The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia approved the application of Airports of Regions OJSC (part of the Renova group of companies, which manages the assets of billionaire Viktor Vekselberg ) to purchase 47.515% of the authorized capital of Yekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport, according to the website of the antimonopoly agency. As a result of the transaction, Airports of the Regions will become the sole owner of Koltsovo Airport.

Billionaire Gennady Timchenko , who heads the Russia-China Business Council, praised the Chinese management system for "working for the Chinese people." Timchenko stated this at a meeting with representatives of Chinese media, according to the website of the Volga Group, which manages the businessman’s assets. “I was born in the Soviet Union, in a socialist system, I remember very well how we lived then. I have a lot of positive emotions from the Soviet past,” Timchenko said.

Russian Alfa Bank filed a claim with the Moscow Arbitration Court to recover 11 million rubles from UTair Airlines, TASS news agency reported on Monday , citing a representative of the court's press service. “The statement of claim was registered in court on November 20,” the agency quotes him as saying. The press service could not name the essence of the claims, since detailed information on the claim will appear within five working days.

Antivirus software developer Symantec discovered a previously unknown Regin virus, which was mainly used to steal data from Russian telecommunications companies, according to a report on the company's website. According to Symantec, the main targets of the program were telecommunications companies, Internet providers, but also companies from the hotel industry, government agencies, research institutes and individuals were affected by the virus. In total, the virus was used in ten countries.

The former head of the Yu TV channel, Ruben Oganesyan, was appointed general director of the Peretz TV channel, according to a press release received on Monday, November 24, in Forbes . “Ruben has successful experience working with television channels with a clear gender focus, which includes Peretz, and is also one of the leaders in television marketing in the country.

Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) Alexander Bastrykin called the repetition of privatization “in the same form, according to the same laws” under which it was carried out in the 1990s unacceptable, Interfax reported on Monday. “We propose a strict version of state control over this process (privatization), for which we are very seriously criticized by liberal economists today,” Bastrykin said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting on issues of the military-industrial complex (DIC) announced that as part of decisions to improve the structure of the Armed Forces (AF), a new strategic command in the Arctic will begin to operate on the basis of the Northern Fleet from December 1, reports on Monday, November 24 , Interfax . Putin also noted that he is currently also forming a group of troops on the Crimean peninsula.

Canadian singer Justin Bieber topped the ranking of the highest paid celebrities under 30, compiled by the American magazine Forbes. According to the publication, the 20-year-old performer earned $80 million over the year. Second place was shared by members of the British group One Direction. The group, made up of five X Factor alumni, previously debuted as one of the world's 100 most powerful celebrities in 2014.

reports on Monday, November 24 Telecom operator Yota has begun retail sales of mobile devices from other manufacturers, Prime . The iPhone 6 smartphones were the first to be sold.

Russia's annual losses from falling oil prices amount to about $100 billion, and the damage from economic sanctions imposed by Western countries against Moscow for its position on the situation in Ukraine reaches $40 billion a year, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Monday. “We are losing about $40 billion due to geopolitical sanctions,” the RIA Novosti agency quotes the minister as saying at the international financial and economic forum in Moscow.

Iran and the “six” mediators (Russia, USA, Great Britain, France, China and Germany) did not have time to come to an agreement at the negotiations in Vienna and decided to extend the deadline for developing an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program until June 30, 2015, the Financial Times reports with reference to to British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond. Hammond said significant progress had been made at the Vienna talks.

The Russian Ministry of Defense thanked the Latvian media for “continuing the active PR campaign” of the Russian Navy in connection with the emergence of reports about the discovery of a Russian submarine in the Baltic Sea. this The Russian military department announced on Monday, November 24, on its Facebook page. “The Latvian media, having taken over the baton from their Swedish colleagues, sensationally informed the world about the appearance of a Russian submarine in the Baltic Sea...

Mail.ru Group will transfer ownership of the social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, as well as the Mail.Ru Games LLC project to a Russian legal entity, Prime reports on Monday, November 24, citing materials from the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS).

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is leaving his post, US President Barack Obama will announce his resignation on Monday evening, the American newspaper The New York Times reported on November 24, citing high-ranking sources in the White House. According to the publication, 68-year-old Hagel is leaving not of his own free will, but under pressure.

Rosselkhoznadzor, starting Monday, November 24, is tightening control over the import of plant products from Belarus, the Vedomosti newspaper writes , citing department representative Alexey Alekseenko. According to the new scheme, both transit and Russian-bound trucks will be checked at the Russian border, even if they were previously checked by the Belarusian side. In the near future, this scheme will be extended to trucks carrying animal products.