The latest results of the activities of the largest bank in Russia (in 2005, the bank’s net assets increased by 31% to 2.6 trillion rubles; balance sheet profit increased by 54.4% and exceeded 81 billion rubles; net profit increased by 44.1% to 62.9 billion rubles; equity capital increased by 46.1% to 252.9 billion rubles) are interesting not so much because its financial results are the highest among other banks, and compared with the previous period, but because for the first time Over the

The broad interested public has been discussing Abramovich's purchase of a stake in Evraz (41.3 percent), owned by the group's two largest shareholders - Alexander Abramov and Alexander Frolov, for several weeks. At the same time, surprisingly, there were no clear explanations for a number of issues that are fundamental for any transaction of this level.

Almost three weeks after the abduction of four Russian diplomats in Iraq, the group “Council of Mojahideen” associated with al-Qaeda for this took responsibility for this.

The International Committee of the Council of the Federation will today discuss the situation of Russian citizens captured in hostage in Iraq. This was announced by the head of the committee Mikhail Margelov, reports Echo of Moscow . According to Margelov, it is necessary to use the maximum mechanisms for understanding the real situation. Responsibility for the abduction of four Russian diplomats was taken by the group "Council of Shura Mojahideen Iraq".

In the central part of the main Japanese island of Honsu in the Kanto region, at 6.40 local time (1.40 Moscow time), an earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter scale occurred, RIA Novosti reports. Superior shocks were felt in Tokyo, as well as in a number of other cities. According to the Main Meteorological Administration of Japan, the epicenter of the earthquake was in the prefecture of Tiba to the north-west of Tokyo at a depth of about 80 kilometers.

The Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov opposes negotiations with terrorists who seized Russian diplomats in Iraq, and categorically excludes the possibility that Russia can make any concessions to terrorists, RIA Novosti reports. “Russia always takes such a position that negotiations on political conditions with terrorists are impossible,” the speaker said to reporters.

At the military airfield in Chkalovsk in the Kaliningrad region, the Su-27 fighter caught fire. At the moment, the fire managed to extinguish, the press service of the North-Western regional center of the Ministry of Emergencies reports. According to the information provided, the fire as a result of the explosion arose at 13.52 Moscow time, during the refueling of the aircraft fuel. The tail and wing of the aircraft suffered from the fire.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation does not plan to make additional proposals for the cancellation of deferrals, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the statement of the head of the Main Directorate of Educational Work of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Nikolai Reznik.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that the Russian side was seriously seriously treated with information about Russian diplomats stolen in Iraq, RIA Novosti reports. The night before, one of the Arab terrorist sites appeared on one of the Arab terrorist sites, in which the group “Council of Shura Mojahideen” took responsibility for the abduction and put forward its requirements. Lavrov said that this information is double -checked through all channels.

About ten inhabitants of the village of Butovo today staged a picket in defense of the village, the newspaper reports. Ru " . Residents erected barricades at the entrance to the village, destroyed the day before during the assault, about to resist the bulldozers, which today, perhaps, will again appear on the territory of the village.

The United States warned North Korea against the test launch of a long -range ballistic missile, capable of reaching the American coast. Otherwise, the United States threatened Pyongyan by introducing economic sanctions, RBC reports with reference to AP.

The European Metallurgical Concern Arcelor decided to temporarily postpone the consideration of the issue of buying stocks from its shareholders, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to ITAR-TASS. This operation was designed to strengthen the financial foundations of the concern, which is under threat of absorption from the world's largest steel corporation Mittal Steel.

The accused in the case of the explosion at the McDonald's restaurant in Moscow in October 2002. He found himself partially guilty. “I committed a crime, but I don’t agree with the accusation. I’ll say more accurately later,” Aslanbek Khashanov noted during the current meeting in the Moscow City Court, RBC reports.

On the Lena and Vitim rivers in Yakutia, the water level continues to rise above critical levels, reported the Far Eastern Regional Center of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. Almost 200 private residential buildings remain flooded in a number of settlements, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax.

Rosneft will buy 51% of the shares of Udmurtneft from the Chinese company Sinopec, the Rosneft press service reports. An option agreement was concluded between Rosneft and Sinopec in May of this year, RIA Novosti reports.