Absolut Bank issued car loans worth $4.2 million, and they plan to increase them almost 10-fold over the course of the year.

The number of Russian tourists who visited China in 2005. amounted to 2 million 224 thousand people.

A solemn event will be held today in St. Petersburg to perpetuate the memory of Baron A. Stieglitz.

An industry agreement on the organization of fisheries in the Republic for 2006-2008 was signed in Karelia.

World oil prices have dropped significantly

V. Gutovsky was appointed director of the Federal State Institution "North-Western Directorate for Construction, Reconstruction and Restoration".

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the conviction in the case of the murder of G. Starovoitova.

St. Petersburg parliamentarians turned to V. Putin with a request to assist in resolving the issue of registering a vaccine against avian influenza.

The head of the US Federal Reserve does not want to predict an increase in the interest rate

Saddam Hussein warned the US about terrorist attacks

Dmitry Medvedev: The financial market needs development

C. Rice: Iran is opposed to the world community

The Central Bank revoked the license of one of the Moscow banks

The centipede king married the scorpion queen

"Lenenergo" in 2006 plans to increase costs for the repair campaign by more than 1.5 times - up to 477.7 million rubles.