Gazprom’s representatives have announced lack of progress in negotiations with Byelorussia. $105 per thousand cubic meters of gas is the last bid of the company.

The RF government is going to get rid of the blocking shareholding of the air company Sibir. 25.5% of security papers will be put up for the auction, which is to be held February 14, 2007.

Pregnant Russian women on the brink of delivery are trying to postpone the remarkable event till January 1, when the Maternal Capital Act comes into force.

The talks with Moldavia have been held for 6 years and 2006 has turned to become the most critical period.

Amendments to the Act, which almost paralyzed alcohol-containing perfume production, have been approved.

The world first-rate gold-mining company Barrick Gold has announced the intention to produce nickel and platinum at the field of Fedorova Tundra in the Murmansk Region.

Today Byelorussia has claimed it’s going to purchase Russian gas at the max price of 50 dollars, equal to that of 2006.

In Moscow even the most respectable restaurants supplement their business lunch menu with traditional Russian courses. Sometimes the lunch menu conflicts the restaurant’s policy.

The RIAA has given reasons for such a compensation volume – according to its estimate, every song downloaded from the site must be paid $150 thousand for.

Gazprom and Beltransgas have long been negotiating of creating a Joint Venture implying equal shares of participants on the basis of Beltransgas.