Blame lies with BP, Halliburton and Transocean, and government regulators On Tuesday evening, a special US government commission created to investigate the causes of the accident in the Gulf of Mexico published its report. The commission believes that the accident occurred due to a number of reasons, including poor organization and coordination between BP and its contractors, as well as oversights by government agencies responsible for overseeing offshore drilling.

There is another personnel revolution in the Chelyabinsk regional Communist Party of the Russian Federation. On January 5, the former head of the regional branch, Vladimir Gorbachev (removed from office in May 2010), convened a party conference at which he tried to regain power. “In total, there are 1.7 thousand communists in the regional branch; 1.4 thousand signatures were collected at the conference in order to reappoint me as the first secretary of the regional committee,” he said.

Blitzinterview 158 1 min. ... VLADIMIR TSIVIN, at the request of Kommersant, commented on the situation. — The customer calls your project unrelated to either the life or work of Brodsky. — Our project is architectural. Its essence lies in the fact that two large, tall, flattened semi-columns organize a very narrow descent to the water. On the two-part granite composition are Brodsky's poems about St. Petersburg, on the one hand - written before emigration, on the other - after.

Mikhail Krutikhin: — I would not say that the pressure from Russian companies is somehow artificial; companies are incurring certain losses. The disputes here are primarily commercial and hardly political. I don't see any major change in commercial conditions here other than an upward trend in oil prices. Since you are sending a more expensive product through pipes, then please pay more for it. As tradition already shows, Belarus can make concessions.

After the Khimki scandal, Avtodor asked for more money and received it The state company Russian Highways (Avtodor) intends to no longer allow situations similar to the scandal surrounding the Khimki Forest during the construction of toll roads. At the end of 2010, at the request of the company, the volume of budget subsidies for the construction of four federal highways was doubled - 39.5 billion rubles. budget subsidies against the original budget - 17.3 billion rubles.

The updated results of the investigation into the causes of the tragedy did not satisfy the Poles. As reported by Reuters , the report of the technical commission of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) lacks evidence, it is one-sided and insults Poland, said the brother of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died on April 10 near Smolensk, Jaroslaw.

The Moscow United Electric Grid Company is creating a special unit for the prompt removal of blockages on power lines and repair of electrical networks. The mobile group will include lifts with manipulators, truck cranes and harvesters for felling forests. This decision was made after the recent blackout in the Moscow region, which left about 800 settlements without electricity.

OJSC AKB Financial-Industrial Bank acquired 9.84% of the ordinary shares of OJSC Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Manufacturing Plant Sokol from OJSC Research and Production Corporation Irkut, which amounts to 7.38% of the company's authorized capital. In addition, the credit institution acquired preferred shares of Sokol from the corporation, amounting to 3.54% of the authorized capital of the aircraft plant.

The Nizhny Novgorod Election Commission is waiting for applications to register candidates for the Legislative Assembly Preparations for the March elections to the legislative assembly of the Nizhny Novgorod region are entering the final stage. The main political forces in the region approved the final lists of candidates and announced their expectations for the number of votes.

SEZ "Lipetsk" intends to increase its area to 2 thousand hectares OJSC "Special Economic Zone of Industrial Production Type (SEZ PPT) "Lipetsk"" is preparing an application to OJSC SEZ and the Ministry of Economic Development to increase its area from 1 thousand hectares to 2 thousand. Thus, the Lipetsk zone claims the maximum legally possible size for Federal SEZ. The regional administration has no doubt that there will be residents for the new areas.

Standard & Poor's credit rating service changed its outlook on Nizhny Novgorod's ratings from "stable" to "positive", while confirming the long-term credit rating of "BB-" and the national scale rating of "ruAA-" previously assigned to the city.

Context 289 1 min. ... In the Zarechensky District Court of Tula yesterday, a trial began in the case of an accident involving the car of Airborne Forces Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Shamanov. Let us recall that on October 30 last year, a MAZ-5551, owned by Dortehstroy LLC, drove into oncoming traffic, where a collision occurred with a BMW 525 in which the commander-in-chief was driving. As a result, Mr.

The growth of the Russian economy in 2010, according to preliminary data, amounted to 3.8%, the volume of industrial production increased over the year by 8.3%, the head of the Russian government, Vladimir Putin, said on January 12. These indicators correspond to the forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development. “According to preliminary calculations, Russia’s GDP increased by 3.8% in 2010, industrial production grew by 8.3%,” Mr.

The Togliatti Automobile Plant finally abandoned its influence in NTB in favor of VEB Two new shareholders entered the capital of OJSC National Trade Bank - Schweizerweg Finanz Sarl and CJSC Globex Commercial Bank. The first has Swiss registration and works with offshore companies, the president of the second is the ex-chairman of the board of NTB Vitaly Vavilin. As part of a series of transactions, AvtoVAZ OJSC (10.39%) and Vnesheconombank (16.69%) got rid of their stakes in the bank.

Today, January 12, it became known that US President Barack Obama's rating rose to 50% for the first time since June 2010. This is evidenced by data from a survey conducted by Reuters and the marketing research agency Ipsos. In November, the American leader's rating dropped to 45%. The increase in Barack Obama's rating is associated with the successful economic policy of the American president. About 36% of respondents support the economic course of the head of state.