The international rating agency Standard & Poors has increased the long-term rating of Sibneft C C to "B+" due to the reduced influence of the risks of Yukos, RIA Novosti reports. Sibneft demonstrated the ability to distance himself from the risks associated with Yukos after Yukos transferred 57.5% of the shares to the previous Sibneft shareholders, thereby reducing the share in the company from 92% to 34.5%.

Syrian President Bashar Assad arrives on Monday with a four -day state visit to Russia. At the same time, the Syrian president noted that the issue of Syria acquiring Russian missiles "will not be discussed in Moscow." “The Russian Minister of Defense said that such a deal does not exist, and this gave a clear answer,” he remarked. On the eve of a trip to the Russian Federation, the Syrian leader emphasized that Damascus is interested in developing a political dialogue with Moscow.

As part of the upcoming energy reform, new companies are appearing as a result of the reorganization of JSC energos, reports the press service of RAO UES. State registration of management companies separated as a result of the reorganization according to the basic version of OJSC Ivenergo and OJSC Vladimirenergo took place. On January 14, 2005, Ivanovo Energy Management Company OJSC was registered, and on January 15, Vladimir Energy Company OJSC was registered.

In the Nogliksky district of Sakhalin, the green wave of the indigenous peoples of the North, who protested against the negative impact of oil companies on the traditional environment of their habitat, was terminated, the newspaper reports. ru , citing Interfax. The action to block roads to objects built as part of the Sakhalin -1 and Sakhalin -2 projects lasted three days. The local authorities called this action illegal.

On January 23, in Moscow, after a long illness, the People's Artist of the RSFSR, film director and movie scene Julius Karasik died, his relatives said on Monday, Radio Liberty reports. Karasik, a student of Joseph Heifitz, Alexander Zarkha and Sergey Gerasimov, shot his first feature film "Wait for letters" in 1960. His painting "The Wild Dog Dingo" received the "Golden Leo" and "Golden Branch" at the Festival in Venice in 1962.

The company Tomskneft VNK (a subsidiary of Yukosa) fully paid off the tax arrears for 2002 in the amount of about 2.3 billion rubles, said Leonid Vleskov, head of the press service of the company, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to Interfax. “The company made calculations with the budget in accordance with the tax claims presented by the Ministry of Taxes and the training of the Russian Federation. To date, Settlement bank accounts Tomskneft are unlocked, ”the company representative emphasized.

Victor Yushchenko arrived with his first working visit to Moscow. His plane landed at Vnukovo-2 airport The delegation, in addition to the president, included the Vice Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Alexander Zinchenko, People’s Deputies Alexander Tretyakov and Yevgeny Chervonenko. This was reported to the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN.

Analyst of Broker Creditservice Maxim Shein told Polit.ru that the increase in the international rating agency fitch ratings of a long-term credit rating and a rating in the national currency of Ukraine to the level of “BB” C+and the simultaneous increase in the sovereign rating of the country with “in+” to the level PR.

The British boxer Lennox Lewis is not going to return to professional boxing, Echo Moscow reports. The former absolute world of heavyweightweight champion confirmed that he intends to remain one of the few boxers who managed to leave at the peak of fame. Earlier, the British newspaper Daily Mirror announced the British intention to begin preparations for battle against Vitaly Klitschko.

Yesterday and today, Russian President Vladimir Putin holds two meetings in Moscow, which will predetermine the Russian policy in the post -Soviet space in 2005, as Kommersant said in today's material dedicated to Putin yesterday with Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev and today with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. Although the initiative of the meetings came from Bishkek and Kyiv, negotiations with two CIS leaders have completely different scenarios.

The head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Litvin expressed confidence that the parliament will approve Yulia Tymoshenko’s candidacy for the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine, reports News-Ukraine . “ The candidacy proposed by the president is a passing one,” Litvin said, adding that the Verkhovna Rada will support her in order to enable the president to realize his electoral program.

In the government report, released on Sunday in Israel, there is a fear of the sharp growth of anti -Semitic violence in Russia and Great Britain last year. At the same time, it is emphasized that France has made significant efforts to combat this phenomenon. Statistics collected by the global forum in combating anti -Semitism shows that in 2004 the number of anti -Semitic incidents in France was 96, in the UK it increased from 55 to 77 episodes, and in Russia - from 4 to 55.

At today's auction in Moscow, the dollar rate fell sharply. It decreased by 14 kopecks and now amounts to 28 rubles and 2 kopecks. The weighted average Euro exchange rate is 36 rubles 62 kopecks.

Hassan Nasreddinov According to the leading information agencies of the world, the deputy of the State Duma of Russia journalist Omakutkin, sculptor-patriot of Reztsov and several more of the same famous public figures made the initiative to prohibit the activities of mathematicians, their associations and organizations that provide financial support for mathematical research.

We publish the text of the speeches of Viktor Yushchenko, who was read on January 23, when the President of Ukraine entered the post of President of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada building in the presence of deputies and foreign guests, as well as on the main square of Kyiv - the Daeman of Nezalevniy, before the long -term festive rally. Russian translation. Speech to parliament Blessed Fathers, the head of the Verkhovna Rada, respected people's deputies, venerable guests, dear friends.