General Alexei Pukach admitted to involvement in the murder of Ukrainian journalist Georgy Gongadze and named those who ordered the crime. A former employee of the search and investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Alexey Pukach, admitted to involvement in the murder of Ukrainian journalist Georgy Gongadze. As AFP reported on July 22, this information was confirmed by Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Gritsak.

As the Georgian television company Imedi reported yesterday, two Russian diplomats were denied entry into Georgia to work in the section of the Swiss Embassy in Tbilisi, representing the interests of the Russian Federation. According to Imedi information received from Georgian Security Council Secretary Eka Tkeshelashvili, Tbilisi had suspicions that these two Russian diplomats, who were traveling to Georgia on a rotation basis, could be related to the Russian special services.

"Troika Dialogue Ukraine" - "Bogdan" automobile plant Analysts at Troika Dialog Ukraine have raised their recommendation for shares of the Bogdan automobile plant (ticker: LUAZ) from sell to hold . The target price was lowered from $0.0271 to $0.0251. This year, demand for cars has decreased, and the Bogdan automobile plant is experiencing difficulties in repaying short-term debt ($77 million) and servicing long-term debt ($152 million).

The Americans did not go to St. Petersburg “for family reasons” St. Petersburg basketball team “Spartak” has decided on its head coach for the new season. The team that took fourth place in the last Russian championship will be led by 42-year-old Serbian specialist Aleksandar Trifunovic. He signed a contract for a period of one year. Spartak was looking for a new coach for almost two months.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs plans to introduce new categories of vehicles into driver's licenses, which will oblige moped drivers to take driving tests.

"Ukrtelecom" transferred to the management of the Ministry of Transport. The Cabinet of Ministers appointed the Ministry of Transport and Communications as the manager of the property of OJSC Ukrtelecom, according to government order #828-r dated July 17. The state owns 92.79% of the operator's shares, which are planned to be put up for privatization this year. "Interfax-Ukraine" IMF decided to increase Ukraine's share in the fund.

The authorities of the Samara region approved the shutdown of the AvtoVAZ conveyor for a month in August. Governor of the Samara region Vladimir Artyakov, during a meeting on July 22 with the acting president of AvtoVAZ OJSC Igor Komarov, approved the decision of the auto giant’s management to stop the assembly line for the entire month of August while preserving two-thirds of the workers’ salaries. RIA Novosti reports this. Mr.

Volgograd showed a record rate of decline in housing prices Volgograd residential real estate has lost its status as the most expensive among real estate in the regional centers of the Southern Federal District - since September, prices in the city have fallen by a record 25% for southern cities - to 44 thousand rubles per 1 sq. m. m. Demand for new buildings decreased by 80% in business class and by 66% in economy class, according to the latest analytical report from MACON Realty Group.

Term (days)KIEIBOR (UAH)LIBOR ($)LIBOR (JPY)LIBOR (EUR)LIBOR (GBP)LIBOR (CHF) 1 1.22 0.235 0.12 0.274 0.544 0.08 7 2.15 0.264 0.148 0.338 0.556 0.1 thirty 9.62 0.285 0.216 0.529 0.588 0.166 60 11.25 0.349 0.326 0.735 0.749 0.265 90 12.76 0.503 0.421 0.926 0.941 0.367 180 - 0.961 0.66 1,188 1.161 0.48 360 - 1.49 0.842 1,391 1.482 0.787

LLC "Finist-Soap" (Voronezh) plans to put into operation the first stage of a soap factory in the Khokholsky district in October 2009, said the deputy technical director of the enterprise, Alexey Zolotarev. Its capacity is 36 thousand tons of laundry soap and 6 thousand tons of toilet soap per year. The launch of the second stage for the production of shampoo, powder and liquid detergents is planned for mid-2010.

The investigation has identified a circle of people suspected of killing Natalya Estemirova. The investigation has identified a circle of suspects in the murder of the famous human rights activist Natalya Estemirova, who was kidnapped in Chechnya on July 15 and found murdered in Ingushetia in the evening of the same day, a high-ranking source in the security forces of the Southern Federal District told RIA Novosti by phone. According to him, the murder will definitely be solved.

Sergey Bobylev accused of group fraud The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow did not choose a preventive measure for the general director and founder of the Sunrise group of companies (federal retail chain of computer and household appliances) Sergei Bobylev, who was detained the day before. At the request of the investigation, the trial was postponed to Friday, while the entrepreneur was left in custody.

Falling real estate prices are bad news for developers, builders and realtors, but good news for buyers and investors. The investor who guesses the moment when prices reach the bottom will be the first and the most to earn on the new rise. Obviously, the “bottom” will be reached abroad sooner than in Russia.

Today, July 22, it became known that the state-owned export-import bank (Ukreximbank), part of the group of largest ones, has opened a non-revolving multi-currency credit line to a semiconductor plant (Zaporozhye) in the amount of 121.23 million euros.

ONEXIM buys 51% of the media holding The ONEXIM group of Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov agreed with the founders of the media holding RBC Information Systems, operating in Russia and Ukraine, to purchase its additional share issue, as a result of which the ONEXIM share in RBC will be 51%. The controlling stake will cost Mr. Prokhorov $80 million, this is a more generous offer compared to the one he made in March - $35 million for 65% of RBC.