The net profit of AvtoVAZ last year decreased by 14.7 times to 211 million rubles, while payments to 14 members of the board increased 2.2 times to 335 million rubles. Such data are given in the company's press release . At the same time, AvtoVAZ gross profit (income minus expenses excluding taxes) last year also decreased and reached 18.4 billion rubles compared to 20.2 billion a year before.

In the coming days, subscribers to the blog polonium194.livejournal.com should expect a new lengthy and emotional message from the eccentric entrepreneur Sergei Polonsky . The fact is that on March 14, two of his friends, Konstantin Baglay and Alexander Karachinsky, who were arrested with him in Cambodia on New Year's Eve, were released on bail. At the same time, Polonsky himself, according to lawyers, has not yet been released.

The international competition for startups and business guns with a prize fund of one million dollars Masschallenge-2013 opened applications, the press service of the RVK said on March 15. Masschallenge -a non-profit competition, does not charge a fee for participation and does not establish any restrictions for the winners. It is designed to promote the launch and successful development of new businesses and innovative projects.

In Russia, the possibility of providing Belarus of the interstate loan in the amount of $ 2 billion is discussed, reports on Friday RIA Novosti with reference to the head of the Ministry of Finance of Russia Anton Siluanov. According to the minister, a loan may not be needed if Belarusia this year privatizes the state property for $ 2.5 billion. The head of the department emphasized that Russia expected such a step from its neighbor in the past years.

The All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), by order of OJSC RVK, conducted a unique study on the study of the emergency venture market, primarily the ecosystems of business angels, the press service of the RVC reports. This is the first experience in studying the role of business angels in the strategic development of the market.

Another liner of the cruise company Carnival was faced with technical problems, CNN reports. We are talking about the Carnival Legend ship. The nature of the problems is not reported, but it is known that they influenced the speed of the vessel. Carnival Legend is at the final stage of the seven -day Caribbean cruise - the airliner left the Tampa in the American state of Florida on March 10 and was supposed to return to the same port a week later.

The Minsk City Executive Committee allowed the Belarusian opposition to hold a rally and a procession on March 24 in the capital in honor of the day of will - the anniversary of the formation of the Belarusian People’s Republic, reports on Friday the Radio "Freedom" .

3D printer Fabbster Creative Tools/Flickr.com The technology of three-dimensional press was invented back in the 80s of the last century and has since become incredibly popular. After all, there is nothing more convenient than drawing the necessary model on a computer, and then a layer by a layer exactly reproduce it on your table. A real breakthrough in this area occurred only a few years ago, when 3D printers, previously represented bulky and expensive devices, entered serial production.

The Supreme Arbitration Court considered the transaction on the sale of a large section of the coast in St. Petersburg a commercial company, Kommersant reports. The section of the coastline of the bucket of the gallery fairway with an area of ​​about 11 thousand square meters.

The Fair Russia party left the cosmonaut-tester, Hero of Russia Sergey Nefedov and “On Dean from the leaders of young socialists” Sergey Kadatsky, Dmitry Gudkov wrote on his Twitter. He published a statement by Kadatsky, which indicates the reasons for the departure - "betrayal of Mironov and Levich's interests of the party." Kadatsky wrote on his Twitter that one of the departments in Moscow was released from Fair Russia.

Tikhon Kraev It is reported: photographer, blogger and founder of the charity foundation “Need Help” Dmitry Aleshkovsky was detained at Pulkovo airport (St. Petersburg) on ​​Thursday evening. The natural question is: “Why?” Here is a summary of the story according to Ilya Yashin : " Blogger and photographer Mitya Aleshkovsky was detained at St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport. His crime is that he took a couple of shots in the waiting room.

The final list of innovative technologies has been approved, which will be applied at the facility of the Federal Innovation Road project - Pyatnitskaya Street in Moscow, Rusnano reports. It is expected that construction work will be hung in 2014. The final list included 80 innovative technologies used, in particular, for the reconstruction of the roadway, sidewalks, public transport stops and lighting systems.

- Will I be happy in a new marriage? -the widow asked some kind of respectable years and froze in anticipation of an answer. “Yes, you will be happy if at dawn a black eagle does not fly into your window,” the fortuneteller responded. - Beware of dishes, desecrated with mice, never drink and do not eat from it.

It is reported: photographer, blogger and founder of the charity foundation “Need Help” Dmitry Aleshkovsky was detained at Pulkovo airport (St. Petersburg) on ​​Thursday evening. The natural question is: “Why?” Here is a summary of the story according to Ilya Yashin : " Blogger and photographer Mitya Aleshkovsky was detained at St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport. His crime is that he took a couple of shots in the waiting room.

State Duma deputies complained about Right Russia member Dmitry Gudkov to the ethics commission, Interfax reports . The appeal was signed by representatives of all four parties, including communist Oleg Denisenko and Right Russia party Svetlana Goryacheva, but the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and Just Russia disowned the request.