The prosecutor's office transferred to court a criminal case against a gang of 13 people Yesterday, the department of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation in the Urals Federal District sent to court the criminal case of the Bychkov-Schneider gang, which included 13 people. They accounted for 15 robberies, assaults and car thefts.

Regional authorities decided to save on heating the city 20 3 min. ... At an operational meeting at the mayor's office on Monday, the head of Nizhny Novgorod, Vadim Bulavinov, said that city budget revenues in 2005 are planned to be reduced by 0.7 million rubles compared to the current year.

for disrupting a meeting of the regional Duma 6 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, the Sverdlovsk Duma was supposed to approve in the second and third readings amendments to the region's charter, expanding the composition of the regional government. But due to the absence of deputies opposed to the regional authorities, the meeting was again disrupted.

The price of oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange on October 6 exceeded $52 per barrel, reaching another absolute record. According to Reuters , the cost of a barrel of light oil rose to $52.02, after which it dropped to $51.90.

PACE deputies refused to discuss the issue of simplifying the extradition procedure for persons suspected of terrorist activities. The paragraph of the resolution proposed to the deputies stated that there is no and cannot be a justification for terrorism, and therefore no “political reservations” can serve as a basis for refusing to extradite those involved in terrorism.

Single trading session 8 2 min. ... Currency Delivery Min. (rub.) Max. (rub.) Srednevzv. (rub.) Closing (rub.) Izm. (rub.) Volume (million) USD today 29,215 29,224 29,221 29.2225 +0.0025 297,155 USD tomorrow 29,215 29,223 29,22 29.2219 +0.0069 205,153 EUR today 35,8901 35.95 35.9202 35,925 -0.205 9,831 MMVB SMVB SPVB RVFB URVB ATMVB NVFB SVMB 94,96 0.91 2.57 0.29 0.65 0.15 0.45 0.02 Currency Supply Base rate (rub.) Min. (rub.) Max. (rub.) Srednevzv.

In Afghanistan, an assassination attempt was made on the candidate for the post of Vice President of Afghanistan, Ahmad Zia Massoud, who is running in the elections together with the current Afghan leader Hamid Karzai. The assassination attempt took place in Faizabad (Badashan province) when Ahmad Zia Masood's motorcade was heading from the airport to the area where an election rally was to take place. A bomb exploded near the motorcade, killing one person.

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government regulation 32 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, the head of the accounting and economic analysis department of the Federal Insurance Supervision Service (FSSN), Olga Fedoseeva, said that there are 200-300 insurers on the market that do not carry out insurance operations. They, according to her, may lose their licenses. True, the head of the FSSN, Ilya Lomakin-Rumyantsev, told Kommersant that the service is not preparing such orders yet.

National Bolsheviks blame their dead comrade 83 4 min. ... Last Monday, hearings began in the Central Court of Khabarovsk on the case of vandalism against members of the Khabarovsk branch of the National Bolshevik Party. On June 28, 2004, the National Bolsheviks painted the building - an architectural monument in which the office of the regional branch of United Russia is located - with anti-presidential slogans.

12 1 min. ... Term (days) MIBOR (RUB) LIBOR ($) LIBOR (yen) LIBOR (euro) LIBOR (GBP) LIBOR (CHF) 1 2.03 1.815 0.03375 2.085 — — 7 3.79 1.82313 0.03625 2.1 4.7525 0.6 thirty 5.77 1.84 0.03938 2.08475 4.84125 0.60167 60 — 1.93 0.04688 2.09888 4.87625 0.625 90 7.38 2.04 0.05375 2.14863 4.91375 0.70167 180 9.00 2.21188 0.0675 2.20875 5 0.80667 360 9.83 2.50875 0.09375 2.38563 5.1075 1.00667 According to Reuters. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 186 dated 10/06/2004, p. 18

It has become more difficult for businesses to obtain loans from banks 26 3 min. ... St. Petersburg banks have sharply reduced the issuance of loans for periods exceeding one year to corporate clients. Fearing a new liquidity crisis similar to the summer one, some of them seriously increased interest rates. Others, while formally maintaining the previous lending conditions, secretly suspended active work in the market.

Milan pret-a-porter week is over 612 2 minutes. ... fashion shows The Milan pret-a-porter week ended on a quite optimistic note. The collections of recent days were beautiful with that normal life-affirming beauty that is absolutely devoid of intellectual overtones and is especially good. From Milan - OLGA Kommersant-MIKHAILOVSKAYA. On this field, of course, the main players were Dominico Dolce with Stefano Gabbana and Roberto Cavalli.

Eurocopter won a tender to supply helicopters to the USA 37 1 min. ... Eurocopter, part of the European aerospace and defense concern EADS, won a tender conducted by the US Department of Homeland Security to supply helicopters for customs and border protection services. Now, according to the contract, the American branch of American Eurocopter is to supply 57 EC-120B Hummingbird helicopters worth $75 million during 2004-2005.

At a meeting of the Latvian Seimas commission on foreign affairs, a decision was made to recall Latvian Ambassador to Russia Norman Penke. It is assumed that Mr. Penke may be appointed to one of the senior positions in the Latvian Foreign Ministry. In particular, he may replace Maris Riekstins, who has been appointed head of the diplomatic mission of Latvia in the United States, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.