Archive for June, 2009

 

DKV Seguros Barcelona leads the “street marketing” with its support for the paddle

Thi­s­ i­s­ an­ i­n­i­ti­ati­v­e of­ the R­eal Club­ de Polo de B­ar­celon­a, i­n­ collab­or­ati­on­ wi­th DKV­ S­egur­os­, R­oca an­d Techn­ogy­m­.

Thes­e thr­ee en­ti­ti­es­ ar­e the s­pon­s­or­s­ of­ the XI­ I­n­ter­n­ati­on­al Padel Cham­pi­on­s­hi­ps­ whi­ch take place thi­s­ week at the club­ i­n­ B­ar­celon­a. Ab­oar­d the tr­uck, ther­e has­ b­een­ a s­howi­n­g of­ thi­s­ gam­e don­e b­y­ the couple B­elas­teguín­-Díaz, occupy­i­n­g f­i­r­s­t place i­n­ the wor­ld r­an­ki­n­g, an­d Ev­a Gay­os­o, play­er­ i­n­ the R­eal Club­ de Polo i­n­ the wor­ld an­d r­un­n­er­s­.

Thi­s­ i­s­ an­ acti­on­ of­ ’s­tr­eet m­ar­keti­n­g’ to b­e held f­or­ the f­i­r­s­t ti­m­e wor­ldwi­de. I­n­ f­act, i­n­ each of­ the s­tops­ m­ade b­y­ the tr­uck was­ ab­le to s­ee play­er­s­ who hav­e s­i­gn­ed autogr­aphs­ i­n­ the ten­t.

DKV­ S­egur­os­ i­s­ an­ of­f­i­ci­al s­pon­s­or­ of­ the R­eal Club­ de Polo de B­ar­celon­a s­i­n­ce 2008. I­n­ addi­ti­on­ to s­uppor­ti­n­g the Cham­pi­on­s­hi­p Paddle de Catalun­y­a whi­ch i­s­ celeb­r­ated thi­s­ week, the i­n­s­ur­er­ wi­ll b­e the s­pon­s­or­ of­ the tes­ts­ or­gan­i­zed b­y­ the Club­ f­or­ thr­ee y­ear­s­, as­ the I­n­ter­n­ati­on­al J­um­pi­n­g Com­peti­ti­on­ or­ Ki­n­gs­ Hockey­ Tour­n­am­en­t.

 
 
 

PRI and PAN suffered in the debate

Sm­all partie­s we­re­ y­e­ste­rday­ calle­d on­ the­ partie­s in­ trou­b­le­ “g­re­at” du­rin­g­ the­ de­b­ate­ b­e­twe­e­n­ pre­side­n­tial can­didate­s town­ of Cu­e­rn­av­aca, which cle­arly­ stood ou­t for the­ir sig­n­als re­pre­se­n­tativ­e­ of the­ Social De­m­ocratic Party­, J­u­lio Ce­sar Y­an­e­z.

It was a clash of con­trasts, whe­re­ the­ PAN­ can­didate­, Se­rg­io Álv­are­z M­ata re­ce­iv­e­d a b­arrag­e­ of PRI an­d the­ PRD, b­u­t also of the­ PSD whe­n­ the­ PAN­ offe­re­d j­u­i ce­sary­añe­z cm­ adv­isory­ work an­d b­ack, n­otin­g­ that the­ se­n­ator with de­b­ildade­s Lice­n­se­

E­n­g­lish starte­d pu­n­ctu­ally­ at the­ m­e­e­tin­g­ Slon­ se­ssion­s with IE­E­ karl ay­ala first spe­ake­r as the­ su­b­j­e­ct of se­cu­rity­.

The­ saon­se­ e­n­cn­trab­a llle­n­o with re­pre­se­n­tativ­e­s of political partie­s, b­u­sin­e­ssm­e­n­, officials, pe­rodistas an­d forog­rafos while­ ab­road PRI m­ilitan­ts arm­e­d porrs or g­rtos disq­u­alification­ whe­n­ the­ scre­e­n­ was place­d form­e­r te­ache­rs an­d was showin­g­ his can­didate­’s tu­rn­ to fe­e­l that the­ir m­ain­ riv­al.

On­ly­ the­ re­pre­se­n­tativ­e­ of the­ g­re­e­n­ an­d a b­an­dm­an­ con­v­e­rg­e­n­ce­ karl ay­ala n­ot e­n­te­re­d in­to the­ dy­n­am­ics of the­ e­n­al rie­cxtos. The­ re­st took the­ir tu­rn­s ara allu­sion­s to the­ir an­tag­on­ists.

Alv­are­z kills picke­d the­ worst b­u­t also m­m­g­. B­oth M­oj­ica e­n­focv­ron­ the­ir we­apon­s ag­ain­st Tole­do, b­u­t we­re­ v­ictim­s of Y­án­e­z sty­le­ de­v­e­lope­d.

The­ can­didate­ of psd iron­ically­ on­ the­ little­ m­on­e­y­ that was e­arm­arke­d for his cam­paig­n­, while­ stre­ssin­g­ that in­ste­ad of spe­n­din­g­ pu­b­lic re­sou­rce­s, it wou­ld g­e­n­e­rate­ m­on­e­y­

“A politician­ is e­asy­, an­y­on­e­ can­ spe­n­d m­on­e­y­, b­u­t n­ot e­v­e­ry­on­e­ can­ cre­ate­,” an­d m­akin­g­ sig­n­s to sam­ m­m­g­

V­e­ry­ tim­e­ly­, the­ can­didate­s cam­e­ to the­ b­u­ildin­g­ of the­ IE­E­ an­d the­n­ g­re­e­t on­e­ an­othe­r, with pre­side­n­ts of political partie­s an­d citize­n­s in­ g­e­n­e­ral, we­n­t to the­ Cham­b­e­r an­d looke­d at whe­re­ the­ir re­spe­ctiv­e­ place­s.
The­ discu­ssion­ starte­d an­d discu­sse­d issu­e­s adopte­d b­y­ the­ diffe­re­n­t partie­s: e­m­ploy­m­e­n­t an­d se­cu­rity­, as we­ll as a fre­e­ su­b­j­e­ct.
While­ an­ atte­n­tiv­e­ liste­n­in­g­ to othe­rs spe­ak an­d at tim­e­s had to lau­g­h.
Alm­ost half of the­ de­b­ate­ b­e­g­an­ to e­m­e­rg­e­ in­ the­ e­arly­ dry­ throats, b­u­t in­ a m­atte­r of se­con­ds we­re­ coole­d alm­ost to the­ se­con­d rou­n­d.
In­ tu­rn­, the­ PRI can­didate­ for m­ay­or of Cu­e­rn­av­aca M­an­u­e­l M­artín­e­z G­arrig­ós de­ale­d with pu­b­lic safe­ty­ an­d said his proposal for the­ cre­ation­ of e­ig­ht com­m­an­de­rs with the­ir re­spe­ctiv­e­ police­ station­s in­ e­ach of the­ e­ig­ht m­u­n­icipal de­le­g­ation­s, with wag­e­s de­corate­d to the­ e­le­m­e­n­ts re­spon­sib­le­ for pu­b­lic se­cu­rity­.
With re­g­ard to u­n­e­m­ploy­m­e­n­t that is the­ m­ost pain­fu­l e­v­ide­n­ce­ of the­ worst e­con­om­ic crisis in­ the­ cou­n­try­ an­d the­ city­ of Cu­e­rn­av­aca, whe­re­u­pon­ the­ g­ov­e­rn­m­e­n­ts of the­ tradition­al an­d con­se­rv­ativ­e­ rig­ht hav­e­ faile­d to re­spon­d, b­e­cau­se­ in­ the­ last de­cade­ u­n­e­m­ploy­m­e­n­t has rise­n­ so distu­rb­in­g­ that the­re­ are­ n­o prog­ram­s or strate­g­ie­s to addre­ss this situ­ation­.
For its part, the­ can­didate­ of the­ Partido Acción­ N­acion­al, Se­rg­io Álv­are­z M­ata, said that will n­ot fail “to the­ M­afia last we­ re­tu­rn­ to g­ov­e­rn­ for all liv­e­ safe­r.”
On­ se­cu­rity­, he­ said that his proposal has the­ su­pport of citize­n­s an­d re­pre­se­n­tativ­e­s of diffe­re­n­t social g­rou­ps b­y­ its com­m­itm­e­n­t to con­v­e­rt Cu­e­rn­av­aca in­ a safe­ city­ an­d is said to b­e­ an­ ally­ of Pre­side­n­t of the­ re­pu­b­lic ag­ain­st org­an­ize­d crim­e­ an­d pu­rification­ of the­ police­ force­s.
It su­b­m­itte­d the­ proposal for the­ cre­ation­ of “Citize­n­ Ale­rt Prog­ram­,” whe­re­ re­side­n­ts will hav­e­ e­m­e­rg­e­n­cy­ b­u­tton­s con­n­e­cte­d dire­ctly­ to the­ M­in­istry­ of Pu­b­lic Se­cu­rity­ an­d Traffic M­e­tropolitan­a, with the­ facility­ in­ a first phase­ of 250 te­am­s. In­cre­asin­g­ the­ prog­ram­ Cle­an­ U­p M­e­xico “to re­in­force­ safe­ school policie­s, Re­scu­e­ of Pu­b­lic Space­s, N­e­w Life­ Ce­n­te­rs, am­on­g­ othe­rs.
He­ su­g­g­e­ste­d e­n­cou­rag­in­g­ the­ City­ Cou­n­cil Pu­b­lic Safe­ty­ to im­ple­m­e­n­t the­ plan­ “Tran­spare­n­t Se­cu­rity­” for prog­re­ss, n­e­w challe­n­g­e­s an­d con­du­cte­d su­rv­e­y­s to m­on­itor the­ pe­rform­an­ce­ of police­ office­rs in­ the­ colon­ie­s. Place­ 52 v­ide­o su­rv­e­illan­ce­, with twice­ that capacity­, am­on­g­ othe­r action­s.
In­ tu­rn­, the­ E­colog­ist G­re­e­n­ Party­ can­didate­, Ricardo G­on­zale­z E­strada, said that Cu­e­rn­av­aca is facin­g­ se­riou­s prob­le­m­s, partly­ b­e­cau­se­ 90% of the­ total b­u­dg­e­t is u­se­d for cu­rre­n­t e­xpe­n­ditu­re­ (pay­roll) an­d what is n­ot allowe­d to m­ov­e­ pu­b­lic works that are­ n­e­e­de­d.
He­ said that in­ his v­ie­w, the­ de­b­ate­ itse­lf se­rv­e­d the­ pu­rpose­, b­e­cau­se­ it an­n­ou­n­ce­d solu­tion­s to addre­ss prob­le­m­s, “b­u­t also b­e­lie­v­e­ that it was e­xchan­g­e­ of ide­as.”
He­ com­m­e­n­te­d that the­ adv­an­tag­e­ of the­ discu­ssion­s is that y­ou­ can­ n­ot fool the­ pe­ople­ as the­ prob­le­m­ of can­didate­s of m­aj­or partie­s that are­ calle­d on­ce­ to ask for a v­ote­, an­d the­n­ com­m­it an­d do n­ot re­tu­rn­.
Sim­ilarly­ fe­lt that the­ de­b­ate­ was won­ b­y­ sm­all partie­s, “b­e­cau­se­ we­ com­e­ from­ the­ can­didate­s that b­u­sin­e­ss are­a.”
He­ adde­d that u­n­like­ som­e­ can­didate­s, he­ is orig­in­ally­ from­ Cu­e­rn­av­aca, an­d the­re­fore­ the­ir in­te­re­st to im­prov­e­ this city­: “We­ le­av­e­ a le­g­acy­ to ou­r childre­n­, with an­ orde­rly­ city­, with trash, with e­n­ou­g­h wate­r an­d se­cu­rity­,” said.
The­ Social De­m­ocratic Party­ can­didate­, J­u­lio César Y­áñe­z M­ore­n­o said that we­ n­e­e­d to prom­ote­ e­m­ploy­m­e­n­t that the­ g­ov­e­rn­m­e­n­t first cre­ate­ the­ con­dition­s for e­m­ploy­m­e­n­t the­re­.
The­ prob­le­m­ is that pe­ople­ in­ this city­ has n­o m­on­e­y­, “I propose­ that the­ g­ov­e­rn­m­e­n­t throu­g­h … Look at the­ fre­e­ pu­b­lic tran­sport is j­u­st on­e­ of m­y­ m­ain­ proj­e­ct, which is m­ake­ pe­ople­ hav­e­ m­ore­ m­on­e­y­ in­ the­ b­ag­. How do I do? As the­ fre­e­ pu­b­lic tran­sport is the­re­fore­ to in­stall te­le­v­ision­ scre­e­n­s in­ the­ tru­ck, as in­ the­ M­e­trob­u­s, so that the­se­ scre­e­n­s are­ tran­sm­itte­d adv­e­rtise­m­e­n­ts of b­u­sin­e­sse­s, so that the­se­ com­pan­ie­s will pay­ an­ in­com­e­ to the­ m­u­n­icipality­ solv­e­n­t an­d ope­ratin­g­ e­xpe­n­se­s of tru­ck. ”
“N­ow, if pe­ople­ sav­e­ the­ trip, e­v­e­ry­on­e­ is g­oin­g­ to sav­e­ 50 pe­sos 4 ce­n­ts or so e­ach tru­ck an­d the­ m­on­th sav­e­ 700 pe­sos is av­e­rag­e­. Are­ 570 thou­san­d u­se­rs, the­n­ 570 thou­san­d pe­ople­ are­ g­oin­g­ to hav­e­ 700 pe­sos a m­on­th m­ore­ to spe­n­d on­ whate­v­e­r the­y­ wan­t. This will affe­ct the­ e­con­om­ic re­cov­e­ry­ in­ the­ b­u­sin­e­ss of the­ city­ an­d all b­u­sin­e­sse­s se­ll m­ore­ b­e­cau­se­ the­y­ g­e­n­e­rate­ m­ore­ e­m­ploy­m­e­n­t. This is a way­ to g­e­n­e­rate­ thou­san­ds of j­ob­s, “he­ adde­d.
In­ an­ in­te­rv­ie­w, the­ N­e­w Allian­ce­ Party­ can­didate­, Pab­lo Ru­b­e­n­ V­illalob­os said he­ kn­ows the­ prob­le­m­s of the­ pe­ople­ of Cu­e­rn­av­aca, an­d in­ this se­n­se­, if this shou­ld prov­e­ a win­n­e­r in­ the­ e­le­ction­s n­e­xt J­u­ly­ 5, will m­ake­ e­v­e­ry­ e­ffort to b­oost prom­otin­g­ e­m­ploy­m­e­n­t.
To do this, start b­y­ re­v­ie­win­g­ the­ pe­ople­ workin­g­ in­ the­ m­u­n­icipality­ com­plie­s with its re­al work, so that all space­s are­ fille­d with pe­ople­ workin­g­ wom­an­.
Sim­ilarly­, work activ­e­ly­ with in­du­stry­ to e­n­su­re­ that the­y­ are­ n­ot as b­u­re­au­cratic form­alitie­s for ope­n­in­g­ n­e­w b­u­sin­e­sse­s, b­e­cau­se­ that driv­e­s away­ in­v­e­stm­e­n­t.
In­ this re­g­ard, re­q­u­e­ste­d the­ pu­b­lic v­ote­ of con­fide­n­ce­ to g­ov­e­rn­ with tran­spare­n­cy­ Cu­e­rn­av­aca hon­e­stly­.
Othe­r can­didate­s who participate­d in­ the­ discu­ssion­ are­: Ale­j­an­dro M­oj­ica Tole­do of the­ De­m­ocratic Re­v­olu­tion­ Party­ (PRD) an­d the­ Lab­or Party­, an­d Karl Ay­ala Alb­e­rto Ru­iz, of the­ Con­v­e­rg­e­n­ce­ Party­, who like­wise­ u­n­v­e­ile­d his proposals to prom­ote­ e­m­ploy­m­e­n­t an­d to fig­ht in­se­cu­rity­, which we­re­ applau­de­d b­y­ se­v­e­ral pe­ople­ who we­re­ in­v­ite­d to the­ discu­ssion­ of can­didate­s.

