What the history of the unity and struggle of Vladimir Potanin and Oleg Deripaska showed: the opinion of former Yukos lawyers There is no company in Russian corporate and privatization history more controversial than Norilsk Nickel. As soon as there is any talk about the unfair distribution of national wealth, they immediately remember it: how are the oligarchs making money from Russian rare metals, is it not time to take the former state property back into the treasury?

Russian state-owned companies are an ideal source of enrichment: there is a lot of money, but it is not distributed transparently. It is not surprising that for many businessmen, joining the financial flows of Gazprom, Russian Railways, etc. is a cherished dream The volume of Gazprom's investment program for 2010 is astronomical $30.2 billion. The largest item is capital construction, about $24.5 billion.

In the Tomsk region, an intoxicated police officer hit three tenth grade students who were walking along the road in the same direction. An ambulance arriving at the scene of the accident ran over one of the victims: the girl died as a result of her injuries. It should be noted that it has not yet been reported how serious the injuries received by the deceased as a result of the first accident were.

What is the connection between golden planes and the poor investment climate in Russia? When in the Soviet Union of the late stagnation era they decided to translate Thorstein Veblen’s The Theory of the Leisure Class, the initiators could not even imagine in their wildest dreams that in the 2000s the pictures of decadence and decay of American capitalism of the late 19th century described in the book would come to life on the streets Moscow.

The net profit of JSC Gazprom Neft according to Russian accounting standards (RAS) in January-September 2010 decreased by 6% compared to the same period in 2009 - to 40.024 billion rubles, the RIA Novosti agency reports, citing a company statement. At the same time, in the third quarter, compared to the second quarter of this year, net profit increased 3.3 times - to 19.871 billion rubles.

In the village of Zarechnoye, Primorsky Territory, a fire occurred in one of the private houses: during the extinguishing, the bodies of two children were found there. Investigative authorities have already begun checking the incident, assistant to the head of the regional Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Aurora Rimskaya told the RIA Novosti agency. The incident occurred on Tuesday, October 19. What caused the fire remains unknown.

The incident with the seizure of a large sum of money at an Israeli airport from assistants of Russian senator Suleiman Kerimov (No. 19 on the Forbes list agency reports, , net worth: $5.5 billion), which occurred the day before, is an “unfortunate misunderstanding,” the Interfax citing a source close to the senator. . “The funds seized by Israeli customs officers - €100,000 - were intended exclusively for charitable purposes.

This test will allow you to evaluate your entrepreneurial talent and understand whether you should start your own business or whether it is better to remain employed . It is based on the Entrepreneur Personality Test by Thomas Harrison , executive at Diversified Agency Services and author of Instinct: Use Your DNA to Achieve Your Business Goals. The test has five sections: you must answer all questions in each section. Read the methodology only after you take the test and answer honestly!

Anyone who is even superficially familiar with the structure of the Russian oil industry knows the acronym “VINK” (vertically integrated companies). Meanwhile, in the early 1990s, it was not at all obvious that the industry would be privatized in the form of large corporations.

On the morning of Wednesday, October 19, the Omega building materials market in Yekaterinburg caught fire. According to the Ekaterinburg Online website with reference to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Sverdlovsk Region, information about the fire was received at the dispatcher's console at 7:39 local time (5:39 Moscow time). Due to elevated temperatures, paint cans began to explode in one of the pavilions: numerous pops could be heard in the market area.

The Federal Customs Service (FCS) of the Russian Federation and TNK-BP have agreed to a settlement agreement: the FCS will return 6.166 billion rubles of overpaid customs duties to the oil company, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the head of the FCS Andrei Belyaninov. The overpayment in question arose after regional customs authorities refused to accept temporary customs declarations from TNK-BP for several years and charged the company excessive duties.

The failure of Gorbachev's acceleration showed the authorities that increasing administrative pressure could not overcome stagnation. And then the leadership of the CPSU decided to legalize private entrepreneurship The foundations of most of the large fortunes and firms that dominate today were laid in 1988–1991, Yegor Gaidar wrote in his latest book, State and Evolution.

The Chinese authorities should improve the welfare of the population by increasing wages instead of entering into a race of devaluation of national currencies with the United States. This opinion, as reported by RIA Novosti with reference to Reuters, is shared by the richest man on the planet, Mexican Carlos Slim - Forbes estimates his fortune at $53.5 billion.

“Black cash” is not seen by regulatory authorities, it is not subject to taxation, sometimes they are used to pay, but much more often they give bribes and kickbacks. And the need of Russian entrepreneurs for unaccounted cash has not decreased at all over the past 20 years.

No one keeps accurate statistics, but businessmen do leave the country, take their families abroad, or simply prepare a base abroad for themselves “just in case.” The authorities refuse to acknowledge this problem, which is why it is only becoming more acute. My friend Natalya is moving to London. Her decision surprised me. Natalia has a very successful career.