The Volvo plant in Kaluga will temporarily suspend truck production from February 11 and reduce its workforce by 30%. The company explained its decision by the unfavorable market situation and decreased demand for products Truck assembly line at the Volvo plant in Kaluga (Photo: TASS) A representative of the Volvo Group press service announced plans to suspend the production of trucks and lay off about 30% of the employees of the Kaluga Volvo plant on Friday.

Prosecutor General of Ukraine Vitaly Yarema sent a request to the Russian Prosecutor General's Office about the whereabouts and detention of ex-President Viktor Yanukovych and other senior officials during his tenure as head of state In the photo: ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych (Photo: REUTERS 2015) “I sent an appeal to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation to establish the whereabouts and detention of Yanukovych, Azarov, Zakharchenko, Pshonka, Yakimenko and others,” Yarema

Already 200 commuter trains have been put on schedule. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Transport of Russia Alexey Tsydenov, reports TASS . the day before It was reported that 40 electric trains have already been introduced, and in total it is planned to return about 300 commuter trains. Earlier, information appeared about the cancellation of electric trains in different regions of Russia; in some regions they were canceled completely.

The number of monthly audiences of the social network Twitter increased in the 4th quarter of 2013 by 20% compared to the same period in 2013 – to 288 million users. However, this figure reflects the loss of about 4 million active users during the last reporting quarter, according to the social network’s corporate reporting. The outflow of Twitter users is associated with a “third party” - integrators.

Samsung in Russia will sell smartphones based on its Tizen operating system (OS) only to business clients. This is not the first mobile OS from Samsung - three years ago, phones with Bada accounted for 15% of all phone sales Samsung Z1 presentation in New Delhi, India (Photo: REUTERS 2015) Samsung in Russia is not going to sell smartphones with its own Tizen operating system, a company representative told RBC.

Russia has filed petitions with the Hague court to cancel the decisions on the claims of ex-YUKOS shareholders for compensation of $50 billion.

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are traveling to Moscow to discuss with Vladimir Putin his secret proposal to grant greater autonomy to militias, writes The Wall Street Journal German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Photo: TASS) French President Francois Hollande and Chancellor Angela Merkel are traveling to Moscow to discuss with Russian leader Vladimir Putin his secret proposal to grant greater autonomy to the militias of southeastern Ukraine, writes The Wall

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is not confident that today's talks in Moscow with French President Francois Hollande and Russian President Vladimir Putin will lead to a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine. Merkel said this on Friday before flying to Moscow, reports Reuters . “The question of whether we will succeed in reaching a ceasefire agreement remains completely open. We don't know whether this will happen today or whether further negotiations will be required,” Merkel said.

Negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel began in the Kremlin. The meeting takes place in a face-to-face format.

Photo: TASS Without waiting for decisions on tariff compensation, Russian Railways' subsidiaries are launching canceled electric trains in the regions in advance. On Thursday, 40 trains out of 300 canceled in the regions resumed their routes. Russian railways have begun to restore suburban services; about 40 electric trains were launched yesterday, Russian Railways reported. In total, the suburban subsidiaries of the monopolies plan to return about 300 commuter trains to the schedule.

Photo: TASS Managers of state-owned enterprises will face administrative liability if they do not approve privatization deals with the Federal Property Management Agency. Now there are no sanctions for this.

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not suffer from Asperger's syndrome, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov told Gazeta.Ru. According to him, such information is “stupidity that does not deserve comment.” The day before, USA Today, citing a 2008 Pentagon research report, reported that Putin allegedly suffers from Asperger's syndrome, “an autistic disorder that affects all of his decisions.” U.S.

The Magnit supermarket chain published a message in connection with the death of an 81-year-old pensioner who was suspected of theft. The incident was called a case “when it was necessary to step away from the formal performance of duties” Photo: Getty Images A message published on the retail chain's Twitter account states that a tragic combination of circumstances led to the death of pensioner-siege survivor Rauza Galimova .

Islamic State militants claim that a Jordanian airstrike killed an American hostage in their captivity. This was reported on Friday by the SITE organization, which monitors Islamist activity. According to the Islamic State, an American captive named Kayla Jean Mueller was in a building in the Syrian province of Raqqa when it was struck by a Jordanian bomber. The US State Department has not yet confirmed the information about the death of a citizen of the United States.

When deciding at the end of January to reduce the key rate by 2 percentage points, the Bank of Russia relied on weekly inflation data, which ultimately turned out to be incomplete and incorrect, Sberbank CIB analysts write Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC In January, Sberbank CIB analysts saw a record discrepancy between weekly and monthly inflation statistics. “According to official data from Rosstat, the consumer price index in January increased by 3.9%, which was a shocking result.