Vyacheslav Koloskov about football and hockey: “Football was, is and remains the N1 sport for Russia. We are not talking now about achievements that are incomparable, of course, in both hockey and football. There have never been as many stars in football as in hockey did not have".

Six protest participants were detained on the territory of the government complex In Hong Kong, which recently experienced the largest protests since the transition to the jurisdiction of the PRC, unrest has resumed. The police announced the arrest of six instigators of the action on the territory of the government complex of the special administrative region of the People's Republic of China: this time the protesters broke into the building of the Hong Kong Legislative Assembly.

Eurosibenergo OJSC is discussing the decommissioning of the 166 MW Irkutsk CHPP-1, according to a presentation by the company’s general director Vyacheslav Solomin for the annual conference “Electric Power Industry of Russia”. The presentation notes that CHPP-1 is a morally and physically outdated station with equipment from 1940-1950, but the operation of the station cannot be stopped without investment in replacement.

technologies According to a Dow Jones VentureSource study, last year Russia ranked fifth in Europe in terms of investment in high-tech projects. Kommersant found out which sectors investors should pay attention to in the near future. Photo: PhotoXpress According to experts, robotics is one of the most interesting trends that you should pay attention to when choosing an area of ​​investment. The robotics market can be divided into two segments - personal robots and industrial ones.

microelectronics One of the weakest points of the Russian high-tech industry is the limited number of its own component base. The country produces almost no hardware, and almost all assembled electronics consist of imported components.

The Department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service for Bashkiria discussed the situation on the buckwheat market at a working meeting yesterday, according to a message on the official website of the department. Over the last two weeks of November, according to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic, prices for buckwheat in retail chains increased by 14%; according to the observations of buyers, in a number of retail outlets the increase was 200% or more.

In the Novosibirsk region, only nine out of 45 municipalities abandoned direct elections of heads Today, at the session of the legislative assembly of the Novosibirsk region, a law on certain issues of organizing local self-government (LSG) will be finally adopted. The regional parliament will consolidate the choice of districts and cities of the region between the election of heads of local self-government based on direct voting and their election from among the deputies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the Ministry of Finance to pay attention to loan rates and inflation processes during work on the budget at a meeting with government members. Photo: Dmitry Azarov, Kommersant / buy photo “You have reported to me more than once about the state of the budget, revenues have even increased, in general the situation is normal, but you and I also know about the components that need to be paid special attention to.

CNPC is ready to consider the issue of acquiring a larger stake in Vankorneft (owned by Rosneft), said Zhang Xin, head of the external relations department of the Chinese company.

The reduction in ruble bank deposits of citizens in October 2014 was 0.3 percent , according to Central Bank data published yesterday. Thus, the overall increase in household deposits for the month of 2.2% was ensured by foreign currency deposits, which nominally increased by 12.7%, and taking into account the devaluation of the ruble against the basket of currencies - by 6.5%, estimated Igor Polyakov from TsMAKP.

Today, deputies of the City Duma approved changes to the 2015 municipal budget proposed by the administration of Nizhny Novgorod. This was reported in a press release from the city administration. Deputies of the City Duma approved changes to the Regulations on the municipal debt of Nizhny Novgorod. Commission Chairman Mark Feldman supported the city administration's initiative to increase the debt limit from 50% to 70%.

Prices for buckwheat in Russia have increased by 27.5% since the beginning of November, and in the week from November 11 to November 17, this grain rose in price by 16.1%, according to Rosstat data . At the same time, since the beginning of the year, prices for buckwheat in Russia have increased by 27%. The Ministry of Agriculture claims that there will be enough buckwheat harvest and there will be no shortage, because...

The leadership of the self-proclaimed DPR is taking the first steps towards financial independence - it has begun paying subsidies to socially vulnerable segments of the population and is preparing to create its own Pension Fund to replace the Ukrainian one that has ceased operating.

Sergei Lavrov discussed Western sanctions in Minsk Russia is not going to “beg” the West to lift sanctions. This was stated yesterday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a visit to Belarus, which itself has been under sanctions since 2011.

Moscow welcomes the arrival of US Deputy Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller to participate in the nonproliferation conference and consult with the Russian Foreign Ministry. This was stated by Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Ryabkov, RIA Novosti reports on November 18. “We welcome that Ms.