The Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), founded by oppositionist Alexei Navalny, stated that member of the Federation Council, former hockey player Vyacheslav Fetisov owns three operating offshore companies registered in Cyprus, according to Navalny’s blog. According to FBK, on ​​September 6, 2011, Vyacheslav Fetisov acquired shares of OMNILINER LTD and SAFETEL LTD registered in Cyprus.

The dollar exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange at 10:17 Moscow time on Tuesday, March 17, fell by 40 kopecks to 61.79 rubles, reports the website Finanz.ru . The euro exchange rate rose by 29 kopecks to 65.46 rubles. Futures for Brent oil for delivery in May rose by 0.07% to $53.99 per barrel by 10:21 Moscow time. WTI oil futures for April delivery, expiring on March 20, fell 0.25% to $43.77 per barrel. May contracts are trading at $46.08 per barrel.

Deputy head of the Department of Property Relations of the Ministry of Defense Alexander Gorshkolepov, appointed head of the department by Sergei Shoigu, was detained and arrested in Moscow on suspicion of receiving bribes, the Kommersant newspaper reports , citing sources in the Military Investigation Department (MAD) for Moscow and the GVSU Investigative Committee (TFR). ) on Tuesday, March 17th.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved the regulation “On the State Commission for the Development of the Arctic,” the head of which was appointed Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Tuesday . According to the publication, Rogozin has already held a thematic meeting at which he announced the decision to “conduct an audit” of everything that Russia currently has in the Arctic.

Photo by ITAR-TASS The owner of Renova and the Minister for Open Government are suing in the Virgin Islands for $500 million. Who owes whom how much? In the late 1990s, SUAL shareholder Viktor Vekselberg and deputy chairman of the board of directors of Novosibirskenergo Mikhail Abyzov met at a meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

The Public Chamber did not support the idea of ​​​​introducing copyright fees on the Internet in Russia, proposed by the Russian Union of Copyright Holders (RSU), whose council is headed by director Nikita Mikhalkov (No. 26 in the ranking of 50 Russian celebrities, income - $2.5 million), the Vedomosti newspaper reported on Tuesday " with reference to Lidia Mikheeva, a member of the chamber and deputy chairman of the board of the Research Center for Private Law under the President of Russia.

PAUL J. RICHARDS / AFP Putin previously stated that the choice of the residents of the peninsula should be respected The US authorities promised to maintain the sanctions imposed against Russia after the annexation of Crimea until the peninsula returns to Ukraine, according to a statement by US State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki, published on the website of the American Foreign Ministry on Monday, March 16.

The Lesinvest company, part of Vladimir Yevtushenkov's AFK Sistema , plans to invest 8 billion rubles in timber processing projects in the Vologda region by 2020, Interfax reported on Tuesday, March 17 . The general director of Lesinvest, Sergei Pomelov, told the agency about this. The company's management and the governor of the Vologda region Oleg Kuvshinnikov signed a corresponding cooperation agreement on March 17. “We are interested in implementing a project for deep wood processing.

Gazprom is trying to convince the Chinese authorities to speed up the conclusion of a deal on the construction of the Altai gas pipeline to supply gas to China along the so-called western route, Reuters reports, citing three sources.

Lukoil, whose president and main shareholder is billionaire Vagit Alekperov , has closed a deal to enter into the Etinde development project on the Cameroon shelf, reported on Tuesday. the press service of the largest Russian private oil company The purchase and sale agreement was signed in June 2014. The license to develop the Etinde site was issued on July 29, 2014 for a period of 20 years. Approval from Cameroon's Ministry of Mines was received on October 21, 2014.

Artem Holoshchapov for Forbes O1 Group will buy shares of Immofinanz AG at a price of €2.8 per share The investment company O1 Group of Boris Mintz and the Austrian CA Immo announced an offer to purchase about 15% of the development company Immofinanz AG, reports .

The Lublinsky Court of Moscow refused to accept the submission of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) to change the sentence of oppositionist Alexei Navalny in the Kirovles case from a suspended sentence to a real one, Interfax reported . “The FSIN’s submission was returned due to improper execution,” the press service of the district court explained to the agency.

On Tuesday, March 17, the Moscow Arbitration Court granted Alfa Bank's claim to recover $11.7 million in debt from UTair Airlines, Interfax reports . At the meeting, it was emphasized that of the above amount, $11.4 million is the main debt, and $304,600 is a penalty as of November 17, 2014. The UTair representative at the meeting was refused to postpone the meeting due to negotiations on a settlement agreement.

A subsidiary of Gazprom - Gazprom Global LNG Limited - on Tuesday, March 17, signed a contract with the Egyptian gas company EGAS for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Egypt, RIA Novosti reports citing the press service of the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources . The terms of the contract provide for the Russian company to supply seven LNG cargoes every year for five years.

The Bank of Russia lowered the official dollar exchange rate on Wednesday, March 18, by 40 kopecks to 61.75 rubles, the Finanz.ru website reported on Tuesday , citing Central Bank data . The Central Bank increased the official euro exchange rate by 3 kopecks, it is 65.43 rubles. The cost of the bi-currency basket, calculated at official rates as of Wednesday, decreased by 21 kopecks to 63.41 rubles.