Konstantin Shevchenko, who previously held the position of HR director of the company, was appointed general director of Chumak PJSC (Kakhovka, Kherson region), one of the largest food producers in Ukraine, on February 1. According to the company's press service, the former general director Pavel Shevchuk, who held this position since August 2010, will continue to serve on the company's supervisory board.

Facebook goes public The world's largest social network could file for an IPO as early as Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reports. The placement could be the largest for an IT company in the history of the New York Stock Exchange. Find out more from Kommersant FM correspondent Andrei Zagorsky. The placement will be organized by giant banks Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

Vladimir Putin is ready to fight for the presidency in the second round. And in case of victory, invite the oppositionists to power. He stated this at a meeting with future election observers. The leader of the Yabloko party, Sergei Mitrokhin, commented on the Prime Minister’s statements to Nail Gubaev. – How likely, in your opinion, is the second round of the presidential election, and can Putin’s statement be regarded as doubt about victory? –– Yes, a second round is possible.

The mechanism for creating a rehabilitation institution has been approved The Central Bank has developed a mechanism for reorganizing Rodovid Bank into a resolution institution that will work with UAH 20 billion of problem loans from state and nationalized banks. Bankers doubt that the state will be able to allocate budget funds for the purchase of problem portfolios, but are ready to give them to Rodovid Bank with the condition of deferred payment.

PlaceCityCountryGrowth for the year (%)Growth for the fourth quarter of 2011 (%)Cost of housing ($/sq.m) 1 Nairobi Kenya 25 11.6 1736 2 Miami USA 19.1 5 6297 3 Jakarta Indonesia 14.3 3.3 2890 4 London Great Britain 9.8 2.5 49 901 5 Moscow Russia 9.8 2.3 23,978

Context The Verkhovna Rada has registered a draft law on amendments to the Code of Administrative Proceedings in the part relating to the holding of mass actions. According to the current legislation, local authorities can apply to the court with a request to ban a rally if its holding threatens public order, life and health of citizens, as well as if various political forces take part in the rally, the simultaneous presence of which in the same place can lead to collisions.

The Central Bank has determined the characteristics of reliable depositories The Bank of Russia is completing the formation of a set of requirements for ratings of depositories in which banks can store their securities. Previously, the levels of international rating agencies were determined, now the regulator has set the bar for national agencies.

Yesterday suspends the loading of 25 thousand wagons with cast parts from the Ukrainian enterprise Azovelektrostal produced in 2011, First Vice President of the Russian company Vadim Morozov told reporters. Seventeen carriages of a freight train carrying crude oil derailed and several of them caught fire on Monday in the Amur region, halting traffic on the main line of the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Seven people were killed and dozens were injured in clashes on a football field in the northern Egyptian city of Port Said, Egyptian TV channel Nile-News reported. The conflict occurred after a match between the Cairo team Al-Ahly, the leader of the championship, and Al-Masry from Port Said. Based on materials from RIA Novosti

"First Insurance Company" (1IC) and the apparatus of the State Duma of the Russian Federation entered into a state contract, according to which 1IC in 2012-2014 will provide insurance against accidents (AS) and illnesses of State Duma deputies and insurance against accidents for civil servants of the State Duma apparatus with a total liability limit of about 2. 1 billion rubles, follows from the insurer’s message.

Ukraine is discussing with Russia the possibility of involving the European Commission (EC) in negotiations on the revision of gas contracts and sees signs of understanding of its position on the part of Moscow, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Yuriy Boyko told reporters on February 1. “Russia treats this with understanding. We continue constructive negotiations to attract European partners,” RIA Novosti quotes the Ukrainian minister.

Copyright The Cassation Board of the Supreme Court upheld the decision on the claim of Impulse CJSC, Fores LLC and RouteLand LLC for the partial cancellation of the government decree determining the amount of remuneration for the reproduction of phonograms and audiovisual works for personal purposes, as well as the list of equipment subject to the fee .

Tournaments The captain of the Russian national tennis team, Shamil Tarpishchev, included Alexander Bogomolov, Mikhail Youzhny, Nikolai Davydenko and Igor Kunitsyn in the team for the first round match of the Davis Cup against the Austrian team. Jurgen Melzer, Andreas Haider-Maurer, Alexander Peya and Oliver Marach will play for the Austrian national team. The match will take place on February 10-12 in Vienna. ITAR-TASS

Last night, the French aerospace company Dassault Aviation, part of the industrial holding Dassault Group, announced that it had won the Indian government's competition to supply fighter jets to the Indian Air Force. The contract amount is about $10 billion. As French Minister of Foreign Trade Pierre Lelouch clarified, under the terms of the contract, the French concern will supply 126 Rafale fighters to the Indian Air Force.

An antitrust investigation has been launched against Samsung 486 1 min. ... South Korean manufacturer Samsung is once again at the center of patent litigation. The European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into him, suspecting that he is using lawsuits to deliberately make it difficult for third parties, including Apple, to access 3G wireless technologies.