OJSC "Joint Stock Bank "Russia" (St. Petersburg) paid dividends for 2008 in the amount of 100 million 6 thousand 916 rubles. As reported in the materials of the credit institution, payments ended on December 19, 2009. The amount of the unfulfilled obligation on ordinary shares was less than 0.1% - 7 thousand 884 rubles. Payments were not made due to the failure of shareholders to provide details for transferring funds, the report notes.

Sergei Kostin has been appointed Chairman of the Board of the Russian Highways State Company. A statement from the press service of the Russian government notes that the corresponding order was issued on December 17, 2009. signed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Before his appointment, S. Kostin held the position of Director of the Department of State Policy in the Field of Road Facilities of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.

Russia is negotiating the creation of a second major alliance between Russian and foreign manufacturers of passenger cars, said the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Viktor Khristenko, on the Vesti TV channel. “If we talk about passenger cars, we have a couple of serious strategic alliances,” said V. Khristenko.

Another victim died as a result of a fire in the Perm club "Lame Horse", the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reports. Thus, the total number of victims of the tragedy increased to 150 people. Another victim died as a result of a fire in the Perm club "Lame Horse", the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reports. Thus, the total number of victims of the tragedy increased to 150 people.

In St. Petersburg, traffic jams make it difficult to travel along the Palace and Kronverkskaya embankments. According to the A24 auto club at 16:35 Moscow time, traffic difficulties by this hour are observed on almost all main highways in the city center. In particular, traffic on the Blagoveshchensky Palace and Trinity bridges is paralyzed. "Standing" are Sadovaya Street, the embankment of the Fontanka River and Liteiny Prospekt.

In the Arkhangelsk region, as of today, 376 cases of influenza A (H1N1) have been officially confirmed. According to the regional department of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare, 227 people fell ill with highly pathogenic influenza in Arkhangelsk. During the period from December 14 to December 20, 2009. In the region, 2 thousand 859 cases of ARVI were registered, including 1 thousand 655 children.

Some single-industry towns will have to be closed as unpromising, and their residents will have to be moved to a new place of residence. Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov stated this in Kazan.

Chris Liddell, who previously held a similar position at software corporation Microsoft, has become the new chief financial officer of General Motors (GM). K. Lidell will leave his post at Microsoft on December 31 of this year. and will begin working at GM in January 2010, reports the Associated Press . With the arrival of K. Liddell, GM expects to more effectively cope with the financial difficulties that the company has been experiencing recently. K.

In the Admiralteysky district of St. Petersburg, a fire occurred at night in the research and production workshop of the Institute of Textile Industry on Rosenshteina Street, 8. As reported by the press service of the city department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, two workers were poisoned by carbon monoxide. The victims refused hospitalization. In a room 10 by 15 m, bales of cotton burned over an area of ​​20 square meters. m.

In the Pskov region, at the Russian-Latvian customs in front of the international automobile checkpoint (MACP) "Burachki" on the Latvian side, a queue of 1 thousand 100 trucks formed. According to the press service of the North-West Customs Administration, 250 trucks are parked at the exit. The passenger vehicle lane is free in both directions. In addition, at the entrance to Russia in front of the Ubylinka international checkpoint in the Pskov region, 550 trucks and 40 cars are waiting.

Sergei Papshev, who drove a car while drunk and hit two children, was sentenced by the Volzhsky District Court of the Samara Region to four years in a penal colony. As reported by the regional prosecutor's office, on July 28, S. Papshev, while intoxicated, was driving a VAZ 2108 car. He exceeded the speed limit, drove into oncoming traffic and, losing control, hit a 14-year-old girl holding a bicycle on which a 3-year-old girl was sitting.

The air temperature in St. Petersburg this afternoon will be minus 8 degrees Celsius. According to the Russian Hydrometeorological Center, cloudy weather and snow are expected throughout the day. The wind from the east will reach a speed of about 3 m/s. Atmospheric pressure will be 749-755 mm Hg. Art. On Tuesday, December 22, cloudy weather and snow are also expected in St. Petersburg. The air temperature at night will be minus 11 degrees, during the day - about minus 7 degrees Celsius.

Iraq does not plan to hold a third tender for the sale of licenses to develop oil fields, contrary to the assumptions of some officials. According to Reuters, Iraqi Minister of Oil Industry Hussein al-Shahristani announced this in the capital of Angola, Luanda, on the eve of the next OPEC meeting. Commenting on the results of the second oil tender held on December 11-12, H.

CJSC SSMO LenSpetsSMU has determined the first coupon rate on bonds of series 01 in the amount of 2 billion rubles in the amount of 16% per annum. As reported in the company's materials, the corresponding decision was made today by the general director of the company. The total amount of income within the first coupon period is 78 million 900 thousand rubles at the rate of 39 rubles 45 kopecks per bond. Payments will be made on March 23, 2010.

The parliamentary commission investigating the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station considers more than 20 people involved in the tragedy, co-chairman of the commission Vladimir Pekhtin told reporters. The deputy noted that the names of those responsible for the accident were previously named by Rostechnadzor, and many names in the list of the parliamentary commission are repeated, and the degree of guilt should be determined by the investigative authorities.