Term (days)KIEIBOR (UAH)LIBOR ($)LIBOR (JPY)LIBOR (EUR)LIBOR (GBP)LIBOR (CHF) 1 8.37 — — — — — 7 11.10 3.92875 0.04 2.10138 4.5675 0.74 thirty 15.25 4.0375 0.04438 2.11638 4.5875 0.74333 60 15.62 4.12 0.05188 2.138 4.59 0.77167 90 16.64 4.2 0.06375 2.18575 4.59313 0.82 180 — 4.37063 0.0775 2.2755 4.6025 0.945 360 — 4.58 0.11063 2.42788 4.63438 1.18

Today the state will part with Krivorozhstal post-privatization Today there will be a competition for the sale of 93.02% of the shares of OJSC Krivorozhstal. There are three main contenders for the acquisition of shares: Mittal Steel, Smart Group, and the Industrial Group-Arcelor consortium. The sale of OJSC Krivorozhstal is the first competition in the history of domestic metallurgy where there is no clear favorite.

5k 11 min. ... Photo: RGAKFD/Rosinform Last week, a former member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Alexander Yakovlev, passed away.

power struggle 3K 6 min. ... Today in Poland the results of the second round of presidential elections, which took place the day before, will be announced. Polls last week showed that the contenders for the post of head of state - Donald Tusk and Lech Kaczynski - enjoy about the same support among Poles, so observers were reluctant to predict the winner yesterday before the polls closed.

IssuerSettlement price ($)*Change (%) Nizhnekamskshina 4.65 +11.38 Rostelecom 2.305 +5.37 Tatneft 2.815 +4.94 PNTZ 15,845 +2.23 ChMK 238.0 +2.15 Mechel 9.025 -10.20 Ufa MPO 1.615 -10.28 Volzhskaya HPP 0.1778 -12.22 Nizhnekamskneftekhim 0.725 -12.65 Sakhalinmorneftegaz 10,875 -15.76 *The average value between the best buy and sell quotes. pr - preferred shares.

A storm warning has been announced in Moscow. In the afternoon of October 24, the western and northwestern wind is expected to increase to 12-15 meters per second in the capital. An Atlantic cyclone is approaching Moscow from the northwest, which will bring colder temperatures, RIA Novosti reports. At night in the capital, weather forecasters predict from minus 1 to plus 1 degrees, in the region - from minus 2 to plus 3 degrees.

862 12 min. ... Great Navigator The Globalsat BC-307 compact GPS receiver is installed in the memory expansion slot of the Compact Flash pocket computer GPS satellite navigation has become an integral attribute of car travelers around the world. Crumpled maps and atlases in the glove compartment are an anachronism for them.

In the Bayevsky district of the Altai Territory, a new case of avian influenza has been reported in poultry, RIA Novosti reports. On October 24, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Altai Territory reported that in the village of Pokrovka, poultry deaths occurred on seven farmsteads and laboratory tests established the presence of the avian influenza virus. Currently, the research materials have been sent to Novosibirsk for confirmation.

bankruptcy On Monday, Refco, the largest independent brokerage company in the United States, declared some of its divisions insolvent. This was the result of a loss of customer confidence in the company as a result of the financial fraud of its executive director. Refco is trying to save its futures business by selling it to new owners.

3K 21 min. ... Cashless society When money lost its purchasing power, the Russian monarchy died. The Bolsheviks carried out the order unquestioningly Photo: RGAKFD/ROSINFORM The state, having found itself in a difficult economic situation due to wars, crises or revolutions, limits the freedom of the market by introducing cards, administrative regulation, etc.

57 13 min. ... Growth leaders among mutual funds Place Fund Share value Change. per week (%) Change. in 1 month (%) Meas. in 3 months (%) Meas. in 6 months (%) Meas. in 12 months (%) Min. in 12 months Max. in 12 months Net assets (million rubles) Change.

One mention of the speaker's name leads to dozens of new members joining towards the elections On October 22, the first stage of the VIII extraordinary congress of the People's Party (PP) took place, at which a decision was made to create a new political association, the People's Bloc of Lytvyn. At the congress, a new course of the party was announced, which will be more rigid and aggressive in nature.

4K 15 min. ... Photo: RGAKFD/Rosinform Vladimir Lenin in its current state has three hypostases: just a body, biological material for scientific research and museum exhibit Recently, the discussion has sharply revived about the need to reburial the body of Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin. “Power” decided to distract from the political and ethical aspect of this problem and consider it exclusively from a bureaucratic-legal point of view.

The program of Paco Rabanne's stay in Kyiv included a show of a new collection and the opening of an exhibition of his own paintings (see Kommersant on October 20). However, at the very end of Mr. Rabanne's visit to Ukraine, an unexpected addition appeared in the program. Already in the hall for official delegations of the Boryspil airport, the famous couturier suddenly felt seriously unwell: his face turned purple, Paco Rabanne felt a loss of strength and even lay down on the floor.

10 1 min. ... Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region Kirill Polyakov denied information about the possible refusal of the regional authorities to build a new parliament building near Smolny. According to him, the implementation of this plan is only suspended until the land allocation for the construction of the Orlovsky tunnel is determined. Let us recall that a year ago, the Governor of St.