On April 26, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of the Russian Federation found Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (MTS) and VimpelCom OJSC guilty of price collusion in the sales of iPhone smartphones. Such data with reference to Vimpelcom's parent company Vimpelcom Ltd. reports Interfax . Having recognized the violations of the operators, the FAS simultaneously noted the voluntary nature of their correction to date. The amount of turnover fines for conspiracy will be determined later.

photo East News / AFP / ImageForum Mark Zuckerberg's new initiative could save tens of thousands of lives a year Facebook is starting to change the world in practical terms. Mark Zuckerberg has announced his desire to revolutionize the organ donor market using the social mechanisms built into Facebook. From now on, American and British netizens will be able to indicate in their profiles that after death their organs can be used for transplantation.

photo Kommersant/Dmitry Azarov The financial statements of the sole shareholder of CSKA show: the Ministry of Defense completely withdrew from the capital of one of the main football clubs in the country, selling 24.94% of the shares for only $353 thousand A little less than a year ago, in August 2011, Forbes revealed details of the business of football CSKA, based on the financial statements of the club's shareholder, Bluecastle Enterprises Limited (BEL) for 2008-2009.

A series of explosions occurred in Kabul some time after the US President took off from the Afghan capital. In Kabul, Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a strategic partnership agreement between the two countries. The terrorist attack occurred immediately after the American leader's departure from Kabul.

Who can be affected by viral videos and how? On New Year's Eve, when it was already known about castling in tandem, a parody address from President Medvedev appeared on the Internet.

Recently, Russian-born businessman Emin Iskenderov announced that he had received permission to build the tallest building in Paris - the Hermitage Plaza complex in the La Defense district. After the developer bought the site, he waited five years to receive all permits. It was necessary to negotiate with the residents of the surrounding houses and reduce the height by three meters so that the skyscrapers would not approach the height of the Eiffel Tower.

photo by Artem Holoshchapov for Forbes Volga region entrepreneur Ruslan Fazlyev created a turnkey online shopping service that is used by 150,000 people around the world. In 2010, during the World Cup in South Africa, the whole world bought vuvuzelas. Including on social networks: enterprising South Africans turned their pages into online stores using the Ecwid service. An eight-year-old boy from the United States used the same service to set up a comic book business.

The draft law on the federal contract system (FCS), after lengthy interdepartmental coordination, was approved by the government and is being submitted to the State Duma. This information was confirmed on Wednesday by Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development Mikhail Oseevsky.

Golden Hundred participant number 92 invested, together with other investors, $4.2 million in a hot California startup One of the most high-profile startups in Silicon Valley, the social network Pair received its first investment. Forbes information that Yuri Milner is participating in the race for a mobile application designed only for two lovers has been confirmed.

Sberbank reduced interest rates on a number of deposits on April 30. As reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a message from the largest Russian bank, the changes affected deposits in rubles, dollars and euros, which were no longer accepted. New rates will apply when deposits are renewed for a new term.

photo by Jude Edgintion/Redux for Forbes Will 16-year-old Nick D'Alosio create a better search engine than Google? Nick D'Alosio takes a taxi from the airport and replays the fantastic events of the week in his head: a meeting with venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher in Los Angeles, a visit to the legendary studio of Apple designer Jonny Eve, a conversation with analyst Mary Meeker and a flight to Munich, where Nick spoke at Digital Life Design conference.

photo by Fotobank/Getty Images Former General Motors vice president Robert Lutz insists: the US auto industry was almost purposefully destroyed “An expensive PR consultant advised me to sit quietly until the end, not to object or make excuses,” writes former General Motors vice president Robert Lutz with indignation. In his memoirs Car Guys vs.

An analysis of the Forbes list over several years provides a picture of changes in the country's economic policy. Great fortunes can be created in an instant and just as quickly crumble into dust. The editors of Forbes decided to track who became a billionaire over the past four years - during the reign of President Medvedev, who dropped out of this list and who became rich enough to become a billionaire in the coming years.

photo REUTERS 2012 Political backwardness as an advantage for Russia. Despite the return of Vladimir Putin for an indefinite period, a repeat of the 2000s is impossible. The management vertical does not meet the demands of an increasingly diversified society. The answer seems simple: more democracy and pluralism. Party legislation has been made more liberal, and the election of governors, even with a “filter,” is being restored.

Anton Trofimov Author Famous fan Angela Merkel may not go to the European Football Championship 2012. Other politicians may also declare a boycott of Ukraine. Forbes selected the political scandals that had the greatest impact on sports The reason for Merkel’s drastic actions, as reported by German media, was the excessively harsh behavior of the country’s current authorities, in the opinion of the German politician, towards the imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.