Playwright Edward Radzinsky congratulates him: 329 1 min. ... Today is the 45th anniversary of the editor-in-chief of the Vagrius publishing house, Alexey Kostanyan. Playwright Edward Radzinsky congratulates him: — Dear Alyosha, the knight of vanishing Russian literature, I congratulate you on his day. I wish you to continue to watch the human comedy going on around you with the same wise smile.

16 1 min. ... On Sunday, the international women's super tournament "Northern Urals Cup - 2004" ended in Krasnoturinsk. Its winner was Elmira Skripchenko, a native of Soviet Moldova who competes for France. She scored six points out of a possible nine.

On August 3, representatives of the royal club announced the amount they were willing to pay for the midfielder from the English Arsenal . According to AFP sources, a meeting of representatives of both clubs will take place in the near future, at which the terms of signing the contract will be discussed.

79 1 min. ... Australian dollar 20.4887 English pound 53.1494 Belarusian ruble** 13.4791 Danish krone* 47.2761 U.S. dollar 29.1405 Euro 35.1609 Icelandic krona*** 40.7104 Kazakh tenge*** 21.3789 Canadian dollar 21.9498 Norwegian krone* 41.6412 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 42.4799 Singapore dollar 16.9737 Turkish Lira**** 19.9456 Ukrainian hryvnia* 54.6040 Swedish krona* 38.0598 Swiss frank 22.8661 Japanese yen*** 26.1914 *For 10. **For 1000. ***For 100. ****For 1,000,000. According to Reuters.

Athletics 98 3 min. ... The consistently high results shown by the athletes at the Russian Championships in Tula (July 29 - August 1), according to the state and head coach of the national team VALERY KULICHENKO, confirmed that 20 days before the start of the track and field tournament at the Olympics in Athens, the Russian team reached the target 80% readiness deadline.

Emergency doctors in the central Greek region of Attica are on a daily strike. They are also threatening to leave Athens without emergency medical care during the Olympic Games if their demands are not met. Emergency doctors have joined a long list of trade unions blackmailing the Greek government with strikes ahead of the Olympics, which open in Athens on August 13, RIA Novosti reports.

12 3 min. ... Issuer Maturity date Coupon (% of nominal) Issue volume ($ million) Demand (% of nominal) Offer (% of nominal) Meas.

“The explosion at the Prudboy training ground is a tragic accident,” Alexander Baranov, commander of the North Caucasian Military District, told reporters at a press conference. According to him, in a few days it will be known exactly where this ammunition came from. Alexander Baranov emphasized that there is nothing criminal in this situation, and what happened was just a tragic accident.

tennis 419 2 minutes. ... Lynsey Davenport and Roger Federer extended their tournament winning streaks to three and four in a row, respectively, on Sunday. The American won the final of the competition in San Diego against Anastasia Myskina, the Swiss won against Andy Roddick in the decisive match of the Masters series tournament in Toronto.

The international military sabotage game Erna Retk starts today in Estonia 18 1 min. ... Today in Estonia the international military sabotage game Erna Retk 2004 ("Erna's Campaign") begins, named after the reconnaissance and sabotage group "Erna", which was parachuted into the rear of the Red Army in 1941. The saboteurs blew up the Tallinn-Leningrad railway, but two days later they were surrounded and destroyed in one of the swamps.

10 1 min. ... Last weekend, a private 3-seater A-33 plane belonging to local businessmen was hijacked from an airfield near Barnaul. At dawn, the watchman heard the noise of a running engine. When he ran out onto the runway, he saw the silhouette of an A-33 taking off. All law enforcement agencies were immediately notified of the theft. An investigation has begun.

8 1 min. ... Term (days) MIBOR (RUB) LIBOR ($) LIBOR (yen) LIBOR (euro) LIBOR (GBP) LIBOR (CHF) 1 8.02 1.3525 0.03125 2.06 — — 7 7.79 1.355 0.0325 2.06813 4.43813 0.35 thirty 8.53 1.51375 0.03875 2.07813 4.78063 0.41 60 — 1.59375 0.04563 2.10138 4.86 0.45667 90 9.27 1.69 0.05125 2.11438 4.94938 0.53333 180 10.35 1.9375 0.06513 2.18313 5.11875 0.75 360 11.09 2.35 0.09438 2.35163 5.34125 1.03833 According to Reuters. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 140 dated 08/03/2004, p. 8

Nick Cave is preparing for a trip to Russia 441 5 minutes. ... rock concert Russian fans of the British singer, writer and actor Nick Cave are preparing for September 2004, just as Brazilians are preparing for the annual carnival in Rio. In September, two new albums by Mr. Cave and his band The Bad Seeds will be released - "Abattoir Blues" and "The Lyre Of Orpheus", recorded in Paris Studio Ferber. On September 21, these discs will be presented at a Nick Cave concert in the St.

To build a factory there 188 2 minutes. ... non-ferrous metallurgy As Kommersant has learned, Russian Aluminum OJSC is assessing the possibility of building an aluminum smelter in the Republic of Congo. Technopromexport specialists, commissioned by Rusal, are studying the possibilities of using Congo's energy capacities. If the plant is built, Rusal will form the first technological chain in non-CIS countries, including the extraction of raw materials and the production of finished products.

Volzhskaya HPP named after. IN AND. 0.0455 0.055 — — — — — 0.02 0.062