Name Number of stores Turnover in 2005, $ million Turnover in 2006, $ million Fozzy Group 190 500 950 "Metro Cash and Carry Ukraine" 13 380 650 "Buffet" 69 350 480 "Velika Kishenya" 33 222 404 "ATB-Market" 170 290 400 Source: Dragon Capital

On May 30, the Kamchatka Regional Council of People's Deputies by a majority vote approved the candidacy of Alexey Kuzmitsky for the post of governor of the Kamchatka Territory, RIA Novosti reports. The candidacy of the acting governor of the Kamchatka region, Alexei Kuzmitsky, was submitted to the legislative bodies of Kamchatka and Koryakia by Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 26 to empower the head of the administration of the future Kamchatka region. Mr.

Today, May 30, the forum “Ukrainian-Russian investment cooperation - a strategic aspect of common development” opened in Kyiv, reports LIGA Businessinform. The forum is attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia Viktor Chernomyrdin, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Rybak, as well as representatives of Ukrainian and Russian business. Following the results of the forum, its participants plan to sign a joint memorandum.

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Australian dollar** 414.1349 British pound** 1003.5371 Belarusian ruble* 0.0235 Hungarian forint*** 27.3538 Danish krone** 91.5698 US dollar** 505.0000 Euro** 682.2045 Icelandic krona** 8.1740 Kazakh tenge** 4.1383 Canadian dollar** 466.8157 Norwegian krone** 84.2332 Polish zloty** 178.7748 Russian ruble* 1.9496 Turkish lira** 381.5675 Czech crown** 24.1164 Swedish krona** 73.7080 Swiss franc** 413.3571 Japanese yen*** 41.5396 For 10. ** For 100. *** For 1000. According to the NBU

Galleries in Russian style The Moscow International Salon of Fine Arts opened The International Salon of Fine Arts opened in Manege - an art fair that could only have been dreamed of five years ago. 95 exhibitors from 13 countries brought the best examples of world art. Moreover - and this must be recognized as the main difference and achievement of the current salon - art, competently adapted to the Russian market. TATYANA Y-MARKINA attended the opening.

The Nizhny Novgorod region will borrow from commercial banks to pay off obligations 48 3 min. ... The Nizhny Novgorod region is going to take out a loan of 1 billion rubles. to cover the regional budget deficit and refinance the debt load. A credit institution for cooperation with the region will be selected through a competition in mid-June.

58 2 minutes. ... Federal retailer Euroset announced the launch of telecommunications services in Togliatti - IP telephony and prepaid Internet access. According to market participants, the company will have to compete primarily with federal IP operators, and Euroset will not be able to displace fixed-line operators operating in the same segment. Yesterday, the federal retailer Euroset announced the start of a project to develop IP telephony in Tolyatti.

Consortium of banks outbid Barclays offer A consortium of European banks led by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group has made an official offer to purchase the Dutch bank ABN Amro for €71.1 billion. This price significantly exceeds the offer already accepted by the management of the Dutch bank from the British bank Barclays.

Anaheim won the first game of the final series Stanley Cup The Anaheim Ducks defeated the Ottawa Senators in the first game of the Stanley Cup - 3:2. The Californians, who had the advantage throughout the entire meeting, scored the decisive goal three minutes before the end of the third period. A symbolic face-off before the match was performed by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

There are many myths regarding the roulette mechanism. For example, they say that the dealer has a special button that he presses so that the ball, using a system of electromagnets, drops to the number on which the least amount is bet. Is it possible? Can a casino cheat a client? Looking for an answer to this question, Kommersant-Real Game correspondent Elena Tueva met with the head of the operation service of the Europe casino, Sergei Lagutin .

Today, May 30, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, head of the public security police, police colonel Vasily Fatkhutdinov, commented on the clashes between the police and fans during the final match of the Ukrainian Cup between Shakhtar and Dynamo. Mr. Fatkhutdinov clarified that fireworks lit by Dynamo fans are prohibited for use both on the territory of Ukraine and in all European countries as they threaten human life.

Today, May 30, the Verkhovna Rada is being evacuated due to a report of a mine. As People's Deputy of Ukraine Yuri Boldyrev said in an interview with journalists, someone called and said that the Rada premises were mined. The people's deputy said that a laboratory has now arrived at parliament to take air samples. The Verkhovna Rada security asked everyone in the room to leave the building.

Limited visa issuance has begun The Russian Embassy in Tbilisi yesterday resumed issuing visas to Georgian citizens. However, as it turned out, strictly limited categories of Georgian citizens can receive them, and not very soon.

Today, May 30 at 8 o'clock, President Viktor Yushchenko began a meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, Chairman of Parliament Alexander Moroz, First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Mykola Azarov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Ivan Plush and the leader of the bloc named after Yulia Tymoshenko . According to the presidential press service, the Secretariat’s first deputy head, Ivan Vasyunik, is also participating in the meeting.