The Voronezh regional government adopted in October a program for the development of innovation activity in the region for 2011-2015. The authorities intend to invest about 1.4 billion rubles in its implementation, expecting to attract almost 1 billion rubles from the federal budget and 5.6 billion private investments. The key areas of the program will be the development of existing and the creation of new venture funds in the region, as well as active cooperation with the Rusnano corporation.

At the Trebs and Titov fields As expected, Bashneft will receive licenses for the Trebs and Titov fields, the largest in the unallocated fund. The competition itself, four of whose participants were rejected by the state, and the fifth, Surgutneftegaz, simply did not make a deposit, was formally declared invalid, but this did not affect the fate of the license. In total, Bashneft will pay 18.476 billion rubles for the fields.

Today, December 2, 2010, the head of the board of directors and founder of Group DF, Dmitry Firtash, was elected chairman of the association of employers' organizations of Ukraine - the Joint Representative Body of the Employers' Party at the national level (JRO). The corresponding decision was made at a meeting of the presidium of the SPO.

Today, December 2, the Kiev City Council at its session prohibited business entities that collect and procure scrap metal from accepting manhole covers of all types of utility networks (sewage, water supply, heating and others), storm drain grates and pipeline shut-off valves from individuals. This decision was supported by 96 out of 107 deputies registered in the session hall.

According to the results of a vote by members of the FIFA executive committee held yesterday in Zurich, Russia received the right to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. She managed to get ahead in the number of votes received from England and the states that submitted paired applications—Portugal with Spain and Belgium with Holland. The application submitted by Russia for the competition indicated that the championship would be held in 13 cities, divided into four clusters.

Today, December 2, the stock price index at Ukrainian Exchange trading increased by 19.56 points, or 0.91%, to 2,175.40 points. The total trading volume for the day amounted to UAH 242,728,852 (stock market UAH 206,542,037, derivatives market UAH 36,186,815). Since the beginning of 2010, the Ukrainian Exchange index has increased by 719.93 points, or 49.46% from 1,455.47 points. Based on materials from the Ukrainian News Agency

On December 2, EuroChem did not place 8-year bonds of series 01 for 10 billion rubles. Earlier it was reported that the MICEX stock exchange included EuroChem series 01 bonds in the “B” quotation list. The state registration number of the issue 4-01-31153-N was assigned on December 3, 2009. Issue volume: 10 billion rubles. (10 million bonds with a par value of 1000 rubles). The maturity period is 8 years.

Oleg Kondrashov, as expected, became the recommended candidate for head of the administration of Nizhny Novgorod Yesterday, the competition commission, which over the course of four hours heard short programs of eight candidates for the head of the administration of Nizhny Novgorod, unanimously recommended the general director of the Nizhny Novgorod sales company, city Duma deputy Oleg Kondrashov, for this post.

Retailer “Five Stars” demanded compensation from the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the bankruptcy of the company The management company of one of the large republican retailers, Five Stars-Finance, demanded from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bashkiria compensation for moral and material damage in the amount of 158 million rubles.

Today, December 2, the Constitutional Court declared a number of provisions of the state budget for 2010 unconstitutional. The corresponding decision was announced by the presiding judge at the court hearing, Anatoly Golovin. In particular, the Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional the provisions of articles 14, 24, 64 of the law “On the state budget for 2010”, as well as paragraphs 7-13 of section 7 “Final provisions”.

Julio Cortazar in Alexandrinka The Alexandrinsky Theater presented on the Small Stage a performance by the young director Evgenia Safonova based on the play “Tsars” by Julio Cortazar. Watched by ELENA GERUSOVA. "Kings" by Julio Cortazar on the Small Stage of Alexandrinka is a more than unexpected work, starting with the choice of the play.

Evgeny TRESCHETENKOV, head of the sales planning department of Panasonic Rus LLC, spoke about how the market for telecommunications products has changed and about the development of IP telephony in Russia. After the crisis, many telecommunications equipment vendors are still not in the best financial condition. How exactly has Panasonic's telecommunications business survived this time? The financial crisis made serious adjustments to all sectors of the economy.

Director of the State Institution “Marijksavtodor” Alexander Salnikov told Kommersant that 193 million rubles will be allocated from the federal fund “New Roads of Russian Cities” to repair the road network of the capital Mari El in 2011. He learned about this at a meeting held by the leader of the United Russia party, Boris Gryzlov. The city administration told Kommersant that 64.3 million rubles. will be used to repair the inner city road network.

343 1 min. ... The authoritative portal Worldfootballinsider.com has put forward its version of how members of the FIFA executive committee will vote in the election of the venue for the 2018 World Cup. Julio Grondona (Argentina) will obviously give preference to the Spain-Portugal bid and will not support England. Issa Hayatou (Cameroon) is leaning towards backing England. Chun Mon Yun (South Korea) will definitely vote against Spain and Portugal.

The volume of foreign investment in the economy of the Nizhny Novgorod region for 9 months of 2010 increased by 44.2% compared to the same period last year to $234.3 million, Nizhny Novgorodstat reports. The main investor countries were the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and France.