The state will look for a domestic investor The National Commission on Securities and Stock Market (NCSM) approved changes to the Stock Market Development Program until 2014. What was unexpected was that the regulator took into account the National Bank’s proposal to abandon incentives for attracting capital from non-residents - a domestic investor would be enough.

And Dmitry Rogozin - with the statements of the Chief of the General Staff Yesterday, the Chief of the General Staff - First Deputy Minister of Defense, Army General Nikolai Makarov, again criticized the products of the domestic defense-industrial complex (DIC). According to him, the Ministry of Defense has refused to purchase Russian armored vehicles for the next five years.

The region’s budget for the first month of this year received 3.9 billion rubles. tax and non-tax revenues, which is 67% more than in the same period last year. This was reported by the press service of the regional government. The largest increase in revenues, namely 2.8 times, was shown by the corporate income tax (in January 2012, 1.86 billion rubles were received).

Belarus seeks protection from Western pressure The government of Belarus turned to the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) with a request to protect the country from Western sanctions. Minsk proposes that Russia and Kazakhstan, as allies in the Common Economic Space (CES), develop a mechanism for responding to sanctions from the EU and the United States. Experts are convinced that the Belarusian authorities can only count on verbal support from Moscow and Astana.

The negative balance of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods and services in 2011 amounted to $6.75 billion, which is 2.2 times, or $3.72 billion more than in 2010, the State Statistics Service (Gosstat) reported. According to its data, exports over the past year increased by 30%, or $18.94 billion, to $82.11 billion, while imports increased by 34.2%, to $88.85 billion. Based on materials from Interfax-Ukraine news agency

The total volume of exports of weapons and military equipment from Russia at the end of 2011 amounted to $13.2 billion, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FS MTC) Mikhail Dmitriev said on February 15. At the end of 2010, sales volume was $10.4 billion. “The plan included the sale of weapons and military equipment in the amount of $11.6 billion. We exceeded it, selling military products in the amount of $13.2 billion last year,” quotes Mr. Dmitriev RIA News" .

New money restored managers' faith in economic growth After a six-month break, investors have regained faith in the global economic recovery, so fund managers are reducing investments in cash, increasing the share of risky assets. However, not only the macroeconomic indicators of the developed countries of the eurozone and the United States, but also political events in peripheral countries such as Iran and Greece can radically change the mood of investors.

Luciano Spalletti explained how he plans to beat Benfica in the face of a shortage of players Zenit coach Luciano Spalletti hopes that personnel problems will not prevent the St. Petersburg team from playing successfully with the Portuguese Benfica in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League, and blue-white-blue forward Alexander Kerzhakov is confident that the decisive influence on the result will be not the weather, but fans who will come to Petrovsky.

Chris Rea performed in Kyiv Concert/Rock British singer and guitarist Chris Rea gave a concert in Kyiv. Together with the crowded hall of the National Palace "Ukraine", VADIM KULIKOV shared his love for the artist. Eric Clapton once said that the blues is an individual art that showcases one man with a guitar against the world. In the case of Chris Rea, this is one hundred percent true.

Ulyanovsk officials are recognized as passive bloggers In the ranking of media citations of Russian political bloggers, the government of the Ulyanovsk region, where universal blogging has been introduced, is especially noted. Experts note that, despite special courses, officials’ blogs are turning into unnecessary translators of official documents and press releases.

The authorities want to specially complete a building for him in the center of the capital Chairman of the Kyiv City State Administration Alexander Popov said yesterday that the Museum of the History of Kyiv will open on May 26-27, the day of the celebration of the 1530th anniversary of the city. It will be located in a currently unfinished building on the corner of Bohdan Khmelnitsky and Pushkinskaya streets.

87 1 min. ... The National Bank warned Ukrainian banks about the risks associated with conducting transactions with individuals and financial institutions that are subject to sanctions by the US government. This is stated in the regulator’s letter N48-104/310-1615. The central bank notes that the US Congress passed the National Defense Funding Act for the 2012 tax year, which imposes unilateral sanctions on Iran's central bank and other financial institutions in that country.

A charity gala evening was held in Moscow in favor of Natalia Vodianova’s Naked Heart Foundation, at which the most famous masters of our time exhibited their works, says Dmitry Butkevich. However, the largest sum at the auction was paid for a portrait of the model herself by David Datuna, the observer adds. Supermodel Natalia Vodianova held her annual charity gala in Moscow to benefit her Naked Heart Foundation.

Context Yesterday it became known that MTV has stopped broadcasting a political talk show for youth audiences, “State Department” with Ksenia Sobchak. Let us remember that its premiere took place last week. The program received high ratings and caused great resonance. True, the channel itself was against defining the format as political.

Today, the Board of Directors of OJSC Metafrax approved the preliminary results of the company’s work in 2011. In 2011, revenue from sales of finished products increased by 18% and amounted to 9.1 billion rubles. The company's net profit for 2011 amounted to 1 billion 256 million rubles (41% higher than in 2010). The budget for 2012 was also agreed upon. Investment costs in 2012 are planned to increase by 30% compared to 2011 - up to 570 million rubles.