The authorities of St. Petersburg and the Inzhtransstroy company, part of Oleg Deripaska's Transstroy (No. 16 on the Forbes list of Russia's richest businessmen, worth $8.5 billion), terminated the existing contract for the construction of the Zenit Arena football club, the agency reported on Friday "Prime" with reference to an informed source. “The agreement was terminated on the eve of a new tender by mutual agreement and without claims from the parties,” the agency quotes him as saying.

The former chief political strategist of the Kremlin in his new position will have to oversee relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday appointed Vladislav Surkov to the position of assistant to the head of state, the Kremlin press service reported on Friday. “To appoint Vladislav Yuryevich Surkov as assistant to the President of the Russian Federation,” says the text of the decree on the personnel decision.

Former Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin on Wednesday headed Sberbank's strategic planning committee, replacing the head of the Ministry of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev in this post. “We were elected head of the strategic planning committee under the supervisory board of Sberbank,” Kudrin himself announced his new position on his microblog on Twitter . Until now, the strategy committee was headed by Ulyukaev.

An oceanfront villa, a Victorian castle in Ireland and other new billionaire acquisitions What place to live if you can afford everything? Urban neighborhoods of New York, rural spaces of Montana, a fantastic castle in Ireland - this is how American billionaires, members of the Forbes 400 ranking of the 400 richest businessmen in the United States, answer this question. Our gallery features real estate that the richest Americans have purchased in the last 18 months.

photo by Fotobank/Getty Images Rahr built a business with $4 billion in revenue and was married for 43 years, but one day he tired of business and family ties. He decided to devote the rest of his life to parties, sex and entertainment On Wednesday night, Stuart Rahr (No. 327 in the ranking of the 400 richest Americans , worth $1.7 billion ) struts into Catch, a huge restaurant in the so-called “meatpacking district” of New York.

The Russian government approved an increase in the minimum wage (SMW) in 2014 by 349 rubles and it will amount to 5,554 rubles, the reported on Friday. press service of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection The head of the ministry, Maxim Topilin, said that the bill prepared by the department he heads provides for an increase in the minimum wage from January 1, 2014.

The FSB border department for the Murmansk region saw signs of piracy in the activities of Greenpeace activists on the icebreaker Arctic Sunrise in the Pechora Sea, reported on Friday. the press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia The border guards provided the relevant materials to the Investigative Committee.

Apple fans traditionally greeted two new smartphone models with queues outside stores. There is a particular excitement around the “flagship” iPhone 5S in a gold case On September 20, sales of the new iPhone line began. The presentation of the new flagship smartphone iPhone 5S and the plastic reincarnation of the previous iPhone 5C model traditionally caused a stir among fans of Apple Inc. products.

The Kirov Regional Court has scheduled for October 9 the consideration of the appeal against the verdict in the Kirovles case, in which oppositionist, ex-candidate for mayor of Moscow Alexei Navalny and businessman Pyotr Ofitserov were sentenced to five and four years in prison, respectively, Navalny said on his Twitter. on Friday, September 20. “The hearing of the appeal against Kirovles is scheduled for October 9,” ​​Navalny wrote.

State Duma deputies on Friday supported the candidacy of the presidential assistant, former head of the Ministry of Health and Social Development Tatyana Golikova for the post of chairman of the Accounts Chamber instead of Sergei Stepashin, the Prime agency reports . 415 deputies voted for Golikova’s candidacy, five voted against, and two abstained. Formally, the voting procedure on the resolution on Golikova’s appointment will take place after 17:00 Moscow time, Interfax notes .

photo ITAR-TASS If you believe the media, then at the Valdai Forum the president again made a number of important statements. But is this really so? What domestic observers from “inside the Garden Ring” do not notice was well spotted by Barack Obama, who noted Putin’s bored manner of “waiting out” the negotiations. Putin, by and large, doesn’t care what to say: everyone hears what he wants to hear.

The Kremlin expects that Belarus will as soon as possible extradite Uralkali CEO Vladislav Baumgertner, who was detained in Minsk at the end of August, to Russia, ITAR-TASS reports , citing presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.

Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop will receive a remuneration of €18.8 million for the sale of the American corporation Microsoft's mobile business to a Finnish company, the Financial Times writes , citing documents prepared for an extraordinary meeting of Nokia shareholders. The documents state that the company's CEO will receive compensation from both Miscrosoft (in the amount of 70%) and Nokia (the remaining 30%).

The Sarmont Investment company, registered in the British Virgin Islands, bought 99% of the Tekhnosila retail chain of household appliances, according to a message from the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia, published on the agency’s website on Friday. The FAS report notes that Sarmont Investment Ltd.

Muscovites applying to the consular section of the US Embassy for a visa have to bury their iPads and other gadgets in flowerbeds due to new security rules at the embassy, ​​Interfax reported on Friday, citing a correspondent at the American diplomatic mission. According to the correspondent, one of the applicants for an American visa tried to bury his iPad near the police booth, another put his things in a bag and buried them in a flower bed on the Garden Ring not far from the embassy.