to open a hypermarket in Saratov 242 2 minutes. ... The Moscow retail chain Perekrestok plans to enter the market of the Saratov region. Vladimir Ryzhkov, director of the Samara branch of the Perekrestok Trading House CJSC, told Kommersant yesterday. According to him, in the spring of 2005 the company will open the first hypermarket in the regional center, and in the future its stores will appear in other large cities of the region, in particular in Balakovo and Engels.

107 3 min. ... The first winter gardens in the Northern capital appeared in the 18th century and quickly became a fashionable attribute of rich houses. Nowadays, in many penthouses, for example, special spaces are also provided for winter gardens. Kommersant-Dom correspondent EKATERINA GOLUBEVA asked experts about how they can be filled.

14 2 minutes. ... The Center for Contracts and Settlements of the Federal Wholesale Electricity Market (CDR FOREM) intends to reduce the energy supply to the Tomsk region by 50% from November 26. The press service of OJSC Tomskenergo reported this yesterday.

Visits Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin flew from Brazil to Portugal. And here, in Lisbon, there was an official visit. Its main topic, according to Kommersant special correspondent ANDREY KOLESNIKOV, was the elections in Ukraine. Guardsmen were waiting for Vladimir Putin at the presidential palace. Already knowing their morals (they faint at any opportunity - see yesterday's Kommersant), I looked at these people with caution.

Russian Chess Championship The super final of the Russian Chess Championship is approaching the finish line in Moscow. Grandmaster YURI RAZUVAEV tells about the events that took place from the fifth to the seventh round. Fifth round. A turning point in the tournament's plot. The debutants, who had so far successfully played with the favorites, had a hard time. Alexey Dreev gave a substantive lesson in the art of positional play to his opponent Alexey Korotylev.

16 2 minutes. ... Oil ($/barrel)Petroleum products ($/t) Title, terms deliveriesRegionSequence demandPrev. closed Name, terms of delivery RegionSequence demandPrev. closed Brent, F.O.B. NW 42.87 42.06 High octane gasoline (95), CIF M 436 441 Cabinda, F.O.B. M 35.37 34.75 High octane gasoline (95), CIF NW 430 435 Bonny Light, FOB M 41.67 41.05 High octane gasoline (95), FOB M 423 428 Kirkuk, FOB M 33.12 32.5 Nafta, CIF M 431 433 Oseberg, F.O.B.

Portugal occupies a special place in the Russian public consciousness. Not only in connection with Russia’s defeat by the Portuguese in the qualifying round for the World Cup with a score of 7:1. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the Russians owe the very idea of ​​accelerated GDP growth—perhaps the only theoretical achievement of the Russian authorities in the field of economics—to the Portuguese.

On November 24 in New York, the editor-in-chief of the Russian version of Forbes magazine, who died in the summer of 2004, was awarded the “For Press Freedom in the World” award. Awards were also received by former editor of the opposition Belarusian Business Newspaper Svetlana Kalinkina, documentary filmmakers from Myanmar Aung Pwint and Taun Tun, founder of public radio of Burundi Alexis Sinduhije and vice-president of the American Los Angeles Times John Carroll, RIA Novosti reports.

The Yenisei bakery will be sold to fill the city treasury 43 3 min. ... Yesterday, at an extraordinary session of the Krasnoyarsk City Council, a budget adjustment was adopted. The deputies increased the expenditure portion of the main financial document and also found a way to replenish the city treasury. The city administration once again proposed to the deputies to sell the Yenisei Bakery OJSC (former bakery plant No. 4), and the deputies accepted the offer.

On November 24, a representative of the Ukrainian opposition, Taras Stetskiv, said that opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko intends to hold negotiations with Viktor Yanukovych today through the mediation of President Leonid Kuchma . Mr. Stetskiv said that the current president of the country, Leonid Kuchma , has only three options left, ITAR-TASS reports.

9 1 min. ... On Monday, the North Caucasus District Military Court was to select jurors for the trial of four GRU special forces, led by Novosibirsk captain Eduard Ulman, accused of killing six Chechen civilians in January 2002. But out of 96 candidates from the entire Southern Federal District, from whom, at the request of the victims, a panel of 16 assessors should have been selected, only five arrived in court. As a result, the process was delayed for a month.

from investments in magistrates' courts 9 3 min. ... Yesterday, the Minister of State and Legal Development of the Omsk Region, Alexander Butakov, met with justices of the peace who had been sworn in over the past six months. The reason for the meeting was the completion of the formation of the institution of justices of the peace in the Irtysh region. Mr.

For settlements with creditors 226 3 min. ... Yesterday it became known that the creditors of Volgograd Tractor Plant OJSC decided to introduce bankruptcy proceedings at the enterprise. In their opinion, this is the only way the company will be able to pay off its accounts payable, the amount of which, according to the latest data, is about 1 billion rubles.

Yesterday, several more regional authorities of Ukraine recognized Viktor Yushchenko as their president. Thus, the Khmelnitsky city council decided to no-confide in the Central Election Commission and not recognize the previous election results due to significant falsifications.

case of elections to the State Duma Yesterday, the Supreme Court continued to consider 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 electoral district.