is unlikely to decide to take independent steps Vladimir Putin has scheduled presidential elections in Chechnya for October 5. This means that the Kremlin has finally placed its bets on the current leader of the republic, Akhmat Kadyrov.

Gazprom is making its way into Georgia 150 2 minutes. ... According to the Rosbalt agency, the Georgian gas distribution network Tbilgaz became the property of the New Management company. This company is associated with the Georgian International Gas Corporation (GIGC), and the transfer of Tbilgaz property to it is part of the agreements between the Georgian government and the Russian Gazprom. It is expected that MMGC will soon enter into a gas supply agreement with Gazprom.

21 1 min. ... Late yesterday evening, the heir to the throne of Great Britain, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, arrived in St. Petersburg. During his two-day working visit, Prince Charles intends to pay attention to ecology, medicine and victims of domestic violence, and also to donate a sailing yacht to St. Petersburg. The Prince of Wales is visiting St. Petersburg for the second time.

351 3 min. ... On July 9, 2003, 6,712 days after the start of construction of the Bureyskaya hydroelectric power station, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the first unit of this power plant. In order to be in time for the arrival of the head of state, builders have increased the pace of work by almost 2 times since the beginning of 2002, while 1.5 times fewer specialists were involved in the work than in the Soviet period.

transport engineering 134 3 min. ... As Kommersant learned, last week the creditors of the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant approved an external management plan. All core assets are transferred to a new joint-stock company, 50% of the shares of which will go to the plant’s investor, Transmashholding CJSC. The reorganization will be completed by the end of the year, and after the sale of the remaining assets, the CJSC will gain full control over the enterprise.

550 km long 56 1 min. ... traffic Last Saturday in France, cars with vacationers traveling to the south of the country created traffic jams with a total length of 550 km. The French and tourists from neighboring countries rushed to the coast, trying to find relief from the unbearable heat in Europe this summer. According to local authorities, the current situation on French roads is much worse than last year, when there were much fewer vacationers due to bad weather.

19 1 min. ... July 14 – French Embassy. Reception on the occasion of the national holiday of Bastille Day. Among the invited guests are famous politicians, prominent representatives of the business elite, writers, stars of fashion, television and show business. *** July 14 - Hermitage Garden. Reception to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Martell cognac house in Russia and the creation of Martell Gordon Bleu in 1912.