Richard Grasso believes he was underpaid The scandalous case of the former head of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Richard Grasso is taking a new turn. After Grasso had to resign because of his high salary, and the new management of the exchange had to review the management system of the largest trading platform, only a week ago New York prosecutor Eliot Spitzer brought charges against Grasso. But yesterday the prosecutor's office announced Mr.

LUKOIL will begin industrial production of hydrocarbons in the Northern Caspian Sea in 2008 and over the course of 15-20 years will produce about 10 billion cubic meters of gas and 4 million tons of oil per year, the company's press service reported. According to the holding, the total recoverable resources of the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea amount to 4.5 billion tons of standard fuel.

Norway and Russia are ready to sharply increase trade turnover due to ice Yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov began an official visit to the northernmost, longest, narrowest and most oil and gas country in Europe - Norway.

The Miss Universe elections took place this year at the equator The representative of the country, the kangaroo, won the main beauty contest on the planet, Miss Universe 2004. The awarding of the title to 20-year-old Australian Jennifer Hawkins, a choreographer from Sydney, came as a surprise not only to the audience, but also to the participant herself. No one considered the blue-eyed blonde Hawkins the favorite.

Oil prices will remain high even if OPEC lifts all production restrictions Today, oil ministers from OPEC member states will gather in Beirut to discuss whether the organization will raise production quotas. Moreover, on the eve of the summit there were calls to temporarily abandon the production quota system altogether. In any case, analysts are unanimous in their assessments: neither raising quotas nor canceling them will be able to significantly reduce world oil prices.

The Khakassia prosecutor's office demands that the ex-director of the Yeniseiskaya mine be fined half his monthly salary It is possible that today in the city of Chernogorsk (Republic of Khakassia) the verdict will be announced in the case of the former director of the Yeniseiskaya mine, Ten Yen Tak, who is accused of delaying wages by an employee of the enterprise for ten months. Let us recall that after the April hunger strike of the miners, Mr.

Ukrainian pipes ask for Azerbaijani oil Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is visiting Ukraine on his first official visit. The opening ceremony of the monuments of his parents, Zarifa and Heydar Aliyev, is timed to coincide with the arrival of the dear guest. Aliyev will then speak face to face with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, and will also meet with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and Rada Speaker Vladimir Lytvyn.

Forecast for the coming days On Thursday, the northwestern quarter of the European territory of Russia and the central region will be in the zone of action of a cold anticyclone centered over the Baltic states. With partly cloudy skies and northerly winds, there will be mostly no precipitation. On Thursday afternoon the temperature will be around +12...+18оС. On Friday, the center of the anticyclone will move from the Baltic region to Poland.

With the arrival of Georgy Yartsev in the Russian national team, Krylya Sovetov midfielder Andrei KARYAKA moved from the rank of main team players to the rank of just a candidate for the national team. However, during the initial period of the Russian championship, in which Karyaka scored 12 goals in 13 rounds and led the scorers’ race, the midfielder not only earned a ticket to the continental championship, but also regained his firm place in the team.

Head coach of the Russian national team Georgy Yartsev was one of the last participants in the upcoming European Championship to name the composition of his team. A list of 23 names was sent to UEFA yesterday. But according to the continental championship regulations, teams are still allowed to make some changes before the first match if they are related to player injuries.

A major advertiser is not yet planning to leave NTV following Parfenov In connection with the closure of Namedni and the departure of Leonid Parfenov, one of NTV’s largest advertisers, the Tinkoff company, has not yet decided whether it will change its advertising campaign on the channel.

The XXVI Moscow International Film Festival will open on June 18 with the Russian premiere of “Kill Bill. Film 2". The official press conference will be held on June 8, where the competition program will be announced. Not all issues have yet been resolved, changes can occur at the very last moment, but program director Kirill RAZLOGOV shared with the Vremya Novostey newspaper his impressions of the general progress of preparations for the festival.

Kostunica seeks support from Putin Today in Sochi there is to be a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Vojislav Kostunica, the last president of the Federal Yugoslavia, and now the prime minister of Serbia. Now Serbia is part of the formation of Serbia and Montenegro (S&M), proclaimed on February 4, 2003. The viability of this union is questionable, because the S&C Charter stipulates the possibility of each of the republics leaving the community after three years.

The problem of opening a second front was the most acute in inter-allied relations With the landing in Normandy, Germany was squeezed in the grip of two fronts - from the east and west. The beginning of interaction between the Red Army and the armed forces of the Western allies was the joint entry of British and Soviet troops into Iran in 1941. At the same time, a squadron of the British Air Force was covering Murmansk.

The government intends to increase compensation for benefits Starting next year, transport and medical benefits will be converted into cash. As Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov said yesterday at a meeting of the working group on preparing bills to reform the tax and pension systems, the government has decided to significantly increase the amount of cash compensation to benefit recipients. It is also waiting for a response from the Duma.