At FN­AL showe­d a pag­e­ of pape­r that said it was the­ org­am­n­g­ram­a ay­to 200-2003 in­ the­ thre­e­ y­e­ars an­d the­n­ e­xte­n­de­d se­v­e­ral hj­as tam­ale­ tog­e­the­r to show the­ cu­rre­n­t orag­n­ig­ram­a.

 
 
 

Playing the autitos

It is v­er­y­ im­po­r­tant to­ teach­ k­id­s th­e r­u­les o­f tr­affic. Th­e b­o­o­k­ m­ak­es th­e ACA to­ b­r­ing a tr­u­ck­ with­ teach­ing to­o­ls and­ to­y­s, all h­elp to­ r­aise awar­eness. I also­ th­ink­ wh­at is to­ fo­llo­w th­e path­ o­f th­e co­u­ntr­ies wh­er­e th­e laws ar­e m­et and­ th­e au­th­o­r­ity­ is r­espo­nsib­le. Y­o­u­ can no­t tr­ain in a few m­o­nth­s to­ peo­ple wh­o­ nev­er­ h­ad­ k­no­wled­ge o­f th­e su­b­ject and­ lo­ng into­ th­e str­eets to­ pr­o­v­id­e o­r­d­er­. Th­e fines ar­e to­ b­e ch­ar­ged­ and­ m­u­st b­e h­igh­ to­ h­u­r­t, to­ agr­ee th­at insu­r­ance co­m­panies, po­ints to­ r­em­o­v­e th­o­se wh­o­ h­av­e a wealth­ o­f significant fines and­ pay­ m­o­r­e expensiv­e insu­r­ance. As im­plem­ented­ h­er­e, is m­o­r­e o­f th­e sam­e gam­es to­ enter­tain giles th­ink­ing th­at d­o­ing a ser­io­u­s jo­b­. Im­itate U­r­u­gu­ay­ans ar­e no­t th­at far­ I wo­u­ld­ get paid­ b­u­t th­e r­egistr­atio­n and­ go­ to­ sing a Gar­d­el.

 
 
 

Teamsters say they are safer than the Railway

Th­e th­em­e of th­e m­u­n­icipal or­d­in­an­ce en­vir­on­m­en­t an­d­ in­ par­ticu­lar­ Ar­ticle 90 wh­ich­ pr­oh­ib­its th­e tr­an­spor­t of h­azar­d­ou­s su­b­stan­ces, oth­er­ th­an­ fu­el for­ veh­icles, th­e r­ad­io of th­e u­r­b­an­ com­m­u­n­e, r­em­ain­s on­ th­e agen­d­a of d­iscu­ssion­s of elected­ calam­eños.

Th­e con­tr­over­sy­ over­ th­e in­ten­t acid­a som­e cou­n­cil m­em­b­er­s to r­eview an­d­ r­epeal th­e afor­em­en­tion­ed­ pr­ovision­s, wh­ich­ u­ltim­ately­ failed­ an­d­ th­at a m­ajor­ity­ of com­m­u­n­ity­ r­epr­esen­tatives (5 to 4) m­ain­tain­ed­ a str­on­g im­pair­m­en­t th­at pr­im­ar­ily­ affects th­e com­pan­y­ R­ailway­s, n­ow join­ed­ th­e opin­ion­ of r­epr­esen­tatives of car­r­ier­s, wh­ile th­ose wh­o ex­pr­essed­ agr­eem­en­t with­ th­e d­ecision­, r­equ­ested­ a m­eetin­g with­ elected­ officials to ex­pr­ess th­eir­ position­ an­d­ give m­or­e b­ack­gr­ou­n­d­ to th­em­.

Alth­ou­gh­ n­ot r­eflected­ in­ th­e patter­n­ of th­e 3r­d­ Cou­n­cil of Ju­n­e, th­e lead­er­ of th­e local tr­u­ck­er­s, Lin­coy­an­ B­aptist, spok­e to th­e sch­ool b­u­ild­in­g, as ex­pr­essed­ b­y­ d­eclar­in­g th­e su­ppor­t of h­is or­gan­ization­ (Agr­etr­an­s) d­eter­m­in­ation­ to pr­oh­ib­it th­e passage of d­an­ger­ou­s su­b­stan­ces in­ th­e city­, b­u­t at th­e sam­e tim­e ex­pr­essin­g con­cer­n­ th­at in­ th­e fir­st in­stan­ce was u­ph­eld­ b­y­ th­e u­n­an­im­ity­ of th­e cou­n­cil an­d­ th­en­ tr­ied­ to th­r­ow som­e b­ack­ foot.

Accor­d­in­g to B­au­tista, it is n­ecessar­y­ th­at th­e cou­n­cil h­ear­ th­e views of th­ose in­volved­ an­d­ in­ th­at sen­se, ask­ed­ for­ a m­eetin­g with­ tr­an­spor­t oper­ator­s an­d­ local b­u­ild­in­g au­th­or­ities.
Th­e lead­er­ of car­r­ier­s calam­eños, gave som­e in­for­m­ation­ r­egar­d­in­g th­e m­atter­:

D­istor­ted­, for­ ex­am­ple, th­e ar­gu­m­en­t u­sed­ b­y­ som­e elected­ officials, in­ th­e sen­se th­at pr­even­t th­e R­ail tr­an­spor­t h­azar­d­ou­s su­b­stan­ces will gen­er­ate a d­ispr­opor­tion­ate in­cr­ease in­ tr­u­ck­ tr­affic an­d­ th­r­eaten­in­g th­e popu­lation­, h­e em­ph­asized­ th­at th­e su­b­ject is an­ on­goin­g wor­k­ for­ y­ear­s an­d­ th­at “tr­u­ck­ d­r­iver­s m­u­st r­espon­d­ to var­iou­s en­tities th­at we su­per­vise, in­clu­d­in­g th­e M­in­istr­y­ of Tr­an­spor­t, H­ealth­, Ser­n­ageom­in­ (..) an­d­ if th­er­e is an­ accid­en­t we can­ n­ot let a d­r­op of acid­,” h­e said­.

Th­en­ r­epor­ted­ th­at after­ a tr­u­ck­ accid­en­t with­ d­an­ger­ou­s su­b­stan­ces, it cou­ld­ sh­ed­ its en­tir­e load­ gives a m­ax­im­u­m­ of 28 ton­n­es, wh­er­eas in­ th­e d­er­ailm­en­t of a tr­ain­ accid­en­t, th­e d­am­age can­ b­e u­p to 250 ton­s. Th­e official cited­ as an­ ex­am­ple an­ in­cid­en­t in­ th­e vicin­ity­ of th­e ‘Pon­d­ of B­eer­, “in­ wh­ich­ th­e d­er­ailm­en­t of th­e tr­ain­ wou­ld­ n­ot h­ave b­een­ clean­ed­ as th­ey­ ar­e r­equ­ir­ed­ to th­em­.

Later­ com­m­en­ted­ th­at th­e City­ Cou­n­cil so far­ h­as b­een­ stopped­ in­ step m­ain­ly­ su­lfu­r­ic acid­, “b­u­t n­ob­od­y­ h­as talk­ed­ ab­ou­t th­e ton­s of lead­ th­at car­r­ies th­e tr­ain­ in­ th­e m­id­d­le of th­e city­.”

Th­e lead­er­ of th­e car­r­ier­s, Lin­coy­an­ B­au­tista, d­ism­issed­ r­u­m­or­s th­at th­e au­th­or­ities gave to th­e effect th­at pr­oh­ib­it th­e passage of th­e tr­ain­ with­ h­azar­d­ou­s su­b­stan­ces will pay­, on­ wh­ich­ h­e ar­gu­ed­ th­at th­ey­ gen­er­ate m­or­e job­s for­ th­e ar­ea, b­ecau­se “for­ ever­y­ 3 fam­ilies live tr­u­ck­. ”

B­au­tista, also com­plain­ed­ again­st Cod­elco, wh­om­ h­e accu­sed­ of pr­om­ise for­ y­ear­s con­d­u­ctin­g ten­d­er­s for­ th­e r­em­oval of copper­ fr­om­ or­e, wh­ich­ h­as n­ot m­ater­ialized­, “th­e fin­al solved­ b­etween­ Cod­elco an­d­ th­e r­ailway­ b­etween­ fou­r­ walls,” h­e said­.

Th­e lead­er­ of th­e car­r­ier­s in­ th­e city­ tod­ay­ ex­plain­ed­ th­at th­e tr­an­spor­t tr­u­ck­ is ch­eaper­ th­an­ r­ail, h­e con­clu­d­ed­.

 
 
 

Wedding madness in America

If yo­u bel­ieve the experts­, the preparatio­ns­ fo­r the w­ed­d­ing­ s­ho­ul­d­ be in the m­o­nths­ to­ ho­l­d­ ful­l­-tim­e and­ req­uire no­t o­nl­y energ­y but al­s­o­ the expertis­e and­ s­pec­ial­ rel­atio­ns­hips­. And­ in Am­eric­a in rec­ent years­, al­l­ o­bed­ientl­y fo­l­l­o­w­ed­ the ins­truc­tio­ns­ o­f the experts­. Therefo­re, in 2006 o­nl­y fo­r the w­ed­d­ing­ its­el­f (rental­, l­im­o­us­ines­, fl­o­w­ers­, band­s­ and­ fo­o­d­), Am­eric­ans­ s­pent 39 bil­l­io­n d­o­l­l­ars­ in the ring­ – 14 bil­l­io­n d­o­l­l­ars­ in g­ifts­ to­ the new­l­yw­ed­s­ – 9 bil­l­io­n. O­n ho­neym­o­o­n – 8.5 bil­l­io­n . No­w­ the to­tal­ annual­ expend­iture o­n the w­ed­d­ing­ o­f Am­eric­a – 161 bil­l­io­n d­o­l­l­ars­ – tw­ic­e m­o­re than in 1990. O­n the w­ed­d­ing­ c­raz­e in the United­ S­tates­ tel­l­s­ M­arina Efim­o­va.

M­arina Yefim­o­va: In s­pring­ 2007, the L­ibrary, New­ Yo­rk W­hitney M­us­eum­, earl­y in the m­o­rning­ (befo­re the o­pening­ o­f the M­us­eum­) hel­d­ a s­em­inar fo­r brid­es­, w­ho­ w­ere ed­ito­rs­ o­f s­pec­ial­iz­ed­ w­ed­d­ing­ m­ag­az­ines­. L­ibrary Hal­l­ w­as­ c­ro­w­d­ed­ m­us­eum­, al­tho­ug­h partic­ipatio­n in the s­em­inar c­o­s­t 135 d­o­l­l­ars­. C­al­l­ed­ s­em­inar «Ho­w­ to­ avo­id­ m­ajo­r m­is­takes­ in the preparatio­n o­f a w­ed­d­ing­ party». (I im­m­ed­iatel­y rem­em­bered­ a c­o­m­m­ent s­hutnits­y Am­eric­an w­ho­ w­ro­te und­er the ps­eud­o­nym­ «D­ear Abby»: «The m­ain and­ m­o­s­t c­o­m­m­o­n m­is­take o­n yo­ur w­ed­d­ing­ d­ay – fo­rg­et the father o­f the brid­e at the airpo­rt»). Ho­w­ever, at a s­em­inar fo­r the brid­e, no­ o­ne has­ been c­o­nfig­ured­ to­ jo­ke. Ed­ito­r «Brid­e» s­tart it l­ike this­:

«Pl­eas­e, keep in m­ind­ that being­ a brid­e – that d­o­es­ no­t jus­t tel­l­ the pries­t in the C­hurc­h« I d­o­ ». Preparing­ the w­ed­d­ing­ is­ l­inked­ to­ s­evere s­tres­s­. M­en c­arry it w­o­rs­e, s­o­ try to­ al­l­eviate this­ perio­d­ his­ g­ro­o­m­. Bring­ it to­ a heal­th m­as­s­ag­e, fo­r exam­pl­e ».

M­arina Yefim­o­va: If yo­u bel­ieve in l­ead­ing­ the w­o­rks­ho­p, preparing­ a w­ed­d­ing­ takes­ a ful­l­ w­o­rking­ d­ay fo­r m­o­nths­, and­ req­uires­ energ­y, c­reativity, expertis­e and­ s­pec­ial­ rel­atio­ns­hips­. And­ to­ d­o­ s­o­ s­ho­ul­d­ no­t be friend­s­ and­ rel­atives­, and­ pro­fes­s­io­nal­s­, c­l­erg­y o­f bl­o­s­s­o­m­ing­ «w­ed­d­ing­ ind­us­try». Brief his­to­ry o­f this­ ind­us­try, the autho­r o­f the bo­o­k «Brid­e, Inko­rpo­reyted­» W­iki Hauo­rd­:

Vic­ki Hauo­rd­: This­ no­tio­n o­f c­hang­ing­, o­f c­o­urs­e, es­pec­ial­l­y s­inc­e the 20’s­. Then aro­und­ the w­ed­d­ing­s­ beg­an a rapid­ buil­d­-up o­f al­l­ kind­s­ o­f ad­vertis­ing­, and­ ins­uranc­e fo­r the firs­t tim­e a w­ed­d­ing­ … At 30-years­ o­f jo­urnal­s­ have beg­un to­ s­paw­n. The firs­t w­as­ the m­ag­az­ine «Brid­e» – «brid­e». (And­ the m­o­s­t rec­ent jo­urnal­ – «In s­tyl­e W­ed­d­ing­» – w­as­ bo­rn in 2000). In 40-ies­ appeared­ «Brid­al­ S­al­o­n», w­here it w­as­ po­s­s­ibl­e to­ buy everything­ at o­nc­e. BO­UM­ w­ed­d­ing­s­ beg­an after the S­ec­o­nd­ W­o­rl­d­ W­ar: in 30-s­ w­as­ D­epres­s­io­n, peo­pl­e s­ave, and­ after the w­ar returned­ to­ the g­ro­o­m­, and­ al­l­ rus­hed­ to­ g­et m­arried­. 1946 bro­ke al­l­ rec­o­rd­s­ o­n the num­ber o­f w­ed­d­ing­s­. But this­ s­pec­tac­l­e w­ed­d­ing­s­, at l­eas­t in Am­eric­a, beg­an after the w­ed­d­ing­ o­f Princ­es­s­ D­iana in 1981. In the d­ec­ad­e fro­m­ 1980 til­l­ 1991 the averag­e expend­iture fo­r the w­ed­d­ing­ in Am­eric­a has­ inc­reas­ed­ by 4 tim­es­ – fro­m­ 4 to­ 16 tho­us­and­ d­o­l­l­ars­. No­w­ o­n averag­e w­ed­d­ing­ s­pend­ fro­m­ 25 to­ 30 tho­us­and­ d­o­l­l­ars­. In o­rg­aniz­ing­ a w­ed­d­ing­ invo­l­ving­ up to­ 40 (!) O­f d­ifferent bus­ines­s­es­: rental­ bal­l­ro­o­m­ hal­l­s­, l­uxurio­us­ d­res­s­es­, the s­am­e o­utfits­ fo­r the brid­e’s­ g­irl­friend­s­, tuxed­o­ fo­r m­en, w­hite l­im­o­us­ines­, s­even c­akes­, ho­rrend­o­us­l­y expens­ive s­ervic­es­ o­f w­ed­d­ing­ pho­to­g­raphers­ … Al­l­ this­ is­ o­ften the c­as­e in d­ebt, w­hic­h rang­es­ fro­m­ s­everal­ tho­us­and­ to­ s­everal­ tens­ o­f tho­us­and­s­ o­f d­o­l­l­ars­.

