Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City were unable to reach an agreement on the transfer of Argentine striker Carlos Tevez to the French club, said the Parisians' sporting director Leonardo. Tevez fell out of favor with City head coach Roberto Mancini after he refused to come on as a substitute in the Champions League match against Bayern in Munich, RIA Novosti recalls. The footballer was fined £798 thousand, and since then the club has been trying to employ him. “The negotiations are over.

The Ukrainian delegation led by Finance Minister Valeriy Khoroshkovsky will hold negotiations with the leadership of the International Monetary Fund today, January 24, in Washington. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov announced this earlier. “The new finance minister will attend these negotiations. So I am determined to move positively in this direction,” he said.

Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley will leave his post by the end of this year. This was reported in the official press release of the news agency. The AR Board of Directors has formed a special committee to search for a new leader. Curley, 64, will retire as soon as his replacement is found. The Associated Press was founded in 1846. Curley has headed the AR since 2003 and is the 12th head of the news agency since its formation.

895 1 min. ... The Investigative Committee of Russia announced the completion of the investigation into the criminal case of doctors of the Butyrka pre-trial detention center, who, according to the investigation, were guilty of the death of auditor Sergei Magnitsky. At the same time, the Investigative Committee began an investigation based on statements from the auditor’s relatives and public organizations who claimed that Mr. Magnitsky was subjected to torture during the investigation.

Comforting start The first trading session of the week started very positively: Asian markets were closed due to the Chinese New Year celebrations, while European markets showed moderate growth in indices. Optimism in the Old World was caused by Friday's information that Greece's creditors are negotiating to write off public debt in the amount of about 65-70%.

Regional policy Yesterday, at an extraordinary meeting of the regional branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the Amur region, its leader Stanislav Goryansky resigned, and the Amur communists elected deputy of the regional legislative assembly Roman Kobyzov as the new secretary of the regional committee. As Mr. Goryansky himself said, he remains the head of the Communist Party faction in the regional legislative assembly.

The traffic police took the initiative to cancel the power of attorney for the car. If appropriate changes are introduced, problems may arise with compensation for damage in an accident, lawyers note. The traffic police supports the idea of ​​getting rid of powers of attorney for a car. Deputy head of the structure Vladimir Kuzin spoke about this in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta. The extra document on January 24 duplicates the MTPL policy.

Industrialists guarantee return on investments of railway workers The principle of consumer payment for a guaranteed volume of goods or services, applied by gas workers and oil transportation companies, may extend to rail transportation. This is how Russian Railways wants to ensure a return on investment in infrastructure. Organize and finance projects of the monopoly, which needs about 900 billion rubles. VEB will help with additional investments until 2020.

context Russian-Indonesian exercises with the participation of a detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) returning from the Gulf of Aden took place in the territorial waters of Indonesia, the official representative of the Pacific Fleet, Captain First Rank Roman Martov, said yesterday.

Problem assets decreased by UAH 54 billion Portfolios of problem loans decreased last year by 6-10%, as calculated by the Credit Rating agency. But such dynamics became possible not thanks to the return of debts, but due to their write-off. Bankers note that the greatest difficulties arise with the repayment of large loans. However, they do not rule out that they will write off a similar amount of bad debts this year.

In the second sample of signature sheets, the CEC found 25.66% of defects In the signatures in support of Yabloko presidential candidate Grigory Yavlinsky, the second sample revealed 25.66% of defects. This statement was made by the Secretary of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Nikolai Konkin. Officially, Mr. Yavlinsky will be rejected at the end of the week.

Expert on the State Duma initiative In the first reading, Parliament will consider a bill providing for the possibility of presenting GLONASS system readings in courts in cases of road accidents. Experts approve of the initiative, but note that the readings from navigators are not always accurate. The State Duma may allow the use of data from satellite navigators of the GLONASS system as evidence in the investigation of an accident.

According to Valery Chuprakov's lawsuit, the activities of Amkar were suspended The conflict between former Amkar top manager Valery Chuprakov and the club has entered an acute phase. As Kommersant learned, last week, following a claim by the ex-president, to whom Amkar owes 35 million rubles, the club’s accounts were frozen. Members of the club's board are indignant at Mr. Chuprakov's persistence. Through the court, they ask for an installment plan to pay the debt.

The appeal hearing of the case of the crash of the Russian Tu-154 has begun Yesterday the first meeting of the Kyiv Economic Court of Appeal took place to consider the complaint of the Russian airline Siberia (S7 Airlines) against the decision of the Economic Court of the capital. Last year, the Economic Court rejected the airline's claim against the Ministry of Defense seeking compensation for damages from the crash of its Tu-154 aircraft over the Black Sea in October 2001.

Two city officials were detained on suspicion of receiving and giving bribes An unusual criminal investigation has been launched in Moscow into corruption. Father and son Ivan and Alexey Mezhenin, holding high positions in the capital's administrative bodies, were detained. Mezhenin Jr. was arrested on suspicion of taking a bribe, and his father was arrested for giving a bribe to free his son from criminal liability.