Oil production in OPEC countries continues to grow. According to the International Energy Agency, the absolute leaders in this indicator are Saudi Arabia, Libya and Iraq. However, with an increase in prices for “black gold”, huge volumes of exports may not be in demand, according to Kommersant FM’s interlocutors. Photo: Lucy Nicholson/Files, Reuters Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Libya set a record for oil production in March. Such data are provided in the report of the International Energy Agency.

The Moscow City Court recognized the arrest of the alleged accomplice in the murder of Boris Nemtsov, Khamzat Bakhaev, as legal, refusing to satisfy the defense complaint. “The decision of the Basmanny Court of Moscow on choosing a preventive measure against Bakhaev in the form of detention until April 28 is left unchanged, and the defense’s appeal is not satisfied,” TASS cites the court’s decision.

The trial of the desecration of the memorial has begun in Novosibirsk In Novosibirsk, a trial of a group of vandals has begun. As indicated in the investigation materials, in December 2014, in support of the Ukrainian radical movement “Right Sector” banned in Russia and its Azov battalion, young people painted the objects of the memorial complex dedicated to the feat of Siberians in the Great Patriotic War - a rocket launcher - in the colors of the Ukrainian flag "Katyusha" and T-34 tank.

The sand and dust storm that hit the Chinese capital on Wednesday was the strongest in the last 13 years, the RIA Novosti agency reports, citing the Beijing meteorological station. Authorities warned residents of Beijing and other cities affected by the disaster that air pollution levels were critical and hazardous to health. The country's authorities recommend that people stay home to avoid tragic consequences.

The investigation decided to put an end to the case of Vasily Boyko-Veliky and his accomplices As Kommersant learned, the Investigative Committee sent for approval to the prosecutor's office the materials of a high-profile criminal case against the famous Orthodox philanthropist and president of the Russian Milk agricultural holding Vasily Boyko-Veliky.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan upheld the verdict in the case of preparing an assassination attempt on the mayor of Khasavyurt, Saygidpasha Umakhanov, for which two residents of Chechnya were sentenced to long terms, and the ex-adviser to the head of Chechnya, Shaa Turlaev, was put on the international wanted list. The case of the assassination attempt on one of the most influential politicians in Dagestan, Saygidpasha Umakhanov, was considered by the Khasavyurt City Court.

Twice a year the best chefs from Russia travel to Monaco Previous photo Next photo 1 / 3 Photo: Kommersant / Ekaterina Lipatova / buy photo Photo: Cook and Shoot by Aline GERARD Photo: Cook and Shoot by Aline GERARD Anna Tyurina Paris, Monte Carlo, Nice, Cannes - the geography of the Russian-French gastronomic seasons follows the geography of the famous Diaghilev seasons.

Gleb Nikitin about the work of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on import substitution: “All our state programs that were implemented by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in the field of aircraft manufacturing, in the field of shipbuilding, the radio-electronic industry, the pharmaceutical industry since the beginning of the 2000s were also import substitution, that is, we have always been engaged in import substitution, this is the main theme and mission of our ministry.

The Finnish company concentrates on the production of network telecommunications equipment Finnish telecommunications equipment manufacturer Nokia has agreed to purchase its competitor, French company Alcatel-Lucent. The transaction amount will be €15.6 billion ($16.6 billion). The deal is part of Nokia's plan to focus on developing its most profitable telecommunications network equipment division after selling its mobile division. Photo: Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva ATTENTION EDITORS - FINLAND OUT.

MTS reduces commission for accepting payments from subscribers MTS intends to reduce remuneration for banks, retailers and owners of terminal networks that accept cash payments from subscribers of this operator without commission. The remuneration amount can be reduced to 0.008% of the payment amount, as a result of which MTS can save several billion rubles. MTS competitors believe that such actions will result in an increase in commissions for subscribers.

They want to centralize the regional water utility The authorities of the Leningrad region proposed to developers the idea of ​​centralizing the regional water utility, which, unlike the St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise Vodokanal, remains fragmented and includes about 120 organizations. The initiators were energy workers, for whom such a merger would ease the situation with the debt of the “water complex” for energy resources.

Chain trading reform continues Small retailers need tax benefits and exemption from excessive government regulation, which will allow, through the development of small trade, to create a distribution channel for the products of small farms and industries. To achieve this, business ombudsman Boris Titov proposes to legislatively separate the regulation of large federal retailers and local chains. At the end of May, these ideas will be presented to President Vladimir Putin.

transport In the first quarter of 2015, 2.9 million tons of export cargo were transported through railway border crossings, which is 28.2% higher than last year, the press service of the Far Eastern Railway reported. Through the Grodekovo-Suifene crossing, the volume of export cargo transportation amounted to 2.3 million tons (+10.1% compared to 2014). Along the Kamyshovaya-Hunchun crossing, the volume of transportation increased by 20.3%, and 179.8 thousand tons of coal were transported.

Deputies of the Legislative Assembly (LA) of the Irkutsk region reported on their income for 2014. As reported on the ZS website, Marina Sedykh, General Director of Irkutsk Oil Company LLC, earned more than others in a year: her income amounted to 445.4 million rubles. Ms. Sedykh owns a plot of land for individual residential buildings with an area of ​​1,606 square meters. m, four agricultural plots of 2.5 thousand sq. m. m each, as well as shares in apartments with an area of ​​73.5 sq. m.

In the first quarter of 2015, China's GDP growth rate slowed to 7%. According to data published today by the State Statistical Office of the People's Republic of China, this is 0.3% lower compared to the fourth quarter of 2014 and is the minimum figure over the past six years, TASS reports. Read about the impact of the Chinese economy on other countries in the Kommersant-FM article “China is slowing down Asia.”