Next year, the Central Bank is going to tie the price of compulsory motor insurance to the presence of fines for violating traffic rules by the driver. This could lead to increased insurance costs for some categories of drivers. Photo: Vladimir Smirnov/TASS The Bank of Russia plans to introduce a new coefficient in 2016, which insurance companies will use when calculating the cost of compulsory motor liability insurance.

The world's largest information technology distributor Ingram Micro bought part of the business of the Russian software manufacturer Parallels for “more than $100 million.” Representatives of both companies reported this to RBC One of the founders of Parallels, Sergei Belousov (Photo: Anton Berkasov for RBC) The Russian IT company Parallels, whose founders are graduates of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Sergei Belousov, Ilya Zubarev and Maxim Tsyplyaev, has sold part of its

Photo: Yuri Martyanov/Kommersant The BIN group became the owner of another hotel in the center of the capital. Its structures are purchasing the Sheraton Palace Hotel on Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street for $100 million. A source close to the owners of the BIN group informed RBC that the deal to purchase the premium Sheraton Palace hotel was closed. According to him, the buyer paid about $100 million for the hotel.

Five people were killed in an accident that occurred on the 185th km of the Voronezh-Tambov highway. This was reported by the press service of the Tambov Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs . According to preliminary data, the Gazelle drove into the oncoming lane and then collided with a Fiat car. As a result, the driver and three passengers of the car and the driver of the Gazelle were killed. The passenger of the Gazelle was hospitalized in serious condition.

Photo: EPA Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved a list of products that will not be allowed to be imported into Russia from Turkey from January 1, 2016. At the same time, from December 7, a special phytosanitary regime is introduced for the import of agricultural products through Belarus. What not to do The Cabinet of Ministers of Russia, by its resolution, approved a list of products produced in Turkey, the import of which into Russia is prohibited from January 1, 2016.

The owner of UC Rusal Oleg Deripaska bought the share of the Expert media holding in the Expert RA rating agency (RAEX ​​brand). about this . told Vedomosti Two sources close to Expert RA and a top manager of another rating agency This information was confirmed by another Vedomosti interlocutor, close to Basic Element, the company that manages Deripaska’s assets.

The Kremlin has not yet become familiar with the FBK investigation into corruption in the family of Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika.

At the opening of trading on the Moscow Exchange, the euro exchange rate rose above 71 rubles for the first time since mid-November. The exchange rate is declining amid a slight drop in world oil prices Photo: Mikhail Japaridze/TASS The euro/ruble exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange rose above 71 rubles for the first time since November 16, reaching a maximum of 71.007 rubles, which is 12.7 kopecks. above the closing level of trading on December 1.

The winners of the RBC St. Petersburg Prize 2015 have been announced. The Prize has identified growing industries and segments of the St. Petersburg economy that are united by a new entrepreneurial approach to business: relying not on administrative resources or raw material rent, but on managerial and technological innovations. Such discoveries are especially valuable against the backdrop of a crisis, when businesses are more likely to choose a strategy of survival rather than development.

NATO's expansion to the east cannot but lead to retaliatory actions; Russia must maintain parity, said presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. This is how he commented on the invitation of Montenegro to NATO Photo: "RIA Novosti" Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Russia will respond to Montenegro’s accession to the North Atlantic Alliance, an RBC correspondent reports.

The State Duma adopted in the second and third readings a law that establishes the minimum wage (minimum wage) for 2016 in the amount of 6 thousand 204 rubles. per month, reports an RBC correspondent. In 2015, the minimum wage was set at 5 thousand 965 rubles. per month, thus, the indexation of the minimum wage will be 4%. At the same time, the government forecasts inflation in 2016 at 6.4%.

Thousands of people came to say goodbye to Oleg Peshkov, the pilot of the Su-24 shot down by the Turkish military, local media reported.

The dollar/ruble exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange rose above 67 rubles for the first time since September 16, reaching a maximum of 67.113 rubles, which is 50.3 kopecks. above the closing level of trading on December 1. At the same time, the euro/ruble exchange rate increased by 41.8 kopecks, exceeding 71 rubles for the first time in two weeks. and reaching a maximum of 71,298 rubles. The ruble exchange rate is declining amid falling world oil prices.

If the Platon system (which is used to collect tolls for heavy trucks) is not turned off by December 3, truckers promise to move to Moscow.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has not received any instructions regarding enhanced checks of Turkish citizens staying in Russia. told RIA Novosti . State Secretary - Deputy Head of the Department Igor Zubov “There were no instructions from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in this regard at all. I can say unequivocally that there is nothing like this in relation to citizens of Turkey, or citizens of Ukraine, or citizens of the United States, or any other country.