The Italians bought the Odessa sparkling wine factory The Italian Gruppo Campari (TM Campari, Cinzano and SKYY), the sixth largest alcohol producer in the world, acquired its first asset in the CIS. On Friday, Campari announced the purchase of the Odessa Champagne Wine Factory (OZShV) from the Overline concern of Boris Kaufman for $18 million. Thanks to this deal, Mr.

Alexey Mitrofanov, member of the central council of A Just Russia: - I think that no one will save on this, everyone lives for today and will not refuse a good product in order to save a penny. I definitely won’t and I will continue to drink the same as I drank expensive Kauffman. Russians are not Protestants. Everything will be as usual: fireworks, drinking. People will take time off, and after January 15 they will already be thinking about what to do now.

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev believes that within the CSTO it is necessary to create a mechanism for sanctions for violation of the non-aggression agreement. He stated this at the end of last week at an informal meeting of the presidents of the CIS countries, held at the Borovoye resort near Astana.

On December 22, a jury in the Supreme Court of Dagestan partially acquitted the leader of Dagestan religious extremists, Bammatkhan Sheikhov, accused of murder and attempted murder of law enforcement officers. The jury acquitted Mr. Sheikhov under Article 317 (attempt on the life of law enforcement officers) and Article 210 (organization of a criminal community).

The host countries for the two FIFA World Cups - 2018 and 2022 - will be announced simultaneously in December 2010. This decision was made at a meeting of the executive committee of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) in Tokyo. FIFA President Joseph Blatter announced that the bidding process for both championships will begin in January next year, with one bid able to compete in both competitions. According to Mr.

"Secret of the Company" asked business representatives about what they expect from 2009 for their industries, as well as for the economy as a whole. It turned out - nothing good. Text: Yulia Gordienko, Nina Danilina, Pavel Kulikov, Polina Rusyaeva, Denis Tykulov, Alexandra Ubozhenko Question 1: What trends will have the greatest impact on your business in 2009? Question 2: What do you expect from the coming year for the country's economy? Andrey Bekarev, co-owner of URSA Bank 1.

The dollar fell by more than 10% in a day After a record rise in the dollar exchange rate last Thursday, when cash currency was sold by some banks for more than 11 UAH/$, on Friday the dollar fell below 8 UAH/$. Bankers explain such jumps by harsh statements from government officials who demanded a rebuff to speculators in the market. In addition, banks consider the dollar to be overvalued, so for the first time in recent months they actively sold it to the National Bank.

Only one developer agreed to sell housing to the city 129 2 minutes. ... Based on the results of opening envelopes with applications from developers, the only one willing to sell housing for social needs to the city at a price of 47.3 thousand rubles per square meter was the Dalpiterstroy construction company. The developer offered 438 apartments in Shushary. The results of opening the envelopes clearly did not please the city authorities, so this week they will announce the next competition.

From the many high-profile trials of 2008, “Vlast” traditionally selected those that can be considered precedent-setting. Case of the former minister On February 19, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow sentenced former Minister of Nuclear Energy Evgeny Adamov to 5.5 years in prison. On April 17, the Moscow City Court replaced the sentence with a suspended sentence of the same duration.

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In the global economy, 2008 became a year of general disappointment, general mistrust, general accusations and justifications. Already at the beginning of 2008, it became clear that a very difficult time had come in the global economy. The American stock market, which reached incredible heights in 2007—the Dow Jones index exceeded 14 thousand points—no longer seduced anyone.

The last material under the heading "Wonderful Life of People" is dedicated to the search for the country where the best conditions are created to complete the earthly path. Space Services offers to send part of the dust of the deceased into space. Photo: The Tennessean, Eric Parsons, Ap Since each person perceives death in his own way, there is no ideal way to die. When determining the best place to leave life, we will rely on the values ​​that the Western humanistic worldview dictates.

Oil industry LUKOIL agreed with a consortium of banks to provide a loan for the purchase of a stake in the Spanish Repsol. This was reported by a Russian government source and industry sources. “I know that LUKOIL has closed a deal to raise funds for Repsol,” said a government source, without specifying whether Russian or foreign banks were being discussed. The same is confirmed by a source close to LUKOIL.

The Prosecutor General's Office will deal with the facts of arms supplies to Georgia The Verkhovna Rada on Friday heard the report of a temporary investigative commission studying the supply of Ukrainian weapons to Georgia. Following the hearings, the Party of Regions faction demanded the resignation of Defense Minister Yuri Yekhanurov, but Speaker Vladimir Lytvyn refused to consider this issue.