Australian dollar 53.7775 English pound 102.3536 Belarusian ruble** 44.1506 Danish krone* 10.2744 U.S. dollar 67.8153 Euro 76.2922 Indian Rupee*** 11.0374 Kazakh tenge*** 36.7354 Canadian dollar 54.3479 CNY* 10.8617 Norwegian krone* 87.1617 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 95.2005 Singapore dollar 50.5067 New Turkish lira 28.8318 Ukrainian hryvnia* 43.4115 Swedish krona* 81.9362 Swiss frank 74.7441 Japanese yen*** 57.3928 *For 10. **For 10000. ***For 100. According to Reuters.

Some products in the capital's supermarkets have increased in price by up to 130%, the Moscow prosecutor's office said in a statement. Chairman of the Board of the International Confederation of Consumer Societies Dmitry Yanin discussed the topic with Kommersant FM host Natalya Zhdanova.

The average price of a new car is 1 million rubles The average cost of a new passenger car in Russia is just over 1 million rubles, and this figure has increased by 10% over the year. This follows from a study by the Autostat agency, which studied markets in 152 Russian cities. The most expensive cars, as it turned out, are sold in Nakhodka, Ussuriysk and Vladivostok. Moscow took only fifth place in the ranking.

The European Union may extend sanctions against Russia for nine months, Reuters reports, citing a draft document. The foreign ministers of the EU countries on Wednesday agreed to extend sanctions against Russia for six months, in addition, on January 29, they will instruct the European Commission and the EU foreign policy service to prepare proposals to expand the blacklist for Russia within a week.

Freedom House appreciated democracy in Russia and the world The human rights organization Freedom House has published an annual report on the state of rights and freedoms in the world according to the results of 2014.

One of the anti-crisis measures of the regional authorities will be the optimization of the apparatus On the eve of the crisis, the government of the Omsk region intends to reduce its own staff by 10% and freeze a number of previously announced large investment projects, including co-financing the construction of the metro and a new airport. In one area, optimization has already begun: half of the staff of the Omsk Region representative office in Moscow will be cut.

The Federal Air Transport Agency has published a list of routes that will be subsidized from the Russian budget in 2015; planes to Samara will fly from eight cities of the Volga Federal District, according to the agency’s website. According to the document of the State Unitary Enterprise of the Orenburg Region, Orenburg Airport will serve the following routes: Samara-Saratov, Samara-Cheboksary, Kazan-Samara, Kirov-Samara, Orenburg-Samara, Perm-Samara.

The order from the Ufa mayor's office to design a bridge across Salavat Yulaev Avenue was received by the St. Petersburg JSC Giprostroymost Institute, according to a message on the government procurement portal. The company was recognized as the winner of the competition held by the Department for Construction, Repair of Roads and Artificial Structures of the City Hall on January 16. The contractor agreed to fulfill the contract with an initial cost of 35.12 million rubles.

American companies blame the high dollar for declining profits At yesterday's trading in the US, the decline in stock indices reached 2% against the backdrop of a number of weak quarterly reports from American companies. Experts note that many companies from a variety of sectors have felt the negative impact of the high dollar, while the increase in consumer confidence due to low gasoline prices has not yet had a positive effect on company sales.

Rosneft needs the entire volume of ESPO Rosneft may face problems in implementing an unprecedented contract for oil supplies to China. Beijing was unable to ensure the construction of the necessary infrastructure on time and now the entire capacity of the ESPO pipeline is needed for the growth of exports of the state-owned company stipulated by the agreement. As a result, LUKOIL, Surgutneftegaz and the Irkutsk Oil Company may lose their place in it.

The Ministry of Economic Development plans to review projects within a few weeks to allocate funds from the National Welfare Fund (NWF), said deputy head of the department Nikolai Podguzov. He noted that this decision was made in connection with the current economic situation.

According to the head of the Indonesian National Rescue and Search Agency, Farciscus Bambang Soelistyo, the agency will continue the search operation for the victims of the crashed AirAsia airliner that crashed off the coast of Indonesia at the end of December last year. “The search operation will continue. We will evaluate our operation within a week depending on the result.

The authorities of the Amur region have reduced expenditure obligations this year by 8 billion rubles, while they predict a decrease in income tax collection by 4.5 billion rubles, the regional government reported. The head of the Amur region, Oleg Kozhemyako, yesterday addressed the regional legislative assembly with a report on the main activities of the regional government this year. The governor noted that in 2015, expenditure obligations had already been reduced by 8 billion rubles.

Top management of the Sverdlovsk branch is suspected of causing major damage The investigative department of the FSB Directorate for the Sverdlovsk Region opened a criminal case into abuse of power by top managers of the Sverdlovsk branch of OJSC Rosselkhozbank. In particular, investigative actions are being carried out with the former head of the bank’s regional division, Alexander Paramonov, who resigned in November last year.

According to Rosstat, real disposable cash income of the country's population in December 2014 fell by 7.3% compared to December 2013. In nominal terms, average per capita income in December 2014 amounted to 41.1 thousand rubles. (an increase of 3.3% in annual terms), on average for 2014 - 27.7 thousand rubles. (an increase of 6.9%). In total, in 2014, revenues decreased by 1% in real terms compared to 2013. In 2013 there was an increase of 4%.