On May 13, ORT will show Dmitry Konchalovsky's film "Slave Market" produced by the VID television company, which tells about the slave trade in Chechnya. According to producer Alexei Mikhailovsky, this is not a commercial project, but a socio-political one by VID. The material for the film was collected over three years. From 500 hours of original video material, a 52-minute product was obtained.

Moscow. The capital's metro has always been built by "Metrostroy". This year, its monopoly may be broken for the first time - the Moscow government has instructed the Moscow International Tender Center (MITTs) to hold a tender by August 15 to select a general contractor for the construction of the first mini-metro line from Kievskaya station to Moscow-City. The corresponding order was signed this week by Yuri Luzhkov.

In the near future, Gazprom shares will be available for trading on any trading platform, not just four, as stipulated by the government decree. The other day, the Presidium of the Supreme Court ordered the judicial panel to consider a complaint filed by one of the exchanges to declare the relevant clause of the decree illegal. However, regardless of the course of the proceedings, this procedure, according to Vedomosti, should soon be cancelled anyway.

The company "Gorod-Info" - a developer of software products and the owner of the popular resources "Sport Segodnya" (www.sports.ru), Weekend.ru and Menu.ru came to an agreement to sell its controlling stake for $8.5 million. To attract investors last summer, the company invited Igor Vasiliadis to the position of CEO. Before his arrival, the company was a team of 15 people, the company's income exceeded $8,000 per month.

This year, there has been a rapid growth in investment in the Russian Internet. Quite unexpectedly, many sites that were made by enthusiasts practically for free, suddenly became objects of interest to serious international companies. Everyone rushed to create sites and frantically "promote" them, increasing traffic. Retail trade on the Internet has not remained on the sidelines - online stores are springing up like mushrooms after the rain.

The famous writer and publicist Tatyana Tolstaya has finished working on her first novel, which took several years. It is called "Kys" and the action takes place in Russia, 200 years after the explosion that destroyed modern civilization. However, not everyone died in the disaster, and the few who survived gained the ability to never age. Their memory of the past is not lost, but they are unable to recreate what was lost - the Earth is immersed in darkness and wildness.

The Stinol refrigerator became the first Russian product to be fully integrated into the global economy. Until now, if Western manufacturers bought Russian competitors, it was to set up production of their goods on their premises, strongly displacing the local brand. "Stinol" has become a product that can be produced further without harming the reputation of a Western company, selling it both in Russia and abroad. Which is what the Italian Merloni is planning to do.

Moscow. Yesterday, details of Slavneft's purchase of shares in Tyumen Oil Company subsidiaries became known. According to Slavneft, it bought 10% of Nizhnevartovskneftegaz (NNG), 5% of Samotlorneftegaz, and 5% of the Nizhnevartovsk Oil and Gas Extraction Enterprise. In addition, Slavneft plans to increase its stakes - for these purposes, points for buying shares from the population will be opened in Nizhnevartovsk on Tuesday.

To understand where it comes from, you need to imagine how far it has traveled in its time. Aquavit is the ancestor of all cognacs, armagnacs and other brandies. This is a clear, "white", strong alcoholic drink, which in principle can be made from any raw material: grain, fruit or grapes. Its name comes from the Latin aqua vitae, which means "water of life", and the translation of this word was reflected in the name of several now-famous drinks.

Domestic manufacturers of socks and underwear have almost completely taken over the market from importers. However, not a single pair of socks is a completely domestic product, because all latex thread (rubber bands, to put it simply) used in the domestic light industry is imported. The Latex plant intends to correct the situation and completely close the "import issue".

Moscow. A press conference was held at the Moscow Film Actor's Theatre, dedicated to the conflict surrounding the "Bat" cabaret theatre, which rents the venue.

Yesterday it was announced that representatives of the Siberian-Ural Aluminum Company (SUAL unites the Ural and Irkutsk aluminum plants) had been removed from the management of the Novosibirsk Electrode Plant (NovEZ). This personnel revolution could have far-reaching consequences for the entire Russian aluminum business. Acting external manager of NovEZ Yuri Parygin dismissed the company's executive director Sergei Kokhanovsky and all his deputies representing SUAL.

The exhibition "David Yakerson" opens at the Museum of Private Collections. Sculpture. Work on paper". Yakerson (1896 - 1947) was born in Vitebsk, collaborated with Malevich and Chagall at the famous Vitebsk People's Art School. However, unlike them, he remained almost unknown for the next decades. The current exhibition is actually the first to present the artist in detail to the general public.

Moscow. At the annual meeting of shareholders of the bank "Russian Credit" held on Wednesday, as one of the participants of the meeting reported, Arkady Gaydamak was introduced to the board of directors, who was elected its chairman. The bank claims that Gaydamak became a shareholder of the bank back in 1993. According to Western media, Gaydamak is a native of the USSR, who was active in France. He was actively doing business in Angola, which has large reserves of oil and diamonds.

Putin's sturgeon fishing was officially permitted in the Caspian Sea a month ago. However, not only is there no decent catch yet, but there are also no companies that are supposed to supply Russia and the near and far abroad with black caviar this year. The results of the auction for the sale of quotas, which took place in Astrakhan at the end of April, were annulled by the regional governor.