Aeroflot - Russian Airlines, as part of its reputational support campaign, has currently issued more than 4,000 certificates totaling about $2 million, the air carrier said in a statement. The average cost of a certificate was 15,000 rubles. In addition, it is noted that the airline decided to extend the promotion until March 31, 2011.

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Oleg Deripaska's holding company Basic Element received over $24 billion in revenue last year. This data was provided on Tuesday by Basel Deputy General Director Andrei Elinson. “The total revenue of the Basic Element companies for 2010 exceeded $24 billion,” Interfax quotes the deputy head of the holding . Elinson clarified that revenue for 2009 was more modest.

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“The Woman with a Thousand Faces”, “Jeff Koons in a Skirt”, record holder from Ethiopia and other famous authors Prices for works by contemporary female artists still lag far behind the levels achieved by their male counterparts , but over the past year women have increased significantly. According to a study by the ArtPrice web portal, at auctions held in 2010, five works by contemporary artists exceeded the $1 million mark.

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday announced the evacuation of all Russian citizens from Libya. The corresponding events were carried out from February 22 to 28 by the Ministry of Emergency Situations “with the active assistance” of diplomats and JSC Russian Railways. As a result, “the evacuation of Russian citizens, citizens of the CIS and other states was carried out, including specialists who worked in this country under contracts with Russian companies,” notes .

Law enforcement agencies detained on Tuesday two employees of a branch of the Bank of Moscow that was robbed the day before in Vladikavkaz, told RIA Novosti . a source in the North Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs According to him, both suspects were in the office of the credit institution at the time of the crime, which could have been staged.

Six major automakers signed an agreement with the Ministry of Economic Development on their intentions to organize auto production in Russia within the framework of the new industrial assembly regime. Such data was presented by the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Elvira Nabiullina, at a government meeting on Tuesday.

The total volume of the Reserve Fund of the Russian Federation as of March 1 amounted to 755.82 billion rubles ($26.12 billion), the National Welfare Fund (NWF) - 2.632 trillion ($90.94 billion). This data was released by the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday. The funds from the Reserve Fund were not used in February, the department emphasizes.

Deputy Chairman of the Board of TNK-BP Maxim Barsky expects to take office as head of the company by the end of March. He himself stated this on Tuesday, commenting on the financial results of the Russian-British oil giant for 2010. “To date, most of the agreements have been agreed upon. I hope that by the end of this month I will assume the position of head of the company,” Interfax quotes Barsky .

Fines for the largest oil companies as part of the “third wave” of antitrust cases could exceed 4.5% of annual turnover in the diesel fuel and jet fuel markets. This forecast was made by the head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia Igor Artemyev on Tuesday, Interfax reports . According to him, the question of the size of fines is related to whether there will be a real reduction in prices or not.

WTI oil is rising in price on Tuesday morning after falling to a one-week low earlier in trading. reports As Bloomberg , investors remain concerned that the confrontation between the authorities and the opposition in Libya could destabilize the political situation throughout the North African and Middle Eastern regions. General skepticism could not be contained even by reports that Iranian authorities had arrested opposition leaders to prevent mass protests planned for Tuesday, Interfax notes .

Nafta T LLC, which is part of the transport holding Universal Cargo Logistics Holding BV (UCLH, the Netherlands) of Vladimir Lisin, acquired 25% of the state shares of Tuapse Sea Trade Port OJSC (TMTP) for 1.612 billion rubles. The starting price of the lot was 1,612,494,000 rubles, Interfax clarifies . The auction of the Federal Property Management Agency for the sale of a 25% stake in TMTP was held on Tuesday in Moscow.

German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has resigned from his post, the BBC reports . The head of the Bundeswehr himself confirmed this information on Tuesday and admitted that this was the most difficult step in his life.

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