The Government of the Russian Federation has approved the budget rule in the version of the Ministry of Finance (Ministry of Finance) of the Russian Federation, which will begin to operate in full in 2015, said the head of the department Anton Siluanov at the XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Photo: ITAR-TASS With this approach, the budget for 2015 will presumably be formed based on the average annual oil price of $94/barrel.

The annual investments of OJSC United Chemical Company UralChem in 2012-2014 will amount to 150-200 million dollars. Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company Dmitry Osipov told reporters about this today on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. According to him, the funds will be used for modernization and expansion of production at all enterprises of the holding.

The Ministry of Energy (Ministry of Energy) of the Russian Federation has already decided on a candidate to replace former Deputy Minister Alexei Shishkin, who went to work at OJSC NK Rosneft. The head of the department, Alexander Novak, told reporters about this on the sidelines of the XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “They have actually already decided ( with the candidacy). But we want to maintain the intrigue,” he said.

Flight departures to Pulkovo are delayed. The official website of the airport reports this. At the moment, the departure of aircraft in three directions has been postponed: Mineralnye Vody, Hamburg and Munich. Let us remind you that today the XVI International Economic Forum (SPIEF) opened in St. Petersburg, bringing together a large number of delegates from different countries.

St. Petersburg took 22nd place among Russian cities in terms of business conditions in 2012, Moscow was last, 30th. The Doing Business in Russia 2012 rating prepared by the World Bank, which included 30 cities, was presented at the XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum by the Director of the World Bank's Global Indicators and Analysis Department, Augusto Lopez-Claros.

S. Titov was elected as the new General Director of IDGC of the North-West on July 1. New General Director of IDGC of the North-West JSC from July 1, 2012. Sergei Titov was elected. This is stated in the company's materials with reference to the decision of the board of directors. The powers of the former head of the company, Alexander Kukhmay, expire on June 30, 2012. Previously, S. Titov worked as Deputy General Director of a capital construction company.

The system of internal party preliminary voting (primaries), introduced in United Russia on the initiative of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, was criticized by members of the party's expert council. The day before, at the initiative of the Deputy Secretary of the Presidium of the General Council, Alexei Chesnakov, a meeting was held at which the advantages and disadvantages of the new system were discussed, Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes today.

The US State Department has published its annual report on global human trafficking. According to experts, a total of about 27 million people are currently in slavery, and 17 states do not pay any attention to crimes related to the slave trade. In Russia, the State Department also found traces of slavery, and it turned out that slave labor is used even in the construction of Sochi-2014 facilities and the APEC summit in Vladivostok. The Kommersant newspaper writes about this on June 21.

State Duma deputies from A Just Russia Gennady and Dmitry Gudkov called the information about the discovery of a truck of smuggled iPads and iPhones on the territory of their company a provocation. Photo: RBC “The police found something in a neighboring building - they write that they found it “on the territory of Gudkov’s private security company.” Provocateurs!” - Gennady Gudkov says on Twitter.

OJSC Rosneft plans to build an oil refinery with a capacity of 12 million tons per year in the Moscow region, Rosneft head Igor Sechin told reporters at SPIEF 2012.

Vast Russian territories are developed unevenly: the further you are from Moscow, the more problems there are. This turns the potentially rich Siberia and the Far East into particularly difficult territories. Photo: ITAR-TASS Problem areas The main problems are economic lag and a steady decline in population. Siberia is the most depopulating region of the country, having lost 806 thousand people over the past 8 years.

The fact that Greek political forces finally managed to form a new government had a positive impact on the market. Stock trading in Japan June 21, 2012 ended with the Nikkei index increasing by 0.82% against the backdrop of events in Europe. The market was positively impacted by the fact that Greek political forces finally managed to form a new government, which somewhat eased traders' concerns about the future of the eurozone.

Activist of the "Other Russia" movement Alexander Kamensky, detained as part of a criminal investigation into the riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, was released on June 20. This was reported on the official website of the organization. Photo: RBC The detainee was not charged within ten days, as established by law. Nevertheless, the “other Russian” was released on his own recognizance.

The main owner of AFK Sistema, Vladimir Yevtushenkov, expects that the corporation’s assets, which are now called “developing”, in 2013. will become "basic". He said this in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel as part of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. “Basic” and “developing” is a purely arbitrary division. All assets that we called “developing” have long exceeded the turnover of $1 billion and with good profitability,” said V. Evtushenkov.

The head of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, Nikolai Nikiforov, submitted to the Russian government a proposal for three candidates for the posts of his deputies. He told reporters about this today in St. Petersburg. He did not name their names, explaining that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev had not yet approved them. N. Nikiforov also did not comment on whether the current deputy ministers, including Ilya Massukh, would retain their places.