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.

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.

Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov will spend the entire first half of today, as well as the entire last Thursday, in Serbia and Montenegro (S&M), which is considered by Moscow “as one of the region’s priority partners.” However, for Russia the entire region is a priority.

The Moscow football club Spartak has undergone a substitution again. Instead of retired head coach Andrei Chernyshov, Vladimir Fedotov will lead the team onto the field. But he, too, is most likely a temporary figure. The club's management is actively looking for a foreign specialist. So far, three names of possible candidates have been mentioned on the sidelines: Croatian Miroslav Blazevic, Czech Jozsef Chovanec and German Klaus Toppmeller.

Akhmat Kadyrov has run out of rivals The presidential elections in the Chechen Republic became uncontested. Akhmat Kadyrov's two main rivals dropped out of the race. First, the decision to recuse himself was made by State Duma deputy from Chechnya Aslambek Aslakhanov; a few hours later, the Supreme Court of Chechnya removed another favorite from the race - Moscow businessman Malik Saidullaev. Mr.

Without catching up with the French, ours were left without the Olympics The Russian team was left out of the Olympics in Athens. This became clear after the Russians lost to the French in the quarterfinals of the European Championship - 69:76, and the current world champions, the team of Serbia and Montenegro, lost to Lithuania - 82:98.

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 Karamazovs” will again bring audiences to the Mayakovsky Theater When director Sergei Artsibashev agreed to head the Mayakovsky Theater, it seemed to many, including me, that he did it without thinking. Yes, of course: fifty dollars has hit, State Prizes have been received, ambition is not satisfied - and here is such a chance, and you don’t even have to fight with anyone for anything, come and own it. How not to be tempted.

CLUBS Andy Fite , a virtuoso guitarist from the USA, performs in Russia for the first time. With the participation of Moscow musicians. September 12, Le Club, 20.00. Valery Ponomarev (trumpet), New York jazz star, member of the legendary Art Blakey Jazz Messengers ensemble, and his quartet. September 12, “Restoration”, 21.30. Evgeny Grishkovets and the “Curler” group with the “After Work” program. September 12, “Club on Brestskaya” , 22.00. Calasaig (UK).

The head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, Alexey KOSTUSEV, spoke to the Vremya Novostei newspaper about the prospects of Russian companies in Ukrainian markets and the causes of the grain crisis in the former “breadbasket of the Soviet Union.” — How serious is the presence of foreign capital, in particular Russian capital, in Ukraine?

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.

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.

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.