Alfa Bank Senior Analyst Konstantin Reznikov believes that the Mitsubishi project is timely. He recalls that China is planning to increase gas production, and Japan is expecting demand for LNG to stabilize. According to Reznikov, one should not expect a significant increase in demand for LNG in South Korea either. Thus, Sakhalin Energy may not be able to place all of its gas in Asia-Pacific countries.

PETERSBURG - The food holding "Planeta Group" has established control over the St. Petersburg dairy plant "Petmol". As Vedomosti has learned, the holding bought large blocks of shares of the enterprise from the company "Petmol-Invest", controlled by the dairy plant's management, and from the Italian food giant Parmalat and now controls 89% of the shares of "Petmol". JSC "Saint Petersburg Dairy Plant No.

As Vedomosti has learned, AFK Sistema is taking a direct part in the work of the capital's Consulting Center for Protection from Hostile Takeovers. In the future, Moscow's largest corporation may even provide money for a preventive buyout of shares to an enterprise that has applied to the center.

Rosbank Depository Director Stepan Tomlyanovich says that if the bank decides to spin off its special depository into a separate structure, it will have to obtain a license from the Federal Securities Commission, which takes at least 30 days. According to Tomlyanovich, acquiring an existing special depository is "faster, but more expensive." In addition, there are few objects to buy on the market.

Alfa-Bank analyst Maxim Matveyev considers it somewhat strange that Evrazholding decided to issue Eurobonds. He believes that the Russian bond market is in a fairly good condition and Evrazholding's ruble loan would be in demand on the Russian market.

Until recently, Rosbank could not be called a retail bank - its business was mainly built on servicing the enterprises of its parent holding company Interros and their employees. But at the beginning of this year, the bank declared retail one of its priority business areas and set a goal of opening 400-450 branches by the end of 2007, attracting about $2.7 billion from the population and entering the top five largest banks.

ICN Pharmaceu-ticals is trying to get back $47.8 million in bonuses paid to its own executives, including Milan Panic, who resigned last year, through the courts. This unconventional decision was made by a special commission formed by the corporation's board of directors after studying the problem for six months. In April 2002, ICN's board of directors approved substantial bonuses (aka bonuses) for itself, two former directors, and a number of other executives.

In the article "Itera" suggested "Gazprom" to exchange" (N 75 from 29.04.2003, p. B3) it should be read: "Itera" owns controlling stakes in "Sibneftegaz", "Pur-Land", "Achimneftegaz", as well as 41.9% of "Tarkosaleneftegaz" and 26.77% of "Khancheineftegaz". The editors apologize.

On Friday, Itera officially opened a new gas field, Beregovoye, in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Gazprom spoiled the solemnity of the moment for Itera. The monopoly has not yet given Itera permission to allow gas into the main pipeline. According to the company itself, Itera is developing seven fields with total reserves of over 1.17 trillion cubic meters of gas. In 2003, these fields will produce a total of about 30 billion cubic meters of gas.

The strengthening of the ruble against the dollar will overcome the dangerous 10% mark this year. The Ministry of Economic Development has reduced the forecast for the average annual exchange rate of the national currency from 31.9 rubles to 31.1 rubles per dollar. The Ministry of Economic Development has submitted a forecast for Russia's development in 2004-2006 to the government. This document will form the basis of the draft federal budget for 2004.

May 24 is already a very historical date - it is the birthday of the greatest American poet and songwriter Bob Dylan and the greatest Russian poet Joseph Brodsky (who, by the way, translated the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" into Russian). Now, thanks to Paul McCartney's prank, it is completely incomprehensible - either a Day of Joy, or a Holiday of Disobedience, or simply the beginning of a new era.

MOSCOW - Aeroflot 's board of directors elected Alexander Zurabov, the airline's deputy CEO and an aviation adviser to Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, as chairman on Friday at its third attempt. Two previous meetings had failed to meet due to a lack of quorum. The state, which owns 51.17 percent of Aeroflot's shares, had instructed its representatives to vote for Zurabov in the election of Aeroflot's board chairman, a move that was opposed by the company's CEO, Valery Okulov.

Human life is priceless. Is it true? On the one hand, attempts to determine the value of human life in dollars or rubles are immoral. On the other hand, the absence of such estimates leads to even greater moral problems. How much should be paid to relatives of those killed in terrorist attacks or military actions? How much is it worth spending to reduce mortality in road accidents or fires?

The Moscow company Metelitsa may soon begin producing ice cream under the Chudo brand, which belongs to the food holding company Wimm-Bill-Dann. Four companies already produce products under another Wimm-Bill-Dann brand, Ryzhiy Up. The food holding company believes that transferring rights to trademarks to third-party manufacturers allows for increased recognition of these brands. OOO Metelitsa, a large Moscow ice cream producer, was founded in 1995.

Our court has disgraced itself. American judge David Treyger, considering a case on the copyright of Soviet cartoons, established that the Russian Supreme Arbitration Court (SAC) is not an independent branch of government and is capable of making decisions under pressure from the authorities.