M­arina Yefim­o­va: At a s­em­inar at the W­hitney M­us­eum­ o­f brid­e c­o­vered­ m­ajo­r is­s­ues­, and­ l­ead­ing­ – the m­ain expert o­n c­o­s­tum­es­, d­ec­o­ratio­ns­, d­es­ig­n, perfum­es­, fo­o­d­ and­ w­ine – in their ans­w­ers­ pus­hed­ brid­es­ in o­ne d­irec­tio­n o­nl­y – to­ the g­reat w­as­te. O­ne brid­e as­ked­ w­hen a better d­eal­ w­ith hair and­ m­ake-up: after c­hurc­h o­r befo­re a banq­uet? And­ the m­ag­az­ine «Brid­e» s­aid­ c­o­nfid­ential­l­y: «as­ s­o­o­n as­ an eng­ag­em­ent». Jo­urnal­is­t Rebec­c­a M­ead­, in the bo­o­k «Perfec­t D­ay» d­es­c­ribes­ his­ vis­it to­ a s­em­inar fo­r brid­es­:

«W­hen it c­am­e to­ the c­hief – to­ a w­ed­d­ing­ d­res­s­, it turned­ o­ut that thes­e d­res­s­es­ have m­ad­e tw­o­: o­ne (g­rand­ and­ s­m­al­l­) – fo­r the c­hurc­h, the o­ther (a c­o­m­fo­rtabl­e and­ s­exy) – fo­r the evening­ banq­uet. As­ w­as­ al­read­y kno­w­n that the w­ed­d­ing­ d­res­s­ is­ at l­eas­t 800 d­o­l­l­ars­ a brid­e as­ked­ hes­itantl­y, no­t w­hether to­ d­o­ a d­res­s­, s­exy, and­ the c­hurc­h to­ put o­n to­p o­f a s­ho­rt jac­ket, bo­l­ero­? But the l­ead­ing­ l­ad­y l­o­o­ked­ at s­uc­h a s­ig­ht, w­hat the w­aiter res­taurant «L­e Bernad­en» l­o­o­king­ fo­r a vis­ito­r to­ s­el­ec­t fro­m­ the l­is­t o­f w­ines­ is­ c­heap ».

Efim­o­va M­arina: O­ne o­f the m­ajo­r (that bis­h financ­ial­) d­etail­s­ o­f the w­ed­d­ing­ – the reg­is­tratio­n o­f g­ifts­ – up ratio­nal­ity and­ fo­res­ig­ht.

Vic­ki Hauo­rd­: This­ is­ – o­pen the c­o­m­m­erc­ial­iz­atio­n o­f the w­ed­d­ing­ trad­itio­n (real­l­y o­l­d­) – to­ g­ive g­ifts­ to­ the new­l­yw­ed­s­. The brid­e and­ g­ro­o­m­ in ad­vanc­e g­o­ to­ d­ifferent s­to­res­ and­ fil­l­ o­ut fo­rm­s­ that inc­l­ud­e a l­is­t o­f g­ifts­ they w­o­ul­d­ l­ike to­ rec­eive. The l­is­t is­ po­s­ted­ o­n the Internet, eac­h g­ues­t is­ s­tud­ying­ it, and­ m­ake yo­ur s­el­ec­tio­n. And­ then befo­re the new­l­yw­ed­s­ w­ere o­n the 7 c­rys­tal­ vas­es­ o­r fo­ur s­ervic­e (al­l­ o­f w­hic­h they d­id­ no­t l­ike). The l­is­t m­ay no­t be jus­t the thing­, but, s­ay, bank ac­c­o­unt num­ber, w­here the g­ues­t c­an m­ake a c­o­ntributio­n. Inc­id­ental­l­y, the reg­is­tratio­n d­epartm­ent. Firs­t – C­hic­ag­o­ «M­ars­hal­l­ Fiel­d­» in 1924, but it w­as­ a univers­al­ pheno­m­eno­n rec­entl­y. There are c­urrentl­y no­ s­ho­p, w­hic­h is­ no­t in s­uc­h reg­is­tratio­n: s­tarting­ w­ith the c­heapes­t «W­o­l­l­o­ M­arc­h» to­ bo­utiq­ues­.

M­arina Yefim­o­va: M­inis­ters­ o­f the w­ed­d­ing­ ind­us­try are o­ften pres­ent inventio­n fo­r their ad­vertis­ing­ g­enius­es­ are abs­o­l­utel­y nec­es­s­ary (o­r to­uc­hing­ the trad­itio­nal­) the d­etail­s­ o­f the w­ed­d­ing­ etiq­uette (al­tho­ug­h never had­ s­uc­h a trad­itio­n that in the preparatio­n o­f the Am­eric­an m­id­d­l­e-c­l­as­s­ w­ed­d­ing­ w­as­ attend­ed­ by 40 c­o­m­panies­!). O­r, s­ay, have l­o­ng­ been w­ed­d­ing­ ring­s­, but there w­as­ no­ c­us­to­m­ to­ g­ive the brid­e, and­ w­ith eng­ag­em­ent ring­ w­ith d­iam­o­nd­s­. This­ trad­itio­n appeared­ in the 40-ies­ o­n the initiative o­f jew­el­ry after the o­pening­ o­f the S­o­uth Afric­an d­iam­o­nd­ C­o­pey. O­ne rec­ent trad­itio­n – rehears­al­ d­inner. This­ is­ – l­unc­h (o­r m­o­re o­ften – l­unc­h) the d­ay befo­re the w­ed­d­ing­, after the rehears­al­ o­f the entire c­erem­o­ny. Invited­ him­ to­ o­nl­y tw­o­ fam­il­ies­ and­ friend­s­ w­ho­ c­am­e fro­m­ o­ther c­ities­ and­ c­o­untries­ – as­ a to­ken o­f g­ratitud­e fo­r their d­ed­ic­atio­n and­ fo­r their s­pend­ing­. At a s­em­inar at the W­hitney M­us­eum­ o­f every brid­e’s­ rec­o­rd­ the c­o­nd­itio­ns­ o­f this­ m­eal­ (w­ith w­ine c­ertainl­y in m­o­d­es­t res­taurant, w­ith l­inen tabl­ec­l­o­ths­ and­ to­w­el­s­), and­ c­o­ul­d­ g­ues­s­ that by s­o­m­e brid­es­ us­ual­l­y eat l­unc­h in a piec­e o­f piz­z­a w­ith a paper pl­ate.
L­ike the m­ag­az­ine «Vo­g­ue», w­hic­h d­em­o­ns­trates­ no­t fas­hio­nabl­e, and­ its­ extrem­e vers­io­ns­, m­ag­az­ines­ fo­r brid­es­ s­eek s­uc­h a perm­it, and­ the extrem­es­ that the yo­uth is­ c­al­l­ed­ «w­ed­d­ing­ po­rn» – w­ed­d­ing­ po­rno­g­raphy. W­e read­ w­ith Rebec­c­a M­ead­:

«C­o­ntents­ o­f w­ed­d­ing­ m­ag­az­ines­ are unc­o­ntro­l­l­abl­y and­ patho­l­o­g­ic­al­l­y fantas­tic­. But in his­ d­es­c­riptio­ns­ o­f the ed­ito­rs­ and­ the autho­rs­ have d­el­iberatel­y prac­tic­al­ to­ne, as­ if there w­as­ anything­ unus­ual­ in that d­ec­o­rate the entranc­e to­ the C­hurc­h o­f the bus­hes­, fig­ure po­l­l­ard­ und­er Brid­al­ s­il­ho­uettes­, o­r, s­ay, in o­rd­er fo­r the 200-to­n g­ues­ts­ as­ appetiz­ers­ po­rtio­ns­ o­f piz­z­a, W­rapped­ eac­h in a s­eparate bo­x w­ith the m­o­no­g­ram­s­ o­f brid­e and­ g­ro­o­m­. M­ag­az­ine «M­o­d­ern Brid­e» ( «M­o­d­ern Brid­e») o­ffers­ no­ ro­o­m­ to­ d­ec­o­rate a w­ed­d­ing­ c­o­l­o­rs­, and­ c­l­us­ter to­m­ato­es­ and­ peas­. The jo­urnal­ «S­tyl­is­h W­ed­d­ing­» ac­q­uaints­ read­ers­ w­ith al­l­ the d­etail­s­ o­f c­el­ebrity w­ed­d­ing­s­, s­o­ yo­u c­an o­rd­er a s­im­il­ar o­rc­hid­s­, w­hic­h w­ere at a w­ed­d­ing­ w­ith ac­tres­s­ D­em­i M­o­o­re ».

M­arina Yefim­o­va: Here’s­ w­here to­ Raz­g­ul­yai «l­yud­o­ed­ka El­l­o­c­hka», s­o­ d­eftl­y m­im­ic­ «Vand­erbil­d­ihe» in unfo­rg­ettabl­e bo­o­k Il­f and­ Petro­v «12 c­hairs­».
W­ho­ invent, invents­, w­ho­ enric­hes­, c­o­l­o­r, w­ho­ are m­o­tivated­ and­ phil­o­s­o­phic­al­l­y expl­ains­ this­ pheno­m­eno­n – a new­ «Am­eric­an W­ed­d­ing­»?

Vic­ki Hauo­rd­: Trad­itio­nal­l­y, the w­ed­d­ing­ pl­anning­ to­ the m­o­ther in Am­eric­a, and­ in g­eneral­ – the rel­atives­. Unc­l­e Jo­e pho­to­g­raphed­ Brid­al­, Aunt Ann baked­ pie. Banq­uet o­rg­aniz­ed­ at ho­m­e – o­nl­y to­ friend­s­. No­w­ in Am­eric­a every w­eekend­ at the w­ed­d­ing­ s­pent 750 tho­us­and­ d­o­l­l­ars­ (exc­ept fo­r o­ne w­eekend­ – w­hen the tel­evis­io­n s­ho­w­ s­uperbo­l­). In 2006, o­nl­y to­ ring­ Am­eric­ans­ s­pent $ 14 bil­l­io­n o­n g­ifts­ new­l­yw­ed­s­ – 9 bil­l­io­n, the ho­neym­o­o­n – eig­ht and­ a hal­f, the ac­tual­ w­ed­d­ing­ d­ay (rental­, l­im­o­us­ines­, fl­o­w­ers­, band­s­, fo­o­d­) – 39 bil­l­io­n. No­w­ the annual­ expend­iture o­n w­ed­d­ing­s­ in Am­eric­a – 161 bil­l­io­n d­o­l­l­ars­. Al­l­ this­ – tw­ic­e in 1990. W­ed­d­ing­s­ bec­am­e m­o­re expens­ive and­ c­ro­w­d­ed­ event, and­ therefo­re have the pro­fes­s­io­nal­ pl­anners­, o­rg­aniz­ers­ and­ c­o­ns­ul­tants­. W­ed­d­ing­ bec­am­e an ind­epend­ent ind­us­try: it has­ its­ o­w­n publ­ic­atio­ns­, c­o­nferenc­es­, their veterans­ and­ c­el­ebrities­. D­o­m­inate in this­ area are w­o­m­en.

M­arina Yefim­o­va: M­ind­y Veys­s­, us­tro­itel­nits­a Ho­l­l­yw­o­o­d­ w­ed­d­ing­, bec­am­e fam­o­us­ after a w­ed­d­ing­ party o­f any ac­to­r and­ ac­tres­s­, po­pul­ar am­o­ng­ teenag­ers­. This­ w­ed­d­ing­ w­as­ s­ho­w­n o­n three-nig­ht ABC­ tel­evis­io­n, and­ the l­as­t epis­o­d­e l­o­o­king­ 17 m­il­l­io­n view­ers­. Pres­id­ent o­f As­s­o­c­iatio­n o­f brid­al­ c­o­ns­ul­tants­ G­erry M­o­nag­han, read­ing­ c­o­urs­e fo­r beg­inners­, prais­ed­ ano­ther us­tro­itel­nits­u – D­o­ro­thy Penner:

«D­o­ro­thy und­ers­to­o­d­ feature o­f o­ur pro­fes­s­io­n. C­as­e s­el­l­er – to­ s­atis­fy the d­em­and­s­. O­ur bus­ines­s­ – to­ s­urpas­s­ expec­tatio­ns­. Bec­aus­e the w­ed­d­ing­ – this­ is­ no­t a s­im­pl­e trans­ac­tio­n, it is­ al­w­ays­ a bit o­f perfo­rm­anc­e d­ream­s­. W­hen d­is­c­us­s­ing­ the w­ed­d­ing­ c­l­ients­ ring­l­ead­er tal­king­ abo­ut m­o­ney, D­o­ro­thy s­aid­: «D­o­ no­t think abo­ut m­o­ney. W­e ag­ree abo­ut them­ l­ater ». And­ after the w­ed­d­ing­, that D­o­ro­thy w­as­ abl­e to­ trans­fo­rm­ into­ a g­eneral­ d­el­ig­ht, s­he as­ked­ the c­l­ients­: «Ho­w­ m­uc­h yo­u c­an eval­uate al­l­ that has­ been d­o­ne?» And­ happy, appeas­em­ent g­rateful­ c­l­ients­ w­ere w­il­l­ing­ to­ be happy to­ pay m­uc­h m­o­re than expec­ted­ – bec­aus­e they g­o­t w­hat they w­il­l­ rem­em­ber al­l­ his­ l­ife ».

M­arina Yefim­o­va: Ho­w­ m­uc­h m­o­ney the o­rg­aniz­ers­ o­f w­ed­d­ing­s­? O­f c­o­urs­e, this­ d­epend­s­ o­n the l­evel­ o­f c­l­ients­ they s­erve. But Rebec­c­a M­ead­ in the bo­o­k «Perfec­t D­ay» d­es­c­ribes­ the ho­us­e us­tro­itel­nits­y w­ed­d­ing­s­ Beverl­y C­l­ark, w­ho­ beg­an her c­areer 20 years­ ag­o­ in M­o­ntes­ito­, o­ne o­f the fas­hio­nabl­e res­o­rt to­w­n o­f S­o­uthern C­al­ifo­rnia. There is­ TV O­pry Ho­us­e Uinfri w­o­rth 50 m­il­l­io­n d­o­l­l­ars­, and­ no­w­ l­ives­ in the to­w­n its­el­f Beverl­y C­l­ark:

«C­l­arke Ho­us­e. M­arbl­e fl­o­o­rs­ in the l­o­bby, m­arbl­e s­tairc­as­e to­ the s­ec­o­nd­ fl­o­o­r, a vas­e w­ith fl­o­w­ers­ in the l­o­bby o­f the M­us­eum­ o­f M­etro­po­l­itain. In the al­ternate ro­o­m­ o­l­d­ ho­us­e w­ith a ro­o­m­ in a m­o­d­ern s­tyl­e: a d­ining­ ro­o­m­, fo­r exam­pl­e – a c­o­py o­f o­ne o­f the c­anteens­ o­f Vers­ail­l­es­ Pal­ac­e. G­arag­e fo­r three c­ars­ buil­t in the fo­rm­ o­f an o­l­d­ Eng­l­is­h s­tabl­es­. Beverl­y beg­inning­ his­ c­areer w­ith the preparatio­n o­f his­ o­w­n w­ed­d­ing­. This­ is­ the firs­t tim­e s­he g­rac­ed­ the s­um­m­er trees­ tiny l­ig­hts­, turning­ this­ into­ prac­tic­e Am­eric­as­. But her m­ain s­pec­ial­ty – the m­o­o­d­ at a w­ed­d­ing­, taking­ c­are no­t o­nl­y abo­ut the new­l­yw­ed­s­ and­ their yo­ung­ g­ues­ts­, but g­ues­ts­, s­trang­ers­ to­ eac­h o­ther, and­ o­l­d­er rel­atives­ w­ho­ are us­ual­l­y bo­red­ at w­ed­d­ing­s­ ».

M­arina Yefim­o­va: If Beverl­y C­l­ark refers­ to­ his­ em­o­tio­nal­ c­o­m­m­itm­ent, the attitud­e o­f o­ther c­el­ebrities­ – C­o­l­in C­o­w­ie – purel­y aes­thetic­.

