A discrete auction is being held for ordinary shares of Mechel OAO, according to the Moscow Exchange website. The reason for its introduction was the sharp increase in the company's shares - by more than 20%. As of 14:05 Moscow time, the price of the company’s ordinary shares was 85.37 rubles, which is 21.89% higher than the closing price of the previous day.

Two more defendants in the murder case of Boris Nemtsov have appealed their arrest. As Anna Fadeeva, press secretary of the Basmanny Court, told Interfax, the court received complaints from lawyers Anzor Gubashev and Tamerlan Eskerkhanov. As RBC previously reported, on Tuesday was appealed the arrest of the third person involved in the case, Khamzat Bakhaev, . His lawyer Sofya Rubasskaya filed a complaint to the court.

The St. Petersburg headquarters revealed the details of the criminal case, within the framework of which more than 70 searches were carried out throughout the city today. Photo: RBC According to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, we are talking about the theft of hundreds of millions of rubles through VAT refunds.

UTair airline has agreed with creditors to restructure the carrier’s debt, First Deputy Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Alexander Kim told Interfax on the sidelines of the 10th session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) forum in Khanty-Mansiysk on Wednesday. Answering a question about the negotiations between UTair and Alfa Bank, Kim told TASS : “We agreed.” “Here the tension, one might say, has been relieved.

The dollar exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange, which rose above 63 rubles during morning trading, again fell below 62 rubles. At its minimum, it fell to 61.616 rubles, which is 91.4 kopecks. below the closing level of trading on March 10. The euro exchange rate at its minimum fell to 65.315 rubles, which is 1.67 rubles. below the closing level of previous trading. Earlier today, the dollar exchange rate rose to 63.05 rubles, and the euro exchange rate – to 67.7 rubles.

“Arkhnadzor” called for preserving the buildings of the State Duma and the Federation Council because of their historical value. Both will have to go to the structures of Mikhail Gutseriev after the new parliamentary center is built in Mnevniki State Duma building (Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC) The coordinator of the public association "Arkhnadzor" Konstantin Mikhailov called for preserving the buildings of the State Duma and the Federation Council.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomes increased EU investment in defense, but believes that the EU army should not duplicate the alliance's forces. The NATO Secretary General stated this at a press conference on Wednesday, Reuters reports . “It is important to avoid duplication, and I urge Europe to make sure that everything it does is done in addition to NATO efforts,” Stoltenberg said.

EU leaders have decided to fight Russian “disinformation” regarding the Ukrainian conflict. At the upcoming summit they will call on the head of European diplomacy to prepare an appropriate action plan Photo: AP European leaders have decided to begin the fight against the Russian “disinformation campaign” regarding the events taking place in eastern Ukraine. This follows from the draft statement of the upcoming EU summit, reports Reuters .

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Wikimedia Foundation executive director Lila Tretikova announced that they are filing a lawsuit against the National Security Agency (NSA). Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales (Photo: Getty Images) “Today we will file a lawsuit against the National Security Agency to protect the rights of the 500 million people who use Wikipedia every month.

In Moscow, Cossacks will be involved in raids to find army evaders. Representatives of the Cossacks will receive lists of conscripts and will go door to door Cossacks from the Moscow Cossack squad (Photo: TASS) In Moscow, Cossacks will participate in raids to search for army evaders. this to the online publication M24.ru.

In Ukraine, an explosion occurred during the movement of a passenger train traveling from Lisichansk (Lugansk region) to Kharkov, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reported . The incident occurred at 21:45 local time (22:45 Moscow time) last Tuesday near Chuguev. “Hearing the bang, the train driver was forced to apply emergency braking. When inspecting the train, damage to the railway track was discovered under the 13th car. The train's rolling stock received minor damage.

The Gazprom Neft company has not ruled out the possibility of turning to the National Welfare Fund (NWF) to finance the Messoyakha and Kuyumba projects. This was announced by the head of the oil company, Alexander Dyukov, reports TASS . According to Dyukov, Gazprom Neft has not yet received a response to its proposal. The company has not previously submitted applications for funds from the Fund.

The Far Eastern division of the Federal Construction Agency, which is engaged in the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome, promised to repay the debt to local energy workers by March 25. Yuri Lukichev, first deputy head of Dalspetsstroy, reported this to RIA Novosti. Earlier on Wednesday, the Amurenergosbyt company (a branch of the Far Eastern Energy Company, DEK) reported that Dalspetsstroy has not made timely payments for energy supplies since January 2015.

The owner of the development companies Inteko and Mospromstroy, Mikhail Gutseriev, intends to build a hotel or shopping center on the site of the State Duma building, and to build a residential building on the site of the Federation Council building. about this The businessman spoke in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel. “On the site of the State Duma building there will be a large, modern hotel. Maybe a shopping center, I don't know what now.

The crisis in the foreign exchange market is over: exporters are no longer required to sell foreign exchange earnings. They have adapted to the floating exchange rate and sell as much as they need. Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC Exporters have adapted As a top manager of one of the large exporting companies told RBC, since March the informal requirement for private companies to sell foreign currency earnings on the market has ceased to apply.