The Transneft company has decided to purchase the Evolution Tower building in Moscow City in order to move its divisions there, the Vedomosti newspaper writes on Wednesday, November 5, citing sources close to the parties to the deal and a developer working in the business center . One of the newspaper’s interlocutors clarified that the deal has not yet been closed, but most of the documents have already been signed.

Russia refused to participate in the preparation process for the nuclear security summit, which will take place in 2016 in the United States, according to a commentary by the Department of Information and Press published on Wednesday on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. “We do not see an opportunity for ourselves to take part in the preparatory activities for the fourth Nuclear Security Summit,” the document notes.

Photo by Artem Holoshchapov for Forbes The administrative and personnel policies of Gazprom are a topic that is actually prohibited. What was behind the most high-profile resignations in recent years in the management of a state-owned company? Markets know where and how the largest state-owned company produces gas and oil or lays pipes. Less known is how its budget is formed, tenders are held, and suppliers and contractors are identified.

Photo by Ria Novosti The leaders of the DPR and LPR get a chance to monetize the administrative resource they acquired after the elections In the current Ukrainian events, “scheduled dinners” are not interfered with by any diplomatic or even actual military action. It has long been no surprise to anyone that representatives of the “aggressor” and the “Bandera regime” periodically meet to settle “gas” debts.

's National Media Group Yuri Kovalchuk , CTC Media and VGTRK are creating a company for the production of television and film content, which will be headed by the current general producer of CTC Media Vyacheslav Murugov, according to a joint press release of the three companies distributed on Wednesday. The new company for the production of television shows and series will begin its work on January 1, 2015. In it, each of the three partners received 30%.

the structures of billionaire Gennady Timchenko In 2013, acquired 7.5% of the National Media Group (NMG) from the Luxembourg RTL Group for €81 million, RBC reports , citing a source and official representative of the Volga Group. On the Volga Group website, which manages Timchenko’s assets, there is no information about the share in NMG, but Volga Group Communications Director Anton Kurevin confirmed that the company owns 7.5% of NMG.

Ksenia Dokukina Author Alexander Levinsky Forbes Editorial Board Elena Vasilyeva Author The chairman of the board of the Russian gas monopoly and his influential associates are in the Forbes gallery “Miller consistently pursued the line of fundamental corporate points: the financial block, the property block, the domestic gas market. As a result, he managed to form a loyal team.

Getty Images The Russian president “often demonstrates his power at home and on the world stage,” the authors of the rating write. Russian President Vladimir Putin for the second time in a row topped the ranking of the most influential people in the world according to the American magazine Forbes . As in 2013, US President Barack Obama took second place in the ranking. Chinese President Xi Jinping closes the top three.

The Kirov District Court of Astrakhan found the suspended mayor of the city, Mikhail Stolyarov, guilty of taking a bribe and sentenced him to 10 years in a maximum security colony, as well as a fine of 500 million rubles, Interfax reports on Wednesday, November 5 . Judge Natalya Senchenko emphasized that Stolyarov did not plead guilty and refused to testify.

The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has opened a case against four Russian oil companies, including Bashneft, Rosneft, Lukoil and its subsidiary Lukoil-Rezervnefteprodukt, for manipulating prices on the stock exchange, which led to retail price increases for gasoline, reported on Wednesday.

The energy company PGNiG has proposed to the Russian Gazprom to revise prices for gas supplied to Poland under the Yamal contract, said on Wednesday. Dorota Gajewska, a spokeswoman for the Polish company, “The decision of the PGNiG board to propose a price revision was made in connection with significant changes that have occurred in the European energy market in recent years,” she noted. PGNiG's proposal is contained in an official request sent to Gazprom.

US President Barack Obama's schedule does not include formal talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the APEC and G20 summits, but the presidents may hold an informal meeting on the sidelines of these events, Reuters reported, citing a senior US official. The official noted that a bilateral meeting between Obama and Putin is not expected, but there is a possibility that they will find time to communicate informally on the sidelines of the APEC summit.

photo by Vladimir Vasilchikov for Forbes A new seller has appeared on the art market - the owner of a large collection of Soviet art. What can collectors expect? Lord Mark Poltimore had to leave Moscow for Podolsk early in the morning to avoid getting stuck in traffic.

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Vnesheconombank Alexander Ivanov tragically died in the UAE drowned In the UAE, on November 3, the deputy chairman of Vnesheconombank, Alexander Ivanov, . about this A person who knew Ivanov told Forbes , and it was confirmed by an employee of the presidential administration and a source close to the Kremlin. Alexander Ivanov was the eldest son of the head of the presidential administration Sergei Ivanov.

reports on Wednesday, November 5, The Russian Ministry of Agriculture reported that prices for apples on New Year's Eve will increase by 1.5-2 rubles, Interfax citing the ministry's press service. At the same time, the department considers such a price increase to be typical for this season.