Partner Dr. Vít Horáček works at the law firm Glatzova & Co. [Glatzova & Co.] since its establishment in 1994. In addition to civil litigation and arbitration, Dr. Horacek's practice focuses on telecommunications and information technology, real estate, energy and intellectual property transactions.

Sales specialist headed SPbES As Kommersant has learned, the network company OJSC St. Petersburg Electric Networks (SPbES), 100% of whose shares belong to KUGI, has changed the chairman of the board of directors. Irina Permyakova, first deputy chairman of the energy and engineering committee, was replaced in this post by Evgeny Krilichevsky, ex-head of the energy supply company Energy Holding, which this year was consolidated with the Petersburg sales company (PSK) OJSC.

At the end of last week, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia approved the application of Whirlpool Italy Holdings S.r.l (a structure of one of the largest manufacturers of household appliances in America, Whirlpool) to purchase Indesit Rus LLC (the central Russian office of Indesit in Moscow) and the Lipetsk plant of Indesit International CJSC.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, at a meeting in Minsk, stated that the Customs Union should take part in providing humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. “We call for immediate decisions to be made to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and to begin providing large-scale humanitarian assistance both from the Russian Federation and from international organizations, including the Customs Union and the CIS,” RIA Novosti quotes Mr. Nazarbayev.

The defense of the son of the ex-president of Bashkortostan, Ural Rakhimov, suspected of embezzling money during the privatization and sale of BashTEK shares and laundering them (Article 160 and Article 174 of the Criminal Code), did not confirm media information that the suspect was charged.

When asked whether the Russian President was informed about Andrei Makarevich’s open letter, press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov replied that other topics are a priority today. “Today is our day related to work in Minsk. Today the President will work at a meeting of the countries of the Customs Union, Ukraine and the EU. Bilateral meetings cannot be ruled out, so these topics are a priority,” the Russian News Service quotes Mr. Peskov as saying.

Russian President Vladimir Putin considers today's meeting in the Customs Union-EU-Ukraine format to be a good platform for discussing issues of cooperation with Kiev in connection with its signing of an association agreement with the EU.

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, who advocates the country's separation from Great Britain, confidently won the second and, as is believed, the final round of televised debates on the independence referendum, ITAR-TASS reports. Leading British media made this assessment on August 26, summing up the results of a multi-hour live broadcast from Glasgow with the participation of the minister and his opponent.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred in central Japan near Tokyo, ITAR-TASS reports citing the country's national meteorological administration. There were no reports of casualties or damage.

Moscow doctors will provide consultations and make appointments for patients via a hotline. At the same time, prescribing treatment at a distance will be strictly prohibited. The initiative will help relieve local doctors, experts say, and note that it is necessary to pay attention to the qualifications of “telephone” doctors. Photo: Maxim Kimerling, Kommersant Moscow doctors have opened a telephone reception for patients.

The financial department of Kazan will enter into contracts with Sberbank of Russia (MOEX: SBER) for the right to provide the city with credit lines with a total limit of 4.8 billion rubles, according to the department’s tender documentation. Earlier it was reported that the financial department of Kazan announced four auctions for the right to provide credit lines to the city. All four auctions received only one application - from Sberbank.

Yesterday, Reproduct LLC opened a feed production plant in Bugulma. The ceremony was attended by Tatarstan resident Rustam Minnikhanov, chief of staff of the President of Tatarstan Asgat Safarov, and Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic Marat Akhmetov. The enterprise is capable of producing up to 200 thousand complete granulated feed annually and has an elevator complex for 36 thousand tons of grain.

The company invested two billion rubles in new production The Darnitsa group of companies today officially launches bakery production in Pushkin, organized on part of the premises of the former Tinkoff brewery. Experts say that, despite the fact that the Russian bread market is shrinking in terms of commodity mass against the background of increasing incomes of the population, improving diets and reducing consumption of basic types of similar low-price products, it retains growth potential.

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, has arrived in Minsk, where a meeting of the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine will take place today. EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht arrived in the Belarusian capital together with Mrs. Ashton, Belta reports. Read more about the summit in the Kommersant article “The Ukrainian crisis has reached the summit.”