The Russian Communications Administration has legalized virtual cellular operators (MVNOs): by the beginning of summer, Roskomnadzor issued the first eight licenses to provide services of this kind. Newcomer operators are trying to gain a foothold in those niches that classic cellular companies ignore due to the small number of potential customers. MVNO's clients include fans of St.

Investigation 6K 14 min. ... Three stories from the history of St. Petersburg raiding. Oleg Moskvin Raiding is the taking of someone else's property by making false entries in registration documents. It differs from ordinary banditry in its bloodless methods and higher profitability. At all levels of government - in order to avoid interference in the investigation of cases - anti-raider commissions appeared, consisting of people capable of making decisions and monitoring their implementation.

In Moscow, the Federation Council will host a meeting between Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov and Indian President Pratibha Patil.

5K 1 min. ... Smoking experience: 11 years, non-smoking for 4 years. A cigarette was a means of communication for me: exchanging news with colleagues in the smoking room, talking with friends over a cup of coffee in a cloud of smoke. So, unnoticed, half a pack was spent a day. And then I took up taekwondo to get into shape. Thanks to regular training and work on concentration, my way of thinking and my worldview changed.

3K 1 min. ... On August 25, after reconstruction, the lobby of the Moscow metro station "Kurskaya" of the Circle Line was opened (pictured) . The head of the Moscow Metro, Dmitry Gaev, assured everyone that the original appearance of the station had been restored. Thus, he proved that he remembers well who raised and inspired him. However, a photo from 1950 shows that Dmitry Gaev had slightly forgotten what shone for him and who illuminated it for him.

They demand 1.7 billion rubles for the characters of popular television series The Moscow City Court rejected the cassation appeal of the writer Andrei Pimenov, based on whose works the popular television series “Streets of Broken Lights” (“Cops”), “Opera. Chronicles of the Homicide Department” and “Opera-2” were based. Mr. Pimenov accused the producers of “Cops” of violating his copyrights.

Expert 1K 2 minutes. ... Vladimir Ovchinsky, retired police major general Raiding has become a distinctive feature of the entire Russian economy and the main content of the activities of organized criminal communities. According to the Accounts Chamber, from 60 to 70 thousand raider attacks are carried out annually. Most often, raiders attack small and medium-sized businesses that have the form of a limited liability company (2/3 of all calls to law enforcement agencies).

2K 1 min. ... About a year has passed since the high-profile arrest of crime boss Vladimir Barsukov-Kumarin in St. Petersburg. Among the charges brought against him, the key one was the raider plot - an attempt to illegally seize someone else's property through corruption schemes. The Ogonyok correspondent conducted his investigation to find out how closely corporate raiding and corruption were united in St. Petersburg.

74 1 min. ... Delivery immediately Delivery in 3 months SettlementPrev. ClosingLastPrev. closing Aluminum 1880.5 1851 1885 1900 Copper 6490.5 6257.5 6480 6375 Nickel 19595 18781 19155 19150 Zinc 1820 1803.5 1870 1840 Tin 14400 14215 14100 14000 Lead 2118 1994.75 2115 2040 London Metal Exchange quotes ($/t). According to Reuters. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 159/P dated 08/31/2009, page 8

Enterprises of the Pikalevo industrial complex are being driven into joint ventures Last Friday, without waiting for the decision to create a joint venture between the participants of the Pikalevo site in the Leningrad region "Bazelcement-Pikalevo" (owned by Basel), Metakhim (UK SevZapProm LLC) and Pikalevo Cement (Eurocement group) ), the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) ordered companies to sign contracts at fixed prices until December 31, 2009, by Monday.

Dozens of professors in Germany may soon find themselves in the dock. They are accused of recruiting graduate students willing to pay to get their degrees. Judging by the preliminary results of the investigation, corruption in German scientific circles has reached truly Russian proportions.

10 1 min. ... Today, August 31, trading on the interbank foreign exchange market ended in the range of 8.4760-8.4885 UAH/$. According to the InterBusinessConsulting company, trading in the euro ended in the range of 12.0930-12.1115 UAH/euro, trading in the ruble – 0.2660-0.2670 UAH/ruble. The National Bank bought and sold dollars at the rate of 7.9-8.01 UAH/$. RBC-Ukraine

Today, August 31, the values ​​of the Kommersant currency indicator (Ъ-indicator) were: 8.46/8.50 UAH/$, which is lower than Friday - 8.49/8.53 UAH/$; 12.08/12.14 UAH/euro (12.19/12.24 UAH/euro); 2.66/2.68 UAH/10 rubles (2.69/2.70 UAH/10 rubles). The Kommersant-Ukraine publishing house has been calculating the Kommersant-Ukraine publishing house since March 16, 2009, based on the dollar purchase/sale prices of the largest transactions on the interbank foreign exchange market.

OJSC Mineral Fertilizers (Perm) produced 266.5 thousand tons of ammonia in the first half of this year, which is 2.4% higher than the same period in 2008. Urea production in January-June of this year increased by 3% - to 329.9 thousand tons. “Compared to the plan, the average daily productivity of the urea unit has increased by 6%.

Alfa Bank entered OBI In the face of falling demand for large long-term loans from citizens, universal banks are increasingly engaged in express lending. Alfa Bank begins issuing loans in two large retail chains - OBI and Castorama. Strengthening Alfa Bank's position in the express lending market will lead to a redistribution of shares in it in favor of universal banks, experts say.