Based on materials from news agencies and our own information President Held a working meeting with Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov. The general economic situation in the country was discussed. In particular, Mikhail Kasyanov noted that the projected growth in industrial production at the end of 2003 will be 6.2-6.4%.

15% of the Mozyr Oil Refinery may be taken away from Slavneft Showing concern for the citizens of the country, the economic court of the Gomel region made a decision according to which the workforce of the Mozyr Oil Refinery can be returned 15% of the shares of the enterprise currently owned by Slavneft, since 3,799 Belarusians are asking for it.

The best films of the 60th Venice Film Festival Readers could follow the events of the anniversary Venice Festival through the reports of our correspondent. Today we bring to your attention the subjective ten best films of the festival. As you know, Andrei Zvyagintsev’s film “Return” won the main competition - quite deservedly. But most of the films on offer were shown in parallel programs.

Half a kingdom for Beckham Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich remains the main newsmaker in the English transfer market. Now Abramovich has laid claim to England captain David Beckham. The governor of Chukotka is ready to give any money for the Real Madrid midfielder. Abramovich gives six months to complete this task.

Residents of Taganrog began to fear spiders The second largest city in the Don region was faced with an invasion of karakurt spiders, popularly nicknamed the “black widow,” unprecedented in these parts. As of yesterday, two Taganrozh residents suffered from the bites of the “black widow,” whose venom is 15 times stronger than that of a rattlesnake. Karakurts have been spotted in courtyards, squares, and vegetable gardens.

The police were the first to suffer Yesterday, the wave of protest by miners from Silesia that began in early September reached Warsaw. Thousands of miners, at first peacefully marching along the main streets of the Polish capital, quickly turned into an aggressive crowd, sweeping away barriers and then police. Several law enforcement officers were seriously injured. Rubber bullets were fired at those attacking the buildings of the Ministry of Economy and the Council of Ministers.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Defense fed meat of “unknown origin” The trial of a scandalous criminal case involving scams involving food supplies for the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Defense has begun in the Moscow City Court.

The commander of the Northern Fleet failed to retain his post after the K-159 disaster Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the temporary dismissal of Admiral Gennady Suchkov, commander of the Northern Fleet, “in connection with the circumstances that led to the death of the crew members of the sunken nuclear submarine on August 30, 2003.” In his place, for now, an acting vice admiral Sergei Simonenko, who holds the position of chief of staff of the fleet, has been appointed - the second person in

The meeting between Putin and Matvienko should not have been shown to St. Petersburg residents The St. Petersburg City Court yesterday refused to cancel the registration of candidate for city governor Anna Markova. However, it is too early to say that she will take part in the elections: a second lawsuit is pending in court to invalidate her candidate status. Another candidate for governor, director of the pasta factory Viktor Efimov, is trying to remove Markova from the race. Mr.

According to Yabloko, Russians overpay 3.5 times for housing and communal services The Yabloko party told reporters yesterday about the results of its action “Let's put monopolists on the counter!”, during which party activists intended to find out how fair tariffs for housing and communal services are.

Doctors advocate reducing abortions for “social reasons” The Russian Ministry of Health does not support the populist initiative of a number of State Duma deputies to completely ban abortion in our country. Deputy Minister of Health Olga Sharapova announced this yesterday at a press conference.

Trade unions quickly persuaded senators to increase the minimum wage Interrupted by the summer parliamentary vacation, the dispute between senators and trade union leaders about the scale of increasing the minimum wage continued after the opening of the Duma session for no more than a few days.

First of all, they propose to reduce taxes On Thursday, a meeting of the International Organization of Employers was held in Moscow. The meeting delegates argued in different ways that if business in Russia gets better, life will be better for everyone. Poverty in Russia cannot be eliminated on the basis of charitable contributions or primitive redistribution, the speakers said.

The open society and its enemies Repeat drug addict Christer Pettersson, whom many in Sweden still consider, even after two failed trials, to be the killer of Prime Minister Olof Palme, claimed during interrogations that he admired the deceased leader and even hung his portrait on the wall.

Minsk is working on ruble payments The Presidium of the Belarusian government yesterday approved a draft presidential decree on allowing settlements on the territory of Belarus in non-cash Russian rubles and canceling the mandatory sale of foreign currency earnings in this currency. Moreover, from July 1 next year, judging by the document, payments to the Belarusian budget in Russian rubles are allowed.