Forbes journalists were able to take a ride in an innovative Volkswagen car made of carbon fiber and aluminum. In 2014, the German concern plans to produce 250 cars of this model. According to the passport, diesel fuel consumption in the combined cycle with electric motors is only 0.9 l/100 km.

Photo by Diomedia The company promises to deal with all claims of affected passengers whose tickets were canceled due to a financial conflict between Eviterra and the intermediary wholesaler Avia Center. The Eviterra company, which found itself at the center of a scandal due to the cancellation of about 6,000 air tickets, bought the website eviterra-kidalovo.ru, where dissatisfied customers of the service left their reviews.

Businessman Sergei Polonsky, whose extradition from Cambodia was suspended by a court decision, will remain in Cambodia under recognizance not to leave, announced on Monday. the Russian Foreign Ministry The decision to suspend the extradition of Sergei Polonsky was made on January 13 by the Court of Appeal at the Prosecutor General's Office of Cambodia, the Foreign Ministry reported.

From left to right: Nest co-founder Matt Rogers, Google CEO Larry Page, Nest co-founder and CEO Tony Fadell Tony Fadell's company Nest makes innovative thermostats and smoke detectors. Nest products are often compared to Apple devices for their impeccable design. Google Inc. on Monday, January 13, announced the purchase of innovative home technology manufacturer Nest Labs. The transaction amount will be $3.2 billion. Sellers will receive the money in cash, Google said in a press release.

The Japanese company Suntory Holdings, one of the world's largest producers of beer and whiskey, has reached an agreement to acquire the American alcohol manufacturer Beam Inc, which produces, in particular, Jim Beam bourbon and Laphroaig scotch, for $16 billion, including a debt of $2 billion, reports Bloomberg on Monday, January 13.

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whom the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) convicted of violating his recognizance not to leave, published an investigative resolution on his blog, from which it follows that he is allowed to travel from Moscow to the Moscow region. The document posted by Navalny was signed by the investigator for especially important cases, Pishchulin, and dated December 17, 2012, that is, the same day when Navalny’s subscription was taken.

Photo by RIA Novosti Outdated post-Soviet structures hinder the protection of real Russian interests Since the end of last year, mass protests in Kyiv have been the focus of international attention. It can be assumed with a high degree of probability that Ukraine, despite the latest agreements with Russia, will make a choice in favor of integration with the European Union, if not under the current president, then under the next one.

The Russian government rejected the candidacy of the chairman of the board of the oil and gas company Itera, Alexander Popov, proposed by the Federal Property Management Agency to the board of directors of Gazprom, Prime reports . The adjusted list of candidates will be sent to the presidential administration in the coming days. Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, who oversees the fuel and energy complex, told reporters about this on Monday, January 13.

The only minister who received a “four” on a five-point system was Sergei Shoigu VTsIOM presented the final rating of the quality of work of Russian ministers for 2013. 1,600 survey participants gave their assessment of 30 ministers and deputy prime ministers using a five-point system. The most popular minister remains the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu - he is the only one who received a “four” (4.06 points).

The cause of the failure on the Sokolnicheskaya line of the Moscow metro on Monday evening was smoke caused by aluminum-containing tinsel thrown into the pantograph. This was reported on January 13 by the Department of Transport and Development of Road Transport Infrastructure in Moscow. The report says that upon smelling smoke, the driver immediately stopped the train and checked the pantograph. Metro employees “promptly eliminated” the failure.

The Norwegian patrol ship "Nordkapp" detained the Russian fishing trawler "Novoazovsk" in the Norwegian Sea, the Public Relations Center of Rosrybolovstvo reported on Monday, January 13. According to Rosrybolovstvo, the ship, accompanied by a patrol ship, is heading to the Norwegian port of Tromso for further investigation, ITAR-TASS reports . Rosrybolovstvo noted that the vessel was not damaged and the crew was healthy.

photo Reuters One of the last heroes of the generation of creators of the Jewish state has passed away The death of Ariel Sharon reminded us of how, in essence, Israel does not exist for long - the history of the state fits well into one human life, there is even room in it for 20 “pre-Israeli” years. Ariel Scheinerman was born in 1928 in the British Mandate of Palestine. At that time almost no one seriously thought about a Jewish state.

The investigative panel of the Phnom Penh Court of Appeal refused Russia's request to extradite businessman Sergei Polonsky for two reasons, RIA Novosti reports , citing a source in the Cambodian Prosecutor General's Office. The first reason, according to the source, is that Polonsky continues to be investigated in a criminal case for illegal deprivation of liberty of Cambodian citizens. Thus, the source denied previously published information about the closure of Polonsky’s Cambodian case.

The European Central Bank (ECB) presented Monday, January 13, in Frankfurt am Main, a new €10 banknote, according to a statement on the ECB website. It should go into circulation on September 23, 2014. This bill will continue the new and improved series of Euro banknotes, which should be put into circulation in the coming years. In 2013, the ECB presented the bank with a banknote from this series - in denomination of €5. It was put into circulation in May.

Photo by Yuri Chichkov for Forbes The main owner of TKS Bank knows how to convince investors of the prospects of their projects. Why don’t an entrepreneur’s businesses survive after he leaves? Once in the mid-1990s, the owner of the St. Petersburg technology trading company Petrosib, Oleg Tinkov, received Leonid Kukushkin, general director of the local radio Modern, in his office. He came to complain about his subordinate, Marketing Director Samvel Avetisyan.