The Spanish authorities did not hesitate to send Vladimir Gusinsky to prison again The head of the Media-Most holding, Vladimir Gusinsky, had to live in a prison cell again over the past holidays - now in Spain. Early on Tuesday morning, he was escorted there by police, who faithfully carried out the instructions of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office, which issued an arrest warrant for the disgraced oligarch a month ago.

The Far Eastern Railway will extend to Hokkaido In 2002, construction will begin on a 10-kilometer railway tunnel under the Tatar Strait from the vicinity of the port of Vanino to Sakhalin Island. With the adoption of this decision, negotiations between the management of the Far Eastern Railway (FER) and representatives of a number of Japanese corporations ended.

Old ones become new governors Last weekend, the next round of gubernatorial elections was held in five regions at once - Kostroma, Kurgan, Bryansk and Vladimir regions, as well as in the Khabarovsk Territory. In most cases, regional power has not changed - in four subjects of the federation, the previous governors remained in their places.

The Presidium of the Supreme Court overturned the acquittal of Valery Radchikov One of the most high-profile cases of recent years - the explosion at the Kotlyakovsky cemetery in the capital in November 1996 - was continued yesterday.

The concern does not want to build Mill-5000 in Nizhny Tagil Last Saturday, Deputy Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Vladimir Bugrin said at a press conference that Gazprom JSC is not going to participate in the construction of “any pipe rolling mills.” The basis for such a categorical statement was the confirmation received by the leadership of the Chelyabinsk region from Gazprom that the concern does not intend to finance in any form the construction of a plant for the production of

The Art Manege fair presented to the public a picture that was perhaps the most contrasting in the entire five years of its existence. On the one hand, never before have Moscow galleries presented here Western stars of the new generation, such as the Belgian Wim Delvoye or the American Mike Kelly. On the other hand, the most vulgar easel painting, which the organizers tactfully call the “so-called salon,” has not decreased either in volume or in pretensions.

The parents of French national team defender Bixent Lizarazu, who now plays for Bayern Munich, received a letter addressed to their son from the Basque separatist organization ETA with death threats. If Lizarazu, a Basque by nationality, does not provide urgent financial assistance to the terrorists, he risks his own life and the lives of his loved ones.

To the 175th anniversary of the accession to the throne of Nicholas the First There are still twelve days until the “real” anniversary of the uprising on Senate Square, but it is better to forget about changing the calendar: the phrase “December fourteenth” carries too powerful a symbolic charge. It seems like everyone knows something about this day. In “Fallen Leaves” Rozanov grumbled: “And they write and write the history of this buffoonery. And memoirs, and all sorts of peacock feathers.

Golden Mask Award nominees announced This year, in the competition of drama theater performances, two main nominations were established: “Best large-form performances” and “Best small-form performances.” There were almost no problems with the “small” performances. “The Black Monk” (Moscow Youth Theater) and “One Absolutely Happy Village” (Pyotr Fomenko Workshop) are the constant leaders of all Moscow theater polls. "School for Fools" (St.

Financiers of the Ministry of Defense charged with abuse of power The Main Military Prosecutor's Office (GVP) announced yesterday the filing of charges against the head of the Main Directorate of Military and Budgetary Financing (GUVBiF) of the Ministry of Defense Georgy Oleynik. The Main Prosecutor's Office notes that the Colonel General is accused of exceeding his official powers, and refuses to provide any detailed explanations of the essence of the high-profile investigation.

People voted for Anatoly Bykov In the elections to the Krasnoyarsk City Council, held on December 10, 40% of the votes were received by the voting bloc of Anatoly Bykov. Now representatives of this bloc will receive 8 deputy mandates out of 16.

LUKOIL announced the acquisition of a 72% stake in the American company Getty Petroleum Marketing, which owns 1,300 gas stations in the eastern states of the United States on a long-term lease basis. The purchase price is just over $50 million. Attempts by the American company United Refining to block Getty's deal with LUKOIL through the courts failed.

Eternal question Almost a year ago, Vladimir Putin won his biggest political victory so far - in the Duma elections, almost a quarter of Russian voters cast their votes for the Unity bloc, which he supported as a citizen. With this success, Prime Minister Putin's claims to become Boris Yeltsin's successor were confirmed de facto. And it was then that the question of who you are, Mr. Putin, became extremely relevant. This is how he remains to this day.

The Central Bank of Russia revoked Kuzbassotsbank's (KSB) banking license "due to the bank's failure to comply with the requirements of federal laws governing banking activities, as well as regulations of the Bank of Russia." Now, as the main office of the Central Bank in the Kemerovo region admitted, KSB is facing bankruptcy. In the fall of 1998, KSB entered into an agreement with the Central Bank to transfer its obligations to depositors to Sberbank. By 204.5 million rubles.

The victory was awarded to the Republican The US Supreme Court has put an end to the five-week showdown between Al Gore and George Bush over the presidency. On Tuesday at 10:05 p.m. ET, by a vote of five to four, the justices ruled Florida's manual recount was "unconstitutional." This means that the elections in Florida (and with them throughout the country) were won by Republican Bush. On December 18, the Electoral College will formally confirm this.