Another film by Takashi Miike at the 35 MM cinema hall Japanese director Takashi Miike has become incredibly popular lately. Not only here (his second film in two months is already being shown in Moscow), but throughout the rest of the cinematic world: his films travel to festivals, and most recently the same “Dead or Alive” was awarded a special mention by the jury at a film festival in Tokyo .

Omsk residents propose to equate beer to vodka Once again the struggle between beer and vodka lobbyists has intensified. The State Duma Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship has prepared for consideration draft amendments to the legislation, which propose to extend the advertising law, which limits alcohol advertising, to beer. Currently, beer is not covered by this law because it is not considered an alcoholic product.

Public organizations agreed to negotiations with the authorities The civil forum, which is designed to build relations between the authorities and society, will be held in Moscow on November 21-22: it is on these days that a “window” will appear in the president’s work schedule. Two months before the event and after much discussion, the organizing committee was finally formed.

The 100 most significant enterprises in the country have been identified Today, the AK&M agency presents the study “Enterprises that have the greatest weight in the Russian economy,” which was conducted by specialists from the AK&M rating center. Russian companies with the largest revenue in 2000 were selected as the basis for the analysis.

Early Music Festival in St. Petersburg The IV International Festival of Ancient Music, opening today in St. Petersburg, is notable for several details. Despite its rather young age, the festival has acquired good connections in the financial circles of the northern capital and has developed a solid reputation - three-quarters of its program consists of foreign names, which is something that no other similar St.

FCSM replenishes the budget at the expense of issuers The Federal Securities Commission (FCSM) yesterday imposed fines on 126 companies of various sizes. The reason for the FCSM's dissatisfaction is that issuers are delaying reporting for the second quarter. The list of fines includes mostly provincials, with only a few Muscovites. Such well-known companies as Gazprom, Rostelecom, YUKOS, Aeroflot, MGTS, Vnukovo Airlines and others did not escape the sad fate.

Trade unions gathered on the street The unions will soon show what they are capable of. “It’s time to shake up Russia once again,” said yesterday the deputy chairman of the Moscow Federation of Trade Unions, Mikhail Antontsev, who was unconditionally supported by trade union leaders from other regions of the country. Trade unionists will “shake up” the country on November 14 with the help of an all-Russian protest action.

The Rosenergoatom concern did not wait for the regional companies of RAO UES of Russia to begin repaying debts under writs of execution, and decided to sell them. Yesterday we began accepting applications for a competition to sell debt worth more than 1 billion rubles. seven regional energy companies. Nuclear workers do not hope that they will ever be able to get anything from them, especially after the companies change their legal status during the reforms.

Vladimir Putin's visit to Germany has entered the economic phase Having consolidated his crushing success in the Reichstag with a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had arrived in Berlin, and a conversation with the chief editors of leading German media, Vladimir Putin moved to the city of Essen. The plan was this: having finished with big politics, do the usual thing - convincing investors to finally invest money in Russia.

By the decision of the Federal Competition Commission under the Ministry of Press, JSC European Broadcasting Company, which broadcasts Euronews television programs in Russian, was recognized as the winner of the tender for broadcasting to Moscow and the Moscow region on the 25th decimeter TV channel.

The Deputy Prime Minister's visit to Taganrog caused an increase in stock prices In less than a week, the actions of the Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after. Beriev (TANTK) prices increased 4 times - from 250 rubles. for one ruble share up to 1000 rubles. The shares of TANTK's neighboring enterprise, the Taganrog Aviation Plant (Tavia), also increased noticeably in price. A week ago they gave 350 rubles for one share, today - 400 rubles.

The high-profile investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs against the head of Firm Nikoil CJSC Nikolai Ushakov is growing in new scandals. Representatives of the Investigative Committee accuse this formerly influential functionary of the CPSU of large-scale scams with “oil” money, including those allocated by the state for the construction of several strategic highways.

Today, the PACE monitoring committee will propose to the assembly session that they create an independent commission to investigate the case of journalist Gongadze, whose murder the Ukrainian opposition accuses President Kuchma of. Security Major Nikolai Melnichenko, who last year made public scandalous recordings from the office of the head of state, has already expressed his readiness to testify to a commission of the Council of Europe.

Ketchup manufacturer will make juices and jams The St. Petersburg company Baltimore, the leader of the Russian ketchup market, is preparing expansion into adjacent markets. The company intends to bring Baltimore mayonnaise and margarine to the market by the end of this year, and begin producing juices by October.

Currently, the topic of banking system reform occupies a central place in discussions of economic policy and economic development in Russia. This is not surprising given the newfound willingness to extend reforms to a sector of the economy that has been shielded from sweeping reforms since 1998. Some say this was the right thing to do: Left alone, banks have been able to strengthen, recover and lead a relatively trouble-free existence since the severe crisis of 1998.