The investigator for particularly important cases Valery Nikolaev, leading the Gusinsky case, claims that the media-Moscow holding does not exist. “There is no such structural unit at Media -Most CJSC,” he said in an interview with the newspaper Russian News. “There are several well -known and very popular media that are included in the informal empire of Vladimir Gusinsky along with other organizations and enterprises. A total number of 200 pieces,” the newspaper writes, referring to Nikolaev.

you're right, Jupiter, but why are you so angry? On the front pages of all today's newspapers is a commentary on yesterday's press conference by Andrei Illarionov.

The price of oil on the International Oil Exchange in London fell to closing trading by 73 cents, despite the OPEC decision to reduce quotas yesterday . According to RIA Novosti, the price of Brent oil oil has decreased to 24.79 cents per barrel under futures contracts with deliveries in February. According to exchange analysts, the drop in price is caused by oil overproduction.

In New York, at Kennedy International Airport, Pavel Borodin was detained. As it became known to ITAR-TASS, the detention was carried out in accordance with the court order of the prosecutor's office of Switzerland. Consideration of the issue of arrest will be held today in the New York court in Manhattan, NTV reports. According to preliminary data, Borodin arrived in the United States at the official invitation of one of the members of the President's Inauguration Committee George Bush.

According to Reuters, for an unknown reason, the start of a cargo ship was postponed, which was supposed to go to the Mir space station and provide the station with everything necessary for a successful fall on the Earth. The rocket with a spacecraft on board was supposed to start today, but her take -off, at the request of the officer on duty, was postponed until January 21.

The Minister of Internal Affairs Rushailo, who, on behalf of the president, who arrived in the North Caucasus, told the amazed public that he was aware of where Kenneth Gluk could be. Law enforcement agencies, according to him, also have operational information about persons involved in the abduction of a US citizen. “We are taking all measures to ensure that the American is released,” RIA Novosti quotes the Minister of RIA.

The flight management center announced the restoration of a connection with the “world” already interrupted today. Charges at the station, which led to the fact that the station lived in an uncontrolled mode for about 12 hours, can be eliminated in the near future. However, the management center believes that the loss of communication with the station only confirms that the "world" has exhausted its resource and it must be flooded, as planned, on March 6.

Former Deputy Minister of Finance calls on to pay debts Russian economists continue to comment on the situation around the "debt burden" of Russia. Former First Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, director of the Institute of Financial Research Andrei Vavilov, on the live air of the Echo of Moscow radio, said that Russia, apparently, would have to pay all the debts of the Parisian club of creditors. True, he clarifies that this is only the main debt.

On the first stripes of all today's newspapers are a commentary on yesterday’s press conference Andrei Illarionov.

Sergey Kovalev 1. The reasons for the convening of the congress? Very acute concern to the development of the political situation in the country. The initiators of the congress called it "Extraordinary." Someone considers an extraordinary - unusual, catastrophic - the Russian political evolution itself. Others find that tragic events, on the contrary, are natural and inevitable in a country leaving the club superpower to the "third world". We will not argue.

The Russian gold and foreign exchange reserves from January 5 to 12, 2001 decreased by $ 200 million to $ 27.8 billion, the Department of Foreign and Public Relations of the Bank of Russia reports.

Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov called the US ambassador to Moscow James Collins and protested him about the detention of the Secretary of State of the Russian-Belarusian Union Pavel Borodin in New York.

In the morning, Kudrin cautiously reacted to the statement of the Minister of Finance of Germany Kayo Koch-Wizer that if Russia does not pay debts, it must be excluded from the G8. However, by the end of the day in the Ministry of Finance, obviously, a more stringent position was formed. "This is a public pressure on Russia," Kudrin said. The Minister of Finance insists that Russia is acting and will act within the framework of international norms and agreements with partners.

Tomorrow, the Central Bank will release a memorable silver coin with a dignity of 3 rubles dedicated to the 300th anniversary of military education in Russia. The press release of the Central Bank says that the coin has the shape of a circle and is produced by a circulation of 5 thousand units. Neither coins nor bills of such dignity in circulation have been from Soviet times.

The fate of the Kabile is still covered with a mystery; A state of emergency is introduced in California; Serious changes are coming in the CNN television company; The House of Commons has banned the fox hunt; The impeachment process is suspended by the President of the Philippines - all this is in the new abroad .