The government will introduce a food embargo against Ukraine from January 1, TASS reported on Wednesday, November 18, citing a statement by the Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev. “Since Ukraine joined sanctions against the Russian Federation - economic, financial, we decided to introduce... protective measures in the form of a food embargo,” the minister explained the authorities’ decision.

In the near future, special courses will be held in Singapore to study foreign practices of public administration, to which federal officials at the level of ministers and their deputies will be sent, the press service of the Open Government reported on Wednesday, citing Minister Mikhail Abyzov.

The bomb on the crashed Russian Airbus A321 plane could have been placed in the cabin itself, under the passenger seat near the window, the Kommersant newspaper writes , citing a source. According to the newspaper, the FSB discovered a fragment of the fuselage with a hole about a meter by meter, the edges of which were bent outward.

Olga Proskurnina Author Yulia Sapronova Forbes Editorial Board American, French, Russian intelligence in the Forbes photo gallery After the series of terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, the worst attack on France since World War II, one of the most discussed topics was the failure of the French intelligence services.

Photo by Evgeny Kurskov / TASS The levy on freight carriers will increase business costs and may ruin some small transport companies. On November 15, 2015, Government Decree No. 504 “On the collection of fees for compensation for damage caused to public roads of federal significance by vehicles with a permissible maximum weight of over 12 tons” came into force. At the same time, by additional resolution No.

The Norwegian oil company Statoil announced the decision to curtail geological exploration work in the Chukchi Sea, Reuters reports on Wednesday. “We have been committed to achieving results in Alaska since 2008. We have undertaken significant work, but given the current forecast, we are not able to continue to pursue these opportunities,” said Tim Dodson, director of exploration at Statoil.

Gazprom-Media Holding has launched a project to sell its television content to Russian regional TV channels, reported on Wednesday. the holding’s press service The sale of the Gazprom-Media library of rights to regional broadcasters is carried out by the Alcazar Content Service company. It will offer TV channels the opportunity to formulate their broadcast schedules, taking into account the characteristics of television viewing, the TV channel’s audience and its editorial policy.

Photo of the official website of Ola taxi In the latest round, Ola raised $500 million The investment fund DST Global, controlled by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner , has again invested in India's largest online taxi service Ola, the Financial Times reported . The exact amount of funding provided by DST Global was not specified in the message. In total, in the latest round, Ola raised an amount of $500 million.

Ksenia Dokukina Author Which countries can replace Egypt, Turkey and Tunisia for Russian tourists? Against the backdrop of an aggravated situation with the safety of air travel, the choice of countries offering Russians budget sea holidays is shrinking. In early November, after the crash of an Airbus A321 plane in the Sinai Peninsula, Russian President Vladimir Putin banned flights to Egypt.

Facebook photo by Lev Volozh Lev Volozh left his father’s company and opened his own food delivery project. However, this is not his only business. In the summer of 2012, a young man in a colorful shirt stood in front of a crowd of journalists and, slightly nervous, talked about how the Internet company Yandex would take over the taxi market. This was the first press conference of Lev Volozh, the son of Yandex founder Arkady Volozh. Three years later, Volozh Jr.

Elena Berezanskaya Editorial Forbes Most of the largest Russian companies significantly reduced expenses on remuneration of top managers in 2014 Recently, a long-time client, a former general director of one of the companies of a large energy holding, approached Rustam Barnokhodzhaev, a specialist in the selection of executives of oil companies, director of the department of the recruitment agency Unity.

The Dulisma company of businessmen Yuri and Alexei Khotin, which owns the license for the Dulisminskoye field, will receive an oil export duty exemption in the amount of 92.5 billion rubles until 2033, RBC reports , citing a letter from Finance Minister Anton Siluanov to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev . In 2014-2017, this benefit will cost the budget 6.6 billion rubles annually. A spokesman for the Ministry of Finance declined to comment.

Photo by Alexey Maishev for Forbes The head of VTB did not agree with the opinion of the president of Sberbank that the Russian banking system is in a severe crisis The head of VTB, Andrei Kostin, announced the absence of a large-scale banking crisis in Russia, Interfax reported on Wednesday, November 18, citing the banker’s statement. “In general, I always shout that there is no crisis, why ask me?

The founder and former general director of the social network VKontakte, Pavel Durov, believes that not only the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS, banned in Russia), but also the French government are responsible for the terrorist attacks in Paris. about this He wrote on his Facebook page.

The head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, instructed the Russian Union of Auto Insurers (RSA) to develop a “road map” for tariff liberalization in compulsory liability insurance of vehicle owners (OSAGO), Interfax reported on Wednesday, November 18, with reference to the president of the RSA and the president of the All-Russian Union of Insurers ( VSS) Igor Yurgens. Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Vladimir Chistyukhin confirmed that work in this direction has already begun.