Sales of the largest Russian car manufacturer AvtoVAZ OJSC fell in 2014 by 15% to 387.3 thousand cars, TASS reports with reference to the European Business Association (AEB). In December, the fall amounted to 9% - up to 35.315 thousand cars. At the end of the year, LADA reduced the market share by 0.9 percentage points, to 15.5%. In December, the share of the brand decreased by 1.7 percentage points, to 13%, Interfax notes.

The authorities of the Murmansk region banned the rental of the film "Leviathan" directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev, who recently received the prestigious Golden Globe Award, as well as the foreign nominees for Oscar, which included in the short list. The decision to ban the rental of the film was made by Marina Kovtun, the governor, the Flashnord website reports with reference to the source in the regional government.

The OSCE special monitoring mission in Ukraine announced the fundamental consent of the parties to the conflict for a joint investigation of the incident near Volnovakha, where 12 people died due to the explosion near the bus at the Ukrainian checkpoint. This is stated in the last report on the situation in the east of the country, published on the OSCE website . Previously, the UN and Foreign Ministry of Russia demanded an objective investigation of the incident.

The Government Commission for the prevention and elimination of emergency situations in the near future should decide on the introduction of emergency regime in the Irkutsk region and Buryatia due to the record shallowing of Lake Baikal. According to RIA Novosti , the corresponding appeal to the government was sent by the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia Sergey Donskoy.

The Central Bank decided to change the curator of monetary policy at the time of the economy entering the recession and threats of the banking crisis. The first deputy chairman of the Central Bank Ksenia Yudaeva at the Gaidar Forum announced the preparatory personnel permutations in the Central Bank: "I want to focus on the issues of strategy, and the issues of monetary policy and refinancing will go to Dmitry Tulin," Yudaeva announced.

In the Russian division, Panasonic was replaced by the CEO. From January 2015, he will be headed by Junity Suzuki, who simultaneously took the position of President of the Panasonic Marketing CIS group of companies (Panasonic Representative Office in the CIS). It is reported by CNews .

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced the completion of work on the creation of a temporary group of quick response forces in Eastern Europe to any threats coming from the East. He did not call the country that accepted the troops of the Alliance, but the other day it became known about the arrival of a large number of American military equipment to Lithuania.

The authorities of the regions of Russia can convey part of state functions in the social sphere to non -profit organizations. On January 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin made such a statement at the Forum “State and Civil Society”, the United Russia website reports. In this case, it will be necessary to control the effectiveness of the expenditure of state funds, the president said. He also noted that it is necessary to encourage public organizations with grants.

The South Korean company Samsung Electronics is considering the possibility of buying a Canadian manufacturer of BlackBerry business scartphones for $ 7.5 billion. Negotiations between the leaderships of the two companies were allegedly conducted last week, Reuters reported with reference to a person familiar with situations, as well as documents that were at the disposal of the agency. In companies, this information is refuted.

“Those who think that Crimea will be painted in the colors of the Russian Federation on world contour maps are people who simply do not know history. Otherwise, they would remember Northern Cyprus. In 1960, Cyprus gained independence from Great Britain, which had been part of the island since the second half of the 19th century. The new state was ethnically heterogeneous - it consisted of a Greek majority and a Turkish minority.

This year, the largest land reform will begin in Russia. She is designed to put an end to the former "Cossack freemen" with self -seizures of "noe" land. In addition, Russians are waiting for another procedure for the acquisition of municipal land plots, the land can be bought at a price many times lower than the market, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta , who was talking on this subject with the deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Pavel Korolev.

The Russian male team took third place at the Biathlon World Cup in German Rupolding. The Norwegians were excited in the race, the Germans became second (+4.6). Our country was represented by Evgeny Garanichev, Timofey Lapshin, Alexei Volkov and Anton Shipulin. Shipulin after the second shooting at the last stage was inferior to the leader for 20 seconds. At the finish, he reduced the lag to eight, but Anton did not have enough strength for more.

A native of Mali named Lassana Batil will receive French citizenship for saving hostages during an attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris. As follows from the statements of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of France Bernard Vecnev, the issue of the issuance of a battleship has already been resolved, and only formal procedures remained to the young man. Since 2006, a 24-year-old native of Mali, living in France, submitted documents for naturalization in the summer of 2014.

In the Kholmsk GOVD of the Sakhalin Region, an official check is carried out on the death of a 34-year-old local resident. According to preliminary data, he committed suicide after he was detained into a drunk form. The body of the detainee was discovered on January 14 "During the inspection of the camera", the official website of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

In the center of Paris, the driver shot down a woman-police woman. The incident occurred near the residence of the French President Francois Hollande, reports Reuters. It is not yet clear whether the collision was intentional or random. According to BFM TV , the victim, who was on duty as part of the police detachment guarding the Champs Elysees, received minor injuries of arms, legs and back.