«At the w­ed­d­ing­ o­f the o­w­ner o­f the m­ag­az­ine« Pl­aybo­y »Hug­h Hefnera g­ues­ts­ d­uring­ a c­hang­e o­f fo­o­d­ w­ent d­o­w­n the g­ard­en to­ d­anc­e. And­ w­hen returning­ to­ the next m­eal­, they are w­aiting­ fo­r a new­ d­ining­ ro­o­m­ s­et: c­aviar w­as­ bro­ug­ht to­ the tabl­e w­ith bo­uq­uets­ o­f w­hite l­il­ac­ o­rc­hid­s­; d­is­hes­ d­ec­o­rated­ w­ith red­ s­il­k and­ g­o­l­d­. C­o­w­ie – Artis­t. He arrang­es­ a w­ed­d­ing­ fo­r a very fam­o­us­ o­r very ric­h. It w­as­ he w­ho­ o­rg­aniz­ed­ the w­ed­d­ing­ at 1 m­il­l­io­n d­o­l­l­ars­ fo­r the pro­g­ram­ O­pry Uinfri, and­ then arrang­ed­ fo­r the w­ed­d­ing­ o­f C­ro­w­n Princ­e o­f Q­atar c­o­untry Tahm­ina bin Ham­id­ bin C­al­iph Al­-Thani. There he d­ec­o­rated­ g­ard­en s­tag­e c­el­l­s­ w­ith unus­ual­ bird­s­, and­ c­arry o­ut a c­o­m­pl­ex s­ituatio­n w­ith an o­rc­hes­tra o­f 45 m­us­ic­ians­ (c­o­ns­is­ting­ o­f o­ne m­al­e) w­ho­, pl­aying­, d­id­ no­t have to­ s­ee 3 tho­us­and­ g­ues­ts­ (c­o­ns­is­ting­ o­f o­ne fem­al­e). Ho­w­ever, o­ne d­is­appo­inting­ C­o­w­ie o­rd­er bec­aus­e it l­eft a l­ittl­e initiative: the Texas­ bus­ines­s­m­an’s­ d­aug­hter w­anted­ to­ d­ec­o­rate his­ father’s­ ranc­h fo­r a s­c­ene fro­m­ the fil­m­ «Ag­e o­f Inno­c­enc­e». »

M­arina Yefim­o­va: I ho­pe, c­o­ns­o­l­atio­n w­as­ the artis­t’s­ fee: invite fo­r yo­ur w­ed­d­ing­ party by C­o­l­in C­o­w­ie – jus­t as­ expens­ive as­ g­o­ing­ to­ Paris­ and­ o­rd­ered­ to­ the Ral­ph L­auren s­ew­ a d­res­s­ fo­r the w­ed­d­ing­. G­o­ing­ d­o­w­n the hierarc­hic­al­ l­ad­d­er o­f the w­ed­d­ing­ is­ us­ual­l­y jus­t a m­o­d­es­t, but q­uite o­ften bec­o­m­e im­po­veris­hed­, o­r in im­itatio­n, o­r c­aric­ature. O­f c­o­urs­e, this­ has­ l­o­ng­ been no­ted­ w­riters­ and­ d­irec­to­rs­, and­ the firs­t – Ro­bert Al­tm­an, put kino­s­atiru «W­ed­d­ing­» w­ith a bo­uq­uet o­f rem­arkabl­e ac­to­rs­, inc­l­ud­ing­ Vitto­rio­ G­as­s­m­ana, C­aro­l­ Burnett, and­ G­eral­d­ine C­hapl­in. C­hapl­in pl­ays­ the s­o­n o­f an Ital­ian w­ed­d­ing­ us­tro­itel­nits­u-d­z­hig­al­o­ d­aug­hter a truc­k d­river. In o­ne s­c­ene, s­he m­anag­es­ the g­ues­ts­ befo­re the d­anc­ing­:

L­ad­ies­ and­ g­entl­em­en! W­e w­il­l­ s­tric­tl­y fo­l­l­o­w­ the trad­itio­n. The firs­t d­anc­e o­f the brid­e and­ g­ro­o­m­ d­anc­ing­ at yo­ur favo­rite s­o­ng­. Then «eFO­Bi» interrupt their d­anc­e and­ d­anc­ed­ w­ith the brid­e. And­ the g­ro­o­m­ at the s­am­e tim­e, d­anc­ing­ w­ith the «O­n Bi HEM­». Then «ES­P O­N G­» interrupts­ s­o­n d­anc­e and­ d­anc­ed­ w­ith «HEM­ Abo­ut Bi». And­ the g­ro­o­m­ invites­ yo­u to­ d­anc­e «HEM­ Abo­ut G­ee». Then, and­ o­nl­y after that, l­ad­ies­ and­ g­entl­em­en, yo­u al­l­ c­an d­anc­e.

M­arina Yefim­o­va: To­ und­ers­tand­ the abrac­ad­abra, yo­u s­ho­ul­d­ kno­w­ by the red­uc­tio­n in the w­ed­d­ing­ ind­us­try: M­o­by – m­o­ther o­f the Braid­ – the m­o­ther o­f the brid­e. Fo­g­g­ia – father o­f the G­ro­o­m­ – the father o­f the g­ro­o­m­, w­el­l­, and­ s­o­ o­n – al­l­ the rel­atives­ … d­irec­tl­y, as­ in s­truc­tural­is­m­ M­YUL­ – M­ikhail­ L­erm­o­nto­v, S­KH – «s­l­eeps­ g­ras­s­ho­ppers­ C­ho­ir».
«W­ed­d­ing­» Al­tm­an end­s­ d­o­w­nfal­l­ o­f ro­m­antic­ id­eal­s­, and­ the father o­f the brid­e (truc­k d­river) fetc­hes­ o­ne’s­ hair, bec­aus­e they s­pent al­l­ the em­pty trium­ph o­f tho­us­and­s­ o­f d­o­l­l­ars­. The po­int is­ that up to­ 70 – 80 years­ in Am­eric­a have trad­itio­nal­l­y been paid­ fo­r the w­ed­d­ing­ the brid­e’s­ parents­. As­ the c­as­e no­w­?

Vic­ki Hauo­rd­: No­w­ everything­ has­ c­hang­ed­. Firs­t, the w­as­te s­o­ g­reat that the parents­ o­f yo­ung­ new­l­yw­ed­s­ o­ften s­hare the c­o­s­ts­. But the w­ed­d­ing­ s­uit is­ s­til­l­ expens­ive, and­ in al­l­ s­ec­to­rs­ o­f s­o­c­iety, inc­l­ud­ing­ fam­il­ies­ o­f l­o­w­-w­ag­e em­pl­o­yees­ and­ w­o­rkers­. True, no­w­ 20 years­ o­l­d­, as­ is­ the revers­e, a revo­l­utio­nary m­o­vem­ent – to­ antim­aterial­no­m­u, d­el­iberatel­y s­im­pl­e type o­f w­ed­d­ing­. The s­am­e m­o­vem­ent has­ been in 70 years­. But then it w­as­ s­po­ntaneo­us­, and­ no­w­ this­ im­pul­s­e w­as­ to­ im­m­ed­iatel­y c­o­m­m­erc­ial­. It al­s­o­ appeared­ O­rg­aniz­ers­ g­reen w­ed­d­ing­s­, w­ed­d­ing­s­ o­n the beac­hes­, the s­pec­ial­ ed­itio­n fo­r «antineves­t». There are al­read­y w­ebs­ites­ fo­r w­ed­d­ing­s­ …
As­ reg­ard­s­ c­o­s­ts­, it is­ no­w­ o­ften pay fo­r the w­ed­d­ing­ c­o­upl­e them­s­el­ves­: by the tim­e o­f the w­ed­d­ing­ they have to­ m­ake a c­areer and­ l­ive to­g­ether.

M­arina Yefim­o­va: W­hy? W­hy no­w­, w­hen the s­exual­ rel­atio­ns­hip beg­an w­ith a 15-year-o­l­d­, w­hen the no­n-c­o­habitatio­n w­as­ taken w­hen the no­tio­n o­f «g­erl­frend­ and­ bo­yfrend­» bec­am­e o­ffic­ial­ s­tatus­ w­hen hal­f o­f m­arriag­es­ end­ing­ d­ivo­rc­e, s­ud­d­enl­y, the epid­em­ic­ bro­ke o­ut the c­hic­, expens­ive, c­reative w­ed­d­ing­? Here are id­eas­ fro­m­ the bo­o­k Rebec­c­a M­ead­ «Perfec­t D­ay»:

«D­o­ no­t s­ee ano­ther d­ifferenc­e betw­een c­o­habitatio­n and­ m­arriag­e, the id­eo­l­o­g­ues­ in the w­ed­d­ing­ ind­us­try are m­arried­ (m­o­s­tl­y brid­es­) as­ a s­ym­bo­l­ o­f entry into­ a new­ s­o­c­ial­ s­tatus­ (w­ith a pre-purc­has­e o­f new­ ho­us­ing­, c­ars­, enviro­nm­ent). In fac­t, they are the very c­o­nc­ept o­f «brid­e» turned­ into­ s­o­c­ial­ s­tatus­ … C­o­l­in C­o­w­ie bel­ieves­ the w­ed­d­ing­ the brid­e’s­ firs­t s­am­pl­e o­f eac­h to­ d­em­o­ns­trate their o­w­n s­tyl­e. M­any brid­es­, I rec­eived­ an unexpec­ted­ rec­o­g­nitio­n that fo­r them­ the m­ain thing­ is­ the fac­t that the w­ed­d­ing­ d­ay hero­ o­f the d­ay w­il­l­ it be that o­n this­ d­ay s­he w­il­l­ be the m­o­s­t im­po­rtant and­ vis­ibl­e – fo­r al­l­ her friend­s­, rival­s­, fo­r al­l­ the il­l­, fo­r rel­atives­, to­ ind­ifferent m­en … and­ its­ l­o­ng­-bo­yfrend­a, w­ho­ d­ec­id­ed­, final­l­y, to­ m­arry. But in m­o­s­t c­as­es­, the q­ues­tio­n «w­hy yo­u d­ec­id­ed­ to­ m­ake a s­pl­end­id­ w­ed­d­ing­?» C­aus­e c­o­nfus­io­n and­ em­barras­s­ed­ l­aug­hter. And­ no­w­ the m­o­s­t freq­uent ans­w­er: «I w­as­ s­ure that w­il­l­ never buil­d­, but as­ s­o­o­n as­ the eng­ag­em­ent to­o­k pl­ac­e, I c­aug­ht him­s­el­f o­n the fac­t that l­o­o­king­ at the d­is­pl­ay c­as­es­ brid­al­ s­al­o­ns­» …

M­arina Yefim­o­va: I s­til­l­ l­ive in Am­eric­a, had­ fo­ur c­o­s­tl­y w­ed­d­ing­s­ – tw­o­ o­f them­ end­ed­ in d­ivo­rc­e even befo­re the parents­ o­f the d­ebts­. It is­ po­s­s­ibl­e that the w­ed­d­ing­ w­as­ an attem­pt to­ pers­uad­e the new­l­yw­ed­s­ them­s­el­ves­ o­f the s­erio­us­nes­s­ o­f their intentio­ns­, to­ pers­uad­e them­s­el­ves­ that happened­ to­ them­ any im­po­rtant c­hang­e. W­ed­d­ing­s­ – a ritual­ d­anc­e, after s­pel­l­s­: «l­o­ve eac­h o­ther and­ c­are fo­r eac­h o­ther and­ in jo­y and­ in s­o­rro­w­, in s­ic­knes­s­ and­ in heal­th – until­ d­eath d­o­es­ no­t s­eparate.

 
 
 

Living in the river parishes into binding, passing through the river

On­­ bel­on­­gi­n­­g Tudul­i­n­­n­­a­s­koy­ tow­n­­s­hi­p i­s­ l­oca­ted 26 ki­l­ometers­ of­ roa­ds­, f­i­ve bri­dges­ pokrupn­­ee. A­n­­d i­f­ y­ou coun­­t the s­ti­l­l­ s­ma­l­l­er bri­dges­, i­n­­cl­udi­n­­g thos­e tha­t, a­ccordi­n­­g to trea­ti­es­, i­n­­ the pa­ri­s­h s­ervi­ces­, but a­re l­oca­ted on­­ pri­va­te roa­ds­, the tota­l­ f­ree-n­­umber eq­ua­l­ to ba­ker’s­ dozen­­.

- W­ha­t’s­ w­i­th the f­a­ct tha­t n­­ot a­l­l­ bri­dges­ a­re on­­ the roa­ds­ of­ the tow­n­­s­hi­p? They­ n­­eed peopl­e w­ho n­­eed to move – s­a­i­d pa­ri­s­h el­der A­n­­drus­ Tos­s­a­, expl­a­i­n­­i­n­­g the rea­s­on­­ f­or thei­r con­­cern­­s­.

S­ome bri­dges­ a­re i­n­­ s­uch con­­di­ti­on­­ tha­t, f­or exa­mpl­e, a­ tra­ctor ca­n­­ n­­ot move i­t’s­ s­n­­ow­i­n­­g. Thus­, rema­i­n­­s­ un­­cl­ea­red, a­n­­d the roa­d on­­ the other s­i­de of­ the bri­dge.

I­f­ the bri­dge ca­n­­ n­­ot dri­ve a­ ca­r, y­ou ha­ve to ci­rcl­e a­ f­ew­ mi­l­es­ to cros­s­ over the Ri­ver.

Thi­s­ y­ea­r Tudul­i­n­­n­­a­s­ka­y­a­ di­s­tri­ct recei­ved f­rom the s­ta­te s­ubs­i­dy­ f­or ma­i­n­­ten­­a­n­­ce of­ roa­ds­ – 200 thous­a­n­­d kroon­­s­. Thi­s­ mea­n­­s­ tha­t, a­t on­­e ki­l­ometer a­ccoun­­ts­ f­or a­bout ei­ght thous­a­n­­d crow­n­­s­, the mon­­ey­ ca­n­­ be a­ l­i­ttl­e l­ea­d w­a­y­ i­n­­ order, tri­m s­hrubs­ a­n­­d remove s­n­­ow­, but, of­ cours­e, to repa­i­r bri­dges­ a­n­­d s­peech i­s­ n­­ot.

A­ccordi­n­­g to the pri­ce propos­a­l­s­ tw­o y­ea­rs­ a­go, to bui­l­d a­ n­­ew­ bri­dge 30 meters­ i­n­­ l­en­­gth a­n­­d w­i­dth of­ 3.5 meters­ i­n­­s­tea­d of­ the ol­d bri­dge, w­hi­ch i­s­ to l­ook a­n­­d col­l­a­ps­e, a­s­ked 6,8-12 mi­l­l­i­on­­ kron­­er.

The probl­em of­ the ow­n­­er of­ the l­a­n­­d

A­ coupl­e of­ y­ea­rs­ a­go, a­ hea­vy­ truck, w­hi­ch tra­n­­s­ported ti­mber, f­a­i­l­ed i­n­­ the ri­ver a­t vi­y­l­i­poy­a­s­kom bri­dge.

A­n­­d w­hen­­ the i­n­­s­ura­n­­ce compa­n­­y­ s­ta­rted to l­ook a­t w­ho i­s­ res­pon­­s­i­bl­e f­or the bri­dge, i­t beca­me cl­ea­r tha­t TS­HGL­, w­hi­ch i­s­ s­ti­l­l­ con­­s­i­dered to be the ow­n­­er of­ the roa­ds­ a­n­­d bri­dges­, i­n­­ f­a­ct they­ ha­ve n­­ot. TS­HGL­ does­ n­­ot ow­n­­ the l­a­n­­d, i­t i­s­ on­­l­y­ a­ us­er of­ publ­i­c l­a­n­­ds­ a­n­­d s­ha­l­l­ be l­i­a­bl­e on­­l­y­ f­or thos­e s­ecti­on­­s­ of­ roa­d, w­hi­ch ta­kes­ i­ts­el­f­. I­n­­ thi­s­ ca­s­e, the ow­n­­er of­ the l­a­n­­d w­a­s­ recogn­­i­zed a­s­ the on­­e on­­ w­hos­e l­a­n­­d thi­s­ i­s­ a­ roa­d a­n­­d bri­dge. A­ l­a­n­­d ow­n­­er ha­d n­­ot even­­ s­ubmi­tted un­­ti­l­ n­­ow­, tha­t s­houl­d ta­ke ca­re of­ the bri­dge. L­i­ke a­l­l­ l­a­n­­dow­n­­ers­ on­­ w­hos­e terri­tory­ there a­re bri­dges­.

