State guarantees for private deposits will have to be divided by five 1K 2 minutes. ... lawmaking As Kommersant learned, immediately after the signing of the law “On insurance of deposits of individuals in banks of the Russian Federation,” the presidential administration decided that it was time to adjust it. She proposed reducing the amount of 100% guarantees to depositors five times - to 20 thousand rubles.

Tatneft offered the most for Unipetrol 176 2 minutes. ... According to Reuters, citing sources in the Czech government, Efremov Kautschuk GmBH, affiliated with the Russian oil company Tatneft, offered the largest amount - 16 billion crowns ($620 million) during the first round of the tender for the privatization of 63% of the shares of the largest Czech fuel company Unipetrol. According to agency sources, the smallest bid involves paying half the amount.

air Transport 72 2 minutes. ... As Kommersant has learned, the competition commission for selecting a management company for Sheremetyevo International Airport JSC decided to exclude Imbera LLC from the list of applicants due to non-compliance with the requirements set out in the competition documentation.

The construction market of St. Petersburg is catching up with Moscow 14 3 min. ... At the end of 2003, the housing market of St. Petersburg showed impressive growth rates. New construction volumes increased by 30%. This is the first time in the last 10 years that the city’s housing industry has shown such a large increase.

809 9 min. ... Russian folk discounts This piece by Dirk Bikkembergs may have already found its buyer ($1,246) The hunting season is in full swing for fashionistas: discounts on autumn-winter collections of clothing, shoes and accessories have reached their limit. In stores that decorated their windows with “sale” signs before the New Year holidays, the items remaining from the seasonal collection can literally be counted on one’s fingers.

An explosion in central Sofia killed at least four people and injured several others. An explosion occurred in the elevator of an office building owned by the insurance company Bulgarian Insurance. After the explosion, a fire broke out in the building, which damaged eight floors of the building, Gazeta.ru reports.

automotive market 56 3 min. ... On Friday, the Russian representative office of the Audi concern announced the transfer of car prices from euros to dollars at the rate of 1 euro = $1.19. Nissan switched from the euro to the dollar on January 1, and Volkswagen will soon follow suit. And manufacturers plan to fix ruble prices for Kia and Hyundai assembled in Russia.

On January 19, at the Australian Open Championship starting in Sydney, 5 tennis players and 6 tennis players will take part in the first round matches. Marat Safin will compete with American tennis player Brian Vakhali. Mikhail Youzhny will have to fight with the Frenchman Sebastien Citizen. Nikolay Davydenko also faced French tennis player Arnaud Clement as his opponent.

On January 19, the Russian tennis player won the opening match of the Australian Open , defeating American Brian Vahali with a score of 6:2, 3:6, 6:3, 6:4. In the second round of the competition, Marat Safin will play with the Finn Jarkko Niemenen, who defeated the Chilean Nicolas Massu. Nikolay Davydenko also advanced further in the standings, beating Arnaud Clement in 5 sets.

Pakistani President declares jihad against Islamists 107 1 min. ... Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf addressed both houses of parliament on Saturday in Islamabad. This is the first such speech by a president since the 1999 coup that brought General Musharraf to power. In his address, the President called on parliament and the people to support the fight against terrorism.

68 2 minutes. ... The story about the history of a self-made hero, told in the first person, cannot fail to interest. Just recently, the book “Losing My Virginity,” published by the Stockholm School of Economics in St. Petersburg, sold out. Its author and at the same time character is Richard Branson. And now the same person appears on the other side. The publishing house "Krylov" unexpectedly launched the "Business Path" project.

595 21 min. ... Last week, the section of leading posts in the State Duma ended. They got exclusively to the winners of the elections from United Russia. There are more than 300 deputies in the faction, that is, it can adopt constitutional laws and change the basic law itself. The Duma minority practically lost the opportunity to influence the work of the chamber. And this poses a serious threat to both the United Russia itself and for citizens who will reap the fruits of the laws adopted by it.

1k 13 min. ... Volgodonsk, September 16, 1999 The process ending in the Moscow City Court over terrorists participating in the explosions of residential buildings in Moscow and Volgodonsk took place closed, and only fragmentary information was received about what was happening. Having met with the participants in the process, the correspondents of the "authorities" Fedor Maksimov and Olga Allenova found out the details of the high -profile business.

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3K 21 min. ... The Tale of Decossackization Photo: RGAKFD/ROSINFORM 85 years ago, the organizing bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) issued a circular with a list of measures aimed at destroying the Cossacks. Unlike many Bolshevik decrees, this one was carried out brilliantly: only a few decades passed, and the special Cossack culture ceased to exist.