The largest food retailers have received notifications from suppliers about an increase in purchase prices for bread, which could reach 10%, the Kommersant newspaper writes on Thursday, December 11, citing representatives of the chains. Receipt of warnings about price increases was confirmed by the OK chain, X5 Retail Group (controlled by billionaire Mikhail Fridman , which unites the Pyaterochka, Perekrestok and Karusel chains), Lente, and Dixie.

The film “Leviathan” by Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev is included in the list of nominees for the American film award “Golden Globe”, according to the award’s website. Leviathan is nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Foreign Language Film category. "Leviathan" is the author's interpretation of the story of the biblical Job, transferred to modern Russia. The film was shot by the Non-Stop Production film company.

The dollar and euro exchange rates at trading on the Moscow Exchange on Thursday afternoon rose sharply against the backdrop of the Bank of Russia’s decision to raise the key rate from 9.5% to 10.5% per annum, the Finanz.ru website reports . According to data as of 13:31 Moscow time, the dollar exchange rate with settlements tomorrow has updated its historical maximum, jumping by 50 kopecks to 55.46 rubles.

Corbis Images Barnaul "Kristalin" produces unique blades for eye surgery, but survives thanks to the production of souvenirs Diamond blades for eye microsurgery are made in Russia by the only company - Barnaul-based Kristalin. The Altaians were not the first: the Moscow Institute of Eye Microsurgery of Svyatoslav Fedorov began producing scalpels with such blades back in 1981. But in the early 2000s, after Fedorov’s death, the institute closed its production.

The Russian state-owned company Rosneft substantiated its claims to the EU Council to the European Union Court, according to which the sanctions imposed on a number of Russian companies in connection with Moscow’s position on the situation in Ukraine do not comply with the international obligations of the European Union, according to materials published on the court’s website. The corresponding claim was filed by Rosneft on October 9.

PhotoXPress An attempt to reduce political risks to a minimum may reduce the quality of governance in the regions The coming year will be extremely difficult from a socio-economic point of view. And the question is not whether the state will formally fulfill social obligations to state employees, pensioners, etc., but about the real standard of living.

The privatization of a 19.5% stake in Rosneft will involve groups of external and internal investors, work with whom has begun, the head of the largest Russian state-owned oil company, Igor Sechin, said on Thursday. He said that at present it is too early to talk about the timing of the privatization of the state-owned company. “We are still working with a set of potential investors,” TASS quotes him as saying .

A number of sanctions imposed by Brussels against former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his close associates may be lifted, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing European officials and diplomats. We are talking about the frozen assets of 22 Ukrainians, including Yanukovych and his two sons.

The Russian oil company Surgutneftegaz is not considering the possibility of acquiring shares in Bashneft, Deputy General Director of Surgutneftegaz Alexander Rezyapov said on Thursday. “No, no, no. No, of course,” Interfax quotes his answer to a question from journalists about the purchase of Bashneft shares. On Tuesday, December 9, the private oil company Bashneft became state property.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will ask Kiev through official channels to clarify the statement of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (No. 1284 in the global ranking of billionaires according to Forbes, net worth: $1.3 billion), who called on Moscow to close the border with Ukraine and withdraw its troops, an official representative said on Thursday Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alexander Lukashevich.

UTair Airlines filed a lawsuit against Sberbank of Russia in the Arbitration Court of the Tyumen Region, according to materials posted on the court’s website on Thursday. The defendant in the case is Sberbank, represented by the West Siberian Bank Sberbank. The case materials have not yet been published on the court’s website, so the details of the filed claim are unknown. Also, the court materials do not mention the amount of the claims.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia has a negative attitude towards the proposal of the Russian Union of Copyright Holders (RSP) to levy an anti-piracy fee on Internet providers, said Deputy Head of the FAS Anatoly Golomolzin on Thursday, December 11. “Taxes must be collected in those areas where goods and services are produced, and this sector (the Internet) is a providing sector, it should not have obstacles or restrictions,” Interfax quotes the deputy head of the FAS .

The head of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, said at a briefing on Thursday that she does not see the need to introduce criminal liability for speculation in the foreign exchange market, TASS reports . “I proceed from the fact that criminal liability occurs when there is a violation of the law, which implies such liability,” Nabiullina said. She noted that the current legislation is “sufficient” at the moment.

The Bank of Russia considers it unlikely that the stress scenario prepared in the fall, which envisages a long-term decline in world oil prices to $60 per barrel, will be realized, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said at a press conference on Thursday. “According to our estimates, oil prices in the next 3 years will average $80 per barrel,” Interfax quotes Nabiullina .

US President Barack Obama expressed doubts on Thursday about the advisability of introducing new sanctions against Russia, saying that they could lead to a split in Washington's relations with the European Union, Reuters reported . “The expectation that we can simply impose more and more sanctions and (Russian President Vladimir) Putin will eventually change his approach is, in my opinion, erroneous,” the agency quotes Obama as saying at the meeting. with the US President's Export Council.