Mikhail Shvydkoy suggested abandoning TEFI. The president of the Academy of Russian Television Foundation also asked to be removed from his position. Shvydkoy announced this at a meeting of the fund’s shareholders. Special correspondent of Kommersant Publishing House Arina Borodina commented on the situation to presenter Daria Polygaeva. — Do you know the details of why Shvydkoy made such a decision? “I don’t know about any special details.” But I understand the logic of his statement.

Rustem Adagamov about tax for bloggers Bloggers may be subject to taxes. This initiative was made by Sergei Zheleznyak, Vice Speaker of the State Duma from United Russia. Draft amendments to the law “On Advertising” will be submitted to the State Duma this year. Blogger Rustem Adagamov discussed the situation with host Alexey Korneev. Bloggers will have to pay taxes for any mention of brands in their posts.

But there is still no funding The Russian Arctic has finally received a strategy for its own development: a document that took officials four years to prepare was signed by Vladimir Putin yesterday. The adoption of the strategy should pave the way for the creation of an Arctic zone with special regulation.

The European Union (EU) intends to allocate more than 1.4 million euros to Ukraine to improve vocational education in 2013-2014, the EU Delegation to Ukraine said in a statement. According to the report, the new educational project Twinning, funded by the EU, is aimed at helping Ukraine reform its vocational education system in accordance with European standards. The project will be implemented during 2013-2014, its budget is more than 1.4 million euros.

Deputies propose allocating space for outdoor advertising through competitions Deputies of the Perm City Duma proposed to hold tenders for the installation of advertising structures not only in the form of an auction, but also in the form of a competition.

Ural FD launches a new retail brand on the market The largest Perm regional bank, Ural FD, has come up with a special retail brand, Klyukva. With it, the bank intends to enter million-plus cities, among the first are Yekaterinburg, Samara and Nizhny Novgorod. RUB 600 million has already been invested in the development of the brand and working banking platform. Experts note that bright brands sometimes give very unexpected results.

Penalties for traffic violations may increase from July 1 United Russia has submitted a bill to the State Duma that would tighten liability for drivers and pedestrians for almost all traffic violations. The document contains all the legislative initiatives that were previously proposed by the Duma factions and the traffic police.

The New Year this time came in Geneva on January 21, the opening day of the annual Salon Internationale de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH). Alexey Tarkhanov SIHH was held for the 23rd time since its inception and for the fourth time at the beginning of winter. Until then, Geneva followed its main rival, Basel: SIHH opened after BaselWorld in April. Four years ago, watchmakers participating in the Geneva Salon decided to get ahead and move the hands to the beginning of the year.

The Council for Architecture and Urban Planning can be created under the Ministry of Regional Development and the State Construction Committee, the head of the Ministry of Regional Development Igor Slyunyaev said on February 21 at the II Russian Investment and Construction Forum. “Now it is important at this stage to revive specialized councils, one of them for architecture and urban planning.

Olympic champion of the Atlanta Games, Bulgarian wrestler Valentin Yordanov, intends to return his gold medal in protest against the proposal of the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to exclude wrestling from the program of the 2020 Olympics. The decision to exclude wrestling from the 2020 Games program was made at a meeting of the IOC Executive Committee on February 11. Yordanov became the champion in the up to 52 kg weight category in 1996.

Katusha cyclist Angel Vicioso has been suspended from participating in competitions until he settles issues with the court in the Operation Puerto case, said team general manager Vyacheslav Ekimov. Vicioso failed to appear in court in Madrid to testify on February 19. Previously, he also refused to testify, citing poor health. "Vicioso has been suspended from the competition.

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For those who are only interested in concert numbers at the annual Nashe Radio award ceremony, the current version of the event should be a real gift. In fact, Stadium.Live will show four full concerts of four popular bands - Lumen, "Spleen", "The King and the Jester" and "DDT".

Human rights activists reported pressure on participants in the case The Kazan Human Rights Center (KHC) announced pressure on victims in the criminal case of the notorious Dalniy police department. According to the KPTS, one of them was detained yesterday without “real grounds” and taken to the Yapeev police department, where they threatened to put him in a cell. The police deny these accusations.

A new pedestrian crossing at the notorious Saltykovskaya station will be built before the end of the year. This was stated by the acting Governor of the Moscow Region Andrey Vorobyov. Journalist Sergei Sobolev discussed the situation with host Andrei Norkin. Photo: Roman Yarovitsyn, Kommersant On Thursday, Andrei Vorobyov met with relatives of those killed at this and other crossings on the Moscow Railway in the Moscow region.