Three licenses for the provision of communication services using UMTS (3G) technology were sold in Ukraine. MTS Ukraine, Astelit and Kyivstar will develop 3G communications Photo: Getty Images The Ukrainian National Commission for State Regulation in the Field of Communications and Information (NCRSI) has identified the winners of the tender for the provision of 3G communication services.

The European regulator accused Facebook of violating EU data protection regulations. Belgian experts claim that the social network's personal settings functions are too complicated for users Photo: Getty Images The report, titled “From Social Media to Advertising Network,” was published on Monday, February 23, and was commissioned by the Belgian Data Protection Authority and takes a critical look at Facebook's latest policy updates and user terms.

The only defendant in the case went to prison for 5 years. Photo: RIA Novosti A defendant in the case of a shootout of collectors on Palace Square has been sentenced in St. Petersburg. We are talking, as reported on the official website of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg, about Alexey Palenov, who was previously convicted of drug trafficking.

The net profit of the gold mining company Nordgold for 2014 was $123 million, compared to a net loss of $195 million in 2013, the company said in its materials . Revenue in 2014 decreased to $1.216 billion compared to $1.271 billion in 2013. Gold production in 2014 increased by 7% - to 985 thousand ounces. The company's EBITDA increased by 24% to $487 million, mainly due to improved operating efficiency and strict cost control, the company explained.

Football fans appealed to the Moscow authorities with a request to rename the Cherkizovskaya metro station on the Sokolnicheskaya line to Lokomotiv, and the Avtozavodskaya station on the Zamoskvoretskaya line to Torpedo. This is stated in a letter from fans, which was received by Interfax . “Historically, there were five main football clubs in Moscow that played at the highest level: CSKA, Spartak, Dynamo, Lokomotiv and Torpedo.

Previously, the airline was included in the list of systemically important organizations that can receive anti-crisis support Photo: Russianlook The airline UTair expects to receive up to 40 billion rubles from the state in the form of state guarantees, TASS reports . “There are several options - from 18 billion to 40 billion rubles,” the airline’s general director Andrei Martirosov told reporters.

Information about VTB financing the creation of an enterprise for assembling buses in the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) does not correspond to reality, the told TASS . bank's press service Earlier on Tuesday, LPR Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Communications Alexander Chumachenko told reporters that a bus assembly plant would be opened in the Lugansk city of Krasny Luch. “We have concluded an agreement with the Russian side.

Photo: TASS Independent gas producers, including Rosneft, can gain access to the Power of Siberia gas pipeline in 2020, according to a presentation by the Ministry of Energy. There is no talk of exporting gas through this pipeline yet, industry officials clarified to RBC.

The head of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, introduced a new €20 banknote. The banknote, which is being released as part of the renewal of banknotes, will go into circulation at the end of November 2015 Photo: REUTERS 2015 Mario Draghi presented the new €20 banknote to the public on Tuesday in Frankfurt am Main, reports Deutsche Welle .

The Swiss watch manufacturer Ulysse Nardin is reducing the working hours of its employees due to the situation on the Russian market. This was reported by the Swiss publication L'Express. “The main reason is the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. We have been suffering from its consequences for a year now. The decision was also influenced by lower oil prices and the exchange rate,” said Partick Hoffman, chief executive of Ulysse Nardin.

Russia does not intend to refuse the services of international rating agencies, the Ministry of Finance said. This could be a rare case in history of a country refusing ratings. Photo: Getty Images The Russian Ministry of Finance is not considering the possibility of terminating contractual relations with international rating agencies, press secretary of the Minister of Finance Svetlana Nikitina told reporters.

Salaries of employees of JSC Russian Railways will be indexed by 3.7% from March 1, 2015. This was reported in a company press release . “In accordance with the collective agreement of JSC Russian Railways for 2014-2016, the wages of the company’s employees will be indexed from March 1, 2015 by 3.7%. The minimum wage at JSC Russian Railways will be 7 thousand 759 rubles,” the message says.

The payday loan market continues to grow, although at a slower rate than before. Recently, people are increasingly taking out loans for food and household needs. “Payday loans” are issued by microfinance companies (MFOs) for a period of up to 30 days in an amount of up to 50 thousand rubles. on average at 2% per day, which corresponds to 730% per annum. 2 million people now have such loans, the Bystrodengi company writes in its review.

Russian gas supplies to Ukraine may be stopped in two days, since Kyiv has not made an advance payment, this creates a risk for transit to Europe, the head of Gazprom warned. Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC Kyiv did not transfer the money for the prepayment of Russian gas, said the head of the Gazprom concern Alexey Miller. According to him, Gazprom still has 219 million cubic meters left to supply to Ukraine. m of gas, prepayment for which was received earlier.

Photo: TASS The former general director of Uralkali, Vladislav Baumgertner, turned out to be innocent of anything. An unexpected change in Uralkali’s sales strategy cost him almost a year and a half of restriction of freedom. The criminal case against the former general director of Uralkali Vladislav Baumgertner in Russia has been discontinued, said the Prosecutor General of Belarus Alexander Konyuk.