Gazprom is ready to export Kovykta gas A top manager of Gazprom for the first time announced the need to sell gas from the Kovyktinskoye field on the foreign market. As Alexander Medvedev, deputy chairman of the board of the concern, said yesterday at the “Gas of Russia-2005” forum, it “cannot be fully developed without selling gas for export.” This is a real breakthrough for TNK-BP, which controls the license for the development of Kovykta.

The Oryol region was caught in the construction of an alcohol border On Wednesday, a specific feature of Russian federalism was revealed in all its glory: the protectionist concerns of regional authorities about their producers appeared under the guise of concern for people’s health. Messages appeared on agency feeds that the Oryol region banned the import of vodka and wines with an alcohol content of more than 15% into its territory.

An assorted military exhibition is being created in Russia In the near future, a federal transport exhibition center (FTVC) will appear in the Moscow region. It will be created on the basis of the Flight Research Institute (LII) named after. MM. Gromov in Zhukovsky, famous for the MAKS aerospace salon held there.

Presenting himself with intergalactic chic, Andrei Bartenev is a famous performance artist, like-minded person of the outstanding American director Robert Wilson. Bartenev loves to organize grandiose shows in different parts of the world, which involve all genres and types of art, from choreography to dance. Now Bartenev made his debut as a drama theater actor. The NET festival ended with a performance with his participation by Shlem.com based on the novel “Helmet of Horror” by Victor Pelevin.

Russian Railways selects leasing companies To provide JSC Russian Railways (RZD) with rolling stock in the amount of 12 billion rubles. On December 29, an open competition will be held among leasing companies. Vice-President of Russian Railways Galina Kraft announced this yesterday at a conference dedicated to the problems of leasing railway equipment.

MDM and Alfa place Eurobonds Two large Russian banks are placing their Eurobonds this week. Yesterday, MDM Bank raised $250 million to refinance its previous obligations, and Alfa Bank should complete a deal to issue subordinated Eurobonds in the amount of $200 million by Friday. The newspaper’s interlocutors assess these placements quite positively and believe that borrowing volumes will increase next year of Russian credit institutions in foreign markets will increase significantly.

Officials believe that the new law “On Subsoil” is too loyal to foreign companies Today the fate of the new edition of the law “On Subsoil” will be decided. According to Vremya Novostei, President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting on subsoil use issues with a narrow circle of interested officials, the results of which will make it clear whether the law developed by the Ministry of Natural Resources (MPR) will be adopted in the near future or shelved.

Citizens of Georgia planning to spend the New Year holidays in Russia will be able to do so only in exceptional cases. Russian diplomats in Tbilisi will resume issuing visas no earlier than early next week. It takes at least three weeks to obtain a visa. Yesterday, the Russian Embassy in Georgia reported that the issuance of visas had been “temporarily reduced” due to technical reasons.

Some November CDs Rolling Stones. A Bigger Bang (Virgin) Comparing the Stones' creations in the 90s with their masterpieces of the 60s and 70s is not only incorrect, but simply useless: the people are not the same, the times are not the same and the listeners are not the same. Everything changes, and why the hell, one might ask, should a group spend its entire life recording, composing and recomposing the same Satisfaction or Angie, with all the boundless respect for the said creations?

The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation has survived the first five-year plan On December 1, 2000, the current model of the system of military-technical cooperation (MTC) was founded: organizations trading in Russian weapons and military equipment were merged, and on their basis a single state intermediary was formed - the federal state unitary enterprise Rosoboronexport.

The VII International Fair of Intellectual Books non/fiction has opened What happened Any self-respecting event should have an opening, that is, it is not entirely clear for whom a meeting is organized, at which officials and/or persons somewhat pleasant to the organizers make appropriate speeches. The VII International Non/Fiction Intellectual Book Fair is no exception.

Shareholders of RTS index funds will be able to earn money In 2006, Russian investors will have the opportunity to directly earn money on the RTS index through the first mutual index funds, which will appear early next year. This was stated yesterday by the head of the development department of the RTS Stock Exchange, Alexander Abramov, at the conference “Russian Collective Investment Market”.

Nikolai Tolstykh retained the post of PFL president and received an invitation to the RFU Yesterday, the Professional Football League elected its president at its conference. As expected, for another term of three years he became Nikolai Tolstykh, who immediately at the conference received an offer from the President of the Russian Football Union Vitaly Mutko to go for a promotion and take one of the leading positions in the RFU. In short, the election results were quite predictable.

The famous show will come to Russia in January Starting today, ticket sales begin for the show “Peter Pan on Ice,” another project of Stage Entertainment, the same company that has been presenting the musical Cats for a year now. As with "Cats", the company begins promoting its project from afar - "Peter Pan" in Moscow (at the Luzhniki Stadium) will take place from January 17 to 22, in St.

Martina Hingis arrives in the middle of winter Five-time winner of Grand Slam tournaments, former first racket of the world, one of the most talented tennis players in the history of this sport, Martina Hingis, announced through her agent her intention to return to the WTA tour. “I want to reach the highest level and I’m going to see if I can compete on equal terms with the strongest competitors,” Martina said.