and lawsuits 26 3 min. ... Yesterday, deputies of the Volgograd City Council of the 3rd convocation, elected on March 14, were again unable to hold an organizational meeting, elect a speaker and decide on committees. The session, like the previous two times, did not take place due to lack of quorum.

20 1 min. ... Yesterday, a personal exhibition of works by Sergei Evdokimov, an engineer turned artist, opened at the Novosibirsk art gallery Chernoff. Being a very cheerful person, he managed to create a good mood among everyone present. Even though I asked them to help financially. “Cocktail, or Cocktail” - this is how Mr. Evdokimov called the presented collection of forty paintings created this year. The name is justified by thematic diversity and brightness of colors.

A framework cooperation agreement was signed 22 4 min. ... Yesterday, behind closed doors, Omsk Governor Leonid Polezhaev and President of OJSC AK SIBUR Alexander Dokin signed an agreement on the development of cooperation between the regional authorities and the enterprises of the petrochemical holding, which includes OJSC Omskshina. Until recently, relations between officials and the management of SIBUR left much to be desired.

The mayor's office responded to the bankruptcy of Vodokanal Voronezh 85 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, the Voronezh Arbitration Court began bankruptcy proceedings at the MUP Vodokanal of Voronezh at the request of another municipal enterprise, Voronezhgorelectroset, which is leased from Voronezh Utility Systems.

rating 66 2 minutes. ... On Wednesday, the respected American organization Freedom House published its annual report on press freedom in the world, Freedom of the Press 2004: A Global Survey of Media Independence.

12 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 34.33 34.39 High octane gasoline (95), CIF M 427 422 Cabinda, F.O.B. M 33.25 33.61 High octane gasoline (95), CIF NW 433 428 Bonny Light, FOB M 35.35 35.71 High octane gasoline (95), FOB M 415 410 Kirkuk, FOB M 30.6 30.96 Nafta, CIF M 348 349 Oseberg, F.O.B.

money market 1K 2 minutes. ... Throughout the past week, the Russian market lived on a meager ruble ration. In the middle of the week, rates reached 40% per annum, which has not been observed for more than a year. And although the market noticeably calmed down by the end of the day yesterday, neither commercial banks nor the Central Bank expect a radical change in the situation. The fundamental decline in liquidity will manifest itself with the regularity of tax payments.

On April 30, Platon Lebedev’s lawyer Elena Liptser reported that the Meshchansky Court of Moscow ordered the head of the MFO MENATEP to familiarize himself with the materials of his criminal case in the courthouse. “During today’s hearings, the defense and Lebedev made several requests for him to familiarize himself with the case materials in the pre-trial detention center, but Judge Irina Kolesnikova rejected them,” the lawyer said. That is, the court ordered Mr.

The legal battle over the supermarket will take a year and a half eleven 2 minutes. ... The Federal Arbitration Court of the Volgo-Vyatka District made a decision to invalidate the decisions of the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court in the claim of the Nizhny Novgorod mayor's office against JSC Europe. In accordance with the agreement on the creation of JSC Europe, for ten years the city treasury received practically no money for renting premises in the center of Nizhny.

Eric Clapton "Me and Mr. Johnson" (Reprise) John Lord with The Hoochie Coochie Men "Live at The Basement" (EMI) This spring is rich in discs from rock heroes replaying blues classics. The works recorded on Eric Clapton's album "Me and Mr. Johnson" are carefully interpreted blues of the great Robert Johnson, the mystical black man. He was credited with a connection with Satan himself, with whom he paid for the ability to play, as it were, two guitar parts at the same time.

91 1 min. ... Nikkei-225 12004.29 (-40.59) FTSE-100 4519.5 (-5) CAC-40 3689.39 (-33.2) DAX-30* 4008.91 (-56.83) DJIA* 10342.69 (+0.09) NASDAQ Composite* 1969.01 (-20.53) *At 20.00. According to Reuters.

The UN Secretary General launders himself and his son from Iraqi oil 1K 2 minutes. ... investigation The scandal surrounding the UN oil-for-food program for Iraq, which Kommersant wrote about on April 23, is developing. Yesterday, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan responded to accusations of corruption recently brought against the organization's leadership. He called attempts to blame the UN for abuses outrageous, pointing out that the UN did not have the power to stop oil smuggling.

The jury acquitted the special forces who shot Chechen civilians 3K 5 minutes. ... verdict Yesterday, one of the most high-profile trials in cases of murder of civilians in Chechnya ended with the acquittal of all four defendants. The jury decided that the special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff, having shot six people and destroyed their car, simply followed the orders of their command.

The stock market didn't believe his alibi 6K 4 min. ... gossip All yesterday, Interros, the owner of MMC Norilsk Nickel, persistently denied rumors about the interrogation of the head of the holding, Vladimir Potanin, by investigators from the Prosecutor General's Office. This information led to a sharp drop in MMC stock prices and panic among stock brokers and their clients, who decided that Mr.

Due to the coking coal mine 17 2 minutes. ... A structure affiliated with Evrazholding acquired the property of Kiselev OJSC “Mine No. 12” for 48.6 million rubles during bankruptcy proceedings. Analysts believe that the deal is beneficial for the company, since coking coal, which is mined at the mine, is currently in acute shortage on the market. Until 2001, OJSC Mine No. 12 (Kiselevsk, Kemerovo region) was part of OJSC Management Company Kiselevskugol, which owns 60% of the shares of the mine.