On November 19, the FBI arrested a large group of brokers at the World Financial Center building. It is not yet known what the financiers are accused of. A total of 48 people were arrested in the World Financial Center building. They all left the workplace in handcuffs, each carefully supported on both sides by employees of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. So far, all that is known is that three of those arrested worked for the financial company ICAP.

95 1 min. ... Yesterday's USA Today published data from the latest poll conducted jointly by Gallup and CNN on the popularity of US President George W. Bush. Based on these figures, his popularity has fallen to its lowest level in three years in office. 50% of Americans approve of George Bush's performance as president, 47% disapprove. A similar poll conducted two weeks ago gave the following results: 54% for, 43% against.

the head of the Accounts Chamber spoke 86 1 min. ... lawmaking Yesterday in Tyumen, Chairman of the Accounts Chamber (AC) of the Russian Federation Sergei Stepashin announced the need to make adjustments to tax legislation in order to redistribute the excess income of oligarchs in favor of the federal and regional budgets. A scientific and practical conference “The role and place of control and accounting bodies in the development of the economy of Russian regions” is being held in Tyumen.

telecommunications 27 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, AFK Sistema announced its financial results for the first half of 2003. Compared to the first six months of last year, the corporation's revenue increased by more than $1 billion - from $409 million to $1.57 billion. The corporation's reporting now includes the income of Mobile Telesystems OJSC, the controlling stake of which AFK concentrated in its hands in April of this year of the year.

On the evening of November 18, Garry Kasparov's next match with a three-dimensional version of the Fritz program, developed by X3D World and ChessBase, ended in a draw. The fourth game of the Russian grandmaster with the computer ended on the 27th move, reports the online publication Gazeta.Ru . Thus, based on the results of four games played, the score was 2:2. The fourth game was not very spectacular.

Yesterday it became known that the prosecutor's office of the Astrakhan region opened a criminal case 60 1 min. ... Yesterday it became known that the prosecutor's office of the Astrakhan region opened a criminal case under Article 267 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Making vehicles unusable” regarding the dismantling of three aircraft belonging to Astrakhangazprom LLC.

press conference 74 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, in the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, employees of the Accounts Chamber of Russia and the GUBEP told reporters about how they ensure the economic security of the country. From what was said, it follows that officials steal and take a lot, but they also catch them in batches, especially in the Southern Federal District.

22 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, at a press conference in Irkutsk, the mayor of the city, Vladimir Yakubovsky, told Irkutsk journalists about the results of the congress of municipalities and innovations in the law “On General Principles of Local Self-Government” concerning the capital of the Angara region. However, Irkutsk journalists turned the conversation to a more pressing topic—the lack of housing in the city and underfunding of the construction complex.

On November 19, an attempt was made on the life of Ilya Neustroev, a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Union of Right Forces, in Perm. Early in the morning, when Mr. Neustroyev was jogging near his own house, he was attacked. The unknown person fired several shots from an automatic weapon and fled in a car that was waiting for him. Mr. Neustroyev himself was not injured. At the scene of the incident, law enforcement officers found a Kalashnikov assault rifle.

The Prosecutor's Office of Karelia is studying the issue of initiating a criminal case against the mayor of the city of Belomorsk for violations in the housing and communal services sector. The issue of initiating a criminal case is being decided by the district prosecutor's office, the chairman of the special government commission, Lyudmila Kosyuk, told RIA Novosti . According to her data, about 3.5 thousand residents remain without heat supply in the area.

[Wednesday, November 19] 211 14 min. ... FIRST CHANNEL 6.00 TV channel "Good morning" 8.30 "Elections 2003" 9.00 News 9.10 TV series “Land of Love, Land of Hope” (Brazil) 10.10 Comedy "Aerial Adventures". Directed by K. Annekin. Cast: J. Fox, R. Morley (Great Britain). Episode 2 11.40 Cartoon series "Miracles on bends" 12.00 News (with subtitles) 12.20 "City of Women". Talk show 13.20 Detective melodrama "Maestro Thief". Directed by V. Shamshurin. Cast: A. Zbruev, A. Nemolyaeva, E.

Russian tourists crashed in Egypt 36 1 min. ... Four Russian tourists died yesterday in a car accident near the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada. According to police representatives, their bus collided with a truck that drove into the oncoming lane, 120 km from the city in the Jabal al-Zeit area. According to information received, a minibus with Russian citizens was heading on an excursion to Cairo. The drivers of both vehicles were also killed.

On November 19, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to support the resolution proposed by Russia on a plan for a peace settlement in the Middle East. The voting took place in the presence of Secretary General Kofi Annan. However, according to AP sources, Israeli representatives consider this resolution to be useless and insist on non-interference by the UN in resolving the conflict.

33 2 minutes. ... The Anti-Corruption Commission of the Tomsk City Duma appealed to the regional prosecutor's office and the Control Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation for the Tomsk Region with a request to conduct an audit of the financial and economic activities of CJSC Gorelektroseti. According to the commission, the company's debt to OJSC Tomskenergo has almost doubled this year.

And for the mayor of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 8 1 min. ... The court of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk accepted for consideration a protocol sent by the election commission of the Sakhalin region on violation of the rules of election campaigning by the candidate for the post of governor of the island, Deputy General Director of Sakhalintourist CJSC Sergei Kargopolov. The election commission believes that Mr.