Law enforcement agencies of the Nizhny Novgorod region have revealed facts of theft of budget funds during the construction of a water pipeline to the facilities of the Ankudinovka IT park. Interfax-Povolzhye reports this with reference to a statement from the regional prosecutor's office.

Elena Basner was released from house arrest on her own recognizance The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg changed the preventive measure for art critic Elena Basner, accused of major fraud: according to investigative authorities, she took an active part in the scam of selling for $250 thousand to one of the major St. Petersburg collectors a fake painting by the early 20th century artist Boris Grigoriev.

According to the latest data, the number of victims of the shelling of a trolleybus in Donetsk has reached five people. According to a representative of the militia of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DPR), the shell also hit the Kuibyshevsky District Department of Internal Affairs, the Kuibyshev House of Culture and a garage cooperative, Interfax reports.

By a majority vote, deputies of the legislative assembly of the Nizhny Novgorod region yesterday rejected the initiatives of the Communist Party faction, which asked to send an appeal to the Prosecutor General's Office and the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation with a request to verify the legality of the sale of shares in OJSC TEK-NN.

The ruble ended Thursday's trading with a strong depreciation against the world's leading currencies. At the end of the session on the Moscow Exchange, the dollar exchange rate returned to the level of 69 rubles/$, which is 1.27 rubles. higher than Wednesday’s close, the euro exchange rate rose during the day by 1.41 rubles, to 78.22 rubles/€. Over four days of strong growth, the dollar rose in price by 4.5 rubles, the euro by more than 7 rubles.

As a result of the expansion of the paid parking zone, many landlords will have to come out of the shadows. They will try to shift the costs of paperwork onto the tenants, which will lead to mass moves outside the Third Transport Ring, says Kommersant FM columnist Andrei Voskresensky. Photo: Sergey Kiselev, Kommersant / buy photo The expansion of the paid parking zone to the border of the Third Ring Road will have a serious impact on the rental market.

Road carriers are preparing new rules of the game The passenger transportation market in large cities of Bashkiria, and primarily in Ufa, is expecting serious changes. The government has developed a plan to reduce the number of passenger vehicles on the streets and remove so-called “illegal immigrants” from them. The authorities intend to transfer legal operators to large buses, and if they do not agree, ban them from entering busy parts of the city.

According to the Moscow employment service, in the last week of January the number of unemployed increased by 786 people. As of January 29, 2015, the number of unemployed citizens registered by the Moscow Employment Service is 28 thousand 706 people. There are 123 thousand vacancies in the electronic bank.

Companies promised systemically important status By the beginning of February, the government should draw up a list of systemically important enterprises that have been promised state guarantees for loans. The first contender for them was the problematic Mechel. According to Kommersant, the only thing that means for a company to be included in the list of systemically important ones is government assistance “in manual mode,” but this does not exclude bankruptcy.

GM-Avtovaz is increasing prices for Chevrolet NIVA cars by 20-23 thousand rubles from February 1, the press service of the car plant reported on Friday. “Starting February 1, 2015, retail prices for Chevrolet NIVA cars will increase by 20-23 thousand rubles, depending on the configuration,” the message says.

According to the Supreme Court, at least 58 criminal cases are being investigated in Russia against Russians participating in the military conflict in Syria on the side of the Islamic State, which is recognized as terrorist in Russia.

Analyst's opinion Mikhail Khorkov, head of the analytical center of the Ural Chamber of Real Estate We expect a serious reduction in the number of transactions and, against this background, a decline in real estate prices in different segments from 5% to 15%. This point of view is based on the fact that the decrease in market demand for all segments will be more significant than the decrease in supply.

The housing construction cooperative (HBC) "Comfort" and the Housing Construction Development Fund of the Omsk Region "Zhilishche" did not pass the selection of developers for the construction of economy-class housing, announced by the regional Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services at the end of last year.

The 44th International Film Festival takes place in Rotterdam At the festival in Rotterdam, one of the key themes was propaganda, which is gaining new relevance today both in life and in cinema. The nature and background of this relevance was studied by ANDREY PLAKHOV. Still from the film "Project of the Century" directed by Carlos M. Quintela Photo: iffr.com The Cuban film “Project of the Century” directed by Carlos Machado Quintela was shown in the Rotterdam competition.

The fire of associated petroleum gas at well N143 of the Aleksandrovskoye oil field (Kungursky district, Perm region), which is being developed by the RITEK-Uraloil Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which occurred on January 28, does not pose a threat to the environment, RITEK said in a statement. “No one was injured as a result of the incident. There is no threat to the environment or health of residents of the settlement of Novosely, located 3 kilometers from the deposit,” the company notes.