Managers who earned 180 billion euros for its economy are on trial in Germany The trial of a group of high-ranking German managers of the former Mannesmann concern, which opened yesterday in the Dusseldorf Regional Court, has already been dubbed by connoisseurs of court shows as the most spectacular in the economic history of post-war Germany.

The Russian concern Power Machines won a tender to modernize equipment at the Loviisa Power Plant nuclear power plant (owned by Fortum Power and Heat Oy) in Finland. The total value of the contract is about 3 million euros. The nuclear power plant is located in the south of Finland, it was built in the mid-70s with the assistance of the former USSR. Four turbogenerators produced by Elektrosila (part of Power Machines) are successfully operated at the nuclear power plant.

Government seeks advice on budget reform The government has submitted for public discussion the upcoming budget planning reform, the essence of which is the transition from the estimated principle of financing ministries and departments to the program-targeted one. The first discussion on this “monetary” topic took place yesterday at the Higher School of Economics.

Adjara spent its first summer without Abashidze In early September, in the center of Batumi, an inscription appeared on the circus building: “Aslan, Modi! Misha, tzadi!” (“Aslan, come back! Misha, go away!”). Unidentified people prayed for the return of Aslan Abashidze, who had ruled the autonomous republic for 12 years. Representatives of the mayor's office diligently erased the night's artwork.

An exhibition in honor of the famous artist was organized at the Stella gallery You can cope not only with the bad, but also with the good: the right and timely idea, decent funding, pleasant space and even excellent artists. That's why it's a curatorial project. The exhibition “My Kabakov” happened because the long-awaited and almost fantastic (no one believed that the classic of modern art who had left his homeland would set foot on Russian soil) Kabakov’s arrival in St.

To qualify for Euro 2005, the Russians only need to defeat the Swedes Today, with a guest match in Zadar against the Croatian team, the Russian men's basketball team begins participation in the qualifying round of the 2005 European Championship, the final part of which will take place next September in Serbia and Montenegro. The meeting with Croatia will be the first official game for the new head coach of our team Sergei Babkov and the hundredth for CSKA forward Sergei Panov.

CLUBS "Ultra. Culture". The publishing house of Ilya Kormiltsev, which publishes books in Russia by people such as Eddie Hoffman and Lydia Lunch, today presents two new publications: An Anthology of Beat Poetry and The Last Damned Poet: Jim Douglas Morrison . In addition to poetry, the Anthology includes short biographies of beatniks and articles about the legendary movement.

The FCSM did not issue a license to the MICEX stock exchange The Federal Commission for the Securities Market (FCSM) refused to issue a license to the MICEX stock exchange. This news did not come as a surprise to the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange, the sole shareholder of the stock exchange.

The rally in Moscow was numerous and well organized Yesterday's rally on Vasilyevsky Spusk in Moscow, dedicated to the memory of those tragically killed in Beslan, according to the Moscow trade unions that initiated the action, attracted 130 thousand people.

The Cabinet of Ministers will discuss railway reform at its next meeting The wave of terrorist attacks in Russia practically made the people and the media forget about the existence of the government. Meanwhile, the government has not gone away. It continues to work. Ministers are returning from vacation. And the usual Thursday cabinet meeting, apparently, will be held in full. The distributed meeting agenda, which was prepared in advance, was supplemented with one item.

After Beslan, the presidents of North Ossetia and Ingushetia risk their careers Efforts to maintain order in North Ossetia are not easy. On Tuesday, an opposition rally gathered on the main square of Vladikavkaz under the windows of the government building of the republic, whose participants demanded the resignation of the current President Alexander Dzasokhov.

And Tashkent hasn’t even heard about “Uzbek terrorists” The Kazakh Embassy in Moscow yesterday sent a note to the Russian Prosecutor General's Office with a request to officially confirm information about the participation of Kazakhs in the seizure of a school in Beslan. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan.

ROSNO will regain a non-core asset of RAO UES The insurance company ROSNO plans to complete the transaction to purchase a subsidiary insurance company of RAO UES of Russia - IC Leader - by the end of this year. ROSNO General Director Leonid A. Melamed recalled yesterday that his company has a priority right to purchase Leader under an agreement with RAO UES, which previously acquired this insurance company from ROSNO itself.

Islamists make friends with Salvadoran bandits Al-Qaeda terrorists threaten the United States from the south. This is the opinion of American congressmen Solomon Ortiz, Jim Turner and Sheila Jackson Lee, Democrats from the House Committee on Homeland Security.

European auditor seeks change for the better The European Commission's Commissioner for Enlargement, German Günther Verheugen, arrived in Turkey. Based on the results of the trip, this high-ranking EU representative is expected to compile a report on reforms in Turkey by early October. Based on this document, in December the heads of state and government of the EU member countries will determine whether Türkiye meets the conditions for joining the European community.