Binbank of Mikail Shishkhanov and Mikhail Gutseriev closed the deal to acquire five banks of the ROST group. This is stated in a message on the website of the Krasnoyarsk bank "Kedr", which is part of the group. The acquisition of banks was carried out for a symbolic amount. “The purpose of acquiring the banks of the ROST group is to expand the retail business, regional presence and client base of B&N Bank.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will hold a meeting with the financial and economic bloc of the government, the chairman of the Central Bank, as well as the heads of the largest exporting companies. The meeting is scheduled for 13:00 Moscow time.

The Ministry of Finance's foreign currency balances amount to $7 billion, the ministry said in a statement. “We are talking about the balances on the single account of the federal budget in the Federal Treasury. The volume of balances is about $7 billion,” TASS quotes the department as saying. Earlier, the ministry announced the start of sales of its foreign currency balances on the market.

Governor of the Saratov Region on the annual results of economic development of the region In the past year, the governor of the Saratov region, Valery Radaev, for the first time made a programmatic address to the residents of the region and told what tasks the region faces in the near future.

The reform of civil legislation over the past two years has received mixed reviews from the legal community. On the one hand, the Civil Code is supplemented with clauses and articles that are revolutionary from the point of view of legal relations. On the other hand, the changes have posed a difficult task for specialists to comprehend and adequately implement the legislator’s decisions in everyday practice.

Trade union leader of Vostochny Port dockers was convicted after his conflict with the administration The chairman of the trade union organization of dockers of Vostochny Port OJSC, Leonid Tikhonov, was found guilty of misappropriation of financial resources and sentenced to three years and six months in a general regime colony. The administration of Vostochny Port OJSC, on whose initiative a criminal case was initiated against the trade union leader, called the verdict fair.

The fire broke out on Wednesday in the car service building at 10 Vernadskogo Avenue, bldg. 1. The area of ​​the fire is established. There were no reports of casualties. Six units are working at the scene of the incident, according to the website of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations in Moscow.

An investigation is underway against two police officers from the notorious department. Kazan police department No. 9, which received scandalous fame under its former name “Dalniy,” is again involved in a story that may entail procedural consequences. As it became known, the investigative authorities are conducting an investigation against the head of the local police station, Azat Abdullin, and his subordinate, Elmir Namazov.

December 17, 2014, Moscow. - Aeroflot is once again recognized as the most punctual air carrier in the world according to the American statistical agency FlightStats, based on data for November 2014. Photo: Aeroflot The FlightStats report found that 93.22% of Aeroflot flights in November arrived on schedule. In terms of punctuality, Aeroflot has surpassed the largest air carriers such as SAS, KLM, Lufthansa, British Airways, Emirates.

Context Yesterday, the intellectual rights court rejected the Russian concern Kalashnikov (Izhevsk) in its claim against the Moscow ZAO M.T. Kalashnikov for early termination of legal protection of the figurative trademark of the assault rifle (N272922). The disputed mark is an image of a machine gun with the inscription “AK-47”.

The gunman who took hostages at a Sydney cafe was wanted by Iranian police for fraud. At the same time, Australia refused to extradite Man Monis 14 years ago, the head of the Iranian police said. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said this information needs to be verified. Photo: Jason Reed, Reuters 14 years ago, Australia refused to hand over a Sydney cafe hijacker to Iran, Iranian police chief General Ismail Ahmadi Mohaddam told reporters.

Post-Olympic syndrome A year has passed since the opening of the Winter Games in Sochi. Olympic victories are history, but not the problems - financial, infrastructural and coordination. How investors and Sochi residents themselves deal with them, and how the Olympic legacy was dealt with in other countries - in a special project by Kommersant. — It’s easy to build, but what to do with it all?

At the Zvezda stadium, work has begun to improve the quality characteristics of the artificial turf of the football field. According to the press service of FC Amkar, stadium workers began adding filler from the Italian company Limonta Sport, consisting of coconut chips, balsa wood chips and synthetic components, to the field. First of all, the mixture is applied to the so-called “problem areas” indicated by experts when testing the football field.

The Center for Market Research at the Higher School of Economics reported that the average annual entrepreneurial confidence index fell to 0% in 2014. Russians continue to actively buy food for future use. Consumers are most interested in the non-food sector, Kommersant FM interlocutors note. Photo: Kirill Kukhmar, Kommersant The average annual seller confidence index has fallen to 0% this year.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announces his intention to submit to the Verkhovna Rada a bill to renounce the country's non-bloc status at the end of his visit to Warsaw. “Immediately after returning to Ukraine, I will submit to parliament for consideration a bill on the renunciation of non-bloc status,” Interfax-Ukraine reports Mr. Poroshenko’s words.