Chairman of the Board of the Association of Print Distributors Alexander Oskin proposed creating a Ministry of Information in Russia to support the media, TASS reports . “It is necessary to create a Ministry of Information, we need a professional department. Such a ministry has already been created in Belarus,” Oskin said on Thursday, February 26, during a speech at a meeting of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy.

NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine intends to take out a loan of $3.6 billion from the National Bank of China, Deputy Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Igor Didenko said during the Doing Business with China conference in Kiev, RBC reported on Thursday, February 26. The Ukrainian official noted that the parties are preparing to sign the contract. According to him, the process of finalizing and financing several projects using these funds is already expected in 2016.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia found no signs of collusion in the agreement of the largest retailers to freeze prices for socially significant products for two months and approved this initiative, the TASS agency reported on Thursday, citing deputy head of the department Andrei Kashevarov. “Yesterday we received an appeal, and yesterday the initiative was approved,” Kashevarov said and explained that no signs of collusion were found in the actions of the largest retail chains.

photo Getty Images According to experts, a drunk snowplow driver got lost on the runway and blocked the path of the taking off Falcon. The technical commission has established the preliminary causes of the crash of the French Falcon 50 at Vnukovo airport in October 2014, in which the president of the French company Total, Christophe de Margerie, died, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Thursday, February 26, citing experts from the flight subcommittee who participated in the investigation.

The presidential administration has prepared proposals for a new composition of the board of directors of Rosneft, according to which it should include Artem Avetisyan from the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and Deputy Head of the Ministry of Energy Alexey Teksler, Kommersant writes on Thursday, February 26, citing sources.

Forbes Editorial Forbes Editorial Yandex, Mail.Ru Group, Ozon and other leaders of the Russian Internet market in terms of cost After the issue was published, it became known that Mail.Ru Group was unable to sell HeadHunter. “ To date, the transaction for the sale of HeadHunter has not been completed, and there is uncertainty regarding its closure,” Dmitry Grishin, CEO of Mail.Ru Group, is quoted in the company’s financial statements.

Inflation in Russia in annual terms, as of February 24, reached 16.2%, exceeding the key rate of the Central Bank (15%), RIA Novosti reports , citing Rosstat data. Weekly inflation for the period from February 17 to February 24 amounted to 0.6%, the department reported . Since the beginning of February, inflation, according to Rosstat, has amounted to 1.9%, since the beginning of 2015 - 5.8%. In February 2014, the consumer price index was 100.7%, since the beginning of 2014 - 101.3%.

The capital amnesty, which is planned to be discussed in the Kremlin on Thursday, February 26, may not become comprehensive and may not apply to officials and owners of large assets, the writes . Vedomosti newspaper As two participants in the meeting told the publication, the amnesty bill is described in the concept of the Presidential Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs Boris Titov.

The European Union has filed a lawsuit against Russia with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over excessive import duties on paper products, refrigerators and palm oil, Reuters reported on Thursday . “The EU today asked the WTO to establish a panel of arbitrators to consider the merits of the claim relating to excessive import duties, in particular on paper products, refrigerators and palm oil,” the European Commission said in a statement.

The European Commission proposes that Russia and Ukraine hold trilateral negotiations on gas supplies in Brussels on Monday, March 2, Reuters reports citing European Commission representative Anna-Kaisa Itkonen. According to Itkonen, Vice-President of the European Commission Maros Šefčović has already sent corresponding invitations to Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Vladimir Demchishin.

The period of investigation of the criminal case of mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012 in Moscow has been extended until April 6, 2015, the Interfax agency reported on Thursday, citing a representative of the investigation. He stated this during a meeting of the Basmanny Court, which considered the ICR’s petition to arrest the new - 30th person involved in the case - 24-year-old Ivan Nepomnyashchikh.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will consider the resumption of the preferential car loan program, the Vedomosti newspaper reports , citing the president of the Russian Auto Dealers Association (ROAD) Vladimir Mozhenkov and the vice-president of Europlan Alexander Mikhailov on Thursday, February 26. According to Mozhenkov, it was decided to work on this issue at a meeting held on February 25 with the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.

Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, in an interview with CNN, called Novaya Gazeta's article about a pre-developed plan to annex eastern Ukraine "unthinkable." “I don’t know who the author of the article is. This is a newspaper that sometimes publishes unimaginable publications. And I see no reason for an (official) reaction on our part.

The official euro to ruble exchange rate, set by the Central Bank of Russia on Friday, decreased by 2.19 rubles and amounted to 68.9797 rubles, according to data posted on the regulator’s website on Thursday. The official dollar exchange rate fell by 1.88 rubles and became equal to 60.7109 rubles. The cost of the bi-currency basket ($0.55 and €0.45), calculated at official rates on Friday, decreased by 2.02 rubles compared to Thursday and amounted to 64.43 rubles.

photo TASS The deal to sell HeadHunter for 9.85 billion rubles has not yet been closed Internet company Mail.ru Group reported that there was “uncertainty” in the deal to sell the recruiting site HeadHunter, which was announced in November 2014, according to the company’s preliminary results for the 2014 financial year. “To date, the sale of HeadHunter has not been completed and there is uncertainty regarding its closure,” the statement notes.