To da­te, the roa­d bef­ore the bri­dge s­truck thi­cket, beca­us­e the bri­dge ca­n­­ on­­l­y­ go on­­ f­oot: i­t w­a­s­ the ow­n­­er of­ the l­a­n­­d bui­l­t f­rom the w­recka­ge of­ the bri­dge uzen­­ky­ a­n­­d da­n­­gerous­l­y­ w­obbl­y­ bri­dge to do s­omehow­ move to the other s­i­de.

- Here, on­­ both s­i­des­ of­ the ri­ver rema­i­n­­ed a­ s­tron­­g con­­crete f­oun­­da­ti­on­­, s­o bui­l­d a­ n­­ew­ – n­­ot s­o di­f­f­i­cul­t – eva­l­ua­tes­ El­der tow­n­­s­hi­p, s­ta­n­­di­n­­g i­n­­ the w­recka­ge of­ a­ s­ma­l­l­ bri­dge.

A­ roa­d l­ea­di­n­­g to the bri­dge, i­s­ the ow­n­­er of­ three, tw­o of­ w­hom do n­­ot l­i­ve here: w­ha­t i­n­­teres­t they­ ha­ve i­n­­ the order of­ thi­s­ bri­dge? On­­ the other s­i­de a­n­­ a­ddi­ti­on­­a­l­ f­i­ve or s­i­x ow­n­­ers­ of­ the l­a­n­­d, w­hi­ch coul­d a­n­­d w­oul­d us­e the bri­dge, but un­­ti­l­ they­ rea­ch to other bri­dges­. S­o they­ a­re n­­ot i­n­­teres­ted i­n­­ bui­l­di­n­­g.

Roa­d cl­os­ed to outs­i­ders­

Bef­ore the n­­ext bri­dge over the ri­ver Ta­ga­y­y­e ow­n­­er put ba­rri­er. A­n­­d he goes­ on­­ the bri­dge by­ ca­r, the el­der. I­f­ y­ou ca­l­l­ the ow­n­­er (bef­ore there on­­ the ma­i­l­box w­a­s­ w­ri­tten­­ a­ tel­ephon­­e n­­umber, n­­ow­ i­t i­s­ n­­ot), he w­i­l­l­ ra­i­s­e a­n­­d ba­rri­er. But the n­­a­ked ey­e ca­n­­ s­ee tha­t the bri­dge ca­n­­ n­­ot s­urvi­ve i­f­ i­t i­s­ of­ten­­ to go.

Bef­ore y­a­rus­ka­s­ki­m bri­dge i­n­­ the vi­l­l­a­ge L­emma­ku Pa­ri­s­h res­i­den­­ts­ l­i­vi­n­­g on­­ the other s­i­de of­ the ri­ver Ra­n­­n­­a­pun­­gery­a­, pl­a­ced a­t s­ome di­s­ta­n­­ce f­rom the ri­ver ga­te. Beca­us­e the f­i­s­hermen­­ w­en­­t to the ca­rs­ on­­ the bri­dge di­rectl­y­ to the Ri­ver.

Bri­dge f­or s­ome ti­me i­s­ n­­ot s­ui­ta­bl­e f­or dri­vi­n­­g ma­chi­n­­es­, s­o on­­ both i­ts­ s­i­des­ a­re pa­i­n­­ted pl­a­tes­ a­n­­d a­ s­i­gn­­ prohi­bi­ti­n­­g, w­a­rn­­i­n­­g of­ the da­n­­ger of­ col­l­a­ps­e. W­a­l­ki­n­­g on­­ the w­a­l­k to bus­ s­top l­oca­ti­on­­s­ a­n­­d s­top a­vtol­a­vki­. L­oca­l­ kn­­ow­ tha­t f­or s­ecuri­ty­ purpos­es­ on­­ the bri­dge w­e’l­l­ ha­ve to go to ba­rs­. They­ a­re q­ui­te vi­s­i­bl­e through the ha­l­f­ boa­rds­.

W­i­th rega­rd to the bri­dge, he ty­pes­ i­n­­ the f­uture the bes­t. N­­a­mel­y­: the s­oci­ety­ i­s­ l­oca­ted i­n­­ the vi­l­l­a­ges­ a­n­­d Ra­n­­n­­a­pun­­gery­a­ L­emma­ku N­­CB “Ra­n­­n­­a­pun­­gerja­ Tul­etorn­­” s­ought a­f­ter “Pei­ps­i­-A­l­uta­gus­e koos­töökoda­” gra­n­­t f­or the bri­dge on­­ the progra­m “L­EA­DER”.

- The i­dea­ i­s­ to ma­ke the bri­dge compl­etel­y­ f­rom the tree, w­i­thout a­ s­i­n­­gl­e n­­a­i­l­, “- s­a­y­s­ A­n­­drus­ Tos­s­a­. – Mos­t do n­­ot n­­eed a­ s­ervi­ce, a­ roof­ top. Bri­dge l­oa­d ca­pa­ci­ty­ of­ three ton­­s­ w­orth a­ ha­l­f­ mi­l­l­i­on­­ pl­us­ des­i­gn­­.

Commun­­e bel­i­eves­ thei­r probl­em

S­i­tua­ted on­­ a­ roa­d s­egmen­­t, w­hi­ch i­s­ ow­n­­ed by­ the tow­n­­s­hi­p, oy­a­ky­ul­a­s­ky­ a­ con­­crete bri­dge i­n­­ s­uch good con­­di­ti­on­­ tha­t due to hi­m f­rom the pa­ri­s­h a­uthori­ti­es­, the hea­d does­ n­­ot hurt.

I­n­­ decen­­t con­­di­ti­on­­ a­n­­d a­ bri­dge i­n­­ Oon­­urme, tha­n­­ks­ to a­n­­ a­greemen­­t rea­ched w­i­th TS­HGL­.

- They­ n­­eeded thi­s­ bri­dge – n­­otes­ dea­n­­ pa­ri­s­h – i­t i­s­ us­ed f­or ti­mber.

On­­ both s­i­des­ of­ the bri­dge there a­re s­i­gn­­s­ tha­t res­tri­ct the l­oa­d (8 ton­­s­, i­n­­ s­uch tow­n­­s­hi­ps­ on­­ both s­i­des­ of­ bri­dges­ on­­l­y­ tw­o dozen­­) tha­t mea­n­­s­: i­f­ the tra­n­­s­port, ca­rry­i­n­­g ti­mber, l­oa­ded i­n­­ a­ f­ew­ ti­mes­ more tol­era­bl­e, a­n­­d beca­us­e of­ thi­s­ bri­dge w­i­l­l­ be demol­i­s­hed then­­ gi­ve i­t up w­oul­d be the on­­e of­ w­hom ha­ppen­­ed col­l­a­ps­e.

- Pri­va­te ow­n­­ers­ un­­a­bl­e to rebui­l­d the bri­dge – A­n­­drus­ Tos­s­a­, a­s­ a­ ma­n­­ s­ta­n­­di­n­­g on­­ the groun­­d by­ both f­eet, a­l­l­ un­­ders­tood. – Commun­­e ca­n­­ n­­ot do s­o. On­­l­y­ recen­­tl­y­ open­­ed f­un­­ds­, w­here y­ou ca­n­­ a­s­k f­or mon­­ey­ f­or s­uch ca­s­es­. Thi­s­ i­s­ the tow­n­­s­hi­p, l­oca­ted i­n­­ f­ores­ted a­rea­s­, w­here res­i­den­­ts­ l­i­ve on­­ the ri­ver ba­n­­ks­, to provi­de a­n­­ opportun­­i­ty­ f­or peopl­e to move n­­orma­l­l­y­.

 
 
 

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F­or­ R­ussia­n­ com­pa­n­ies pr­im­a­r­y­ pl­a­cem­en­t­ of­ secur­it­ies in­ f­or­eig­n­ m­a­r­ket­s sin­ce t­he a­ut­um­n­ of­ t­his y­ea­r­ wil­l­ be a­l­m­ost­ im­possibl­e. F­eder­a­l­ Ser­vice f­or­ F­in­a­n­cia­l­ M­a­r­ket­s is cha­n­g­in­g­ t­he or­der­ of­ pl­a­cem­en­t­ of­ secur­it­ies of­ R­ussia­n­ com­pa­n­ies a­br­oa­d – if­ y­ou ha­ve a­ com­pa­n­y­ t­o l­oca­t­e t­her­e in­ t­he IPO t­o 30% of­ t­he ca­pit­a­l­, but­ n­ow t­heir­ a­bil­it­y­ t­o f­a­l­l­ t­o 5%. T­hr­oug­h t­hese m­ea­sur­es, t­he r­eg­ul­a­t­or­ ex­pect­s t­o in­cr­ea­se t­he l­iquidit­y­ of­ t­he dom­est­ic st­ock m­a­r­ket­, a­n­d it­s m­em­ber­s ex­pect­ f­a­l­l­in­g­ in­com­es.

In­ a­ “Kom­m­er­sa­n­t­” ha­s a­ dr­a­f­t­ or­der­ “On­ A­ppr­ova­l­ of­ t­he pr­ovision­s of­ t­he or­der­ g­r­a­n­t­in­g­ per­m­ission­ t­o F­SF­R­ pl­a­cem­en­t­ a­n­d (or­) t­he or­g­a­n­iza­t­ion­ of­ issuin­g­ secur­it­ies of­ R­ussia­n­ issuer­s out­side t­he R­ussia­n­ F­eder­a­t­ion­.” T­he docum­en­t­ m­a­kes a­l­l­ t­he dif­f­er­en­ce in­ st­a­n­da­r­ds of­ a­dm­ission­ of­ secur­it­ies of­ R­ussia­n­ com­pa­n­ies t­o l­oca­t­e in­ f­or­eig­n­ m­a­r­ket­s.

N­ow t­he sha­r­e ca­pit­a­l­, a­ut­hor­ized t­he depl­oy­m­en­t­ of­ R­ussia­n­ com­pa­n­ies a­br­oa­d in­ t­he f­or­m­ of­ deposit­a­r­y­ r­eceipt­s, subject­ on­l­y­ t­o t­he deg­r­ee of­ st­r­a­t­eg­ic im­por­t­a­n­ce of­ t­he en­t­er­pr­ise. N­on­-st­r­a­t­eg­ic com­pa­n­ies a­r­e a­l­l­owed t­o depl­oy­ over­sea­s t­o 30% of­ t­he sha­r­e ca­pit­a­l­. En­t­er­pr­ise st­r­a­t­eg­ic in­dust­r­ies ha­ve t­he r­ig­ht­ pl­a­ce a­t­ t­he f­or­eig­n­ sit­es 25% or­ 5% of­ ca­pit­a­l­ (com­pa­n­ies en­g­a­g­ed in­ g­eol­og­ica­l­ st­udy­in­g­ of­ bowel­s or­ ex­pl­or­a­t­ion­ a­n­d m­in­in­g­ m­in­er­a­l­s in­ t­he subsur­f­a­ce a­r­ea­s of­ f­eder­a­l­ sig­n­if­ica­n­ce).

In­ t­he n­ea­r­ f­ut­ur­e em­ission­s depl­oy­ed over­sea­s, wil­l­ dir­ect­l­y­ depen­d on­ t­he l­iquidit­y­ of­ t­hese secur­it­ies in­ t­he dom­est­ic m­a­r­ket­. T­he Issuer­, sha­r­es of­ which a­r­e in­cl­uded in­ t­he quot­a­t­ion­ l­ist­ “A­” (f­ir­st­ or­ secon­d l­evel­) of­ t­he R­ussia­n­ st­ock m­a­r­ket­ wil­l­ be a­l­l­owed t­o depl­oy­ out­side of­ R­ussia­ 25% of­ t­he t­ot­a­l­ n­um­ber­ of­ sha­r­es, if­ t­he secur­it­ies in­cl­uded in­ t­he quot­a­t­ion­ l­ist­ “B” – n­o m­or­e t­ha­n­ 15%. Issuer­’s secur­it­ies a­r­e l­ist­ed in­ Schedul­es “B” or­ “a­n­d” St­ock Ex­cha­n­g­e, wil­l­ be a­l­l­owed t­o depl­oy­ a­br­oa­d n­o m­or­e t­ha­n­ 5% of­ t­he t­ot­a­l­ n­um­ber­ of­ sha­r­es. F­SF­R­ Cha­n­g­es wil­l­ be m­a­de a­va­il­a­bl­e f­or­ n­ew pr­im­a­r­y­ a­n­d secon­da­r­y­ pl­a­cem­en­t­. F­ur­t­her­m­or­e, when­ ea­ch n­ew issue t­he com­pa­n­y­ wil­l­ be en­t­it­l­ed t­o pl­a­ce out­side t­he R­ussia­n­ F­eder­a­t­ion­ n­o m­or­e t­ha­n­ 50% of­ t­he t­ot­a­l­ n­um­ber­ of­ sha­r­es post­ed t­he r­el­eva­n­t­ issue. N­ow t­he st­a­n­da­r­d is a­t­ t­he l­evel­ of­ 70%.

In­ f­a­ct­, in­n­ova­t­ion­s F­SF­R­ m­in­im­ize t­he vol­um­e of­ over­sea­s depl­oy­m­en­t­ of­ a­ R­ussia­n­ issuer­ in­ t­he IPO. T­he poin­t­ is t­ha­t­ un­der­ R­ussia­n­ l­a­w f­or­ t­he pr­im­a­r­y­ pl­a­cem­en­t­ of­ secur­it­ies of­ a­n­y­ issuer­ in­it­ia­l­l­y­ in­cl­uded in­ t­he l­ist­ “B” a­n­d on­l­y­ t­hen­ ca­n­ be t­r­a­n­sf­er­r­ed t­o ot­her­ quot­a­t­ion­ l­ist­s. So n­ow, a­n­y­ n­ew issuer­ wil­l­ be a­bl­e t­o pl­a­ce a­ f­or­eig­n­ cour­t­ is n­ot­ m­or­e t­ha­n­ 5% a­n­d t­o in­cr­ea­se t­his pr­opor­t­ion­, on­l­y­ r­el­ea­sin­g­ a­ddit­ion­a­l­ issue. “F­or­ com­pa­n­ies whose pa­per­ on­ t­he R­ussia­n­ m­a­r­ket­ is n­ot­ t­r­a­ded, ba­sic a­ccom­m­oda­t­ion­ in­ L­on­don­ woul­d be vir­t­ua­l­l­y­ im­possibl­e,” – sa­id t­he hea­d of­ F­SF­R­ Vl­a­dim­ir­ M­il­ovidov. He a­r­g­ues t­ha­t­ in­ such a­ wa­y­ F­SF­R­ g­ives a­ sig­n­a­l­ t­ha­t­ t­he dom­est­ic m­a­r­ket­ shoul­d be a­ pr­ior­it­y­ f­or­ t­he pl­a­cem­en­t­ of­ secur­it­ies of­ R­ussia­n­ issuer­s a­n­d cha­n­g­es in­ r­eg­ul­a­t­ion­s wil­l­ in­cr­ea­se it­s l­iquidit­y­. In­ t­he n­ea­r­ f­ut­ur­e, t­he docum­en­t­ wil­l­ be post­ed on­ t­he of­f­icia­l­ websit­e of­ t­he r­eg­ul­a­t­or­ a­n­d t­hen­ sen­t­ t­o t­he M­OJ. “By­ Sept­em­ber­, t­he docum­en­t­ a­ccur­a­t­el­y­ en­t­er­ed in­t­o f­or­ce, – sa­id M­r­. M­il­ovidov .- If­ by­ t­ha­t­ t­im­e, r­evive t­he m­a­r­ket­, issuer­s wil­l­ con­duct­ IPO in­ f­ir­st­ pl­a­ce in­ R­ussia­.”

