consumer market correspondent Anna Balashova unravels Yesterday it became known to whom the deputy head of Rusnano Oleg Kiselev sold almost 123.6 million preferred shares of Vimpelcom (6% of votes). Mr. Kiselev’s company, Forrielite Ltd, notified the SEC earlier this year that this stake had changed hands, without naming the buyer.

On January 9, a rally called “Got it” was held in Yoshkar-Ola. Local authorities allowed supporters of the unregistered Volya party to hold a rally from 1 to 3 p.m. on Nikonov Square. According to police, about a dozen people gathered in the square. In the resolution of the event, the protesters demanded that all self-nominated candidates for the post of President of Russia be registered. One of the leaders of the unregistered party, Svetlana Peunova, also intends to run for the presidency.

Retail Yesterday, the quotes of Seventh Continent on the MICEX-RTS exchange collapsed by 13.75%, to 129.8 rubles. per share. The securities fell in price after Kommersant's report about an upcoming offer to the network's minority shareholders: Pakwa Investments, owned by Alexander Zanadvorov, which owns 74.81% of the shares, offered minority shareholders to sell 25.19% at a price of only 100 rubles. per share, which is below the historical minimum value.

The head of the territorial election commission was entrusted with dealing with the violation during the elections, which was filmed by blogger Dmitry Finikov. At the same time, observers are confident that Irina Vyalykh is a direct participant in the violation. An alleged violator was assigned to deal with one of the most famous election violations. We are talking about a case at polling station No. 6, in the Arbat district.

UVZ will hold a rally in Yekaterinburg in support of Vladimir Putin A large-scale rally in support of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin will be held in Yekaterinburg on January 28. An application for it was submitted by employees of the Nizhny Tagil Uralvagonzavod (UVZ). Experts associate the political activity of UVZ representatives not only with the desire to show their devotion to Vladimir Putin, but also with the struggle for seats in the Nizhny Tagil Duma.

Employees of the Crimean Prosecutor's Office today detained the president of the TES company (Simferopol, Crimea) Gennady Beym and his son, the vice-president of the company Sergei, on suspicion of destroying the property of the Kerch sea trade port (Kerch) worth 1.9 million UAH. According to a representative of the prosecutor's office, the damage is associated with the dismantling of premises on the territory of the seaport.

Contracts Krasnodar "Kuban" acquired 22-year-old midfielder Alexei Ionov from St. Petersburg "Zenith". On Tuesday, the footballer signed a contract for a period of three years. At the same time, according to the official website of Zenit, the St. Petersburg team reserved the possibility of repurchasing the rights to the athlete for a fixed amount over the next three years.

Crime boss' partner accused of killing eight people The Stavropol Regional Court received a criminal case regarding the murder of crime boss Vladimir Slizaev (Khan), as well as members of his family and employees. According to investigators, all eight people became victims of one former business partner of Khan, Roman Gubarev, who stole a large amount of jewelry and money from his home.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky said that a “stupid population” lives in the Urals. “Morons live there,” says the leader of the LDPR. Special correspondent of Kommersant Publishing House Oleg Kashin is sure that this is not the last news about how Vladimir Putin’s rivals in the presidential elections are scaring off their voters.

Peter Voronkov. The number of tests per year is 49. The average mileage per week is 390 km. For him, the car became not a means of transportation, but a vital necessity. Car on test drive – Cadillac CTS 3.6. A friend of mine in Honolulu has a whole collection of Cadillacs. The cars are beautiful, some with a nostalgic retro touch, sort of imposing playboys, shiny, comfortable, but have never seen anything but the warm sun and gentle ocean breeze.

The number of contract servicemen in the ranks of the 41st Army stationed in Siberia will increase fourfold by the end of 2012 - to 12 thousand, said Yuri Sivokhin, a representative of the information support group of the Central Military District. According to him, as a result of the increase in the number of contract soldiers, there will be a decrease in the conscription of military personnel for military service.

Today the first meeting of the regional court took place on the claim of the prosecutor’s office, demanding that Law No. 865-PK, adopted by the regional parliament, “On the unification of settlements included in the municipal formation “Lysvensky Municipal District” and granting the newly formed municipal formation the status of an urban district” to be invalidated.

The State Department hosted the swearing-in ceremony of Michael McFaul, appointed US Ambassador to Russia. Political scientists consider the candidacy of the “architect of the reset” to be successful, but they do not expect a breakthrough in relations between Moscow and Washington. The new US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul was sworn in. The ceremony in the State Department's main hall was attended by American and Russian diplomats, officials, journalists and relatives of the new ambassador.

The works of artist Damien Hirst, executed in his famous "dot" style, will be presented in branches of Larry Gagosian Gallery around the world. As Dmitry Butkevich says, the works were loaned to the gallery owners by private collectors, and the paintings are shown in the gallery that is closest to each person’s place of residence.

As several sources in United Russia told Kommersant, the main contender for secretary of the Sverdlovsk branch of the party is Viktor Sheptiy (an associate of the Russian State Duma deputy Igor Barinov). He had previously held this post, but in March 2010 he was removed from office due to the party’s failure in the regional Duma elections (39.79% of the vote).