The Cabinet of Ministers has created a working group to find ways to further use and develop the Arena Lviv stadium, said Deputy Prime Minister Konstantin Grishchenko. According to him, the group was headed by the chairman of the Lviv Regional State Administration, Mikhail Kostyuk. The group included representatives of the Lviv City Council, as well as the Lviv football club "Karpaty".

Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has agreed with a group of investors to sell them his stake (38%) in the largest Russian gold mining company Polyus Gold Int for $3.6 billion, the Prime agency reported on January 24, citing Bloomberg. Onexim Group and an unnamed group of investors submitted a joint application to the UK Mergers and Acquisitions Commission seeking permission for the deal. It is expected that the decision will be made before the end of January 2013.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Viktor Yanukovych took part in the informal meeting “Foundation for the Revival of Europe” and outlined his position on the prospects for cooperation between Ukraine and the European Union. In his speech, Viktor Yanukovych emphasized that “Ukraine’s European vector is unchanged and a priority.” In addition, the president touched upon issues of geopolitics and relations between Ukraine, Russia and Europe in the gas sector.

The police drew up administrative violation reports against eight detained protesters near the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Moscow, a law enforcement source told Interfax on January 24. The day before, the detainees tried to hold a picket, uncoordinated with the authorities, in support of the Other Russia activist Alexander Dolmatov, who committed suicide in the Netherlands. Protocols on administrative offenses under Art.

The Catalan Parliament declared the region "a sovereign political and legal entity within Spain." After a long discussion, 85 deputies spoke in support of the document, 41 parliamentarians opposed its adoption, and 2 more abstained. Among those who voted for approval were deputies from the Convergence and Union bloc, as well as left-wing Republicans. Their opponents were the Socialist Party of Catalonia and the ruling People's Party in the country.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced that he has become chairman of the board of trustees of the Foundation for Advanced Research, RIA Novosti reports. “The Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Advanced Research, consisting of 14 people, was appointed by V.V. Putin, including me as chairman of the board. The appointment of a general director is expected in the next few days.

Yesterday morning, the coordinator of the Kursk regional branch of the LDPR, Vladimir Fedorov, submitted documents to the competition commission. He became the first and so far the only candidate for the post of head of the regional center administration, although the acceptance of applications from applicants ends on January 26. However, the powers of the current head of the Kursk administration, Nikolai Ovcharov, end only on February 5. And observers believe Mr.

Conditions are being created for them to be on the exchange list The government is looking for ways to stimulate trading in securities of public joint stock companies. Deputies were asked to establish the obligation of issuers to be on the stock exchange list of at least one stock exchange. At the same time, to do this, you don’t even need to carry out transactions with shares; it is enough for traders to regularly post purchase and sale quotes.

The Khabarovsk Territory prosecutor's office considered the decision of the city council of deputies of Sovetskaya Gavan to privatize municipal property illegal.

The Catalan Parliament declared the region a "sovereign entity" The Catalan Parliament on Wednesday adopted a declaration on the separation of the region from Madrid. The document declares this autonomous region of Spain to be a “sovereign political and legal entity.” In addition, it speaks of the “historical right of the Catalan people” to self-determination. The adoption of the declaration was an important step towards a referendum on the separation of Catalonia from the rest of Spain.

On the Red Wings Tu-204 plane, which made a hard landing at Vnukovo, the reverse systems did not work, according to a message posted on the website of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC). “Three seconds after landing, the front landing gear lowered and compressed; the right landing gear compression signal was not generated at this stage.

Pyongyang plans to test a third nuclear warhead The DPRK authorities announced their intention to conduct further nuclear tests and continue launching long-range missiles. They also admitted that these activities are ultimately directed against Pyongyang's "arch enemy" the United States.

On January 24, the Paris Court of Grand Instance ordered the microblogging network Twitter to provide information that would identify the authors of racist or anti-Semitic messages, AFP reports. The appeal to the court was initiated by the Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF). This followed a wave of anti-Semitic messages in October 2012 with the hashtags #unbonjuif and #unjuifmort (“good Jew” and “dead Jew”).

After the short program, the Olympic champion became sixth and withdrew from the European Championships Two serious mistakes - a fall from a triple Axel and an uncertain exit from a triple Lutz - prevented Evgeni Plushenko from not only winning the short program at the European Figure Skating Championships in Zagreb on Thursday, but even being among the winners. Having received 74.82 points for her performance, he took sixth place and became the second of the three Russians performing here.

The Arbitration Court of Bashkiria partially satisfied the claim of the regional branch of the public organization "Russian Authors' Society" against the owner of the June shopping and entertainment complex - Alfa-Soyuz LLC. RAO demanded to recover 375 thousand rubles from the owner of the complex. for copyright infringement. RAO employees recorded violations during a concert in honor of the opening of the Ufa “June” in 2012.