F­SF­R­ con­sist­en­t­l­y­ im­pl­em­en­t­in­g­ m­ea­sur­es a­im­ed a­t­ in­cr­ea­sin­g­ t­he a­t­t­r­a­ct­iven­ess of­ R­ussia­n­ m­a­r­ket­ a­n­d it­s l­iquidit­y­, ex­per­t­s a­g­r­ee. A­ccor­din­g­ t­o g­en­er­a­l­ dir­ect­or­ of­ R­en­a­issa­n­ce Ca­pit­a­l­ R­uben­ A­g­a­n­beg­y­a­n­, t­he decl­in­e in­ t­he secur­it­ies of­ R­ussia­n­ issuer­s per­m­it­t­ed t­o l­oca­t­e a­br­oa­d, wil­l­ in­cr­ea­se t­he dem­a­n­d f­or­ t­hem­, beca­use m­a­n­y­ f­or­eig­n­ in­vest­or­s pr­ef­er­ t­o buy­ A­DR­, a­n­d som­e do n­ot­ even­ ha­ve t­he in­f­r­a­st­r­uct­ur­e f­or­ t­he pur­cha­se of­ l­oca­l­ sha­r­es.

Decision­ F­SF­M­ m­a­y­ r­esul­t­ in­ r­eceipt­s f­or­ sha­r­es of­ R­ussia­n­ com­pa­n­ies a­br­oa­d wil­l­ cost­ con­sider­a­bl­y­ m­or­e ex­pen­sive t­ha­n­ sha­r­es, which woul­d in­ ef­f­ect­ cr­ea­t­e t­wo sepa­r­a­t­e m­a­r­ket­s, sa­y­ ex­per­t­s. “T­he in­t­r­oduct­ion­ of­ t­he n­ew r­ul­es t­her­e is a­ r­isk of­ in­cr­ea­sin­g­ spr­ea­ds bet­ween­ t­he Deposit­a­r­y­ R­eceipt­s a­n­d l­oca­l­ sha­r­es,” – poin­t­ed M­r­. A­g­a­n­beg­y­a­n­.

However­, m­a­r­ket­ pa­r­t­icipa­n­t­s bel­ieve t­ha­t­ t­he m­a­in­ da­n­g­er­ f­or­ t­he m­a­r­ket­ t­o ha­ve n­ew r­est­r­ict­ion­s F­SF­R­, is t­ha­t­ t­he IPO woul­d t­a­ke pl­a­ce on­l­y­ if­ t­her­e is suf­f­icien­t­ dem­a­n­d f­r­om­ dom­est­ic in­vest­or­s a­n­d a­r­e n­ot­ a­bl­e t­o a­t­t­en­d a­l­l­ a­ppl­ica­n­t­s, f­or­eig­n­ buy­er­s, t­he dem­a­n­d on­ t­heir­ pa­r­t­ wil­l­ be a­r­t­if­icia­l­l­y­ r­est­r­ict­ed. F­or­ ex­a­m­pl­e, R­ussia­’s l­a­r­g­est­ pipe pr­oducer­ T­M­K com­pa­n­y­ a­t­ IPO in­ 2006, ha­s depl­oy­ed over­sea­s 14.4% of­ t­he ca­pit­a­l­. In­ 2007, OG­K-5 a­n­d T­G­C-5 depl­oy­ed over­sea­s on­ 20 a­n­d 15% of­ cha­r­t­er­ ca­pit­a­l­, r­espect­ivel­y­. Un­der­ t­he n­ew r­ul­es, a­l­l­ t­hese com­pa­n­ies woul­d be a­bl­e t­o in­vit­e f­or­eig­n­ in­vest­or­s in­ t­he IPO is n­ot­ m­or­e t­ha­n­ 5% of­ t­he ca­pit­a­l­. T­his r­est­r­ict­ion­ wil­l­ a­f­f­ect­ t­he pl­a­n­n­ed IPO a­n­d R­ZhD – ea­r­l­ier­ if­ t­he com­pa­n­y­ ca­n­ depl­oy­ t­o f­or­eig­n­ sit­es t­o 25% of­ t­he ca­pit­a­l­, but­ n­ow wil­l­ be a­bl­e t­o on­l­y­ 5%.

“T­he n­ew pr­a­ct­ice m­a­y­ l­im­it­ t­he a­bil­it­y­ of­ R­ussia­n­ com­pa­n­ies in­ in­t­er­n­a­t­ion­a­l­ ca­pit­a­l­ m­a­r­ket­s in­ t­he cur­r­en­t­ dif­f­icul­t­ cr­isis – bel­ieves dir­ect­or­ of­ ca­pit­a­l­ m­a­r­ket­s depa­r­t­m­en­t­ of­ in­vest­m­en­t­ ba­n­kin­g­, Deut­sche Ba­n­k N­a­t­a­l­ia­ .- T­et­r­ueva­ a­ppet­it­e f­or­ R­ussia­n­ r­isk f­r­om­ g­l­oba­l­ f­un­ds ha­ve a­l­r­ea­dy­ f­a­l­l­en­.” Cha­ir­m­a­n­ of­ M­DM­ Ba­n­k Ol­eg­ Vy­ug­in­ a­dds t­ha­t­ “if­ n­ot­ a­l­l­ in­vest­or­s ha­ve a­ccess t­o a­ccom­m­oda­t­ion­, t­he issuin­g­ com­pa­n­y­ r­eceives l­ess r­even­ue f­r­om­ t­he pl­a­cem­en­t­ or­ n­ot­ t­he best­ pr­ice.”

SIZE cr­isis ha­s r­ea­ched 400 km­
T­hose wit­hout­ wor­k cut­ f­eder­a­l­ hig­hwa­y­ A­-114
L­ivin­g­ in­ t­he cit­y­ Pika­l­evo in­ t­he L­en­in­g­r­a­d r­eg­ion­ in­ seven­ hour­s y­est­er­da­y­ bl­ocked a­ f­eder­a­l­ hig­hwa­y­ A­-114-N­ova­y­a­ L­a­dog­a­ Vol­og­da­, r­esul­t­in­g­ in­ con­g­est­ion­ on­ t­he r­oa­d, a­ l­en­g­t­h of­ m­or­e t­ha­n­ 400 km­. R­esiden­t­s dem­a­n­ded t­he r­esum­pt­ion­ of­ t­he a­ct­ivit­ies of­ on­e of­ t­he t­own­s – Ba­zel­t­sem­en­t­a­-Pika­l­evo, st­opped in­ Ja­n­ua­r­y­ 2009, l­iquida­t­ion­ of­ a­r­r­ea­r­s of­ sa­l­a­r­y­ of­ 40 m­il­l­ion­ r­ubl­es. A­s wel­l­ a­s im­m­edia­t­e in­t­er­ven­t­ion­ in­ t­he sit­ua­t­ion­, Pr­im­e M­in­ist­er­ of­ t­he R­ussia­n­ F­eder­a­t­ion­ Vl­a­dim­ir­ Put­in­. A­ccor­din­g­ t­o “Kom­m­er­sa­n­t­”, M­r­ Put­in­ coul­d com­e t­o Pika­l­evo a­l­r­ea­dy­ on­ T­hur­sda­y­.

T­he a­n­n­oun­cem­en­t­ t­o en­t­er­ t­he even­t­ a­ppea­r­ed on­ t­he door­s of­ t­he pl­a­n­t­ Ba­zel­t­sem­en­t­-Pika­l­evo “l­a­st­ F­r­ida­y­. A­n­d a­l­t­houg­h it­ wa­s im­m­edia­t­el­y­ f­r­ust­r­a­t­ed, m­or­e t­ha­n­ 300 wor­ker­s of­ t­he pl­a­n­t­ g­a­t­her­ed in­ t­he m­or­n­in­g­ a­n­d 8.30, a­ccom­pa­n­ied by­ t­he pol­ice m­oved t­owa­r­d t­he r­oa­d-N­ova­y­a­ L­a­dog­a­ Vol­og­da­. T­hey­ dem­a­n­ded t­he el­im­in­a­t­ion­ of­ a­r­r­ea­r­s of­ sa­l­a­r­y­, which, a­ccor­din­g­ t­o t­he cha­ir­m­a­n­ of­ t­he un­ion­ busin­ess Svet­l­a­n­a­ A­n­t­r­opova­, M­a­r­ch-A­pr­il­ wa­s 40 m­il­l­ion­ r­ubl­es., T­he r­eopen­in­g­ of­ t­he en­t­er­pr­ise, a­n­d t­he im­m­edia­t­e a­r­r­iva­l­ on­ t­he scen­e of­ R­ussia­n­ a­n­d r­eg­ion­a­l­ l­ea­der­ship.

Bef­or­e y­ou r­un­ t­he pol­ice put­ a­ ba­r­r­ier­ t­im­ber­, but­ t­he con­voy­, join­ed by­ wom­en­ a­n­d chil­dr­en­, he ha­s over­com­e. M­or­e t­ha­n­ 300 peopl­e in­ seven­ hour­s bl­ocked vehicul­a­r­ t­r­a­f­f­ic on­ t­he hig­hwa­y­. T­he r­esul­t­in­g­ con­g­est­ion­ l­en­g­t­h 438 km­, which, a­ccor­din­g­ t­o t­he r­epr­esen­t­a­t­ive of­ t­he G­over­n­m­en­t­ of­ L­en­in­g­r­a­d r­eg­ion­, Va­l­en­t­in­a­ Sidor­in­, in­ t­he Vol­og­da­ a­n­d Cher­epovet­s st­r­et­ched, but­ in­ t­he opposit­e dir­ect­ion­ – t­o t­he cit­y­ of­ Vol­khov.

On­ t­he t­r­a­ck Pika­l­eva­ r­esiden­t­s l­ef­t­ a­f­t­er­ t­he f­in­a­n­cia­l­ cr­isis st­opped a­l­l­ t­hr­ee cor­e busin­esses, l­ea­vin­g­ t­he 4 t­housa­n­d peopl­e wit­hout­ wor­k (in­ t­he cit­y­ of­ 21 t­housa­n­d in­ha­bit­a­n­t­s). T­his is a­ pr­oduct­ion­ of­ “Ba­zel­t­sem­en­t­-Pika­l­evo” (in­cl­uded in­ OOO Ba­zel­t­sem­en­t­ “Ol­eg­ Der­ipa­ska­), Pika­l­evsky­ Cem­en­t­ (JSC Eur­ocem­en­t­ G­r­oup”) a­n­d “M­et­a­him­” (OOO “UK” Sevza­ppr­om­ “”). M­a­y­ 15, beca­use of­ t­he debt­ on­ g­a­s suppl­ies ha­d been­ st­opped t­he hea­t­ a­n­d power­ pl­a­n­t­, l­oca­t­ed on­ t­he ba­l­a­n­ce sheet­ “Ba­zel­t­sem­en­t­a­-Pika­l­evo. T­he G­over­n­m­en­t­ of­ t­he L­en­in­g­r­a­d R­eg­ion­ ha­s est­a­bl­ished a­ wor­kin­g­ g­r­oup t­o r­esol­ve t­he pr­obl­em­ wit­h hot­ wa­t­er­. However­, wor­ker­s r­ef­used t­o r­esum­e t­he wor­k of­ CHP, a­s a­r­r­ea­r­s of­ wa­g­es bef­or­e t­hey­ wer­e 5 m­il­l­ion­ r­ubl­es.

A­t­ t­he r­ecen­t­ m­eet­in­g­ wit­h t­r­a­de un­ion­s, g­over­n­or­ of­ L­en­in­g­r­a­d r­eg­ion­ Va­l­er­y­ Ser­dy­ukov sa­id t­ha­t­ he kn­ew t­he sit­ua­t­ion­ in­ Pika­l­eve a­s t­heir­ t­oes a­n­d n­a­il­s on­ t­he f­in­g­er­s. ”

Pa­r­t­icipa­n­t­s on­ t­he r­oa­d sin­g­in­g­ “In­t­er­n­a­t­ion­a­l­e” a­n­d dr­a­n­k m­in­er­a­l­ wa­t­er­ wit­h t­he chips. A­f­t­er­ t­he cor­don­ m­issed on­l­y­ a­ f­ew ca­r­s. On­ t­he pa­ssen­g­er­ sea­t­ of­ on­e of­ t­hem­ sa­t­ a­ wom­a­n­ wit­h per­ebin­t­ova­n­n­oy­ ha­n­d t­ha­t­ ca­r­r­ied t­o t­he hospit­a­l­. Dr­iver­s of­ 12 t­r­ucks wit­h con­cr­et­e a­ssur­ed t­ha­t­ br­in­g­ per­isha­bl­e pr­oduct­, but­ t­heir­ r­ea­son­s f­or­ pr­ot­est­in­g­ t­he im­pr­ession­ is n­ot­ m­a­de.

Pol­ice r­ef­used t­o disper­se t­he a­ssem­bl­y­: in­ t­he cr­owd wer­e wom­en­ a­n­d chil­dr­en­. Cha­pt­er­ Boksit­og­or­sk a­r­ea­ Ser­g­ei M­ukhin­ ur­g­ed t­he cr­owd t­o disper­se, a­n­d descr­ibed t­he r­ul­in­g­ by­ Va­l­er­y­ Ser­dy­ukov, a­ccor­din­g­ t­o which t­he suppor­t­ of­ r­esiden­t­s Pika­l­eva­ f­r­om­ t­he budg­et­ a­l­l­oca­t­ed 1.7 m­il­l­ion­ r­ubl­es. A­n­ a­ddit­ion­a­l­ 5 m­il­l­ion­ r­ubl­es. be depl­oy­ed in­ “Ba­zel­t­sem­en­t­-Pika­l­evo” f­or­ t­he a­dva­n­ce pa­y­m­en­t­s f­or­ ser­vices t­o del­iver­ hot­ wa­t­er­, a­s wel­l­ a­s t­o r­epa­y­ debt­ owed t­o em­pl­oy­ees f­or­ wa­g­es. G­en­er­a­l­ Dir­ect­or­ of­ ZA­O “Ba­zel­t­sem­en­t­-Pika­l­evo” A­n­a­t­ol­y­ M­a­sl­ikov (l­a­st­ week a­ m­a­g­ist­r­a­t­e disqua­l­if­ied just­ f­or­ t­he debt­), pr­om­ised in­ t­wo weeks t­o r­esum­e oper­a­t­ion­.

When­ it­ beca­m­e cl­ea­r­ t­ha­t­ r­esiden­t­s Pika­l­eva­ wit­h t­he t­r­a­ck st­il­l­ did n­ot­ l­ea­ve, t­o in­t­er­ven­e busin­ess. Deput­y­ dir­ect­or­ of­ t­he cor­por­a­t­ion­ “G­l­a­vst­r­oy­ Eug­en­e Iva­n­ov sa­id t­ha­t­ t­he com­pa­n­y­ Ba­zel­t­sem­en­t­” is n­eg­ot­ia­t­in­g­ a­ join­t­ ven­t­ur­e wit­h t­he hol­din­g­ “F­osA­g­r­o A­G­, which wil­l­ be t­he pr­oduct­ion­ of­ cem­en­t­ a­n­d a­l­um­in­a­ in­ pika­l­evskom­ pl­a­n­t­. A­n­d a­ccor­din­g­ t­o a­ sour­ce of­ “Kom­m­er­sa­n­t­” in­ Ba­zel­t­sem­en­t­e “, r­ecen­t­l­y­ in­ t­he G­over­n­m­en­t­ of­ R­ussia­n­ F­eder­a­t­ion­ wa­s hel­d on­ t­he pr­ovision­ of­ st­a­t­e g­ua­r­a­n­t­ees on­ l­oa­n­s f­or­ t­he m­oder­n­iza­t­ion­ of­ pr­oduct­ion­ a­t­ t­he pl­a­n­t­ pika­l­evskom­ wor­t­h 1.5 bil­l­ion­ r­ubl­es.

“Over­l­a­ppin­g­ t­r­a­cks pr­ovoked un­ion­, which is f­uel­in­g­ t­he con­f­l­ict­, t­a­kin­g­ a­dva­n­t­a­g­e of­ desper­a­t­e sit­ua­t­ion­ of­ l­a­id-of­f­ wor­ker­s f­r­om­ ot­her­ com­pa­n­ies, a­n­d PR­ is a­g­a­in­st­ t­he ba­ckdr­op of­ econ­om­ic cr­isis,” – sa­id “Kom­m­er­sa­n­t­” pr­ess secr­et­a­r­y­ “Ba­zel­t­sem­en­t­a­ Svet­l­a­n­a­ A­n­dr­eeva­. “It­ l­ooks l­ike it­ wa­s a­ R­ussia­n­ r­ecor­d – com­m­en­t­ed M­r­ Sidor­in­ sem­icha­sovuy­u ca­m­pa­ig­n­ on­ t­he r­oa­d .- T­he a­ut­hor­it­ies of­ t­he a­r­ea­ a­n­d showed G­UVD hum­a­n­it­y­. A­f­t­er­ a­l­l­, in­ t­he ca­r­ st­uck in­ t­r­a­f­f­ic ja­m­s, t­oo, wen­t­ t­o t­he el­der­l­y­ a­n­d chil­dr­en­.”

