At the rally in defense of the radio market, you could buy cheap cassettes and discs The most famous market in the capital, Gorbushka, has not been officially open for more than two months. But many sellers and buyers continue to regularly gather near the Bagrationovskaya metro station every weekend in the hope that the city authorities will allow trade to resume.

The French judicial authorities must today begin to decide the future fate of the head of the MIKOM company, Mikhail Zhivilo, who was detained by police on February 22 in Paris at the request of the Russian authorities. So far no formal charges have been brought against him.

Slavneft will work on Iraqi oil Oil companies Slavneft, Tatneft and RITEK will offer their bonds to the market for the first time in March. Although the offerings will take place virtually simultaneously, no competition between them is expected. There is so much free money in the country that demand significantly exceeds supply. “Russian banks miss GKOs; they have nowhere to invest their free resources.

If the story of Robert Hansen is a typical episode in the spy war between two superpowers in an era of ideological confrontation, then another spy scandal that erupted last week in Sweden differs somewhat from the traditional pattern. A former East German who worked for the energy group ABB is suspected of economic espionage, which is clearly coming to the fore in the era of globalization. However, it began in those years when there was no globalization, and socialism was alive and well.

The fight over Inkombank's assets has moved to the level of judicial and law enforcement proceedings involving individuals who are involved in the confrontation between financial structures that have views on the bank's property.

A mass grave of people almost near the walls of the main military base of the federal forces in Chechnya, “Khankala,” was discovered by the authorities of Grozny. On the territory of an abandoned holiday village on the outskirts of the city, 11 bodies were found. So far, this is only preliminary data - both the discovered corpses and the entire territory of the village are mined, so prosecutors were only able to begin examining the scene of the tragedy yesterday.

World champions and European champions can meet in the semi-finals At the European Futsal Championship in Moscow, the Russian team, having lost in the first match to the Italian team, put itself in a difficult position. To reach the semifinals, the Russians could no longer lose points in the two remaining matches. But even in this case, Mikhail Bondarev’s team takes only second place in the group.

To restore the Ostankino Tower, $80 million is required Restoration work on the Ostankino TV tower, which was damaged by a fire in September last year, is entering a new stage. The elimination of the consequences of the fire has been completed, and the installation of new 149 cables tightening the structure of the television tower should begin in the near future. A tender for these works, as well as for the supply of new high-speed elevators, will be announced this week.

Igor Ivanov and Colin Powell found the first conversation useful The rendezvous between Ivanov and Powell, which took place last Saturday in Cairo, was awaited with trepidation.

Channels want to order television ratings together In the near future, a new public organization will appear on the media market, the main task of which is to form an independent system for measuring television audiences.

Marilyn Manson finally performed in Moscow Fans and sympathizers who came to the concert on Friday stumbled upon irritated cops, wearily informing everyone that the performance was being postponed from Friday to Saturday. This happened due to the fact that part of the equipment of the Marilyn Manson team got stuck on the way. The postponement of a concert of a popular group at the last moment is an extraordinary event even for our country.

For a celebration of “advanced” sports It was almost impossible to distinguish spectators from competition participants on the slopes of the Volen sports park yesterday. Winter extreme games "X-Winter-2001" equalized everyone. One of their organizers was the Anti-Drug Foundation, which is headed by Honored Master of Sports, Professor, Member of the IAAF Council Igor Ter-Hovhannisyan.

Restructuring of the electric power industry will begin this year The government and the State Council working group on reforming the electric power industry are going to develop a unified compromise program for restructuring the industry. A special “passport” has already been developed - a formula for bringing dozens of existing reform options into one. The passport reflects the parameters of the reform: ownership structure, investments, tariffs, deadlines, etc.

And "Niva-Chevrolet" AvtoVAZ management has officially stopped selling the new VAZ-2123 SUV. Now the VAZ-2123 “Niva-Chevrolet” will be produced by the AvtoVAZ-General Motors joint venture. This is the first unofficial evidence that AvtoVAZ’s plans to create a new automobile production facility in Tolyatti are closer than ever to fruition. Statements about the creation of a joint venture between AvtoVAZ and the GM corporation have been heard regularly since 1996.

One person was killed and eight were injured as a result of a helicopter crash 200 kilometers from the city of Novy Urengoy. The tragedy occurred on Saturday at 13.30 Moscow time during takeoff from the site. For a reason that has not yet been established, the Mi-8MT helicopter suddenly lost control and crashed to the ground from a height of 50 meters. The crashed car belonged to the Aviagarant company.