The Dutch structure of the concern will become the buyer of Sibneft The buyer of Sibneft will not be Gazprom, but its Dutch subsidiary Gazprom Finance BV, Interfax was told yesterday by the Federal Antimonopoly Service, which received a request to approve the transaction.

Experts commented on the possible consequences of the introduction of a new procedure for administrative penalties to Vremya Novostey. Alexey YAKOVLEV, leading legal consultant of the tax and legal department of FBK: -- The bill attempts to organize the procedure for administrative penalties on the “one-window” principle. True, this will not work in favor of the taxpayer, but to speed up the process of imposing punishment for the offense committed in the form of failure to pay a fine.

Severstal and NLMK lost the tender for a stake in Erdemir The world's metallurgical giants were unable to buy the Turkish company Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari (Erdemir) yesterday. At an open auction for the sale of a state-owned stake (46.12%), which was broadcast live on several television channels, the Turkish industrial conglomerate OYAK won, offering $2.77 billion for this stake.

Yesterday the Rada made fundamental decisions regarding attractive state property. Deputies banned the sale to private hands of Ukrnafta, a monopoly oil and gas production company of Ukrainian origin. The list of objects not subject to privatization includes the Odessa Port Plant and the Turboatom enterprise. Both enterprises were involved in numerous scandals associated with both the previous and the new government.

Igor Smirnov seeks Russian support At the first meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko, such an issue as the prospects of Russia and Ukraine as mediators and guarantors of the Transnistrian settlement was probably discussed. In the near future, Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin, who was in Kyiv on Sunday for the inauguration, is scheduled to officially meet with Viktor Yushchenko.

The place of parliamentary candidate Mikhail Khodorkovsky may be taken against his will On October 7, the deadline for notifying the election commission of the desire to participate in the by-elections to the State Duma for the 201st University District of Moscow expires. To date, about 30 candidates have already submitted documents to the district commission. And last Monday, the Russian Central Election Commission approved candidates from the United Russia and Rodina parties.

The nineteen-year-old son of the Ukrainian president, Andrei Yushchenko (pictured), is again at the center of a scandal. Along with other people, he will be interrogated in the case of arson of the car of the owner of the Kyiv magazine "Paparazzi", Lebanese businessman Walid Arfouch. A Bentley car worth 250 thousand euros burned down on the night of September 30 in the center of Kyiv.

Local parliamentarians abandoned their dispute with the president in the Constitutional Court The Yaroslavl Regional Duma decided yesterday not to send a request to the Constitutional Court about the legality of the procedure for electing governors. The question of withdrawing the request, which questioned the legality of the abolition of direct gubernatorial elections, was raised at the initiative of the United Russia and Agrarian Party factions.

The third film forum “Amur Autumn” ended in Blagoveshchensk Far from Moscow - this is not about the border Blagoveshchensk. Blagoveshchensk is very, very far from Moscow. Eight hours of flight with a transfer in Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk or Kemerovo. The city stands on the Amur, and behind it begins China.

Our clubs recognized their opponents in the UEFA Cup Three Russian clubs continuing to compete in the UEFA Cup yesterday, during the draw in Switzerland, found out their opponents from the group stage of the tournament. It cannot be said that they were eagerly awaiting the draw and were afraid that one of the grandees would be caught. After all, from each of the eight groups, which include five clubs, three teams advance to the 1/16 of the tournament. So you will have to be afraid later.

Legendary Valentina Solovyova found a new camera The Investigation Department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the South-Eastern District of Moscow brought charges against Valentina Solovyova, one of the most famous pyramid builders of the 90s, the legendary “Vlastilina”, who had already served time for deceiving thousands of gullible fellow citizens. She is charged with the same crime as before - fraud. Moreover, the essence of the deception of which Ms.

A young violist from St. Petersburg will perform at the Moscow Conservatory 23-year-old St. Petersburg violist Ivan Numerov will give his first solo concert on October 6 in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. At a press conference dedicated to the upcoming event, those gathered were informed that they were present at nothing less than the birth of a star.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko congratulated his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko on his victory in the presidential elections. However, Lukashenko promised: “There will be no “pink”, “orange” or “banana” revolutions in Belarus.” In an interview with Vremya Novostey, the director of the Belarusian Independent Institute of Socio-Political and Economic Research (IISEPS), Oleg MANAYEV, analyzes the possibilities of implementing scenarios similar to the Ukrainian one in Belarus.

From October 1, new tariffs for universal postal services were introduced. Now they are the same for residents of all regions. We are talking about the new cost of sending various types of letters and postcards by mail. The cost of these types of postal services is set by the Federal Tariff Service, which is run by the state, and is subject to regular revision - this is mainly due to inflation indexation. The change in tariffs this year coincided with a change in the system for calculating them.

Almost 15% of auto insurers are close to losing profitability In the third year of the mandatory “motor citizen” policy, the maximum level of permissible loss ratio (the ratio of payments to premiums minus expenses) was reached by 23 out of 165 Russian insurance companies engaged in this type of insurance.