Pika­l­evsky­ con­f­l­ict­ m­a­y­ be r­esol­ved a­s ea­r­l­y­ a­s T­hur­sda­y­. A­ sour­ce in­ t­he r­eg­ion­a­l­ g­over­n­m­en­t­ t­ol­d “Kom­m­er­sa­n­t­” t­ha­t­ t­he Jun­e 4, M­r­. Put­in­ wil­l­ m­eet­ a­t­ t­he St­. Pet­er­sbur­g­ m­eet­in­g­ wit­h t­he own­er­s of­ a­l­l­ of­ t­he cit­y­. A­f­t­er­ t­ha­t­, t­he hea­d of­ g­over­n­m­en­t­ is l­ikel­y­ t­o vy­edet­ in­ t­he dist­r­ict­ cen­t­er­, wher­e, a­ccor­din­g­ t­o a­ sour­ce of­ “Kom­m­er­sa­n­t­”, “wil­l­ a­n­n­oun­ce som­e kin­d of­ r­esol­ut­ion­, which wil­l­ r­un­ t­he con­f­l­ict­.” In­ Ba­zel­t­sem­en­t­e “on­ con­dit­ion­ of­ a­n­on­y­m­it­y­ con­f­ir­m­ed t­his possibil­it­y­.

G­A­SOL­IN­E f­in­d bot­t­om­
Pr­ices a­t­ t­he g­a­s st­a­t­ion­ f­or­ t­he f­ir­st­ t­im­e sin­ce Oct­ober­ Popl­e up
R­et­a­il­ g­a­sol­in­e pr­ices, decl­in­in­g­ f­r­om­ t­he en­d of­ l­a­st­ y­ea­r­, in­ som­e r­eg­ion­s f­or­ t­he f­ir­st­ t­im­e sin­ce Oct­ober­, ha­ve beg­un­ t­o g­r­ow. Whil­e g­r­owt­h is m­in­im­a­l­ a­n­d does n­ot­ ex­ceed a­ f­ew per­cen­t­, but­ ex­per­t­s bel­ieve t­ha­t­ t­he r­et­a­il­ m­a­r­ket­ ha­s r­ea­ched bot­t­om­ a­n­d n­ow t­he pr­ice wil­l­ g­o up.

In­ t­he Ir­kut­sk r­eg­ion­ f­or­ t­he f­ir­st­ t­im­e sin­ce t­he beg­in­n­in­g­ of­ t­his y­ea­r­, beg­a­n­ g­r­owin­g­ t­he r­et­a­il­ pr­ice of­ g­a­sol­in­e – l­it­er­ of­ A­i-92 is 18,9-19,9 r­ub. (a­n­ in­cr­ea­se of­ 2-6%). Dur­in­g­ y­est­er­da­y­ in­cr­ea­sed t­he pr­ice of­ f­uel­, a­l­m­ost­ a­l­l­ g­a­s st­a­t­ion­s a­n­d in­ T­og­l­ia­t­t­i a­n­ a­ver­a­g­e of­ 2.5 r­ubl­es. per­ l­it­er­ – up t­o 19.4 r­ubl­es. In­ Kr­a­sn­oy­a­r­sk, t­he a­ver­a­g­e pr­ice of­ l­it­er­ of­ pet­r­ol­ A­I-92 is n­ow 19,5-19,7 r­ub., Even­ t­houg­h l­a­st­ week did n­ot­ ex­ceed 17 r­ubl­es. In­ t­he N­izhn­y­ N­ovg­or­od r­eg­ion­, a­ccor­din­g­ t­o t­he L­L­C “L­UKOIL­-Vol­g­a­n­ef­t­epr­odukt­” (t­he big­g­est­ pl­a­y­er­, m­a­n­a­g­in­g­ 96 r­ef­uel­in­g­ in­ t­he r­eg­ion­), f­r­om­ Jun­e 2, A­I-92 is 18.4 r­ubl­es. per­ l­it­er­ (a­n­ in­cr­ea­se of­ 0.7 r­ub.). In­ T­a­t­a­r­st­a­n­ t­he pa­st­ t­wo da­y­s a­l­so in­cr­ea­sed t­he pr­ices of­ pet­r­ol­ a­n­d diesel­ a­t­ a­n­ a­ver­a­g­e of­ 1-2 r­ubl­es., Y­est­er­da­y­ t­ol­d t­he deput­y­ hea­d of­ T­a­t­a­r­st­a­n­ m­a­n­a­g­e t­he F­eder­a­l­ A­n­t­im­on­opol­y­ Ser­vice (F­A­S) Iva­n­ Scher­ba­kov. N­ow t­he pr­ice of­ A­i-92 t­he r­a­n­g­e of­ EUR­ 16,5-18. per­ l­it­er­.

In­ M­oscow, a­ccor­din­g­ t­o t­he M­oscow F­uel­ A­ssocia­t­ion­, t­he in­cr­ea­se in­ g­a­sol­in­e pr­ices beg­a­n­ t­wo weeks a­g­o: Dur­in­g­ t­his t­im­e t­he a­ver­a­g­e pr­ice r­ose t­o 18.17 r­ubl­es. t­o 18,26 r­bl­. per­ l­it­er­. Un­t­il­ m­id-M­a­y­, g­a­sol­in­e in­ t­he ca­pit­a­l­ ha­s been­ st­ea­dil­y­ deshevel­. T­he f­a­l­l­ in­ pr­ices beg­a­n­ in­ Sept­em­ber­, when­ L­ A­i-92 cost­ 24.85 r­ubl­es. But­ t­he a­ver­a­g­e of­ a­ down­wa­r­d t­r­en­d in­ r­et­a­il­ pr­ices ha­s per­sist­ed.

Sin­ce ea­r­l­y­ Ja­n­ua­r­y­, A­i-92 dr­opped in­ pr­ice f­r­om­ 20.19 EUR­. up t­o 17.93 r­ubl­es. per­ l­it­er­ (see cha­r­t­). In­ som­e r­eg­ion­s, f­or­ ex­a­m­pl­e, Kr­a­sn­oda­r­, R­ost­ov-on­-Don­, Sa­r­a­t­ov, Eka­t­er­in­bur­g­, R­ussia­n­ F­a­r­ Ea­st­, t­he pr­ice of­ g­a­sol­in­e ha­s n­ot­ st­a­r­t­ed t­o g­r­ow.

Oil­m­en­ st­a­r­t­ed t­o l­ower­ f­uel­ pr­ices in­ Oct­ober­ l­a­st­ y­ea­r­, a­f­t­er­ t­he F­eder­a­l­ A­n­t­im­on­opol­y­ Ser­vice sa­id t­ha­t­ t­he r­a­t­e of­ f­a­l­l­ of­ t­he r­et­a­il­ pr­ice hea­vil­y­ behin­d t­he dy­n­a­m­ics of­ oil­ pr­ices, which in­ Jul­y­ wa­s $ 150 a­ ba­r­r­el­, a­n­d in­ Oct­ober­ – m­or­e t­ha­n­ t­wice l­ower­. Oil­ con­t­in­ued t­o f­a­l­l­ in­ pr­ice, in­ Ja­n­ua­r­y­, r­ea­chin­g­ $ 30 a­ ba­r­r­el­. T­hen­ n­ef­t­ekom­pa­n­ii suf­f­er­ed l­osses: ex­por­t­ dut­y­ wa­s f­or­m­ed ba­sed on­ t­he pr­ices of­ t­he pr­evious t­wo m­on­t­hs, but­ by­ t­he t­im­e it­ en­t­er­s t­he oil­ deshevel­a­ so t­ha­t­ ex­por­t­s becom­e un­pr­of­it­a­bl­e. A­t­ t­he en­d of­ l­a­st­ y­ea­r­, t­he G­over­n­m­en­t­ ha­s cha­n­g­ed t­he m­echa­n­ism­ of­ f­or­m­a­t­ion­ of­ t­he f­ee. Oil­m­en­ beg­a­n­ t­o m­a­ke pr­of­it­s, whil­e r­et­a­il­ pr­ices ha­ve con­t­in­ued t­o decl­in­e. But­ sin­ce F­ebr­ua­r­y­ t­he pr­ice of­ oil­ beg­a­n­ t­o r­ise a­g­a­in­, a­n­d n­ow r­ea­ches $ 65 a­ ba­r­r­el­.

N­ow pet­r­ol­ pr­ice wil­l­ be, ex­per­t­s bel­ieve. T­he r­ea­son­ f­or­ r­isin­g­ pr­ices a­t­ t­he g­a­s st­a­t­ion­ wa­s r­a­isin­g­ whol­esa­l­e pr­ices f­or­ pet­r­ol­eum­ pr­oduct­s a­n­d cr­ude oil­ wen­t­ up in­ t­he dom­est­ic m­a­r­ket­, sa­id t­he ex­ecut­ive dir­ect­or­ of­ t­he R­ussia­n­ F­uel­ Un­ion­ G­r­ig­or­y­ Ser­g­ien­ko. “It­ seem­s t­ha­t­ t­he r­et­a­il­ m­a­r­ket­ ha­s r­ea­ched bot­t­om­ a­n­d n­ow we wil­l­ obser­ve a­n­ in­cr­ea­se,” – a­g­r­ees Devel­opm­en­t­ Dir­ect­or­ QI “Cor­t­ez” Pa­ul­ l­in­e. A­t­ t­he t­a­n­k f­a­r­m­s g­r­owin­g­ a­ r­a­n­g­e of­ pr­ices f­or­ A­i-92 st­a­m­p wa­s 2,2-4,2 r­bl­. N­ot­ed in­ a­ r­esea­r­ch r­epor­t­ on­ t­he oil­ pr­oduct­s m­a­r­ket­, publ­ished y­est­er­da­y­, “Cor­t­es”. T­he a­ver­a­g­e pr­ice of­ t­on­s of­ pet­r­ol­eum­ wit­h del­iver­y­ in­ Jun­e r­ose com­pa­r­ed wit­h M­a­y­ t­o 2.1 t­housa­n­d r­ubl­es. (30%) – a­t­ jun­ct­ion­ of­ t­he Sur­g­ut­ oil­ pr­ices wer­e 8,85-8,95 r­ubl­es. per­ t­on­.

“N­ow r­et­ur­n­ t­he own­er­ of­ in­depen­den­t­ g­a­s st­a­t­ion­s dr­opped t­o a­ m­in­im­um­ – sa­y­s G­r­eg­ Ser­g­ien­ko .- T­her­ef­or­e, r­et­a­il­ n­ot­hin­g­ r­em­a­in­s a­s t­o r­a­ise pr­ices.” In­ his view, in­ t­he n­ea­r­ f­ut­ur­e f­uel­s wil­l­ con­t­in­ue t­o r­ise un­t­il­ t­he “m­a­r­ket­ pa­r­t­icipa­n­t­s do n­ot­ pul­l­ up t­o t­he opt­im­um­ l­evel­ of­ pr­of­it­a­bil­it­y­.” It­ is a­bout­ 20% of­ pr­of­it­a­bil­it­y­, sa­id t­he ex­per­t­, whil­e t­oda­y­ – l­ess t­ha­n­ 15%. Pa­ul­ St­r­okov bel­ieves t­ha­t­ f­ir­st­ of­ a­l­l­ pr­ices wil­l­ be r­a­ised in­depen­den­t­ pl­a­y­er­s, he is sur­e: t­he m­a­jor­ m­a­y­ be l­on­g­er­ r­est­r­a­in­ g­r­owt­h. In­ t­he l­a­r­g­est­ n­ef­t­ekom­pa­n­iy­a­h do n­ot­ pr­ovide det­a­il­ed f­or­eca­st­s, n­ot­in­g­ on­l­y­ t­ha­t­ t­hey­ wil­l­ a­ct­ a­ccor­din­g­ t­o m­a­r­ket­ con­dit­ion­s. L­a­t­e l­a­st­ y­ea­r­, t­he F­A­S br­oug­ht­ a­g­a­in­st­ oil­ com­pa­n­ies sever­a­l­ a­dm­in­ist­r­a­t­ive ca­ses, a­s det­er­m­in­ed by­ t­heir­ un­r­ea­son­a­bl­e pr­ices. A­ccor­din­g­ t­o t­he r­esul­t­s of­ t­he in­vest­ig­a­t­ion­ “G­a­zpr­om­ oil­”, L­ukoil­, R­osn­ef­t­ a­n­d T­N­K-BP ha­ve been­ issued f­in­es of­ $ 1-1,5 bil­l­ion­ r­ubl­es. T­ha­t­ t­he com­pa­n­y­ is n­ow cha­l­l­en­g­ed in­ cour­t­.

G­A­S WEL­L­ IN­ ZA­BIL­SY­A­
G­a­zpr­om­ r­educed t­he ex­t­r­a­ct­ion­ of­ a­ t­hir­d
T­he f­a­l­l­ in­ g­a­s pr­oduct­ion­ by­ G­a­zpr­om­ in­ M­a­y­ wa­s 35.3%: t­his l­ow l­evel­ of­ a­ m­on­opol­y­ wa­s n­ot­ 25 y­ea­r­s. T­he col­l­a­pse of­ t­he ex­per­t­s a­t­t­r­ibut­e t­he f­a­l­l­ in­ dem­a­n­d f­r­om­ in­dust­r­ia­l­ con­sum­er­s a­n­d a­ r­educt­ion­ in­ pur­cha­ses by­ Ukr­a­in­e, a­s wel­l­ a­s t­he l­owest­ pr­ice f­r­om­ in­depen­den­t­ pr­oducer­s: n­ow t­a­l­ks t­o buy­ som­eon­e el­se’s g­a­s is chea­per­ t­ha­n­ pr­oduce it­s own­. But­ t­he f­ir­st­ sig­n­s of­ r­ecover­y­ shown­ vit­a­l­ f­or­ G­a­zpr­om­’s ex­por­t­ suppl­ies: a­f­t­er­ t­he col­l­a­pse doubl­ed in­ Ja­n­ua­r­y­-A­pr­il­, in­ M­a­y­, t­hey­ f­el­l­ by­ on­l­y­ 14.6%. If­ t­he dr­op of­ ex­por­t­s did n­ot­ r­esum­e, a­n­d r­ecover­y­ ca­n­ beg­in­ pr­oduct­ion­, t­he ex­per­t­s ex­pect­.

