A technology center for power supply has been opened in Petrozavodsk. This is the final stage of electrification of the Karelian section of the railway. As reported in the press center of the head of the Republic of Karelia, the complex with an area of ​​3.5 thousand square meters. m JSC Russian Railways invested 180 million rubles.

Net loss of RosUkrEnergo in the first quarter of 2006. amounted to 10.6 billion rubles. versus profit in the first quarter of 2005 in the amount of 4.1 billion rubles. This is stated in the financial report for January-March of this year published today. according to international standards of OJSC Gazprom, which controls 50% of RosUkrEnergo. As RosUkrEnergo explained to RBC, negative financial dynamics in the first quarter of this year.

OJSC "Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill" for 9 months of 2006. increased pulp cooking by 0.7% compared to the same period in 2005. - up to 624 thousand 313 tons, the company’s press service reports. For January-September 2006 the plant produced 358 thousand 064 tons of cardboard, which is 1.6% more than the same figure in 2005. Production of cardboard packaging increased by 1% and amounted to 95.9 million square meters.

Governor of the Murmansk region Yuri Evdokimov signed a resolution to increase funding for the program for the development of small businesses.

CJSC Transmashholding intends to place 4 million interest-bearing documentary non-convertible bearer bonds on the market through open subscription. The face value of each security will be 1 thousand rubles, the total volume of the issue will be 4 billion rubles. The bonds' circulation period will be 1,456 days, the company's press service reported. The Federal Service for Financial Markets registered the prospectus for the issue of securities of Transmashholding CJSC on September 26, 2006.

Vneshtorgbank (VTB) plans to hold an IPO on the London Stock Exchange in 2007, VTB Chairman of the Board Andrey Kostin announced today. “IPO is an important step in the transition from a purely state-owned bank to a bank with a mixed type of ownership,” emphasized A. Kostin. Vneshtorgbank (VTB) plans to hold an IPO on the London Stock Exchange in 2007, VTB Chairman of the Board Andrey Kostin announced today.

The government intends by December 2007. obtain $500 million in development policy loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) to support the reform program. This is stated in the draft state program for economic and social development for 2007, which the Cabinet of Ministers submitted to parliament. The borrower is the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economy is responsible for the implementation of the program.

The name of the Nobel laureate in the field of chemistry was announced today in Stockholm. It was 59-year-old professor from Stanford University in California (USA) Roger Kornberg for his work in the field of eukaryotic transcription. The name of the Nobel laureate in the field of chemistry was announced today in Stockholm. It was 59-year-old professor from Stanford University in California (USA) Roger Kornberg for his work in the field of eukaryotic transcription.

Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili today packed two bunches of grapes in bags and sent them to the Kremlin and the chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko through the express delivery company DHL. Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili today packed two bunches of grapes in bags and sent them to the Kremlin and the chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko through the express delivery company DHL.

FSUE "Plant named after V.Ya. Klimov" (ZiK, St. Petersburg) signed a contract with the airline UTair (JSC "UTair Airlines", Khanty-Mansiysk) for the supply and repair of helicopter engines, RBC reported in the press - plant service. In accordance with the document, ZiK will repair 10 TV3-117 engines operated on UTair helicopters, and will also supply 10 similar new engines during 2007-2011. The total amount of the repair contract is 25 million rubles.

Today, October 4, Governor V. Matvienko met with the Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug A. Filipenko as part of the district days in St. Petersburg, the press service of the St. Petersburg Governor’s Administration reported. During the meeting, an agreement was signed on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation and a joint action plan for its implementation, as well as an agreement on the creation of a fuel and energy exchange.

The only goal of the Turk who hijacked the plane was to obtain political asylum in Italy, said Turkish Transport Minister Binali Yildirim. According to him, the extremist thus wanted to avoid conscription in his native country. "The incident was not related to the Pope's visit, it was simply an attempt to obtain political asylum related to psychological problems," he said. A Turkish Airlines plane en route from Tirana to Istanbul was hijacked by two Turkish men.

US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's assumptions regarding Venezuela's neighbors' concerns about its arms purchases are unfounded, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said. He also said that it is extremely unreasonable for D. Rumsfeld to say that no country threatens Venezuela, since the United States is the number one threat to his country. W. Chavez appealed to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez with a request to confirm the words of the US Secretary of Defense. "This man (D.

The XIV international tourism exhibition INWETEX-CIS TRAVEL MARKET`2006 opens today in St. Petersburg at the exhibition complex in Gavan. It will last until October 6. The organizers of the exhibition are JSC St. Petersburg Express and the international exhibition company Reed Travel Exhibitions (Great Britain). This year, preliminary work on organizing the largest exhibition in the north-west of Russia includes the development of such sections of the exhibition as SPA and cruise tourism.

On the night of October 3–4, the operation of transporting the impeller of a 250 MW hydraulic turbine for the Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station began. An impeller weighing 85 tons, manufactured by OJSC Power Machines, was shipped from the enterprise and delivered to Pulkovo airport. The wheel will be delivered to Bratsk by An-124-100 Ruslan cargo plane, the press service of Power Machines OJSC reported.