The Sverdlovsk governor is closer to appointees or hired city managers The governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Alexander Misharin, insists on the transition from electing heads of municipalities to their appointment. In his opinion, the mayoral election system is not always effective. The heads of Sverdlovsk municipalities are against the abolition of mayoral elections, but are ready to agree with the introduction of the institution of city managers.

The Ministry of Fuel and Energy disputes the results of the meeting of shareholders of Ukrtatnafta Tatneft gained an ally in the fight against the Privat group for control of Ukrtatnafta. Yesterday, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy intervened in the conflict, accusing the management of Naftogaz of supporting the Privat group at the last meeting of Ukrtatnafta shareholders without the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Today, February 25, it became known that the US FBI has begun an investigation into the American division of the Japanese auto parts manufacturer Denso, which supplies car parts to Toyota Motor factories. Denso said in a statement that a joint investigation by the FBI and the US Department of Justice against Denso Internatonal America has been launched to check the company's activities for compliance with antitrust laws.

Posts by users of the popular microblogging service Twitter have been integrated into the services of the search engine Yahoo!, the latter reported yesterday. Twitter provides access to a stream of user messages, and Yahoo! uses these records as responses to queries made through the search engine. Last October, Bing and Google entered into similar agreements with Twitter; this cooperation brought the microblogging service $25 million, thanks to which it ended 2009 with a profit. "Lenta.ru"

Today, February 25, the press service of the head of state reported that President Viktor Yushchenko granted the state historical and memorial reserve "Babi Yar" national status. The reserve was given this status for its great importance for perpetuating the memory of victims of Nazi persecution and for the purpose of promoting its further development.

364 1 min. ... Champions League First matches of the 1/8 finals. "Olympiacos" (Greece) - "Bordeaux" (France) 0:1 (Siani, 45+2). “Stuttgart” (Germany) – “Barcelona” (Spain) 1:1 (Cacau, 25 - Ibrahimovic, 52). The return matches will take place on March 17. Europa League Return match of the 1/16 finals. “Benfica” (Portugal) – “Hertha” (Germany) 4:0 (Aimar, 25; Cardoso, 48, 62; Javi Garcia, 59); first match 1:1. Benfica reached the 1/8 finals. Newspaper "Kommersant" No.

Today, February 25, the press service of Moody's Investors Service reported that the agency had withdrawn all ratings of Ukrsotsbank for business reasons. Moody's recalls that Ukrsotsbank had a rating of long-term liabilities in hryvnia and a debt rating of "Ba1" with a stable outlook, a rating of long-term liabilities in currency of "B3" with a negative forecast, and ratings of short-term liabilities in national and foreign currencies of "Not Prime".

LastChangedOpen positionsVolume bidding Oil and energy Brent Blend, IPE ($/bar, 1000 bar) April 77.19 -0.06 190312 46649 May 77.52 -0.11 181204 24258 West Texas crude, NYMEX ($/bar., 1000 bar.) April 78.83 -0.03 274738 33178 May 79.32 +0.03 162076 9571 Gasoil, IPE ($/t, 100 t) March 6.26 -0.028 142315 18118 April 6.31 -0.025 116392 24277 May 6.37 -0.023 65887 7143 Heating oil, NYMEX ($/gallon, 1000 bar.) March 2.0319 -0.0 24775 611 April 2.0414 -0.001 77064 2210 May 2.0525 -0.001 41263 422

On February 25, the head of the Central Election Commission announced plans to open polling stations in hypermarkets. Voting at these precincts will take place using absentee ballots. “A large number of people work in hypermarkets,” says the head of the Central Election Commission, Vladimir Churov. “Voting can be carried out using absentee ballots,” Ekho Moskvy reports Mr. Churov’s statement.

As Tamara Saidakova, the chairman of the regional election commission, told Kommersant, the election commission has not decided whether by-elections to the legislative assembly will be held in single-mandate constituency No. 18. Let us recall that the deputy in this constituency was the former head of the Lysvensky district, Sergei Richter.

Personnel Alexey Koldin, who previously held the position of director of the Primorsky branch of Vostokcreditbank, was appointed Chairman of the Board of Primtercombank (Vladivostok). Primtercombank reported yesterday that the former chairman of the board, Konstantin Kuznetsov, left the bank due to the expiration of his contract. Alexey Koldin was born in 1948 in Siberia, graduated from the Far Eastern Military Engineering Naval School. Admiral G.I. Nevelsky.

Investigative authorities opened a criminal case into the death of Konstantin Pavlov, general director of Gazprom Dobycha Nadym. He was mortally wounded while hunting in the Kama region on February 19. Deputy General Director of Gazprom Dobycha Nadym LLC Konstantin Pavlov died while hunting in the Tchaikovsky district of the region, a representative of the investigation department for the city of Tchaikovsky told RIA Novosti on February 25.

The court returned Nikolai Utkin's case to prosecutors The Central District Court of Togliatti yesterday returned the criminal case of ex-mayor of Togliatti Nikolai Utkin to the prosecutor’s office “to eliminate shortcomings.” During the preliminary hearings, the defense stated that the new version of the indictment, which had been revised for several months after the October court ruling, was not provided to the accused for review, which violated their rights.

The prosecutor's office will continue to claim attorney fees Recently, the Perm Regional Court refused to accept two lawsuits against the legal community from the Kama region prosecutor's office, which challenged the establishment of night work hours for lawyers not from 10 p.m., but from 6 p.m., which “involves an unreasonable increase” in fees. Yesterday, the supervisory authority Kommersant reported its intention to continue litigation regarding the stated position.

As Kommersant learned, yesterday the head of the regional Ministry of Public Security, Igor Orlov, and the head of the regional Ministry of Trade, Marat Bimatov, took up their duties. Today the head of the city, Alexander Kudryavtsev, goes to work. All of them, as a source in the administration of the regional governor clarified, will continue to work with the prefix acting, since the regional government is still in retirement.