In September 2015, the Russian Forbes changed its owner - Alexander Fedotov, owner of the Artkom Media Publishing House. Fedotov told RBC what changes await Forbes and why he does not consider his media business unprofitable Owner of Artkom Media Publishing House Alexander Fedotov (Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC) Russian Forbes, together with the magazines OK, Geo, Gala and others, is part of the Axel Springer Russia publishing house, which belonged to the German company Axel Springer.

Photo: TASS The government should not raise the retirement age, but the collection of pension contributions, Russians believe. They also advocate reforming the system of preferential pensions, sociologists have found. The Levada Center conducted an all-Russian survey on attitudes towards the government’s pension policy in early October.

Business Ombudsman Yuri Titov said that the revocation of licenses from banks with large business accounts leads to negative consequences for Russian business, Interfax reports.

Environmentalists believe that in the event of an accident with a release into the atmosphere from the Leningrad NPP-2 under construction, the radioactive cloud will reach the city within an hour Public hearings in Sosnovy Bor on the impact of the Leningrad NPP-2 under construction on the environment were recognized as having taken place. This means that the project will be implemented in its current form (the launch of the station is scheduled for 2018).

The government's expert council has not yet prepared specific proposals for optimizing the control and supervisory system, said Minister Mikhail Abyzov.

Several people from Vladimir Putin's inner circle could have benefited from Deutsche Bank trade deals, which, according to the US Department of Justice, could have been a cover for the withdrawal of funds from Russia, writes Bloomberg As writes Bloomberg , citing sources familiar with the situation, several people from the close circle of Russian President Vladimir Putin could benefit from trade deals of Germany's largest bank, Deutsche Bank AG, which have now attracted the attention of US

US President Barack Obama held telephone conversations with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, AP reports , citing a statement from the White House. According to the Obama administration, the leaders of the two countries discussed cooperation in the fight against the Islamic State (the group is banned in Russia).

Bulgarian border guards shot and killed an Afghan refugee when a group of illegal migrants tried to cross the country's border from Turkey. After the incident, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who at that moment was at a meeting of the EU leaders' summit in Brussels, returned to Sofia, the BBC reports . Chief of Staff of the Bulgarian Ministry of Internal Affairs Georgiy Kostov said that 50 people tried to cross the border, all of them refugees from Afghanistan. “They resisted arrest.

President Barack Obama said that the United States can reach consensus with Russia solely on the issue of flights, but not on the principles and strategies for a peaceful settlement in Syria. He stated this during a press conference after a meeting with the head of the South Korean state, Park Geun-hye, Reuters reports . “It is impossible to achieve consensus on the issue of strategy [with Russia],” he emphasized.

The United States suspects that the drone shot down by the Turkish Air Force on the border with Syria belongs to Russia. The Russian Ministry of Defense previously officially stated that all Russian drones are “operating as planned” Photo: REUTERS 2015 US suspicions that the drone shot down by Turkey was Russian were reported by Reuters , citing an American official source.

During today's trading on the ICE exchange, the price of Brent oil rose above $50 per barrel. The price of December Brent futures rose to $50.21, which is 0.905% higher than yesterday’s closing level. The value of the dollar during today's trading on the Moscow Exchange amounted to 61.557 rubles, which is 11 kopecks. higher than yesterday's closing level. At the same time, the euro exchange rate at the beginning of trading decreased to 69.882 rubles.

An explosion occurred in one of the apartments of a residential building in Riga. This was reported by the Latvian portal LSM.lv with reference to the State Fire and Rescue Service. According to her, the explosion occurred on the night of October 16 in a house at 4 Palmu St. The department was notified of the explosion at 01:00 (01:00 Moscow time). All residents of the house were evacuated from the building after the explosion.

Estonian Air will cease flights on the Tallinn-Moscow route from October 26; Aeroflot will transport the airline's passengers on this route as part of a codeshare agreement. reports this TASS with reference to Estonian Air PR Director Ilona Eskelinen. According to the agency's interlocutor, we are not talking about stopping flights to Moscow altogether - the planes are being removed from the Tallinn-Moscow route, since the company needs them on other flights.

Sales volumes of Severstal, NLMK and MMK in the third quarter reached a historical maximum. Is it time to buy their papers? This week, the three largest Russian metallurgical companies reported sales volumes for the third quarter of 2015. The aggregate figure reached a historical high. This will inevitably lead to growth in revenue and shares, Barclays analysts wrote in a review of Russian Steel published on Friday, October 16.

Photo: Corbis/East News AirBerlin, the second largest German airline by passenger traffic after Lufthansa, is curtailing flights from Germany to Russia in January. The reason is a reduction in passenger traffic due to the devaluation of the ruble. Lucky S7 Due to declining demand, the airline changed its flight program to Russia several times during 2015, but was never able to adapt to declining passenger traffic, RIA Novosti quotes the company’s letter to ticket agencies.