On January 12, 2015, former Foreign Minister and candidate from the leading opposition party Croatian Democratic Commonwealth, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, won the presidential elections in Croatia. The presidents of Argentina, Lithuania, South Korea and other female heads of state are in the Kommersant photo gallery. Previous photo Dalia Grybauskaite has been the President of Lithuania since July 12, 2009.

According to government experts, the debt is €11 billion. The Greek Ministry of Finance has received the final confidential report, from which it follows that Germany owes the country €11 billion, which it forcibly borrowed during the Second World War. A decision on whether to collect the debt, which Germany does not recognize, has not yet been made.

Many Muscovites were unable to return on time from their New Year's holiday on the eve of the working week due to disruptions at airports. Heavy snowfall began on Sunday morning and continued almost the entire day. RIA Novosti reported that as a result of the disaster, 120 flights were delayed and 26 cancelled, of which about 100 were delayed and canceled at Domodedovo alone.

The DPR reports increased fighting NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg noted progress in implementing peace agreements in eastern Ukraine. According to him, the intensity of hostilities has recently decreased markedly. The improvement in the security situation in the region and the success in implementing ceasefire agreements was also noted by Jim Sheridan, rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

Belgian police detained a man who threatened to blow up the editorial office of Le Soir. The reason for this behavior was dissatisfaction with the way the newspaper covered the terrorist attacks in Paris. Kommersant FM's interlocutors note that the situation with Charlie Hebdo has aggravated domestic tensions in Europe. Photo: Francois Lenoir, Reuters Belgian police have detained a man who threatened to blow up the editorial office of the newspaper Le Soir and is currently being interrogated.

Vladislav Kulikov was appointed head of the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Dobryansky district. According to the Dobryansk newspaper Zori Plus, before that he held the position of deputy head of the department for several years. The total length of service of Mr. Kulikov in the internal affairs bodies is 20 years.

The ruble is depreciating against the dollar and euro. The American currency strengthened to 63 rubles at the opening of trading. The euro exchange rate with “tomorrow” calculations broke through the 75 ruble mark. Leading analyst of the Olma investment firm Anton Startsev spoke with Kommersant FM host Daria Polygaeva. Photo: Dmitry Lekai, Kommersant / buy photo — Besides the low cost of oil, what factors are putting pressure on the ruble today?

Former deputy head of Samara Alexander Karpushkin left the mayor’s office due to the expiration of the contract, the administration’s press service told Kommersant. Photo: Igor Chernikov, Kommersant “On December 22, Alexander Karpushkin was fired after Oleg Fursov took office as head of the Samara administration due to the expiration of the contract,” the press service told Kommersant. In the team of the former head of Samara, Dmitry Azarov, Mr. Karpushkin served as deputy mayor.

At the end of 2014, GM-Avtovaz sold more than 46 thousand cars, last year this figure was 56.6 thousand, the company’s press service reports. Previous photo Next photo 1 / 2 Photo: Kommersant / Dmitry Lebedev / buy photo Photo: Kommersant / Igor Chernikov “At the end of 2014, the joint venture produced 45,067 Chevrolet NIVA vehicles. 46,023 cars were shipped to dealers, including 3,981 to the CIS countries,” the statement says. This year the company sold 18.7% fewer cars than last year.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow today refused to consider and returned to the investigator a petition to extend the arrest period until May 15 for two persons involved in the case of an accident in the Moscow metro.

For the first time in almost half a century, a Russian film won the Golden Globe Award. "Leviathan" directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev was recognized as the best foreign film. The plot is based on a real story about the confiscation of the property of a resident of an American town, transferred to Russian realities, Kommersant FM’s interlocutors told Photo: Ilya Pitalev, Kommersant / buy photo "Leviathan" won the Golden Globe. The film by Andrei Zvyagintsev won in the category "Best Foreign Film".

Former Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has been summoned to the Presnensky Court in Moscow to testify in the Oboronservis case. On January 13, the prosecutor's office will interrogate three witnesses, including the former subordinate of the main defendant in the case of Evgenia Vasilyeva, Natalya Dynkova, who was sentenced to three years in prison in the Oboronservis case. Currently, Dynkova has been transferred from the colony to give evidence. “We plan to interrogate Mr.

"Russian Switzerland" in Geneva Exhibition history Russian visitors saw Swiss “happiness” primarily as tourist comfort and well-fed bourgeois regularity Photo: Mike Gorsky/Museum of the Swiss Abroad The Musee des suisses dans le monde in Geneva is hosting the exhibition "Russian Switzerland. Artistic and Historical Dialogue 1814-2014" - a project of the ROSIZO museum and exhibition center, uniting 16 Russian museum and archival collections. SERGEY KHODNEV reports.

The country's largest solar cell manufacturing plant will be built in India Indian conglomerate Adani and American company SunEdisson have signed an agreement to create a joint venture that will build India's largest solar panel plant. The amount of investment in the project will be about $4 billion.

Russian film recognized as best foreign film Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev's film Leviathan won the Golden Globe Award in the Best Foreign Film category. Richard Linklator's Boyhood was recognized as the best film this year, and he also received a Golden Globe for best director. Best Actor went to Eddie Redmayne for his work in The Theory of Everything, and Best Actress went to Julianne Moore for her role in Still Alice.