Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting with young specialists at MPEI Dmitry Medvedev will instruct the government to conduct an audit of the specialties of Russian universities. He stated this at a meeting with teachers and students of technical universities. The President noted that “there are a lot of specialties that are not in demand at all.” Dmitry Medvedev also opposed the abolition of income tax for young professionals, emphasizing that such a practice does not exist anywhere in the world.

At an internal meeting, Vagit Alekperov said that oil prices should not rise. The maximum price, in his opinion, is $90 per barrel. Experts agree that inflated prices could crash the market. The head of LUKOIL considers current oil prices too high. According to Vagit Alekperov, a fair price is $70-90 per barrel. He announced this assessment at an internal meeting of LUKOIL, a video report of which was posted today by the company’s press service.

They revived projects for the construction of car dealerships along the Ring Road St. Petersburg car dealers are returning to projects for the construction of showrooms along the Ring Road, the commissioning of which was frozen due to the crisis. But they don’t want to start new projects there, preferring to go to the regions. The next stage of active development of car dealer networks in St. Petersburg will begin no earlier than next year, market participants say. Before the crisis, St.

Today, March 29, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) reported that total sales of commercial vehicles in Europe in February 2011 increased by 16.8% compared to February 2010, to 141,914 thousand units. All commercial vehicle segments experienced growth, with the exception of city and intercity buses. In January-February, the number of registered new commercial vehicles increased by 18.5%, to 290.695 thousand units.

Today, March 29, the International Center for the Resolution of Investment Disputes (ICSID) made a decision on the claim of US citizen, owner of the Gala Radio radio station Joseph Lemire against Ukraine. In accordance with the decision of the tribunal, Ukraine must pay Mr. Lemire $8 million 717.850 thousand as the main fine and $750 thousand as compensation for the plaintiff’s expenses for conducting the case. According to J.

Yuri Kudimov about the business of VEB Capital Vnesheconombank (VEB) is completing the formation of its own investment bank, transferring to its balance sheet non-core assets worth 6 billion rubles. and problem loans of the rehabilitated Svyaz-Bank for 92-93 billion rubles.

Radioactive water may end up in the ocean Radioactive water flowing from damaged pipelines of the second reactor is spilling across the territory of the emergency Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant. Experts are trying to pump it into safe containers, but it is possible that contaminated water may end up in the ocean. Russian experts believe that the concentration of radioactive isotopes in sea water will drop to safe levels. But Russia still stopped buying fish from Japan.

Resignations are expected in the Moscow Regional Prosecutor's Office due to the gambling scandal The Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) yesterday appealed the decisions of the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Viktor Grin to cancel criminal cases against the Deputy Prosecutor of the Moscow Region Alexander Ignatenko, the head of the 15th Department of the Regional Prosecutor's Office Dmitry Urumov, suspected of taking a bribe and abuse of power, as well as the prosecutor

Proposing to withdraw some flights from Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo and Domodedovo At a meeting of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on the development of the Moscow air hub, officials and market participants began to seriously discuss the transfer of part of the air traffic from Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo and Domodedovo to secondary airports in the Moscow region. In this way, the parties hope to solve the problem of congestion at large airports.

VimpelCom's net profit figures turned out to be higher than the market expected. Analysts were a little surprised, but they expected the company's revenue to grow. VimpelCom's net profit in the fourth quarter was better than analysts' expectations. According to American reporting standards, it grew by 63% year on year and amounted to $461 million. Revenue increased by 22%.

Today, March 29, the famous international resort in the south of Thailand, the island of Koh Samui, was completely isolated from the outside world due to ongoing abnormal rainfall and a strong storm. The weather situation on the island has deteriorated sharply over the past 24 hours: persistent rain and a storm that intensified overnight have caused the island to be isolated from mainland Thailand.

Drivers are looking to the president for protection from innovations proposed by the Ministry of Transport. Experts and truckers are outraged by the exorbitant amounts that will have to be paid for damage to the road surface. Russian truckers ask the president for protection. On Monday, the president of the Association of Carriers of Siberia, Vyacheslav Turnaev, posted an appeal to Dmitry Medvedev on the Internet.

US President Barack Obama said in his address to the nation that the United States will play a supporting role in the international operation in Libya. He also promised that military action would not affect American taxpayers. “We have achieved the goals set at the beginning of the military operation. I stated that the future role of the US military will be limited and we will not send ground forces to Libya, but will focus on assisting allies and transferring full responsibility to partners.

OJSC Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat (GNS, formerly OJSC Salavatnefteorgsintez) intends to develop small-scale chemistry within the framework of a technology park being created on the basis of the enterprise. As stated in the press service of the State Tax Service, for this purpose it is planned to create enterprises for the production of polymer pipes, modern films and packaging, polypropylene containers, polystyrene sheets (foamed and regular).

ALEXANDER KOTENKOV, the Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Federation Council, and from 1996 to 2004 the Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the State Duma, convinced Kommersant correspondent VIKTOR KHAMRAEV that the work of legislators to increase presidential powers does not contradict the Constitution. — Why did legislators expand and continue to expand the powers of the president with the help of laws, taking them beyond the limits established by the Constitution?