324 1 min. ... President of the Russian Olympic Committee Leonid Tyagachev congratulates Leonid Fedun on his birthday: — Dear Leonid Arnoldovich, today, on your birthday, accept the most sincere congratulations from the Russian Olympic Committee. Our committee and the LUKOIL company are united not only by strong partnerships, but also by long-standing friendly ties.

Serena Williams (USA, 1) – Elena Dementieva (Russia, 5) 6:1, 6:1. 58 1 min. ... Serena Williams (USA, 1)-- Elena Dementieva (Russia, 5) 6:1, 6:1. Men. 1/2 finals Andy Roddick (USA, 2)--Vince Spady (USA) 6:1, 6:3. Guillermo Coria (Argentina, 3) - Fernando Gonzalez (Chile, 21) 4:6, 7:6 (8:6), 6:1. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 60/P dated 04/05/2004, page 24

investigation errors 350 3 min. ... The St. Petersburg City Court for the third time returned to the prosecutor's office "to eliminate shortcomings" the sensational case of the gang of Vladimir Borisov (Ensign), which in St. Petersburg law enforcement agencies was called the "case of gangster special forces." The investigation into this case ended in 2000, but the city court never began hearings on the merits due to formal violations committed by the investigation.

465 3 min. ... The capital's mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, announced the need to introduce a special Moscow markup on studded tires, which "will be used for road repairs." Before September 1, 2004, the mayor's office intends to submit a corresponding bill to the city duma. According to the capital government, the cost of repairs is 11 million square meters. m of road surface will amount to 4 billion 711 million 332 thousand rubles this year.

102 3 min. ... Association game The Central Bank's new requirements for bank auditors (see page 132) should increase the demand for specialists who have the right to certify financial statements according to international standards. As Denga correspondent Elena Aleeva found out, it is quite possible to obtain an appropriate diploma without traveling outside of Russia and without even speaking foreign languages.

OPEC President Purnomo Yusgiantoro gave an interview to Kommersant 704 3 min. ... oil market On April 1, OPEC's decision came into force on a total reduction in oil production by countries included in the cartel by 1 million barrels per day. But lately the oil market has been living independently of the decisions made by the oil cartel.

State demand stimulates the American IT market high tech Forrester Research and International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts released last week that U.S. information technology spending will grow 5 percent this year, bringing total spending back to levels seen in the 1999-2000 tech boom.

216 7 min. ... How I seized an apartment Photo: ITAR-TASS Even when purchasing an apartment in an elite building directly from the developer, the buyer can become hostage to the difficult relations between players in the construction market. Almost four years ago, Muscovite Alexander Vartsaba purchased an apartment in the Golden Keys-2 complex. After the company's builders changed, he had to think not about how to move into his apartment, but how to seize it.

"The Seagull" by Peter Stein in Moscow 1K 4 min. ... touring theater The Riga Russian Drama Theater showed "The Seagull" in Moscow on the stage of the Vakhtangov Theater, directed by the famous German director Peter Stein. Narrated by ROMAN DOLZHANSKY.

716 8 min. ... Fight until loss of profit Increased competition in the Russian audit and consulting market has led to this business becoming less profitable. Customers should be happy about this because it actually means they have to pay less. Except, of course, for those cases when auditors, in pursuit of a client, resort to outright deception. Turnover without profit Our latest study of the audit and consulting services market showed that in 2003 this sector has changed significantly.

94 5 minutes. ... “By and large, the conditions for companies to participate in project financing are only now being created. This is due to the fact that the country has obvious evidence of long-term stabilization of Russia’s political and economic development, as well as conditions for long-term business,” says Alexander Shamrin, General Director of the Federal Center for Project Finance.

18 19 min. ... Shares Number of transactions (pcs.) Trading volume ($ million, rub.) Settlement price* Change. per week (%) Spread** (%) Min. per week Max. per week Min. in 52 weeks Max.

18 3 min. ... The first of 20 foreign enterprises of the BMW Group, where the new “five” BMW will be assembled, was the Kaliningrad “Avtotor”. The plant will produce the BMW 525 and BMW 530 (each in two trim levels), and the expected annual production volume will be about 1.6 thousand cars. Deliveries of similar models from Germany will cease.

TV program [April 5, Monday] 326 14 min. ... FIRST CHANNEL 6.00 TV channel "Good morning!" 9.00 News 9.20 Detective "Asleep passenger." Directed by Ya. Lapshin. Cast: A. Kuznetsov, O. Ostroumova, A. Pashutin (USSR) 10.50 “How much is power today?” Documentary detective 11.20 "Jumble" 11.40 "The investigation is led by Kolobkov" 12.00 News 12.20 Action adventure "Wolf's Blood". Directed by N. Istanbul. Cast: A. Kazakov, E. Sidikhin (Russia) 14.00 "City of Women".

Michael Schumacher wins Bahrain gold 654 3 min. ... "Formula 1" Michael Schumacher chalked up two more records. Firstly, he won the Bahrain Grand Prix, something no other driver can boast of. Simply because yesterday this stage passed for the first time. Secondly, for the German this is already the 73rd victory in his career and the third in a row in the current championship. And in this sense, he is also beyond competition. Overall, the debut Bahrain Grand Prix was a success.