The head of Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin, said on Wednesday that, according to his information, the Russian authorities have changed their earlier decision to freeze tariffs for some Russian monopolies, the Prime agency reported . “I know that for some monopolies this decision has been changed, and they will not have tariffs frozen. Let’s wait for sure,” the agency quotes Yakunin’s statement made during a meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

photo REUTERS On the eve of going public, the microblogging service is actively looking for sources for further growth. Contender #1 is television, a partnership with which could bring Twitter millions of new users and billions of dollars in revenue On the night of the presentation of the main American television award, the Emmy, the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles was crowded.

Investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee for St. Petersburg for the second time discontinued the criminal case initiated earlier against the founder of the largest Russian social network “VKontakte” Pavel Durov, who hit a traffic police inspector with a Mercedes car and was accused of using violence against a government official, reported on Wednesday, the department's press service.

Total global household wealth grew by 4.9% between mid-2012 and mid-2013, to $241 trillion, according to the Credit Suisse Research Institute's annual Global Wealth Report. The driver of growth was the North American and European regions - in the first the figure increased by 11.9%, to $8.4 trillion, in Europe - by 7.7%, to $5.5 trillion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Federal Customs Service to remove enhanced customs controls on the border with Lithuania from October 10, reported on Wednesday. the FCS press service Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Federal Customs Service to lift enhanced customs control at the Russian-Lithuanian border and switch to work as planned from October 10, 2013, the press release emphasizes.

State Duma deputy from United Russia Andrei Isaev, during the incident on an Aeroflot plane on Tuesday, threatened airline employees with dismissal and personal troubles, head of the carrier's public relations department Andrei Sogrin told RIA Novosti on Wednesday. Sogrin confirmed Isaev’s words that his assistant, who was flying with him, was drunk. An Aeroflot representative named the troublemaker - Alexander Poglazov.

The head of Rosselkhoznadzor, Sergei Dankverg, said that the preliminary results of the audit of dairy product suppliers from the Netherlands to Russia were unsatisfactory, Interfax reports . “The preliminary results of the audit, which Russian specialists will conduct until October 12, are unsatisfactory,” said the head of Rosselkhoznadzor.

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the creation of the United Rocket and Space Corporation (URSC) on the basis of the Research Institute of Space Instrumentation, ITAR-TASS reports . This became known during a meeting between the head of state and Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who presented Putin with a plan for reforming the rocket and space industry.

State Duma deputy, first deputy secretary of the presidium of the general council of the United Russia party, Andrei Isaev, said that he is not considering suspending his membership in United Russia because of the incident that occurred on board the St. Petersburg-Moscow plane, since “no charges have been brought against him.” claims,” RIA Novosti reports .

photo Kommersant According to Usmanov, Sergeev remains on his team Dmitry Sergeev is leaving the post of president of the Kommersant publishing house for personal reasons, he will be replaced by the former general director of the Zvezda media group Vladimir Zhelonkin, said the owner of the publishing house Alisher Usmanov (No. 1 in the ranking of the 200 richest businessmen in Russia according to Forbes, fortune - $17.6 billion) on Wednesday.

The captain of the Arctic Sunrise, US citizen Peter Wilcox, who was arrested for the Greenpeace protest on the Prirazlomnaya platform in the Pechora Sea, was fined 20,000 rubles for disobedience to the Russian coast guard, the FlashNord news agency reported on Wednesday, citing the FSB border department for the Murmansk region.

The head of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy, Andrei Isaev, wrote a statement resigning as deputy secretary of the General Council of the United Russia party and intends to suspend membership in the presidium of the General Council, Interfax reported , citing a press release from the party.

reported on Wednesday Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, according to exit poll data, is gaining more than 80% of the votes in the country's presidential elections, RIA Novosti . According to the Prognoz center for sociological research, 83.89% of voters voted for Aliyev, 8.2% for opposition candidate Jamil Hasanli, and less than 2% for other candidates. The ELS Center for Independent Research gave Aliyev 80.08% of the votes, and Hasanli 10.55%.

Artem Holoshchapov for Forbes Former hired manager Alexander Savkov, with only $100,000 in start-up capital, created a food business with a 25% profitability. How did he do it? Alexander Savkov’s company has a loud name - “Ochakovsky Food Ingredients Plant”, but the scale is inappropriate. A compact mill, an industrial mixer and a filling machine are all the equipment. True, it occupies a small part of the floor rented at one of the enterprises of the Moscow industrial zone.

The new trader of Belaruskali, OJSC Belarusian Potash Company, is officially registered in Belarus, Interfax-Zapad reports , citing sources at the company. A representative of the enterprise stated that OJSC BPC has been registered and is starting work. He refused to clarify whether the new trader had started selling products, but noted that Belaruskali, in partnership with the new trader and CJSC BPC, was actively negotiating deals.