Having earned about $10 million media market Yesterday, Prof-Media Publishing House CJSC sold its 35% stake in the Independent Media (IM) publishing house. The buyer of the shares was their former owner, IM, who, according to experts, paid $45 million for them. According to the official version, Prof-Media is getting rid of assets that it cannot fully control.

On November 18, the representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ( OSCE ), Igor Ostash, said that “the European door for Ukraine has been left open.” In his opinion, the country will be able to enter this door if Viktor Yushchenko becomes president. Mr.

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On November 18, Yukos press secretary Alexander Shadrin said that the purpose of bringing charges against lawyer Dmitry Gololobov was to weaken the company's legal defense. “The initiators of the YUKOS case are pursuing one goal by putting Dmitry Gololobov on the wanted list and charging Dmitry Gololobov, namely, they are trying to weaken the company’s legal defense by bringing absolutely dubious and completely illegal charges against the main lawyers,” Alexander Shadrin said on NTV .

case of elections to the State Duma Yesterday, the Supreme Court held the third hearing on the claim of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Yabloko and members of the 2008 Committee to cancel the results of the State Duma elections in the federal district due to massive violations of election legislation. The plaintiffs told the court about the distortions they discovered during the election coverage by electronic media. Report by YURIY-CHERNEGA.

9 3 min. ... Statement At a meeting held yesterday in Rostov-on-Don on ensuring a single legal space in the North Caucasus, Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Southern Federal District Dmitry Kozak demanded that regional authorities ensure the rule of law in economic policy.

Today is a national holiday in Latvia NORMANCE PENKE, Ambassador of Latvia to Russia The national holiday, the 86th anniversary of the proclamation of the Latvian state, is a worthy reason to appreciate not only the history of Latvia of the last century, but also the dynamic development at the beginning of the 21st century.

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with Hugo Boss Prize contemporary art award The winner of the 2004 Hugo Boss Prize has been announced in New York. This year, the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, one of the most notable characters in the art scene of the 1990-2000s, received an important prize. IRINA KULIK talks about fashionable contemporary art from Hugo Boss.

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Trying to eliminate US import tariff on urea chemical industry As Kommersant has learned, EuroChem has begun negotiations with the US Department of Commerce on revising customs duties on the import of Russian urea. If they are successful, domestic producers will be able to provide 10% of the American market for these raw materials, earning about $250 million a year from supplies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin , during a meeting with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Rodrigo de Rato, emphasized that the Russian Federation is actively writing off the debts of poor countries.

housing market Prices for real estate near Moscow continue to rise, but their growth rate is becoming slower. If in the primary market housing under construction rose in price by an average of 2.5% in October, in the secondary market it increased by only 0.4%. Maximum demand remains for small apartments located in the lower price segment.

trade Over the past five years, the retail space segment has been considered the most dynamically developing segment of the commercial real estate market in Moscow. But at the same time, a paradoxical situation arose on the market: with an acute shortage of retail space in some areas, rental rates began to decline. Experts attribute this to the emergence of large Western companies on the retail real estate market, investing in the construction of their own premises.

Russia's foreign trade turnover has increased Russia's foreign trade turnover in January-September 2004 amounted, according to the Central Bank, to $195.7 billion, which is 29.5% more than in January-September 2003. Including exports amounted to $129.1 billion (an increase of 32.1%), and imports - $66.6 billion (an increase of 24.8%). The trade balance remained positive - $62.6 billion, while in January-September 2003 it amounted to $44.4 billion.