Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has again denied all accusations that his country is involved in the terrorist attack on the Indian city of Mumbai. Speaking live on CNN, he said Pakistan was "in no way responsible" for the attacks. Moreover, the head of Pakistan questioned the statements of the Indian intelligence services that the only detained terrorist, Azam Amir Kasab, has Pakistani citizenship.

On Tuesday, December 2, ADRs of Russian companies showed an increase in quotations On Tuesday, December 2, ADRs of Russian companies showed an increase in quotations. Stock trading in Europe closed with an increase in leading indices amid expectations of further cuts in interest rates by global central banks. At the end of trading on December 2, the British FTSE 100 index increased by 1.41%. Oil prices have dropped significantly.

On Wednesday, December 3, trading on the domestic stock market opened against a neutral external background On Wednesday, December 3, trading on the domestic stock market opened against a neutral external background. However, as trading progressed, the external background worsened, and Russian indices reacted sensitively to this. Let us remind you that US stock exchanges closed higher the day before. However, oil prices have fallen significantly.

In St. Petersburg on December 20, 2008. It is planned to open a new metro station "Volkovskaya". The press service of the State Unitary Enterprise "Petersburg Metro" reported this to RBC. In addition, in 2009 The city authorities intend to open two more stations under construction on the Frunzensky radius - "Zvenigorodskaya" and "Obvodny Kanal". Let us remind you that according to the development concept of the St. Petersburg metro, until 2020.

OJSC Russian Railways (RZD) considers the proposals of the Ministry of Transport (Mintrans) to remove the inventory of cars with expired service life to be categorically unacceptable. JSC Russian Railways (RZD) considers the proposals of the Ministry of Transport (Mintrans) to remove the inventory of cars with expired service life to be categorically unacceptable.

Several women who decided to meet in one of the local bars in the British city of Leeds ended up on the street after the security of the establishment considered them too old and refused entry, British media reported. As the heroines of the scandal said, it was not by chance that they decided to gather at the presentable Courtyard Bar: they had already been to this place before, and they were satisfied.

The crisis creates favorable conditions for raider attacks, while raider attacks on capital enterprises have recently intensified, according to the Moscow Confederation of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. According to the chairman of this organization, Elena Panina, the activation of raiders is directly related to the negative consequences of the global financial crisis for the city economy. “Weakened enterprises become bait for hostile takeovers,” noted E.

Following the results of trading on Tuesday on the leading oil exchanges, world oil market prices again dropped noticeably. Following the results of trading on Tuesday on the leading oil exchanges, world oil market prices again dropped noticeably. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, the price of a barrel of WTI (Light, Sweet Crude Oil) oil fell by $2.32 and amounted to $46.96 per barrel.

Gazprom began developing the first Yamal field - Bovanenkovskoye - and began construction of the Bovanenkovo ​​- Ukhta gas pipeline, which should contribute to the development of the peninsula's fields. The ceremonial launch of the first joint was attended by First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom Viktor Zubkov, Head of Gazprom Alexey Miller, and Head of the Komi Republic Vladimir Torlopov. As the head of Gazprom A.

AK "Transneft" in 2008 will allocate about 2 billion rubles to finance the project for the construction of the Baltic Pipeline System (BPS-2) oil pipeline, Igor Demin, head of the press service of Transneft, told RBC. According to him, such investment parameters for the project were approved by the board of directors on December 1 of this year, at which adjustments were made to the company's investment program for 2008. Previously, according to I.

In Moscow, a criminal case has been brought to court against a resident of Kaliningrad and two Muscovites accused of theft of loans totaling more than $500 million. As reported by the information and public relations department of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate for the Moscow Region, they were charged with illegally obtaining loans, fraud and legalization of criminal proceeds. According to the investigation, the criminals operated in different regions.

The third round of negotiations on a new basic agreement between Russia and the European Union may take place in late January - early February 2009, Mayak reports with reference to Russia's permanent representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov. “No specific date has been determined, but I expect that they will take place at the end of January - beginning of February,” said the ambassador, who is the head of the Russian negotiating delegation.

The authorities of St. Petersburg on Wednesday, December 3, announced their plans to increase tariffs and prices. First of all, this will affect utilities and public transport. According to the city governor Valentina Matvienko, an increase in tariffs and prices is inevitable. At the same time, the head of the city emphasized that tariffs are set by federal regulations, which the city cannot ignore. However, the increase in tariffs will not exceed the level of inflation, V.

On Wednesday, December 3, mixed dynamics prevailed in the European government bond market On Wednesday, December 3, mixed dynamics prevailed on the European government bond market. Demand for long-term securities was high throughout the trading session. Short-term securities, on the contrary, did not arouse much interest among market participants. As a result of active buying, the yield on Germany's 10-year Bunds dropped to the psychologically important level of 3%.

The state will allocate 300 billion rubles. for state guarantees on loans to enterprises. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin said this today at a meeting on economic issues with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Vesti TV channel reports. He noted that a legal basis for this is currently being created and proposed developing a corresponding resolution of the government and the State Duma. A.