Kommersant publishing house columnist Daria Tsivina spoke about the Christmas menu in Ah! Beatrice and Brasserie Most. Chef of the restaurant Ah! Beatrice Pavel Zavarzin has developed a special Christmas menu that adheres to the guilt-free principle - tasty and healthy food that does not bring any remorse to the eater. To the Olivier salad with veal tongue, Zavarzin adds celery root boiled in garlic milk instead of potatoes, and uses mustard yogurt instead of mayonnaise.

On December 29, the Jerusalem District Court did not make a decision on the extradition of priest Gleb Grozovsky to Russia. The Israeli State Prosecutor's Office and Grozovsky's defense presented their positions in court today, after which the judge retired to study the case materials. He is expected to make a decision during the next meeting, the date of which has not yet been determined.

The budget of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in 2015 will be increased from the planned 82.9 billion hryvnia to 90 billion hryvnia (more than $5.7 billion). This was reported by TASS on December 29 with reference to the 112 Ukraine TV channel.

Only crew members remained on board the ship in distress According to the press service of the Italian Navy, 419 out of 478 people were evacuated from the Norman Atlantic passenger ferry burning in the Ionian Sea, five people were killed. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said all passengers had been rescued and only the crew remained on board. Eight Italian helicopters and one Greek Super Puma are taking part in the rescue operation.

The rating agency Standard & Poor's placed on the CreditWatch list with a negative outlook the credit rating and financial stability rating of the Russian insurance companies SOGAZ, RESO-Garantia and Ingosstrakh, as well as the main subsidiary of SOGAZ, the Transneft Insurance Company. , TASS reports on December 29.

As Kommersant has learned, today Gadzhi Gadzhiev, the former coach of Anzhi Makhachkala, is scheduled to arrive in Perm for negotiations. The 69-year-old specialist is considered one of the contenders for the post of head coach of FC Amkar, a source in the club told Kommersant. According to him, his candidacy was proposed by Vladimir Nelyubin, a member of the board of OO FC Amkar. Mr.

General Director of OJSC Power Machines Igor Kostin will leave the company in January 2015, TASS agency reported on December 29. The reason, according to a representative of Power Machines, was the deterioration of his health. Alexander Rantsev, who holds the position of Director for Strategic Development and Controlling, will serve as interim CEO from January.

Nikolai Valuev about the truce in Ukraine: “Now it seems to be starting to look like a truce, but it turns out that this is just gathering strength before a big war, or waiting for some kind of pause until warming, until spring.” About sanctions: “It turns out that the sanctions imposed against Russia, in my deepest conviction, would have been introduced in any case in connection with, for example, Syria or something else.

All passengers on the Norman Atlantic ferry have been evacuated. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced this. Almost 500 people were on board the burning ship. Two of them, according to preliminary data, are Russians. According to official information, the death toll in the disaster reached seven people. Chief correspondent of the Athens News Agency Afanasy Avgerinos told the details to presenter Marat Kashin on Kommersant FM. Photo: Yara Nardi, Reuters — Afanasy, good afternoon.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Russian government, by March 31, 2015, to develop and approve a list of internal regulatory documents regulating the activities of state corporations and state companies. This was reported by TASS on December 29.

The rating agency Moody's has placed the deposit ratings of foreign subsidiaries of Russian Sberbank and VTB for downward revision, TASS reported on December 29. The actions are related to the revision of the ratings of parent companies, the agency notes.

The number of victims of the tragedy on the Italian ferry Norman Atlantic has increased to seven people: rescuers discovered the bodies of two more victims, the Italian coast guard reports. “Two more bodies have been found, bringing the total death toll to 7,” said a message posted on the official Twitter page of the Italian Coast Guard.

In 2014, Sberbank opened more than a hundred offices of a new format in the Volga region. Before the New Year, the bank will open its doors at 7 service points in both large cities and remote areas. Sberbank continues the reformatting program for the third year, opening convenient and modern offices in the Astrakhan, Volgograd, Orenburg, Penza, Samara, Saratov and Ulyanovsk regions. To date, more than 80% of the branch network has been updated.

At the beginning of 2014, Kommersant FM observers made a forecast for the year. Now they are holding themselves accountable for their predictions. The head of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Fyodor Lukyanov, discussed how the cultural and geographical borders of Russia will change. Photo: Vasily Shaposhnikov, Kommersant January 6, 2014: “The construction of the Eurasian Union is the main event of 2014 for Russia. The country is self-determining.

Kommersant FM art columnist Dmitry Butkevich continues to talk about the first exhibitions of the new year. Those who spend their holidays in Europe can visit interesting exhibitions in Madrid, Rome, Prague and Basel. You will be able to see both works by Renaissance artists and paintings by contemporary British masters. Madrid. Goya. Paintings for the Royal Tapestry Manufactory, that is, for tapestries. Prado Museum. 60 monumental and decorative panels, practically unknown to viewers. Rome.