The St. Petersburg branch of VOOPIiK (All-Russian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments) published an appeal to Governor Georgy Poltavchenko, in which he asks the mayor to take measures to preserve wooden architecture in the city. The letter was sent two weeks ago, but the burning of the Reno villa in Komarovo the day before yesterday forced the authors of the letter to make the proposals contained in it public.

Photo: ITAR-TASS First Vice President of OPORA Russia, head of the Microfinance Center group of companies Pavel Sigal was detained by the police in Kazan. He is suspected of participating in a scam involving the theft of more than 10.5 billion rubles from the budget allocated for maternity capital. But this scandal will not affect the reputation of microfinance as a type of lending, experts believe.

Almost a year after the appointment of Alexander Abrosimov as Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights in St. Petersburg, the authorities finally decided to give him real powers and determine the legal status of the business defender. True, not without difficulties and disputes, and it has not yet been decided whether the ombudsman will be elected or appointed. Today, deputies of the Legislative Assembly adopted as a basis a package of bills regulating the activities of the business ombudsman.

The State Duma proposes to create a blacklist of unreliable bankers from former and current chairmen of the boards, their deputies, chairmen and members of the boards of directors of banks, as well as nominal and real shareholders “identified by testimony.” This initiative was made by the deputy chairman of the A Just Russia faction, Alexei Chepa.

In conditions when rates on bank deposits practically do not allow investors to earn any decent profits, and sometimes do not even cover losses from inevitable inflation, the question arises: what tools can solve this pressing problem? We will not discover America if we say that, of course, these are stock market instruments. Photo: RBC However, too high a return, which some investment companies can offer, almost always means high risks, in almost 100% of cases leading to loss of capital.

The southern section of the Western High-Speed ​​Diameter in St. Petersburg will be handed over to operation by Northern Capital Highway LLC on December 1, 2013. This was reported by the press service of the Northern Capital Highway (MSS LLC). Currently, the operation of the route is carried out by JSC Western High-Speed ​​Diameter, which is 100% owned by the city.

Well-known businessman Boris Rotenberg acquired 75% of SK Intarsia LLC, an enterprise of the Intarsia group, which is a major player in the restoration government contract market in St. Petersburg. This information was confirmed by the group’s press service. The sellers of the transaction were the owners of the Intarsia group, Viktor Smirnov and Gennady Yavnik, who previously owned 100% of the capital of SK Intarsia.

State Duma deputy Valery Trapeznikov, representing the All-Russian Popular Front, proposes sending everyone who jokes about tragedies on social networks to community service. He made this statement at a meeting of the lower house of parliament. Photo: RBC “A tragedy has occurred. Russia is grieving in the full sense. And at this time on the Internet in social networks you can read statements that even make my hair stand on end,” the parliamentarian is indignant. “This is blasphemy.

The official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Vladimir Markin, responded to the main defendant in the Oboronservis case, Evgenia Vasilyeva, who accused the investigation of pressure, violations and the political background of the criminal prosecution itself. Photo: ITAR-TASS “Apparently, Ms. Vasilyeva made the wrong conclusions from what was happening, and the humanity of the investigation is perceived by her as weakness or uncertainty. There is no point in convincing Ms.

The Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) does not yet require additional funds for insurance payments to Master Bank depositors, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told reporters. Photo: RBC “The DIA has enough money to solve problems with banks that are currently undergoing a restructuring procedure,” he noted. If the amount of payments to depositors exceeds the amount of DIA resources, according to the law, the Bank of Russia must provide the agency with “liquidity” for up to five years, A.

Smolny postponed the introduction of tax amendments for commercial real estate. As reported in the press service of the Committee on Land Resources and Land Use, owners of business centers and shopping complexes will begin to pay property taxes based on the cadastral value of objects instead of the balance sheet value not from 2014, but only from 2016.

Photo: ITAR-TASS The entry into force of the law abolishing “mobile slavery” worries not only subscribers. Due to possible interruptions in communication, bankers sounded the alarm: there is a threat that their clients who changed operators will not receive SMS messages about completed transactions. On December 1, a law comes into force allowing any citizen to change their mobile operator while maintaining their ten-digit phone number.

Italy and Russia are preparing a joint agreement on labor migration, which will regulate the stay of citizens of both countries intending to engage in labor activities. Italian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Cesare Maria Ragaglini told reporters about this. It is expected that the document will be signed during Vladimir Putin’s visit to Trieste on November 26.

The Bank of Russia, by its order, withdrew from November 20, 2013. license to carry out banking operations from the Moscow Master Bank.

Deputies of the St. Petersburg parliament appealed to the city governor Georgy Poltavchenko with a request to deal with paid parking in Pulkovo. Photo: RBC Deputies of the St. Petersburg parliament appealed to the city governor Georgy Poltavchenko with a request to deal with paid parking in Pulkovo. According to the initiator of the appeal, deputy Anatoly Krivenchenko, there is currently a critical parking situation at Pulkovo-1 airport - the number of parking spaces is critically short.