The authorities of the Kurgan region intend to monitor prices on the petroleum products market, since they increased significantly in 2011, the regional administration reports. The price index for AI-76 gasoline last year was 116.6%, AI-96 - 112%, AI-95 - 111.7%, for diesel fuel - 112.3%. “This has a negative impact on the cost of passenger transportation. A number of bus routes turned out to be unprofitable.

The IPO of champagne producer Abrau-Durso is scheduled for this spring. In the summer of 2011, the company announced its intention to offer investors 15% of its shares, and the entire Abrau-Durso business was valued at $100 million. Boris Titov, the main owner of Abrau-Durso, spoke about plans to hold an IPO on the MICEX Kommersant in August 2011 . At that time, it was planned that Abrau-Durso OJSC, registered in March 2011, would go public on the stock exchange.

PM-Invest has decided on partners for the development of a residential complex Oleg Starodubtsev’s PM-Invest group, through PM-Development, which is building the “Sunny City” complex on the site of the instrument-making company’s workshops, refused to attract bank loans and decided to complete the project with its own resources. In this matter, she is helped by a number of Perm businessmen, including co-owner of the AMAKS network Valery Garayev.

About 60 people died on Friday evening as a result of clashes between anti-government protesters and law enforcement forces in Syria. Clashes between supporters of the overthrow of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad occurred in the city of Homs and its environs. Among the dead are three children, three women and three former soldiers who deserted the army and sided with the opposition. During a demonstration in Homs, the military opened fire, dozens of local residents were reported injured.

It took him almost five hours to defeat Andy Murray Australian Open In the decisive match of the Australian Open men's tournament against Rafael Nadal, last year's triumphant Novak Djokovic will play, who yesterday defeated Andy Murray in a grueling five-set match. The women's doubles competition in Melbourne was won for the first time by the Russian duo - Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva. Yesterday in the final match they defeated Italians Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in three games.

Management of the agricultural asset was entrusted to a structure affiliated with NPF Blagosostoyanie The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia approved a transaction for the acquisition of shares of the Kuban agricultural company Peredniy Krai from another Moscow portfolio investor. One of the founders of the management company is NPF Blagosostoyanie. As Kommersant learned, the deal was carried out precisely in his interests.

About 60 people died as a result of clashes between anti-government protesters and law enforcement forces in Syria. Clashes between supporters of the overthrow of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad occurred in the city of Homs and its environs. Among the dead are three children, three women and three former soldiers who deserted the army and sided with the opposition. During a demonstration in Homs, the military opened fire, dozens of local residents were reported injured.

Assistance in the operation to eliminate “terrorist number one” Osama bin Laden was provided by a Pakistani doctor who worked for the US intelligence service. He was subsequently arrested on charges of spying against Pakistan.

The Investigative Committee of Russia reported that five people died as a result of a gas cylinder explosion in a residential building in Bashkiria. When the ceilings in the damaged building partially collapsed, several more people were injured, their exact number is being clarified.

Russian officials bribed Davos with a call for change, but did not say when it should be carried out At the 42nd World Economic Forum in Davos, the Russian delegation did its best to explain to investors the need for political liberalization for economic modernization.

We approached the new working year with a certain amount of knowledge, which we acquired, among other things, through trial and error. One of the issues that urgently needs to be resolved is the choice of an advertising method that would form a positive image of the Gridley brand in the minds of the consumer and at the same time cover the majority of the audience of the million-strong Yekaterinburg.

Divers today discovered the body of a woman who died on the sank of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, Italian authorities said. The body of a woman was found in one of the compartments of the sunken ship, Reuters clarifies. This brings the death toll on the ship to 17, with another 15 remaining missing. The cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground and almost completely sank on January 13, with more than three thousand passengers on board. Based on materials from Gazeta.Ru

"Lucretia" by Cranach sold for $5 million 1K 1 min. ... Auction art The Sotheby's auction house held an evening auction of paintings and sculptures by old masters. The auction brought a total of $62 million and several records, in particular for the painting of Fra Bartolomeo. Not the most expensive, but the most spectacular painting at the auction was “Lucretia” by Lucas Cranach (sold for $5.1 million). With details - TATYANA MARKINA.

One of the oldest operators on the Russian tourism market, Lanta Tour Voyage, announced today the suspension of its activities. The Federal Tourism Agency fears that more than 8 thousand of the company’s clients may suffer from the cancellation of tours.

Entrepreneur Alexander Mamut turns 52 on January 29 Writer Veronica Belotserkovskaya congratulates him: — Many of us have probably experienced the torture called “what to give to a person who has everything and even more.” Usually it all ends with a banal humidor made of some, as they explain to us, rare wood (well, to finally justify the cost on the verge of marketing madness), and we are always (well, at least me) terribly ashamed of our banality and obviousness.