The new chairman of the board of Gazprom-Media, Dmitry Chernyshenko, on his first working day in his new post, fired two of his deputies from Mikhail Lesin’s team - Vladimir Khanumyan and Ruslan Terekbaev, RBC reports , citing sources close to the holding’s management, on Wednesday, January 14. The press service of Gazprom Media declined to comment on this information.

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow refused to consider the application for the release from the pre-trial detention center of the brother of oppositionist Alexei Navalny, Oleg, who at the end of December was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for embezzling money from Yves Rocher, RIA Novosti reports on Wednesday, January 14 . “The lawyer filed a complaint in which he asked to recognize the actions of the head of pre-trial detention center No.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, during a speech at the Gaidar Forum, said that Russia needs to move to a new economic model, since the energy resource model has been “exhausted,” RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, January 14 . “It (the energy and raw materials model) cannot provide either sustainable growth or incentives for investment in real production,” Medvedev believes. He added that the Russian economy “began to slow down” even with high oil prices.

Photo by ITAR-TASS The plans for the development of the famous brand were confused by big politics. Will the investment in the project of junior business partner Iskander Makhmudov pay off? In May 2014, a transaction was completed to sell 49% of the shares of the Kalashnikov concern to the co-owner of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company, Kuzbassrazrezugol, Transmashholding and Aeroexpress, billionaire Andrey Bokarev , and the CEO of Aeroexpress, Alexey Krivoruchko.

The billionaire will consider selling a controlling stake if he receives an offer he cannot refuse, the source said. Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov does not plan to sell his entire stake in the American basketball team and will put up about 20% of the club for sale, the Vedomosti newspaper reported on Wednesday , citing a source close to the businessman.

The police who took opposition leader Alexei Navalny away from the police department in a car on Wednesday evening took him home, Navalny himself said on Twitter. “ They took me out of the Arbat police station through some back door, put me in a car and brought me home,” Navalny wrote. “ At the entrance, they naturally drew up some kind of acceptance and transfer act from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Federal Penitentiary Service,” added .

State Duma deputies Alexander Sidyakin and Oleg Savchenko (United Russia), who went on an expedition to Antarctica, are insured for $500,000 each, Interfax reported on Wednesday with reference to the manager of the 7 Summits club, Vyacheslav Ivonin, who organized the tour. Ivonin noted that the deputies are insured by an American company, and in the event of an emergency, it will be the company that will provide them with assistance.

The head of the Ministry of Justice, Alexander Konovalov, said that the ministry has sent to the government draft amendments to the law “On Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs)”, which provide for the removal of NPOs from the list of foreign agents, Interfax reported on Wednesday, January 14 . According to Konovalov, the bill was prepared “a long time ago” - after Ombudsman Ella Pamfilova appealed to President Vladimir Putin. “It was updated, updated and submitted to the government,” Konovalov said.

The official euro-ruble exchange rate, set by the Russian Central Bank on Thursday, increased by 1.19 rubles and amounted to 77.9629 rubles, Finanz.ru reported on Wednesday, citing data from the regulator . The official dollar exchange rate increased by 1.26 rubles and reached 66.0983 rubles per $1. The cost of the bi-currency basket ($0.55 and €0.45), calculated at official rates on Thursday, increased by 1.23 rubles compared to Wednesday and amounted to 71.44 rubles.

About 2,000 people gathered at the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri in northern Armenia on Wednesday, demanding the extradition of Russian soldier Valery Permyakov, who is accused of killing a family of six, Interfax reports . The atmosphere near the military base is tense, with clashes occurring between protesters and police officers, the agency reports. Reinforced police squads with special equipment have been deployed to the base.

EU countries should “right today” begin work on the construction of new gas pipelines to supply gas from a hub on the border of Turkey and Greece, said Gazprom head Alexey Miller. “They have a few years at most for this. This is a very, very tight schedule,” Interfax quotes Miller. The head of Gazprom emphasized that the gas pipeline to Turkey, which is planned to be built instead of South Stream, is the only route through which 63 billion cubic meters can be supplied.

Inflation in Russia from January 1 to January 12, 2015 reached 0.8%, according to a message posted on the Rosstat website on Wednesday, January 14. This is 0.5% higher than for the same period in January 2014. In particular, since the beginning of 2015, granulated sugar has risen in price by 5.9%, rice - by 3.4%. Prices for cheeses and eggs increased by 1.9%, for sunflower oil - by 1.8%, beef and flour - 1.6%, for rye bread - by 1.2%.

The head of Sberbank, German Gref, called a “massive” banking crisis inevitable with oil prices at $43-45 per barrel, Interfax reported on Wednesday, January 14. “It is obvious that at such a price, at today’s average annual price of 43-45, how many banks will withstand such a volume of reserve formation?” - Gref told reporters at the Gaidar Forum. In the current crisis, banks will probably need to create about 3 trillion rubles of reserves, Gref said.

The European Union has expressed its readiness and outlined the conditions for easing sanctions against Russia if Moscow changes its position on the situation in Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reports , citing a document from the EU foreign policy service, on Wednesday, January 14.

photo by Alexey Mayshev for Forbes Participants will discuss the development of the Russian economy under sanctions The sixth Gaidar Forum, dedicated to the theme “Russia and the world: a new vector,” is being held in Moscow, at the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President (RANEPA) on Wednesday, January 14. On the first day of the forum, participants will discuss the development of macroeconomics.