There was a fuel shortage at the Moscow air hub, which led to the postponement of the departure of 5 charter flights of Atlant-Soyuz Airlines from Vnukovo Airport. As Evgeniy Ostrovsky, General Director of the Group of Companies "Fuel Supply for Airports" (TOAP), explained the current situation in an interview with RBC, the shortage of fuels and lubricants arose due to the transfer of railway tanks from Russian Railways to the First Freight Company.

Average monthly accrued wages of civil servants in federal government bodies in the first quarter of 2008. amounted to 38.3 thousand rubles. Such information is contained in the materials of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). According to the results of federal statistical observation conducted by Rosstat in the first quarter of 2008, the highest salary is for employees of the Central Election Commission (CEC) - 78,321 thousand rubles.

Passenger traffic on the Oktyabrskaya Railway (OZD) in April 2008 increased to the level of the same period in 2007. by 6.8%, reaching 16.77 million people. According to the press service of the Russian Railways, the main share of passenger traffic during the reporting period was made up of suburban transportation: 14.8 million people were transported on this route, which is 6.7% more than in April 2007.

Hedge funds have long been perceived by investors as a fairly easy way to make money. At the beginning of last year, to create a hedge fund, all that was required was a degree from a prestigious university and authorized capital, Reuters reports. However, times have changed, and starting a hedge fund has become much more difficult. And it’s not easy to make a profit now, experts say. “These are not the best of times for hedge funds.

St. Petersburg water park "Waterville", closed in March 2008. due to mass poisoning of visitors, will resume work on May 29 this year. Christian Mayer, general manager of the Pribaltiyskaya Hotel Complex LLC, told reporters about this today. This decision was made by the management of the water park after agreement with Rospotrebnadzor and the provision of control water samples to this service.

The head of RAO UES of Russia, Anatoly Chubais, said that after the liquidation of the energy holding he “will sleep it off.” “I’ll be sleeping for a long time. I’ll be sleeping for two years,” he said at a press conference following the results of the last annual meeting of shareholders of RAO UES of Russia before the liquidation of the company on July 1, 2008. Answering the question whether he intends to take part in reforming any other organization, A.

OJSC Sevkabel-Holding has begun construction of a workshop at its plant in Mordovia for the production of high-voltage cables up to 500 kV, the company’s press service reports. The new production will begin operations in 2010. The volume of investment in construction will amount to more than 2 billion rubles. As a result, two lines for the production of ultra-high-voltage products will be launched. Each of them will be able to produce up to 200 km of cable per month.

OJSC Power Machines plans to to establish the production of low-speed turbines for nuclear power plants, company CEO Igor Kostin told reporters. He noted that the high-speed turbines currently produced by Power Machines are fully competitive, but the demand for low-speed turbines on the part of customers prompted the company to open a new production facility. Currently, Power Machines is developing a new project for the production of low-speed turbines.

Due to the threat of tornadoes on the Black Sea coast of the Russian Federation, in the Sochi region, a storm warning has been announced, the press service of the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation told RBC.

The Lazarevsky district of Sochi was left without gas on Wednesday evening. The reason was a gas pipeline breakthrough in the Krasnodar Territory. As Oleg Grekov, head of the press service of the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, told RBC, a gas pipeline breakthrough occurred near the settlement of Katkova Shchel, Lazarevsky district.

RAO "UES of Russia" presented preliminary unaudited consolidated financial statements under IFRS for 2007. RAO "UES of Russia" presented preliminary unaudited consolidated financial statements under IFRS for 2007. According to the data presented, the holding's income from its main continuing activities (excluding profit from the disposal of subsidiaries and financial investments of RAO UES of Russia) for 2007 increased by 17.8% and amounted to RUB 822 billion. compared to RUB 698 billion.

The tasks planned for the second day of the American Phoenix spacecraft's stay on Mars have been postponed due to problems, reports Associated Press. According to a statement by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), there were problems with one of the two orbiting spacecraft relaying commands from Earth. Due to problems, contact with Phoenix was lost.

Police officers detained four suspects in organizing illegal banking activities in St. Petersburg. According to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Northwestern Federal District, all detainees, including one woman, are now under arrest. Police officers detained four suspects in organizing illegal banking activities in St. Petersburg.

After the subprime credit crisis that broke out in August last year, investors began to invest their capital more cautiously in stock markets and familiar assets. Instead, they now prefer to invest in commodity markets, which promise to bring very good profits, Reuters reports. It was this change in investment strategies that led to an increase in the price of almost all types of raw materials - from oil to sugar.

Police in the American town of Durango (Colorado) had to take urgent action after they learned of a strange method of combating thieves developed by the owner of a local liquor store. According to American media, the robbers who were caught in the act were forced to leave one of their shoes in the store. According to store owner Gabe Fidanque, he loses about $1,000 in revenue every month due to petty theft.