A total of 16 people have been killed in the snowstorm currently hitting the northeastern US after it ruined Christmas for residents in Midwestern states. this The BBC reports . In the New England states (Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island) heavy snow began to fall the day before. In some areas of Massachusetts, the thickness of the snow cover is already more than 30 cm. The same amount of snow was recorded in the town of Lebanon in Maine.

December 28, 2012, 10:30 Business Former deputy head of the Ministry of Energy was appointed general director of the state-owned Zarubezhneft Former Deputy Minister of Energy Sergei Kudryashov has been appointed general director of the state-owned Zarubezhneft, told the Prime Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich agency . The corresponding directive was signed on December 26. Kudryashov currently holds the post of First Deputy General Director of Zarubezhneft.

IPO volume in 2012 fell to its lowest level since the financial crisis, hit by slowing economic growth and a failed attempt by social media company Facebook to go public, prompting other companies to delay their IPOs. reports this Bloomberg . In general, companies managed to raise $112 billion during IPOs in 2012, a record low since 2008, Bloomberg notes . Initial share sales in Western Europe fell to a third of last year's levels, while concerns over China's economy halved proceeds.

December 28, 2012, 17:54 News Head of the Legal Department Svetlana Ivanova appointed Deputy Minister of Regional Development has been appointed Deputy Minister of Regional Development of Russia The head of the legal department of the department, Svetlana Ivanova, . The corresponding order was published on the government website . Ivanova headed the legal department of the Ministry of Regional Development in November, after the appointment of Igor Slyunyaev as the new head of the department.

The science The program of fundamental research in the Russian Federation until 2020 has been approved Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved a program of fundamental scientific research for the long-term period (2013-2020), the government press service reported on Friday.

Leading American newspapers, news agencies and television channels reacted to the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the “ Dima Yakovlev law ”, prohibiting Americans from adopting Russian children. write about the ban on the adoption of Russian children .

December 28, 2012, 15:10 Cars Lukashenko appointed new general directors of MAZ and three other enterprises President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has appointed new general directors of Minsk Automobile Plant OJSC (MAZ), state associations Minsk Tractor Plant (MTZ), Gomselmash and Vityaz (Vitebsk), Prime reports . Viktor Osnovsky was appointed head of OJSC MAZ, the management company of the Belavtomaz holding. Previously, the general director of MAZ was Alexander Borovsky .

December 28, 2012, 12:47 Business Sechin-Abramovich tributary Sechin and Abramovich ensured the growth of Russian shares Julia Orlova close 100% Over the last week of the year, foreign investment funds investing in Russian stocks collected $5 million. But at the end of the year, the country lost in the fight for investment: fresh money flowed into China, Turkey and Brazil, and $631 million was withdrawn from Russia over the past three months.

December 28, 2012, 02:04 Society A gas pipeline burst in the Tver region, the gas burned out, there were no casualties An accident with a fire occurred on the underground section of the Ukhta-Torzhok gas pipeline in the Rameshkovsky district of the Tver region, RIA Novosti reports . According to preliminary data, there were no casualties as a result of the accident: the automation blocked a 27-kilometer-long section, and all the gas burned out.

Rossiyskaya Gazeta published a response to the American Magnitsky Act, which, in particular, prohibits US citizens from adopting children in Russia.

December 28, 2012, 11:12 pm Society A passenger ship sank off the coast of Guinea-Bissau: 22 people were killed, 75 were missing A passenger ship sank off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, killing 22 people and at least 75 missing, StarAfrica reports . As rescuers explained, the ship was an ordinary wooden boat with almost 100 people on it. At a certain point, the boat capsized and all passengers fell into the water. Only six people were immediately rescued.

The NPO “Special Equipment and Communications” of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced a tender for the development of special body armor for female employees of internal affairs bodies, RAPSI reports with reference to the government procurement website. The initial price of the contract for the development of new products is 4 million rubles, applications are accepted until January 30.

The investigation has been completed against 12 Bolotnaya defendants, whose case has been separated into separate proceedings, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the representative of the Investigative Committee , Vladimir Markin. “Investigative actions against 12 defendants have been completed.

Because of the Belarusian Railway, New Year's bus tours of about a thousand Russians to Europe may not take place, ) Irina Tyurina told RIA Novosti press secretary of the Russian Union of Tourism Industry ( RST on Friday . According to her, bus tour operators have planned several trips for the New Year holidays. In particular, on December 29, more than 400 tourists should leave Moscow for Brest, and on January 2, more than 600.

The Moscow analogues of Hyde Park will begin to operate no earlier than spring, and not from January 1, as previously planned. spoke about this in an interview with Izvestia The head of the Moscow regional security department, Alexey Mayorov, . “From January 1, as previously promised, the parks will not open. If I were optimistic, I would say they will open for rallies in April. But in reality, I think the process may drag on.