The amount of mortgages will increase 7.6-fold by 2008 compared with 2004, to RUR 151 billion (about $5.3 billion) according to the "Affordable and Comfortable Housing for Russians" project, Yuri Tyrtyshov, deputy head of Russia’s federal agency for construction and housing and communal services, said at a conference on Wednesday.
Analysts at the Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker international agency have compiled a table of the most expensive streets in the world, which includes Moscow`s Tverskaya Street in seventh place, ahead of Tokyo`s Ginza, streets in Beverly Hills, and also the up-market areas of Sydney, Toronto and Montreal.
THE HAGUE, November 3 - Russian President Vladimir Putin ended his visit to the Netherlands on Wednesday.
A California pet lover has founded an internet radio station designed to ease the lives of lonely dogs and cats around the world.
ORENBURG, November 3 - A young man has died of hemorrhagic fever in Orenburg, Southern Urals, the chief doctor of the city’s infectious diseases hospital Viktor Meshcheryakov said on Wednesday.
CAIRO, November 3, 2005 - The sweeping majority of Muslims world-wide will celebrate `Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on Thursday, November 3.
Incest is sexual intercourse between close relatives (parents and children, sisters and brothers).
Russian and British naval officers will celebrate 200 anniversary of Trafalgar battle in St. Petersburg.
In capital opened exhibition where were presented the newest samples of special and military techniques necessary for state security.
Recently in Moscow salon of elite roofing "Krishavel" was held an action of puzzle assembling from BRAAS tile. As a result a new record appeared in "Russian Records Book".
At the age of 106 years died the last veteran who participated in World War I.
There should be two guys and one girl consisting of "Hi-Fi" group. That was a plan of the creator of this group. There are serious problems with a girl in the group.
David Copperfield shocks his audience again by his trick.
Ksenia Sobchak with her mother Ludmila Narusova have frozen on a quay while waiting banquet ship where should be a festive supper of master of style Sergei Zverev.
Famous actor, art director of Theatre of satire Alexandr Shirvindt is reputed exemplary family man.
Doctors will treat mental disorder - passion for e-Bay.
USA Ministry of Energy and Department of Nature Protection announced the list of the most economic cars.
According to statistics every year about 30 thousand criminal cases happen in Russia.
Resort Sharm el-Sheih will be surrounded by the security wall.
Belgian police arrested the council of Turkish prime-minister on suspicion of kidnapping a Turkish businessman.
In the city Tween-Folls (Idaho state) police arrested a person who intended to deposit $1bln at a bank, each note was $1mln worth.
For the first time in the history of USA in the White House library the holy book Koran appeared.
Alexander Abdulov who produced a movie "The musicians of Bremen" intends to make a new movie - by Alexsey Tolstoy novel "Hyperboloid of engineer Garin".
Blinking green signal of traffic lights becomes a thing of the past. Department of communications of Duma in Riga decided to expel it.
Vologda exploring group found smashed aircraft Junkers 88 of times of Second world war in a forest at a distance of 70 km from Vologda.