Russia will host the Winter Olympics in Sochi and the FIFA World Cup. The scale of such events requires an equally large-scale budget, in this regard, the state would not be at all out of place with assistance from entrepreneurs. However, at the moment, Russian legislation significantly limits their number. Maria Karnaukh Tough measures Alcohol brands that sponsor sporting events around the world cannot do so in Russia.

She negotiates to reduce parcel delivery times As Kommersant has learned, Russian Post is negotiating with foreign online stores and intermediaries, including Ebay Today, Shipito, G-Market, etc., to reduce delivery times for parcels to Russia.

Philadelphia and Washington are fighting for first place in the conference NHL In the final two weeks of the NHL regular season, a fierce battle should unfold for about half a dozen spots in the playoffs, as well as for championship in the Eastern Conference, for which the Washington Capitals remained a real contender, even despite the fact that they played the entire previous week without healing an injury Alexandra Ovechkina.

The Nizhny Novgorod cellular communications market, traditionally considered highly competitive due to the presence of five operators on it simultaneously, may once again surprise users with a wave of tariff dumping. The fact is that, according to the companies, at the end of 2010 they divided the market almost equally, that is, each player now accounts for approximately 20% of revenue. At the same time, in terms of the number of subscribers, as before, NSS is in the lead - they have 26%.

The FSB and the Main Investigation Department of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate are conducting searches in the prefecture of the Central Administrative District of Moscow. They are looking for documents related to the work of management companies, the prefect’s press secretary Pavel Bolshunov told Kommersant FM live.

The actor has been invited to court as a witness for the defense in the case of the Italian prime minister's sex scandal. Clooney is surprised and claims that he knows nothing about the Italian prime minister's parties. Silvio Berlusconi summoned George Clooney to court. Lawyers for the Italian prime minister invited the Hollywood star to become a witness for the defense in the scandalous case.

Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works (NLMK) published financial results according to US GAAP for the fourth quarter and for 2010 as a whole. Key figures were below analysts' expectations. At the same time, at the end of the fourth quarter, the efficiency of NLMK, which previously led the market in terms of EBITDA margin, turned out to be worse than that of one of its main competitors, Severstal.

Yesterday published a resolution of the plenum on February 17 concerning various administrative offenses. In particular, the document explains the procedure for the courts to apply Art.

Minority shareholders of the Bank of Moscow did not wait for the offer VTB Bank did not make a mandatory offer to minority shareholders of the Bank of Moscow to buy out their shares, although yesterday the period during which VTB was obliged to do this expired. The bank indicates that it operates within the law. VTB will save about 100 billion rubles. and will not worsen its financial performance by consolidating the reporting of the Bank of Moscow, experts add.

Yesterday, representatives of public organizations - the civil network "Opora", the Committee of Voters of Ukraine and the Laboratory of Legislative Initiatives - announced the advisability of allowing blocs of political parties to participate in parliamentary elections. “The ban on registering party associations during elections is undemocratic,” said Olga Aivazovskaya, head of the civil network Opora.

Are you still ready to pay for “long-distance calls” or voice communication in a foreign land as much as your mobile operator asks? And believe that all other methods from the “not paying for roaming” series are “complicated” in setup and connection"? Then you can be congratulated - you are the ideal subscriber for your communication provider, on which he earns his margin at 40%. In currency. Meanwhile, it is quite possible to reduce costs by at least half.

Yesterday, the government of the Nizhny Novgorod region approved the regional law “On Food Security”, developed on the basis of the Doctrine of Food Security of the Russian Federation, approved by Presidential Decree No. 120 of January 30, 2010 and Federal Law of January 2, 2000 No. 29-FZ “On the Quality and Safety of Food Products” . One of the strategic objectives of the law is to bring the region to self-sufficiency across the entire range of food resources.

Grain exports will be limited through duties Restrictions on grain exports will remain in Ukraine. Instead of quotas, which expire on March 31, export duties will be introduced, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Irina Akimova said yesterday. The introduction of duties is also beneficial for grain traders, and, in addition, unlike quotas, it will not cause WTO claims, experts say.

The Coalco company will build residential buildings on the site of the planned offices in the center of the capital. Experts are convinced that Vasily Anisimov correctly grasped the market mood. One of the largest Russian developers is changing its specialization. The Coalco company, which belongs to Vasily Anisimov, stops building commercial real estate and begins to build housing. The RBC agency reported this.

Context 108 1 min. ... In March of this year, MANN management reported that in addition to Aeroflot, the company is negotiating with air carriers Rusline about coming to the Nizhny Novgorod airport and Utair about expanding the route network. Rusline yesterday confirmed to Kommersant its intention to organize flights from Nizhny to Moscow, refraining from details.