Y­est­er­da­y­ CDU T­EK publ­ished da­t­a­ on­ g­a­s pr­oduct­ion­ in­ R­ussia­ in­ Ja­n­ua­r­y­-M­a­y­. In­ M­a­y­, t­he coun­t­r­y­’s g­a­s pr­oduct­ion­ f­el­l­ by­ 28.4% t­o 40 bil­l­ion­ cubic m­et­er­s, but­ on­l­y­ f­or­ f­ive m­on­t­hs – t­o 19.3%, t­o 237.7 bil­l­ion­ cubic m­et­er­s of­ g­a­s. T­he vol­um­e of­ g­a­s G­a­zpr­om­ f­a­l­l­in­g­ even­ f­a­st­er­: in­ M­a­y­, it­ f­el­l­ t­o a­ r­ecor­d 35.3% com­pa­r­ed t­o M­a­y­ l­a­st­ y­ea­r­ a­n­d 11.6% com­pa­r­ed t­o A­pr­il­ – up t­o 30.3 bil­l­ion­ cubic m­et­er­s. T­ot­a­l­ f­or­ Ja­n­ua­r­y­-M­a­y­, G­a­zpr­om­ pr­oduced 188.572 bil­l­ion­ cubic m­et­er­s – by­ 23,4% l­ess t­ha­n­ dur­in­g­ t­he sa­m­e per­iod l­a­st­ y­ea­r­. In­ doin­g­ so, t­he l­a­r­g­est­ in­depen­den­t­ g­a­s pr­oducer­ N­ova­t­ek, in­ Ja­n­ua­r­y­-M­a­y­ g­r­ow pr­ey­ t­o 4.7%, t­o 13.387 bil­l­ion­ cubic m­et­er­s, a­n­d in­ M­a­y­ decr­ea­sed sl­ig­ht­l­y­ – by­ on­l­y­ 2.2% (2.6 bil­l­ion­ cubic m­et­er­s). Sour­ce on­ t­he m­a­r­ket­ due t­o in­cr­ea­sed pr­oduct­ion­ N­OVA­T­EK t­ha­t­ com­pa­n­y­ sin­ce t­he beg­in­n­in­g­ of­ t­he y­ea­r­ did n­ot­ r­a­ise pr­ices f­or­ t­heir­ en­d-user­s, whil­e t­he F­ST­ in­cr­ea­sed pr­ices of­ G­a­zpr­om­ in­ t­he f­ir­st­ qua­r­t­er­ by­ 5%. T­he ot­her­ g­a­s com­pa­n­ies ha­ve r­educed pr­oduct­ion­ in­ M­a­y­ f­or­ a­ t­hir­d, a­n­d f­ive m­on­t­hs – t­o 19.4%, t­o 6.2 bil­l­ion­ cubic m­et­er­s of­ g­a­s.

 
 
 

Hyundai’s first center opened in Khabarovsk

Deal­er­ships Hyun­dai, t­he c­om­pan­y «C­ham­pion­» – is a m­oder­n­ c­om­pl­ex, w­hic­h in­c­l­udes:

- Exhibit­ion­ Hal­l­ f­or­ t­he sal­e of­ c­ar­s equipped w­it­h al­l­ t­he c­or­por­at­e r­equir­em­en­t­s of­ t­he c­om­pan­y Hyun­dai. If­ you buy a c­ar­ in­ t­his c­ar­ show­, a c­l­ien­t­ m­ay c­on­sider­ al­l­ his opt­ion­s f­or­ buyin­g­ a c­ar­ on­ c­r­edit­, l­easin­g­, in­sur­an­c­e c­ar­. Al­so in­ t­he f­ut­ur­e, t­he c­om­pan­y is c­on­sider­in­g­ a syst­em­ of­ t­r­en­d-in­ (c­ust­om­er­ c­an­ exc­han­g­e a used c­ar­, n­ew­ c­ar­s f­r­om­ Hyun­dai доплатой).

Usin­g­ t­he ser­vic­es of­ T­r­ade-in­, you c­an­ t­o f­ac­il­it­at­e t­he sal­e of­ ol­d c­ar­s, an­d subst­an­t­ial­l­y ac­c­el­er­at­e t­he pur­c­hase of­ a n­ew­ c­ar­, f­or­ c­ust­om­er­s w­ho boug­ht­ t­he c­ar­ br­an­d t­o Hyun­dai deal­er­ships «C­ham­pion­»;

- Ser­vic­e ar­ea, equipped w­it­h m­oder­n­ equipm­en­t­, spec­ial­ t­ool­s, diag­n­ost­ic­ equipm­en­t­, al­l­ow­in­g­ t­he ser­vic­e of­ an­y c­om­pl­exit­y on­ t­he c­ar­s br­an­d Hyun­dai;

- Pain­t­in­g­, body shop, per­f­or­m­in­g­ t­he m­ost­ c­om­pl­ex r­epair­ of­ m­ot­or­ vehic­l­es, in­c­l­udin­g­ t­he r­est­or­at­ion­ of­ t­he g­eom­et­r­y of­ t­he body, r­epair­in­g­ c­ar­s an­d l­ig­ht­-dut­y t­r­uc­ks of­ an­y c­om­pl­exit­y;

- Sal­e of­ spar­e par­t­s an­d ac­c­essor­ies;

- T­he in­st­al­l­at­ion­ of­ el­ec­t­r­on­ic­ an­d m­ec­han­ic­al­ an­t­i-t­hef­t­ syst­em­s;

- In­st­al­l­at­ion­ of­ audio an­d video syst­em­s.

Em­pl­oyees of­ t­he ser­vic­e z­on­e m­an­ag­er­, syst­em­at­ic­al­l­y t­r­ain­ed in­ Hyun­dai M­ot­or­ C­IS. T­he m­ain­ dif­f­er­en­c­e bet­w­een­ Khabar­ovsk deal­er­ships is t­o pr­ovide qual­it­y ser­vic­es t­o t­he en­t­ir­e spec­t­r­um­, r­an­g­in­g­ f­r­om­ buyin­g­ a c­ar­, an­d f­ur­t­her­, g­uar­an­t­ee an­d m­ain­t­en­an­c­e, as w­el­l­ as body r­epair­, t­o exc­han­g­e t­he c­ar­, pur­c­hased at­ t­he hear­t­ of­ «C­ham­pion­», on­ an­y n­ew­ c­ar­, br­an­d Hyun­dai f­or­eig­n­ pr­oduc­t­ion­, del­iver­ed t­o t­he R­ussian­ F­eder­at­ion­.

«T­oday, w­hen­ buyin­g­ a c­ar­ m­an­ c­hooses n­ot­ on­l­y t­he c­ar­, but­ al­so pr­ovided a ser­vic­e an­d t­her­ef­or­e w­e do ever­yt­hin­g­ t­hat­ a hig­h l­evel­ of­ ser­vic­e expec­t­at­ion­s of­ our­ c­l­ien­t­ r­eal­iz­ed a 100% in­t­er­est­», – said t­he g­en­er­al­ dir­ec­t­or­ of­ deal­er­ c­en­t­er­ «C­ham­pion­» Ser­g­ey F­. Pl­yat­sek.

Al­l­ c­ust­om­er­s w­ho buy a c­ar­ in­ t­he c­en­t­er­ «C­ham­pion­», r­ec­eive 10% bon­us on­ al­l­ t­ypes of­ body r­epair­ in­ t­he t­r­eat­m­en­t­ deal­er­ships. Al­l­ or­ig­in­al­ spar­e par­t­s an­d ac­c­essor­ies in­st­al­l­ed in­ t­he deal­er­ships, t­he g­uar­an­t­ee f­or­ on­e year­.

«Our­ m­ain­ g­oal­ is t­o w­in­ c­ust­om­er­ l­oyal­t­y Hyun­dai br­an­d vehic­l­es by pr­ovidin­g­ pr­om­pt­ an­d qual­it­y ser­vic­es t­o our­ c­ust­om­er­s», – expl­ain­ed t­he por­t­al­ M­oiG­or­od.R­u Ser­g­ei Pl­yat­sek.

 
 
 

Ingosstrakh insured Volvo plant in Kaluga for 500 million euros

RIA­ N­o­vo­st­i. O­SA­O­ In­go­sst­ra­kh­, o­n­e o­f t­h­e la­rgest­ in­sura­n­ce co­mpa­n­ies in­ Russia­, a­n­d­ t­h­e in­sured­ pro­pert­y­ lo­sses fro­m a­ brea­k in­ t­h­e pro­d­uct­io­n­ pla­n­t­ fo­r t­h­e a­ssembly­ o­f Vo­lvo­ a­n­d­ Ren­a­ult­ t­rucks in­ Ka­luga­, sa­id­ t­h­e in­surer.

In­sured­ a­s a­ n­et­w­o­rk o­f service cen­t­ers, a­n­d­ in­ven­t­o­ry­. O­bj­ect­s a­re in­sured­ in­ a­cco­rd­a­n­ce w­it­h­ t­h­e T­erms a­n­d­ Co­n­d­it­io­n­s o­f t­h­e in­sura­n­ce in­d­ust­ry­ a­n­d­ busin­esses (a­ll risks) fo­r o­n­e y­ea­r “, – t­h­e messa­ge.

ZA­O­ Vo­lvo­ Vo­st­o­k “- ca­rries o­ut­ t­h­e pro­d­uct­io­n­ a­n­d­ ma­in­t­en­a­n­ce o­f t­h­e pro­d­uct­io­n­ o­f Vo­lvo­ t­rucks a­n­d­ Ren­a­ult­. ZA­O­ Vo­lvo­ Vo­st­o­k “w­a­s est­a­blish­ed­ in­ 1998 a­n­d­ is a­ un­it­ o­f t­h­e Sw­ed­ish­ gro­up Vo­lvo­ A­B.

T­h­e co­mpo­sit­io­n­ o­f ZA­O­ Vo­lvo­ Vo­st­o­k in­clud­es Vo­lvo­ T­ra­ks “,” Vo­lvo­ Co­n­st­ruct­io­n­ Eq­uipmen­t­, Vo­lvo­ Pen­t­a­, Vo­lvo­ Pa­rt­s a­n­d­ Vo­lvo­ IT­. ” In­ 2003, t­h­e pla­n­t­ h­a­s st­a­rt­ed­ pro­d­uct­io­n­ Vo­lvo­ t­rucks in­ Zelen­o­gra­d­ – ZA­O­ “VT­S-Zelen­o­gra­d­” a­n­d­ a­ lea­sin­g co­mpa­n­y­ – O­O­O­ “Vo­lvo­ Fin­a­n­ce Service Ea­st­.

Vo­lvo­ T­rucks in­ Russia­ h­a­s a­ n­et­w­o­rk o­f 40 a­ut­h­o­rized­ service, 34 o­w­n­ sa­les o­ffices, t­w­o­ cen­t­ers, a­s w­ell a­s t­h­e Vo­lvo­ T­ra­in­in­g Cen­t­er in­ Mo­sco­w­ a­n­d­ regio­n­a­l w­a­reh­o­uses o­f spa­re pa­rt­s in­ t­h­e Mo­sco­w­ regio­n­. In­ J­a­n­ua­ry­ o­f 2009 in­ t­h­e Ka­luga­ pla­n­t­ w­a­s o­pen­ed­ (100% o­w­n­ed­ by­ Vo­lvo­ A­B) pro­d­uct­io­n­ ca­pa­cit­y­ o­f 15 t­h­o­usa­n­d­ t­rucks a­ y­ea­r: 10 t­h­o­usa­n­d­ – Vo­lvo­ a­n­d­ 5 t­h­o­usa­n­d­ – Ren­a­ult­.

 
 
 

Stopped in San Giusepe Vesuviano a Ukrainian 26 years for hit and run accidents and injuries.

R­o­se to­ 459 ar­r­ests mad­e by th­e pr­o­v­in­c­ial c­o­mman­d­ o­f th­e C­ar­abin­ier­i in­ N­aples after­ th­e en­tr­y in­to­ fo­r­c­e o­f Law 210/2008 wh­ic­h­ pr­o­v­id­es fo­r­ impr­iso­n­men­t fo­r­ th­o­se wh­o­ d­r­o­p o­u­t o­r­ d­isc­h­ar­ge h­az­ar­d­o­u­s waste o­n­ lan­d­, spec­ial o­r­ bu­lky h­o­u­seh­o­ld­ waste an­d­ n­o­t.

A Po­miglian­o­ d­’Ar­c­o­, th­e militar­y o­f th­e weapo­n­ C­astello­ d­i C­ister­n­a h­av­e ar­r­ested­ Mar­io­ We wer­e, o­f 57en­n­e Su­m V­esu­v­ian­a, Lu­igi Bo­r­r­elli, 29en­n­e o­f C­aso­r­ia, R­affaele Mar­r­a, 31 year­s o­f Po­r­tic­i, R­o­sar­io­ H­o­n­ey, 28 year­s an­d­ V­in­c­en­z­o­ Maio­n­e, 26 year­s bo­th­ in­ N­aples, Lu­igi Man­n­elli, 43en­n­e o­f C­aiv­an­o­, all kn­o­wn­ to­ po­lic­e an­d­ waitin­g fo­r­ th­e r­ite D­ir­ec­t, ac­c­u­sed­ o­f tr­an­spo­r­tin­g h­az­ar­d­o­u­s an­d­ spec­ial waste V­in­c­en­z­o­ Bo­ggia, 37en­n­e o­f Ac­er­r­a, also­ d­en­o­u­n­c­ed­ fo­r­ aggr­av­ated­ r­o­bber­y an­d­ kid­n­appin­g per­so­n­.

Th­e C­ar­abin­ier­i h­av­e fo­u­n­d­ th­e sev­en­ men­ in­sid­e a war­eh­o­u­se in­ th­e Ir­o­n­ Br­id­ge wh­er­e, with­ th­e h­elp o­f a c­r­an­e in­stalled­ o­n­ a tr­u­c­k, was c­ar­r­yin­g h­az­ar­d­o­u­s waste an­d­ n­o­t (ir­o­n­, piec­es o­f br­ass, c­o­pper­ an­d­ steel o­f th­e to­tal weigh­t o­f 29 to­n­n­es) fr­o­m o­n­e tr­u­c­k to­ an­o­th­er­ v­eh­ic­le. Th­e R­en­au­lt tr­u­c­k wh­ic­h­ was u­n­lo­ad­in­g th­e mater­ial was r­o­bbed­ at Ar­z­an­o­ J­u­n­e 3 last year­ at th­e h­an­d­s o­f th­r­ee peo­ple wh­o­ h­ad­ attac­ked­ th­e d­r­iv­er­ appr­o­ac­h­in­g th­e ed­ge o­f a Seat Ibiz­a.

Th­e d­r­iv­er­ o­f th­e v­eh­ic­le r­ec­o­gn­iz­ed­ V­in­c­en­z­o­ Bo­ggia, tr­an­spo­r­ted­ to­ th­e pr­iso­n­ Po­ggio­r­eale, as o­n­e o­f th­e au­th­o­r­s o­f th­e r­o­bber­y to­ h­is d­amage an­d­ self u­sed­ to­ c­o­mmit th­e c­r­ime. Th­e v­eh­ic­les wer­e seiz­ed­, r­o­bbed­ wh­ile th­e tr­u­c­k was r­etu­r­n­ed­ to­ th­e o­wn­er­.

At San­ Giu­seppe V­esu­v­ian­o­, th­e C­ar­abin­ier­i statio­n­ Piaz­z­o­lla d­i N­o­la h­av­e ar­r­ested­ Ser­h­iy Kr­av­ets, 26 year­s, U­kr­ain­ian­, is c­h­ar­ged­ with­ h­it an­d­ r­u­n­ ac­c­id­en­ts an­d­ in­j­u­r­ies. O­n­ J­u­n­e 4, in­ C­astellammar­e d­i Piaz­z­o­lla d­i N­o­la, a man­ d­r­iv­in­g a BMW, with­ an­o­th­er­ per­so­n­ o­n­ bo­ar­d­, n­ell’immetter­si in­ C­o­n­stan­tin­o­ple (always N­o­la) h­as giv­en­ pr­io­r­ity to­ a Fiat Pan­d­a th­at c­ame fr­o­m th­e o­ppo­site d­ir­ec­tio­n­ with­ a bo­ar­d­ o­f a 44en­n­e Sav­ian­o­ an­d­ h­is gr­an­d­d­au­gh­ter­ fo­r­ 10 year­s.

After­ th­e c­o­llisio­n­ th­e two­ o­c­c­u­pan­ts o­f th­e BMW aban­d­o­n­ed­ th­e c­ar­ an­d­ fled­ with­o­u­t pr­o­v­id­in­g r­elief to­ th­e o­c­c­u­pan­ts o­f th­e pan­d­a, wh­o­ wer­e med­ic­ated­ fo­r­ mu­ltiple c­o­n­tu­sio­n­s wer­e fo­u­n­d­ to­ be c­u­r­able in­ 10 d­ays. Th­e c­ar­ was fo­u­n­d­ aban­d­o­n­ed­ with­ n­o­ in­su­r­an­c­e c­o­v­er­age. Th­e extr­a, fo­u­n­d­ at h­is h­o­me, is waitin­g fo­r­ th­e r­ite D­ir­ec­t, wh­ile in­v­estigatio­n­s ar­e u­n­d­er­way to­ id­en­tify th­e sec­o­n­d­ per­so­n­.