The international rating agency Standard & Poor's predicts an increase in Ukraine's expenses for servicing external debt in 2013 to 7% of budget revenues from 6% in 2012. S&P notes that Ukraine's ratings are constrained by the significant external financing needs that the country's government will experience in 2013 and beyond, as well as uncertain prospects for securing sufficient foreign currency financing.

About 15 thousand users of social networks expressed their desire to take part in the opposition march in the center of Moscow against the adoption of the so-called “anti-Magnitsky law” prohibiting US citizens from adopting children in the Russian Federation. At the moment, more than 13 thousand users of the social network “Vkontakte” intend to participate in the opposition action, and almost 14.5 thousand more people have indicated themselves as possible participants.

A fierce struggle is being waged in the device market. The goal is to capture the buyer’s heart and faithfully record the entertaining moments of the owner’s life. Among the winners are the most sophisticated and bright ones. Such as the small orange new ESee from Philips or the resurrected good old Polaroid, Alexander Levy gives an example. I like the trend in the video production market. More and more compact camcorders are appearing.

Ticket prices for the second inauguration of US President Barack Obama have become known. An individual ticket for donors will cost $250 thousand, and a corporate ticket will cost $1 million. Thus, the organizers are trying to cover the costs of the most expensive presidential inauguration ceremony in US history. Organizers of the inauguration ceremony of US President Barack Obama announced the cost of tickets for the event, which will take place on January 21 in Washington.

Seven territorial election commissions of the region (TECs) have already begun to form new precinct election commissions (PECs). Among them are TECs in the Industrial, Motovilikha and Sverdlovsk districts of Perm, which hold by-elections of deputies of the Perm City Duma in districts No. 11, 22 and 34 in March of this year. Kommersant was informed about this by the regional election commission. The formation of PECs in these areas will last until January 28 of this year.

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At a plenary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada today, three new people’s deputies took the oath of office – Yuri Polyachenko, Alexander Zats and Yuri Blagodir. These deputies entered parliament on the Party of Regions list instead of their fellow party members, who were appointed to the executive authorities and resigned.

The largest Russian independent gas producer, NOVATEK OJSC, according to preliminary data, increased gross natural gas production in 2012 by 7.1% compared to 2011 - up to 57.32 billion cubic meters, liquid hydrocarbon production increased by 4% and amounted to 4.287 million tons, Prime agency reported on January 10, citing a company message.

One of the two power units of the Romanian nuclear power plant Cernavoda was switched off by an automatic security system on the evening of January 9 for an unknown reason, RIA Novosti reports. “Power unit number two has been shut down, the reasons are not yet known. There is nothing serious,” said Nuclearelectrica CEO Dumitru Dina. According to Romanian media, the incident led to a more than two-fold decrease in electricity production at the nuclear power plant.

Background 166 1 min. ... In the 1993 parliamentary elections, out of 13 participants, 8 overcame the five percent barrier, including 2 blocs. The pro-Yeltsin bloc "Russia's Choice", which included the political movement of the same name, the Democratic Russia movement, the Peasant Party and the Democratic Initiative party, took second place with 15.51% of the votes.

Today marks the 65th anniversary of the Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Sergei Ignatiev He is congratulated by the President and Chairman of the Board of Sberbank of Russia German Gref: — Dear Sergei Mikhailovich! I sincerely congratulate you on your birthday! The highest professionalism has allowed you to successfully head the Bank of Russia for more than ten years.

Background 1K 1 min. ... The institution of registration was introduced in the USSR on April 28, 1925 by the resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR "On the registration of citizens in urban settlements." The system was of a notification nature: citizens who arrived in an urban settlement for a period of more than three days had to register, and upon departure, make a corresponding note.

Ex-speaker of the Primorye Parliament changed the preventive measure The investigation softened the preventive measure for the former chairman of the Primorye parliament, Evgeny Ovechkin, who is a defendant in a criminal case for the theft of petroleum products worth 38 million rubles. Instead of house arrest, the ex-speaker is now under recognizance not to leave. The change in the preventive measure against Mr.

An explosion occurred on January 10 at a market in the city of Quetta in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 11 people and injuring 27 others, RIA Novosti reported, citing the Pakistani television channel GEO-TV. The device with a clock mechanism, filled with 20 kg of explosives, went off during rush hour. According to preliminary information, the explosion was directed against a checkpoint of the military border corps. Among the dead were corps employees, as well as women and children.

As Dmitry Borodinsky, deputy head of the traffic control directorate of the Far Eastern Railway (FER), told Kommersant, due to the slow operation of the ports of the Primorsky and Khabarovsk territories, over 160 freight trains have accumulated on the side tracks of the Far Eastern Railway. “We ended the year with an increase in indicators, it would seem that we should be happy. But in reality this situation is scary.