Deputy Head of the Republic of Karelia and Minister of Economic Development of the region Valentin Chmil submitted his resignation, the press service of the Government of Karelia reported. Photo: gov.karelia.ru, in the photo V. Chmil Earlier, local media reported that at a closed meeting dedicated to the fate of the Kondopoga Pulp and Paper Mill (PPM), V.

Riots broke out again in Athens. Dozens of members of the communist organization PAME stormed the office of Greek Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis and held it for two hours, Reuters reports. Photo: Global Look Press The unrest began with a protest near the ministry, in which 300 people took part. They demanded an end to salary cuts and called on dissatisfied people to take to the streets of the city. As a result, they broke into the building and held the defense there for a long time.

A US federal court has approved an agreement between the government and BP, according to which the oil giant must pay $4.5 billion for the accident at the Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, Reuters reports. Photo: Global Look Press BP admitted responsibility for the deaths of employees and violations of the law. An agreement between the company and the authorities was reached back in November 2012. and has now come into force.

US President Barack Obama spoke in Las Vegas with a draft immigration reform. The president said that he does not consider the deportation of 11 million illegal immigrants from the United States an effective measure to combat illegal immigration, the Associated Press reports.

The artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater ballet troupe could be threatened by the husband of prima ballerina Svetlana Lunkina. It is he who may be involved in the attack on Sergei Filin, whose face was thrown by unknown persons with sulfuric acid, People's Artist of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vinokur said today. Photo: ITAR-TASS “Only the lazy ones at the Bolshoi Theater did not know what kind of relationship her husband Moskalev had with Filin.

The St. Petersburg Nissan plant is reducing the working week to four days due to decreased demand. For now we are talking about a temporary measure valid until mid-March. However, this is certainly a wake-up call for the automotive market. Photo: RBC The St. Petersburg Nissan plant is reducing the working week to four days due to decreased demand. For now we are talking about a temporary measure valid until mid-March. However, this is certainly a wake-up call for the automotive market.

The Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg on Wednesday, January 30, adopted in the third reading a law providing for fines for violating silence on weekends and holidays. The official website of the Legislative Assembly reports this. Photo: ITAR-TASS The law prohibits repair, construction and loading work on holidays and weekends from 07:00 to 12:00 Moscow time.

Today, January 30, from 9:15 to 11:00 Moscow time, a single picket will be held near the building of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg in defense of 31 hospitals. This was reported by representatives of the City Coordination Headquarters in defense of the hospital on the group’s page on the social network Vkontakte.

Photo: ITAR-TASS Last year, the volume of the plastic card market almost doubled. Sberbank experienced significant growth; its portfolio more than doubled. According to experts, this year we should not expect a repeat of the record: the growth of the credit card market will be affected by the tightening of the Central Bank and the exhaustion of the “low base” effect.

RIM, a company specializing in the production of phones and smartphones, rebranded itself one day and presented its new creation to the public - BlackBerry 10. The presentation began with the announcement of the renaming of RIM (Research in Motion) to BlackBerry. As the company's executive director Thorsten Heins told reporters, the new name is known all over the world, which should have a positive impact on business development. As for BlackBerry 10, it will go on sale in the UK on Thursday.

Photo: ITAR-TASS Last week, average market prices for grain in the European part of Russia reached new levels. According to the Sovekon analytical center, the cost of a ton of fourth-grade wheat was $383, fifth-grade - $370, feed barley - $316. The previous record for fourth- and fifth-grade wheat was recorded in April 2008 ($381 and $362). respectively), for barley - in March 2011 ($304).

Photo: BLOOMBERG Having sold the investment bank Renaissance Capital, its founder and co-owner Stephen Jennings intends to get rid of the asset management business. The main contender for Renaissance Asset Managers is its current director, Plamen Monovsky. The deal could be announced as early as February. Several market sources told RBC daily that the buyer of the Renaissance Asset Managers (RAM) group could be its director, Plamen Monovski.

In St. Petersburg, starting February 1, traffic along Veteranov Avenue will be blocked. This is stated in a message on the official website of the administration of St. Petersburg. It will be impossible to drive along the section from Soldata Korzun Street to General German Street. Restrictions related to the repair of the trolleybus line will remain in effect until February 28.

Deputy Head of the Republic of Karelia and Minister of Economic Development of the region Valentin Chmil submitted his resignation. This was reported by the press service of the Government of Karelia. Earlier, local media reported that at a closed meeting dedicated to the fate of the Kondopoga Pulp and Paper Mill (PPM), V. Chmil said that Karelia is not interesting to investors and has always been a subsidized “socialist enclave”, and there is nothing attractive about it.

Photo: EPA The French house Chanel sold out its entire winter collection much earlier than its competitors. The brand is in no hurry to open new stores, but at the same time, its couturiers are ready to compete with leading mass-market manufacturers in the speed of tailoring, releasing eight collections a year. “In November we brought in a new collection. After two months, everything was sold out,” Bloomberg quotes Bruno Pawlowski, head of Chanel’s fashion division.