Russia's GDP, excluding seasonal and calendar factors, decreased by 1.1% in January 2015, according to the monthly monitoring of the Ministry of Economic Development (MED), published on Wednesday, March 4, on the ministry's website. The Ministry of Economic Development explains this by the deterioration in the dynamics of most macro indicators. At the same time, as noted in the monitoring, GDP dynamics in annual terms decreased by 1.5% by January 2014.

Journalist Tonya Samsonova on Wednesday posted on her blog on the website of the Ekho Moskvy radio station a DVR recording of a car driving past the scene of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge three minutes after the crime was committed. Samsonova writes that the DVR recording was handed over to her. She noted that she publishes the recording with the consent of the author, as she considers it necessary to make the video public.

According to preliminary information, more than 30 people were killed and 14 were injured in the explosion that occurred on Wednesday morning at the Zasyadko mine in Donetsk, Reuters reports, citing the head of the local mining safety service, Vladimir Tsymbalenko. “Rescuers have not yet reached the site of the explosion. They eliminate the poisonous gas and then go down,” Tsymbalenko said.

photo by Max Novikov for Forbes Chairman of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina in a long interview with Forbes - about the reasons for the transition to a floating ruble exchange rate, increasing compulsory motor liability insurance and trust in the banking system On the eve of the March 8 holiday, Forbes begins publishing a series of interviews and materials about women managing Russian finance, the oil and gas industry and other strategic industries.

photo by Oleg Korolev for Forbes The deal was discussed at the highest level and the government has no intention of changing its position, a British official said The UK will not change its position and will not approve the purchase by the LetterOne group, controlled by Russian billionaires Mikhail Fridman , German Khan and other shareholders of the Alfa Group consortium, of Dea, an oil and gas subsidiary of the German energy concern RWE, the agency reported on Wednesday Reuters , citing a

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that he sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which he asked to immediately release the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is under arrest in Russia on charges of complicity in the murder of Russian journalists in June 2014, reports Wednesday, March 4, "Interfax-Ukraine" .

The Scientific Council under the Russian Security Council will prepare proposals for the agency to combat the destabilization of the internal political situation according to the scenario of “color revolutions,” the Kommersant newspaper reports , citing sources in the Security Council on Wednesday, March 4.

PhotoXPress Swedish shareholders of STS are getting rid of their shares due to the new law on the owners of Russian media The Swedish MTG Group announced its readiness to sell its entire stake in CTC Media - 39%, reported on Wednesday, March 4, citing two people close to the Russian media holding and a source close to its foreign shareholder.

Washington currently has no plans to impose sanctions against Russian billionaires Mikhail Fridman and German Khan , who control the company LetterOne, which acquired its oil and gas subsidiary Dea from the German energy concern RWE, US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said at a congressional hearing on Wednesday. Nuland explained to congressmen that US and EU sanctions are aimed at Russian public and state-owned assets and companies. “Mr.

The French Court of Cassation rejected the appeal of the former head of BTA Bank, citizen of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Ablyazov, against the decision of the Court of Appeal of the French city of Lyon to extradite him to Russia, reports on Wednesday, March 4, TASS citing a representative of the court. The agency's interlocutor added that thus the court decision on Ablyazov's extradition dated October 24, 2014 is final.

Sberbank intends to gradually reduce funding for its subsidiary banks in Europe, reported with reference to one of the draft anti-crisis plan of the state bank on Wednesday, March 4. the Vedomosti newspaper The document states that by July 1, the bank will also determine which of its subsidiaries to sell, and by mid-March it will present proposals to reduce the costs of these banks, including on employees and real estate.

The brother of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Oleg Navalny, convicted in the so-called “Yves Rocher” case, was transferred from the Butyrka pre-trial detention center to the Oryol region, where he will be placed in a colony, Interfax reports , citing Navalny’s lawyer Kirill Polozov. According to the lawyer, Navalny was transported on the morning of March 4. “So far I have not received any information that he has arrived there,” Polozov said.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexander Lukashevich, believes that by extending anti-Russian sanctions, the United States is trying to disrupt the peace process in Ukraine, according to a message published on Wednesday, March 4, on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. “We noticed a remarkable circumstance.

The unauthorized entry of two Russian Tu-95 bombers into Irish-controlled airspace disrupted commercial flight schedules and routes , the Irish Aviation Authority ( IAA) said on Tuesday. writes about this The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday, March 4. According to the IAA, the Russian Tu-95s did not enter Irish airspace but were flying within 25 nautical miles (46.3 km) of the Irish coast. This area is under the control of the Irish authorities.

The Moscow City Court on Wednesday recognized as legal the decision of a lower court, which refused to release opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is serving 15 days of administrative arrest, to attend the funeral of Boris Nemtsov, who was killed on the night of February 28 near the Kremlin, the TASS agency reported . The appellate instance of the Moscow City Court refused to satisfy Navalny’s complaint against the decision of the Presnensky Court.