Chairman of the Board of Sberbank German Gref said that the credit institution may adjust its strategy in the first half of 2015 due to the crisis. At the same time, Sberbank does not abandon the goals of its long-term strategy for five years, he emphasized.

The court plans to interrogate opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the Yves Rocher case on December 15, said lawyer Olga Mikhailova. “On Monday, December 15, the defense plans to complete the presentation of evidence and interrogation of the defendants will begin. It is planned that Alexei will be interrogated first, and Oleg Navalny second,” TASS reports the words of Mrs. Mikhailova.

The best Russian basketball player is traded to Philadelphia NBA The most famous Russian basketball player Andrei Kirilenko will continue his career in an outsider club Photo: Jeffrey Phelps, AP The best Russian basketball player of this century, Andrei Kirilenko, is changing from one NBA club to another. From the Brooklyn Nets, owned by Mikhail Prokhorov, he moves to Philadelphia, for which his former Minnesota Timberwolves teammate Alexey Shved plays.

Binbank acquired a stake in the Krasnoyarsk bank Kedr. This is stated in the materials of OJSC KB Kedr. According to documents, on Thursday Binbank became the owner of about 15.881 million shares (19.69%). At the same time, two Moscow companies, Tiravto LLC and Global Truck Service LLC, each owning 9.85% of Kedar shares, left the co-owners of Cedar. As Kommersant reported on December 11, Binbank was approved as a sanator of ROST-Bank, the group of which, in particular, includes Kedr.

A court in the American city of Johnstown (Pennsylvania) today sentenced 19-year-old Russian citizen Vladislav Miftakhov to two years in prison for manufacturing and storing explosive devices. In addition, the judge ruled that after his release, Vladislav Miftakhov will remain under police surveillance for another three years. He is expected to serve his sentence in the state of California, where his parents live, TASS reports.

Energy workers ask for a new investigation into the accident at SShHPP More than 2 thousand power engineers and residents of the village of Cheryomushki signed an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which they insist on conducting a re-examination of the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station.

The dollar and euros courses for the first time exceeded the levels of 57 rubles./$ And 72 rubles/€ On December 12, as a result of a sharp growth in quotations, the dollar and euro courses at the beginning of the trading session on the Moscow Exchange overcame levels of 57 rubles./$ And 72 rubles/€.

Over the 11 months of this year, residents of the Volga region issued half a million consumer loans from Sberbank for a total amount of more than 74 billion rubles, the portfolio growth was 10%, the bank’s press service reported on Friday. Most often, loans are taken out for repairs, vacations, and the purchase of household appliances. Depending on the needs and capabilities of the borrower, the bank offers a wide range of product loans on favorable terms.

The Lipetsk regional administration filed an application to the court to terminate the contract with the general contractor for the construction of the multifunctional sports complex “Rolling Stones” (being built in the Molodezhny Park for 4.6 billion rubles) - a structure of the Hungarian JSC Market JSC Market, the head of the construction department told Kommersant yesterday architecture of the region Vladimir Tuchkov.

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An ice skating rink opens on Triangular Square next to the Catherine Palace in Pushkin. It occupies about a thousand square meters. Thus, the museum-reserve revives the historical traditions of the imperial residence. The owner of Tsarskoe Selo, Empress Elizaveta Petrovna, loved entertainment events and organized balls and masquerades. In winter, one of the main attractions was the huge Katalnaya Mountain, built in the park on the site where the Ramp Alley with the Ruska Terrace is now located.

The Government of Ukraine in 2015 will significantly increase budget funding for law enforcement agencies, including the National Guard and Border Service, said the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Security and Defense Sergei Pashinsky. “For the Ministry of Defense there will be 45-47 billion hryvnia (approximately $2.8-3 billion), for the National Guard - 8 billion ($500 million), for the border service there will also be a significant increase,” TASS quotes Mr. Pashinsky as saying.

At a meeting in the Rostov administration dedicated to unauthorized posting of street advertisements, a decision was made to introduce street posting into a legal framework, the press service of the city administration reported. In particular, the meeting participants considered a proposal to install information boards at bus stops, transformer substations, lighting poles, building facades, and in the entrances and elevators of apartment buildings.

The trial of the high-profile case of defrauded shareholders has resumed in Nizhny Novgorod Yesterday in Nizhny Novgorod, a trial began against the former managers of the bankrupt JSC Nizhny Novgorod DSK, Yuri Zyuzin and Alexander Cherepnin. They are accused of stealing funds from people who invested in the shared construction of a 260-apartment building on the street. Machine. It has not been commissioned since 2009, and the damage to shareholders exceeded 400 million rubles.

Power struggle “The end of an era” - this is how the German media commented on the departure from his post of one of the most recognizable politicians in Germany, the mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit. Yesterday he officially left a position he held continuously for 13 years, longer than any other head of the capital. Let us remember that one of the reasons for Mr.