photo by RIA Novosti Shuvalov’s former lawyer, a person involved in the YUKOS case, Pavel Ivlev, introduced the public to the details of the business of the First Deputy Prime Minister’s family. Colleagues accuse him of violating attorney-client privilege; Ivlev refers to the principle of morality The scandal surrounding the business of Igor Shuvalov’s family continues to gain momentum.

Air traffic between Russia and Belarus will remain in its current format until May 10, 2012. An agreement on this was reached on Thursday at negotiations between representatives of the aviation authorities of the two countries. As the Russian Ministry of Transport announced following the meeting, all airlines operating on the Moscow-Minsk route will be able to operate flights in the previous format for another month.

photo from personal archive The alleged initiator of the information attack on Igor Shuvalov, lawyer Pavel Ivlev, on his relationship with the Deputy Prime Minister On Wednesday evening, Artem Dymskoy, managing partner of the ALM Feldmans law office , issued a statement in which he named the alleged initiator of the information attack on First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov. This role, according to Dymskoy, was played by lawyer Pavel Ivlev, formerly an adviser to Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

photo REUTERS 2012 The whispers of Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev in Seoul are of no interest to Americans, even in light of the elections. There are much more important problems for them Looking from Moscow, it may seem that Barack Obama, who during the last meeting whispered something not quite, from an American point of view, “patriotic” in Dmitry Medvedev’s ear, will now have a hard time.

The scandal surrounding new details of the business of Igor Shuvalov’s family may cause the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation to leave the government. According to sources in the Vedomosti newspaper , the option of transferring the official to the position of general director of the new state corporation for the development of Siberia and the Far East is currently being considered.

Photo by Photoxpress A full-fledged Internet service of the Federal Tax Service will be operational in the summer. At that time, each taxpayer will begin to receive a single notification for the payment of taxes on transport, property and land One day on a regular working day, a car enthusiast I knew approached me. I can’t say that I specialize in paying transport taxes, but his situation really interested me, since I myself sometimes abuse my car to create traffic jams in Moscow.

photo Itar-TASS In July, the cheapest vodka will rise in price to 130 rubles and over the next year and a half the number of vodka brands will be reduced by 3 times Vodka producers are urgently reducing the number of brands, leaving only the most popular ones. What is this connected with? This year, for the first time, the excise tax on alcohol will be raised in two stages.

photo by RIA Novosti KupiVIP creator Oskar Hartmann on why it is so important to find an idea that can ignite, and why the novelty of this idea is not the main thing for success Forbes continues to publish interviews with famous Russian Internet entrepreneurs and specialists. founder Oskar Hartmann talks about what a shopping club is, how to create a company with a turnover of more than $100 million, and why it is necessary to copy business models .

The meeting of the board of directors of Shtokman Development AG again did not lead to the adoption of a final investment decision on the project for the development of the Shtokman gas condensate field. This information was confirmed to Interfax by several sources familiar with the results of the event. According to them, the decision has been postponed for another three months.

photo Foto SA / Corbis The mistake of the first multi-channel retailers was that they paid much more attention to the front end - the channels themselves - than the back-end - the production and logistics chain With the development of online trading and the emergence of new technologies, the concept of multichannel sales is becoming increasingly relevant.

The Moscow City Property Department sold a 49% stake in OJSC Cosmetic Association Svoboda at an auction on Thursday for 1.57 billion rubles. According to the press service of the Russian Auction House (RAD), the lot was sold at the starting price. There were 3 bidders for it, and the winner of the bidding was Estel LLC. The total area of ​​all production and office premises owned by the joint-stock company is more than 101,000 sq.m., the total area of ​​land plots (on lease) is 114,500 sq.m.

photo by RIA Novosti Systematic violations of antitrust laws by a company are punishable by ineffective fines and do not entail personal liability, the regulator complains The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) will seek the dismissal of the general director of the largest interregional distribution grid company in the country, OJSC Moscow United Electric Grid Company (MOESK), Andrei Konovalov. This statement was made by FAS Director Igor Artemyev on Thursday.

photo REUTERS 2012 The company is counting the number of its own shareholders and is preparing for a record placement worth up to $100 billion Facebook Inc. is preparing to conduct an initial public offering in May of this year. reported this on Wednesday, citing its own sources The Wall Street Journal . According to the publication, the world's largest social network will soon accurately determine the number of its own shareholders.

Georgian billionaire and opposition politician Bidzina “Boris” Ivanishvili commented on the departure from his post of editor-in-chief of the Georgian version of Forbes Revaz Sakevarishvili, who accused the magazine’s publisher of interfering in editorial activities. “Censorship and direct government interference in the work of independent media have become commonplace in our country. This time they took aim at a publication associated with a global brand,” said in a statement .

Sberbank reported the fact of unauthorized debits from a number of card accounts. The credit institution asks its clients to comply with security measures, RIA Novosti reports . The bank’s press service reported that “the identified cases are isolated and related to the debiting of funds from accounts through mobile operators.” “At the moment, a constant dialogue has been established with clients to resolve the situation.