photo ITAR-TASS The former head of MENATEP managed to achieve a reduction in the term of imprisonment by almost three and a half years. This may mean that Khodorkovsky’s sentence could be reduced by 2-2.5 years, says former Yukos lawyer Svetlana Bakhmina The Velsky District Court of the Arkhangelsk Region on Wednesday made a sensational decision on the petition of the defense of the former head of the MFO MENATEP Platon Lebedev.

August 8, 2012 news Mode for the visually impaired Speech synthesis “Marusya” works Listen Share Add to favorites Pussy Riot's last word: photo report On Wednesday, the Khamovnichesky Court in Moscow held the last hearing in the criminal case of the members of the punk band before sentencing.

photo ITAR-TASS The billionaire made attempts to make his foreign publications profitable - why didn’t anything come of it? On December 27, 2008, billionaire Alexander Lebedev wrote a forecast for 2009 in his blog .

Photo by Fotobank / Getty Images Kickbacks through shell companies, cash in envelopes and health officials - in documents from the American investigation into the criminal activities of Pfizer Russia On August 7, 2012, the world's largest pharmaceutical company Pfizer (manufacturer of Viagra, Diflucan, etc.) announced the conclusion of a settlement agreement with the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which accused its subsidiary of violating the

General Director of OJSC United Grain Company (UGC) Sergei Levin left his position. The deputy of the departed director, Sergei Polyakov, will temporarily act as head of the UGC by decision of the board of directors. The name of the new “permanent” general director will become known following the results of the extraordinary meeting of the company’s shareholders, as specified in the press release.

Photo by Fotobank/Getty Images The strongest member of a monetary union may simply not want to pay for everyone. How will events develop in this case? The horror story about the collapse of the euro is usually associated with the exit of Greece, followed by other southern countries, from the European Union.

photo by Pavel Golovkin for Forbes "Clover Company" promotes children's cosmetics with the help of Spider-Man, pirates and other popular characters The general director and co-owner of the Clover Company, Gleb Bobkov, picks off the film on a bottle of shampoo with a picture of Spider-Man with his finger. A recess opens in which a figurine of a fantastic hero is hidden.

August 8, 2012 news Mode for the visually impaired Materials read by Marusya - voice assistant from VK Share Add to favorites This day in business history: the robbery of the century and Kaspersky On August 8, the first Russian film industry was born, the bandits committed one of the most daring robberies, but then repented, Kaspersky Lab restructured to prepare for its IPO Fotobank · Getty Images The robbery of the century took place in the UK On August 8, 1963, a gang of 15 people robbed the

The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow will sentence three members of the punk band Pussy Riot for an action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on August 17. This decision was made on Wednesday by Judge Marina Syrova, presiding over the high-profile trial. She retired to the deliberation room to draw up the text of the verdict immediately after all three girls accused of hooliganism - Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich - made their last speech.

photo REUTERS 2012 What sausage makers and confectioners should not do and why, despite the complete absence of tickets, the Olympics are held in half-empty stands The end of the Olympics is just around the corner, and I find myself looking forward to it with irritable impatience. Something like the McDonalds advertising poster, where a bald man in shorts sits in an empty podium. Under the bald man it is written in large letters: “Grump.

The Egyptian air force on Wednesday launched several missile attacks on suspected militant positions in the Sinai Peninsula near the Israeli border. As a result of the attack, more than 20 militants were killed, Reuters reports . The strike on militant positions followed Sunday's attack on the Karm Abu Salem border crossing in which 16 Egyptian border guards were killed and seven others were wounded.

A film about the “cowardice” of President Medvedev could be produced by Channel Five commissioned by the Kremlin The film “Lost Day,” just posted on the Internet and not shown on any TV channel in the world, has been defining the Russian political agenda for three days now: the president and prime minister are commenting on it, and officials are talking about it on the sidelines.

The Gazprombank Group received a stake in the Turkish gas trader Avrasya Gaz. The company was included in the list of affiliates of GPB in early August, and the transaction itself, as follows from the credit institution’s materials, took place in May. The size of the package that the GPB group received in the trader is not disclosed. Based on the requirements for disclosure of information about affiliates, it is at least 20%, Interfax clarifies .

American pharmaceutical giant – Pfizer Inc. – settled claims against it from the US Department of Justice, agreeing to pay a fine of $60.3 million. The regulator accused the company of bribing officials in a number of European and Asian countries, The Wall Street Journal wrote on Wednesday . The publication clarifies that the amount of the direct fine for Pfizer is set at $15 million. The rest of the sanctions is an unfairly received part of the company’s profit.

August 8, 2012 ForbesLife Mode for the visually impaired Speech synthesis “Marusya” works Listen Share Add to favorites Russian Olympic team in portraits of medalists On August 8, the collection of Russian medals was replenished with four more awards # London 2012 # Olympics in London # Olympics 2012 # sports Subscribe to the Forbes Life Telegram channel Subscribe Copy link Share Add to favorites Speech synthesis “Marusya” works Listen Mode for the visually impaired