Law enforcement officers who transported businessmen on official vehicles will be tried in Moscow As Kommersant has learned, the main investigative department of the Investigative Committee for Moscow has completed an investigation into a criminal case against employees of the central apparatus of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, who used official cars to escort businessmen to various addresses in the capital and region.

Singer Madonna topped the ranking of the highest paid celebrities compiled by Forbes magazine. Experts attribute the absence of Russian stars in the top to the fact that domestic show business is not as transparent as foreign ones. Photo: Dmitry Lekai, Kommersant / buy photo Madonna became the highest paid celebrity of the year according to Forbes magazine. The 55-year-old pop singer supplanted last year's leader, TV presenter Oprah Winfrey, whose fortune was estimated at $165 million.

Damage from floods in the Far East may exceed 30 billion rubles. Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the Far Eastern Federal District Vladimir Pysin announced this at a meeting of the working group of the government commission for emergency situations. “The damage could amount to more than 30 billion rubles. The damage was quite serious,” RIA Novosti quotes Mr. Pysin.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) refused Japan Tobacco Inc. (JTI) in initiating a case against its closest competitor in the Russian tobacco market - British American Tobacco (BAT). The Service reviewed a request related to an alleged violation of the rights of Japan Tobacco Inc. and JSC J.T.I. for Marketing and Sales" by CJSC "International Tobacco Marketing Services" (Russian wholesale structure of BAT) and CJSC "BAT-SPb".

CJSC Raiffeisenbank will open a credit line to Kemerovo LLC Kuzbasstoplivosbyt. The debt limit is RUB 155 million. This is stated in the materials of OJSC Kuzbass Fuel Company (KTK), which controls Kuzbasstoplivosbyt. The purpose of the loan is not specified in the CPC message. The deadline for fulfillment of obligations under the transaction is October 31, 2014. Its size is 167.21 million rubles. or 33.7% of the value of Kuzbasstoplivosbyt assets as of June 30, 2013 (RUB 495.66 million).

SSJ 100 and MC-21 were taken by leasing companies On the first day of the MAKS-2013 air show, Russian civil aircraft manufacturers signed memorandums and firm contracts for 129 aircraft with a total value of about $7 billion at list prices. Thus, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) signed contracts for the sale of 77 Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) regional aircraft. Also, contracts for the supply of 52 MS-21 aircraft were concluded by the Irkut aircraft manufacturing corporation.

Former director of the Perm municipal Bureau of Urban Projects (BGP) Andrey Golovin will take part in the development of the concept for the development of Ufa. Last week the city hosted the Urban Bayram forum, Mr. Golovin became one of its consultants along with foreign specialists in urban economics, transport, urban planning, and city branding. The result of the experts’ work was the theses of the future concept of the city’s development.

Drama at the Salzburg Festival Festival theater Previous photo Photo: Aglae Bory /salzburgerfestspiele.at Next photo 1 / 4 Aurelien Bory's performance "Sans objet" is made without a single word; at first it seems that there are no actors, but in the end they appear Photo: Photo by Aglae Bory Photo: Aglae Bory /salzburgerfestspiele.at Photo: Aglae Bory /salzburgerfestspiele.at Photo: Aglae Bory /salzburgerfestspiele.at At the Salzburg Festival they show not only opera, but also drama.

Starting from September, the Siberian Chemical Combine OJSC (SCC) will have a unified purchasing commission (EPC), according to the official statement of the enterprise. Currently, the plant has 15 commissions for reviewing applications from participants in competitive procedures, each of which works in its own functional area and does not overlap with the activities of other commissions.

The Ministry of Economic Development adjusted the forecast for the country's economic growth for the year to 1.8%. However, even this estimate can be considered too optimistic, analysts say. Photo: Denis Vyshinsky, Kommersant / buy photo The Ministry of Economic Development lowered its forecast for Russian GDP growth for the current year from 2.4% to 1.8%. This was stated by the deputy head of the department Andrei Klepach.

The main prosecution witness testified in the case of the Other Russia activist Yesterday, the Nizhny Novgorod District Court began questioning prosecution witnesses in the criminal case of “The Other Russia” activist Yuri Staroverov. The investigation believes that in September 2012, during the unauthorized “March of Millions” rally, he obstructed the work of the police and “caused pain” to one of its employees.

Vitaly Pankratov failed to appeal the verdict Vitaly Pankratov, who beat a store visitor to death in Samara, failed to appeal the decision of the Industrial District Court. This was reported by the press service of the Samara Region Prosecutor's Office. Let us recall that the district court found Mr. Pankratov guilty of beatings and intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm resulting in the death of the victim. He was sentenced to 10 years in a maximum security colony.

On August 26, the thirtieth anniversary awards ceremony for the MTV Video Music Awards took place in New York. Guests and participants of the ceremony are in the Kommersant-Online photo gallery. Previous photo The prank of Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus turned into a big scandal. On the Wall Street Journal forum immediately after the ceremony, indignant statements from viewers appeared: “The most disgusting sight I have ever seen in my life,” “Miley! How long can you degrade?

Moscow In my opinion, the company took the right steps and received feedback from customers regarding the “unsuccessful season.” All customers are important, but sometimes a simple apology and a heartfelt letter from the CEO can do more than a monetary settlement. It is necessary to send out letters of apology and a request to describe what they would like to improve in working with you to all clients who have suffered to one degree or another.

The leader of the Ukrainian women's movement FEMEN Anna Hutsol said that during a search on Tuesday, the police planted weapons in the organization's office. “We found a combat pistol, cartridges, a grenade and photographs of Putin (Vladimir - Kommersant) and Kirill (patriarch - Kommersant), circled with a gun sight. It looks like we were preparing an assassination attempt on them,” she told Ukrainskaya Pravda . “We weren’t in the office at all for several days,” the activist added.