75 4 min. ... Yesterday, General Director of Eastland CJSC Sergei Eroshchenko announced that the company was completing negotiations on the sale of its share of shares (46%) of Angarskcement OJSC. The most likely contender for the purchase of shares is Topkinsky Cement LLC, part of the Sibconcord holding. At the same time, negotiations are also ongoing with Eurocement OJSC. The deal, the amount of which has not yet been disclosed, could be completed in the coming days.

social politics 147 3 min. ... Yesterday, the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy held a round table on the problems of forming the budgets of state extra-budgetary funds. It was recognized that the reduction in the UST rate greatly complicates the formation of the budgets of the Russian Pension Fund (PFR), the Social Insurance Fund (FSS) and the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund (FFOMS).

128 4 min. ... As Kommersant learned, the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation (SAC RF) may soon decide to return to the consideration of the sensational “Baikonur” cases. These processes, which Kommersant has written about more than once, were initiated in 2003 by the management of the Ufa refineries, who did not agree with the arrears, fines and penalties imposed by the tax authorities totaling about 12 billion rubles.

Former member of the German group Modern Talking Thomas Anders sued his ex-colleague Dieter Bohlen, demanding compensation for moral damages in the amount of 1 million euros. According to RIA Novosti , the cause of the lawsuit was Dieter Bohlen’s autobiographical book “Behind the Scenes,” in which he accused his “duet mate” of periodically “putting his hand into their joint cash register” and manipulating accounts.

The prosecutor dropped the main charge 64 2 minutes. ... nationalist affairs Yesterday, in the Novosibirsk Regional Court, the judicial investigation was completed and the debate between the parties began in the case of a skinhead group, which, according to the prosecutor's office, was responsible for six proven attacks on immigrants from Central Asia.

22 1 min. ... Yesterday in Omsk at the Intersib International Exhibition Center the exhibition “Autumn Agro-Industrial Assembly” opened. More than 100 enterprises from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan presented their products at the exhibitions: agricultural machinery, spare parts, baking and refrigeration equipment, containers and packaging, mineral plant protection products, seeds, pet food.

Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov 94 1 min. ... makes a visit to Kurgan, where, at a meeting with deputies of the regional Duma and the city public, he announced that he had prepared an amendment to the presidential law on the election of heads of federal subjects by deputies of legislative bodies on the proposal of the president.

Malcolm Glaser buys shares 209 1 min. ... American tycoon Malcolm Glazer increased his stake in Manchester United football club by more than 2% to 27.6%. The transaction amount was £17 million ($30.6 million). Thus, Mr. Glazer almost equalized his share with the stakes of the club's largest shareholders - John Magnier and JP McManus, who own 28.9% of its shares. Reuters Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 196 dated 10.20.2004, p. 24

The leadership of Belarus expressed its disagreement with the position of OSCE observers regarding the elections and referendum held in the country.

Sexual revolution of the 17th century 1K 3 min. ... movie premiere The film "Stage Beauty", renamed in our distribution to "Beauty in English", despite some lengths and excessive political correctness, was watched by ANDREY Kommersant-Plakhov, not without pleasure. Although the title of the film was obviously changed for distribution reasons, it also has a deeper meaning.

The mayor's office failed to sue for its share in the Rifey-Perm television company 23 3 min. ... Yesterday, the Arbitration Court of the Perm Region refused to satisfy the claim of the Perm administration, which demanded that the sale of 20% of the shares of LLC “Television Company Rifey-Perm” be declared illegal. In 2000, the Perm Pharmacies Municipal Unitary Enterprise transferred this share to Sputnik-RMK LLC.

On October 20, Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kerry appointed lawyer James Johnson to be responsible for selecting candidates for the future government and administration. At the initial stage, applicants will be selected who want to work with John Kerry if he is elected. Moreover, applicants can be either from the state of Massachusetts, from which John Kerry was elected senator, or from any other states, ITAR-TASS reports.

On October 20, due to a decrease in reserves in the main reservoir, a special water supply was introduced in the city. The restriction affected 400 enterprises and about 1/3 of the population. As reported by ITAR-TASS , hydrologists believe that the situation will not improve, since the past rainy season did not provide the required amount of precipitation.

The construction deadlines for the Tianwan NPP have been missed 51 2 minutes. ... nuclear power Yesterday and... O. The head of the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision (Rostechnadzor), Andrei Malyshev, visited the Tianwan NPP, which is being built in the south of China by Russian specialists.

The German company EADS Astrium GmbH received €69 million from the European Space Agency 24 1 min. ... The German company EADS Astrium GmbH received €69 million from the European Space Agency to create systems for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The telescope will be built by the company's divisions in Ottobrün and Friedrichshafen, and work should be completed in 2009. Two years after setting up and testing, JWST will be launched into space by a heavy Ariane V launch vehicle.