Oil industry Bashneft plans to discuss possible cooperation with LUKOIL on the development of the Imilorskoye oil field. According to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of AFK Sistema (the main shareholder of Bashneft), Vladimir Yevtushenkov, the dialogue will continue after the settlement of all issues with the license for another joint project of the companies - the development of the Trebs and Titov fields in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

China (pictured: Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping) and the United States will soon become the main rivals in the struggle for influence in the Pacific Ocean Photo: AFP

On February 21, Alexey German died in St. Petersburg at the age of 75. For Mikhail Trofimenkov, his death means the end of an era - not in Russian cinema (German’s films are a separate universe, unrelated to the notorious film process), but in the history of Leningrad culture.

The executive director of the nuclear technology cluster, Denis Kovalevich, told Denig correspondent Anatoly Loginov about the use of nuclear technologies outside the energy sector, the features of Russian startups and Skolkovo’s strategy. Photo: Gleb Shchelkunov, Kommersant / buy photo How did the idea of ​​looking for startups in the nuclear industry come about?

They are now trying to appeal the verdict In St. Petersburg, the verdict of the Kirov District Court in a criminal case of attempted theft of a car was appealed. The basis for filing an appeal was that the defense lawyer of one of the defendants was disbarred during the trial, but continued to work without notifying anyone. By law, only a lawyer can conduct defense in criminal proceedings. Lawyers interviewed by Kommersant consider the incident to be an exceptional case in the St.

Farmers are promised a new financial instrument Farmers can get a new tool for raising funds - the Council of the National Bank proposed developing a mechanism for electronic warehouse receipts for grain. Their implementation will make it possible to organize full-fledged exchange trading in grain securities, but such instruments will be short-term. The demand for them will depend on the possibility of making money on these securities, that is, on the price and liquidity of the market.

The Ministry of Regional Development and the State Committee for Construction, following instructions from Russian President Vladimir Putin, began developing amendments to legislative acts that will establish a maximum amount of utility bills, the press service of the Ministry of Regional Development reports.

On the eve of the Mobile World Congress, Mozilla announced the release of a line of mobile phones on the new operating system (OS) Firefox, thereby pitting itself against Apple and Google. The new OS is entirely based on open web standards and requires less power from smartphones. Mozilla works with 18 telecom operators and 4 phone manufacturers around the world. Alcatel, LG and ZTE will be the first to release mobile devices on Firefox OS, later Huawei will join them.

379 1 min. ... Rarely is a holiday in India complete without the participation of cows, bulls or oxen - animals for which Hindus recognize sacred significance. The farmer in the photo, running with oxen through the wetlands, thus celebrates the Kakkur Kalavayal harvest festival, traditional in the southern state of Kerala. He is, however, unlucky: the reins are lost, and he is unlikely to be the first to leave the race.

The Moscow City Court decided to send for compulsory treatment a native of the Rostov region, Andrei Borodin, who in April 2012 burst into the office of one of the judges of the Tagansky Court with an ax and demanded the release of Pussy Riot members. According to the Investigative Committee (IC), an examination found Borodin insane, and therefore he cannot be held liable under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

225 2 minutes. ... Valérie Claude-Gaudillat, professor at Nantes Audencia School of Management Photo: Kommersant At first glance, history may show that patent laws can have a major impact. In a case that lasted from 1976 to 1991, Polaroid accused Kodak of infringing 12 of its patents. In the end, Polaroid was awarded $873 million in damages. Most recently, on January 30, a California court in San Jose awarded Samsung a $1 billion fine for violating Apple's patents.

Channel One presented a song for Eurovision. It will be performed by the winner of the “Voice” project Dina Garipova. The composition What If was written specifically for the competition by Swedish producers Gabriel Alares and Joakim Bjornberg in collaboration with Russian musician and producer Leonid Gutkin. Details from Alena Kuznetsova. Photo: vk.com In December 2012, Dina Garipova won the vocal competition “The Voice” on Channel One.

154 1 min. ... The world-famous Kickstarter service, with the help of which Internet users participate in financing a variety of projects, from the construction of the Death Star to the recording of a music album by an independent group, has acquired a mobile application. For now, this free program is only available to iPhone and iPod Touch owners. By the way, I would like to understand on what basis the service’s management decided to start with Yabloko.

Result ATP tournament in Marseille (France). Prize fund - $528 thousand. 1/4 finals. Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) - Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) 7:6 (9:7), 1:6, 7:5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France, 3) - Bernard Tomic (Australia) 4:6, 6:3, 7:6 (12:10). Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic, 1) - Jerzy Janovich (Poland, 7) 6:3, 6:7 (0:7), 6:3. Gilles Simon (France, 6) - Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina, 2) 6:4, 6:3. 1/2 finals. Berdykh - Tursunov 6:2, 6:1. Tsonga--Simon 6:2, 6:2. The final .

General Director of OJSC "Registrar R.O.S.T." suspected of abuse of power As Kommersant learned, the Main Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow opened a criminal case against the general director of the largest Russian registrar, OJSC Registrar R.O.S.T. Oleg Zhiznenko.