The Kremlin today commented on the situation with the revocation of the license of the Rosbalt news agency for the repeated appearance of obscene language in the agency’s materials. According to the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, this case is not an example of state pressure on the media. “In this case, it is incorrect to raise the question that the state is exerting any kind of pressure on the media.

The Russian Cup 1/16 final match between Spartak Moscow and Shinnik Yaroslavl was almost canceled due to unrest. Even before the starting whistle, firecrackers lit up in the visiting stands and firecrackers began to explode, one of which was thrown onto the field. The riot police were forced to gather behind the goal and form a human wall across the entire width of the field.

A fire in a sewer near house No. 15 on Tverskaya Street in Moscow cut off power to six neighboring buildings. Photo: RBC The fire was reported to the emergency service control panel “01” at 18:53 Moscow time, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Moscow told RBC. The fire was located in the heat collector; the fire resulted in serious smoke. People had to be evacuated from the metro crossing.

Chairman of the Board of OJSC Gazprom Alexey Miller took part in the solemn ceremony of the start of construction of the South Stream in the village of Rasovo, Montana region of Bulgaria. The project will allow attracting up to 3.5 billion euros to the country, A. Miller shared his forecasts. Photo: Global Look Press According to the plans, 540 km of the linear part of the gas pipeline, 366 km of loopings and three compressor stations will be built on Bulgarian territory.

The Bank of Japan left its key policy rate at 0.0-0.1%. Based on the results of the meeting of the Japanese Central Bank led by Haruhiko Kuroda on October 31, 2013. it was also decided to leave monetary policy unchanged, the organization said in a statement. The Bank of Japan confirmed the main lines of monetary policy, saying that it will annually purchase government bonds worth 60-70 trillion yen ($611-712 billion).

The Moscow City Court invalidated the registration certificate of the Rosbalt news agency, the court's press service told RBC. The court granted Roskomnadzor's request to recognize Article 16 of the Law “On the Mass Media” (for posting materials containing obscene language).

On Thursday, October 31, the Moscow City Court invalidated the registration certificate of the Rosbalt news agency, the court's press service told RBC. The court upheld Roskomnadzor's claim to deprive this media outlet of its license for posting materials containing obscene language.

The analytical agency S&P Dow Jones Indices has assigned Greece the status of an emerging market, the American company said in an official statement. Previously, the Greek market had a developed status. Photo: Global Look Press Commenting on the reasons for this decision, agency experts highlight several factors. Firstly, the Greek stock market lags significantly behind the markets of developed countries. Secondly, in the last few years the Greek market has greatly decreased in volume.

Dmitry Firsov, a lawyer for the Rosbalt news agency, which was deprived of its license by the Moscow City Court, called such a verdict unprecedented. “We have a number of grounds to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court,” the lawyer noted. Photo: Rosbalt “Firstly, all the evidence that was presented by Roskomnadzor is one-sided - it all comes from the authorities.

Photo: RBC The founder of the “All Tow Trucks in Russia” project, Gleb Erokhin, has compiled offers from towing services into a single database and sends help to the broken down vehicle at the lowest price. Experts believe that the service will reduce prices on the evacuation market several times. In December 2012, an entrepreneur with experience in organizing IT development studios, Gleb Erokhin, was traveling from Moscow to Astrakhan.

In St. Petersburg, the head of the Vasilievsky municipality, Nikolai Smotsky, awarded himself large bonuses. An investigation conducted by the prosecutor's office led to this conclusion. It was established that N. Smoktiyu, based on the results of work for 2011-2012. At the expense of the local budget, bonuses were paid in the total amount of 171 thousand 500 rubles. In this case, the basis for the accrual of money was the orders of N. Smotky himself.

The Government of the Russian Federation approved the decision to freeze tariffs for oil pumping services by the Transneft AK company for 2014, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told reporters , answering a corresponding question. Photo: RBC Let us remind you that September 28, 2013 Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich announced that a fundamental decision had been made to freeze tariffs for Transneft oil pumping services for 2014.

The Federal Service for Supervision of Education and Science will create a group to monitor the appearance of Unified State Exam options on the Internet during the preparation and conduct of the state exam. In the near future, the head of the department, Sergei Kravtsov, will approve the procedure for the development, use and storage of control measuring materials (CMM) for the Unified State Exam, Izvestia writes.

Photo: from personal archive As RBC daily learned, Vyacheslav Avdyukov, who headed the financial services directorate of Russian Post, returned to the banking business. Since this Monday, he has been heading the SMP Bank network department. At his new job, Mr. Avdyukov will be involved in sales of products and services. Mr. Avdyukov has extensive experience in the banking business.

The United States of America has imposed sanctions against six people and four legal entities suspected of belonging to a Eurasian criminal group, which American authorities call the Brothers' Circle, by analogy with the words "brotherhood" and "mutual responsibility." Photo: RBC The American authorities counted the famous Russian pop singer Grigory Leps as a member of the “post-Soviet mafia”.