The Bank of Russia revoked the licenses of the Participation, New Century and Siberian Capital funds. More than 3 billion rubles were concentrated in them. pension savings Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC As of October 1, 2015, the assets of NPF Sibirsky Capital exceeded 1.7 billion rubles, of which savings amounted to about 1.5 billion rubles.

The finance ministers of the UN Security Council member countries unanimously adopted a resolution that prohibits financing of the Islamic State. The initiative to adopt such a resolution was taken by the United States and Russia. Finance ministers of countries that are members of the UN Security Council (Photo: REUTERS 2015) The resolution, which was jointly created by Russia and the United States, actually repeats a similar document adopted in 1999 to cut off funding for al-Qaeda.

The fire broke out on Friday, December 18, in the educational building of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) in the town of Dolgoprudny near Moscow. According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Moscow Region, the fire was reported at 14:00 Moscow time. We are talking about a building located at Institutsky Lane, building 9. According to the rescue agency, at 14:21 Moscow time the fire was localized to an area of ​​100 square meters.

The defendants in the real estate fraud case received suspended sentences In St. Petersburg, a sentence was passed against members of a gang of black realtors who “worked” with socially vulnerable citizens. According to the press service of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for St.

The buyer of the Russian business of the American company Viacom will be Maxim Mayorets, top manager of Viktor Vekselberg’s Renova. Earlier, RBC wrote that negotiations on the purchase were conducted by one of Renova’s structures Photo: REUTERS 2015 Maxim Mayorets holds the position of director of mergers and acquisitions at Renova. Two sources close to Renova told RBC that he would become the buyer of Viacom’s entertainment channels in Russia, and was confirmed by a source close to Viacom.

The total debt of St. Petersburg companies amounted to 6.4 trillion rubles As of November 1, 2015, the total debt of St. Petersburg organizations under obligations (accounts payable for bank loans and loans) amounted to 6.4 trillion rubles, of which 64.5 billion rubles were overdue, notes the Petrostat report. As of November 1 last year, the total debt of organizations amounted to 5.6 trillion rubles, of which 33.3 billion rubles were overdue (or 0.6% of the total debt).

The President proposed to compensate truckers for the introduction of road tolls by abolishing the transport tax. Truckers are in favor, but this is not enough for them.

The trial of the murder of seven people by Russian military officer Valery Permyakov was postponed for a month, RIA Novosti reports . According to the agency, the presiding judge of the Shirak Regional Court of General Jurisdiction, Harutyun Movsesyan, granted the request of the defendant’s lawyer, Eduard Aghajanyan, to postpone the hearing for a month to familiarize himself with the case materials.

The permanent members of the UN Security Council approved the draft resolution on Syria. According to the document, the process of political transition in Syria will take place under the auspices of the UN. UN Security Council meeting in New York (Photo: REUTERS 2015) Five states that have veto power in the UN Security Council (Russia, USA, France, Great Britain, China) approved a draft resolution for a peaceful settlement of the situation in Syria, reports Reuters .

The leaders of the European Union countries called for accelerating the development of a mechanism for providing Ankara with €3 billion for projects to support refugees in Turkey. AFP reports this. In addition, the leaders of the EU member states agreed by the end of June 2016 to resolve the issue of creating new border and coastal forces that would contain the flow of refugees to Europe.

Photo: Zurab Javakhadze/TASS The idea of ​​deputies to collect VAT from software developers is dangerous for the IT industry and the country as a whole - creators of innovative products can easily move their offices abroad. Oasis of growth According to the non-profit partnership Russoft, the Russian software development market is still one of the few that continues to grow.

The decision of the European Union to extend sanctions against Russia was expected, Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev told reporters, Interfax reports . “This was an expected decision, we didn’t hear anything new, it will have absolutely no impact on the Russian economy,” Ulyukaev said. The extension of sanctions against Russia was approved by the Committee of Permanent Representatives to the EU.

Photo: BLOOMBERG The normalization of monetary policy by the Federal Reserve System (FRS) dealt a triple blow to the Russian economy: oil became cheaper, the ruble was weaker, and the external debts of the government and Russian companies increased. The Fed's base discount rate, an analogue of the Russian key rate, shows how much the regulator's loans cost American commercial banks.

The St. Petersburg police are searching for a man who threw smoke bombs at a branch of Otkritie Bank. was informed about this Fontanka by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city and region. The incident occurred the day before at about 6 p.m. at a bank branch on Bolshaya Zeleninaya Street, the police headquarters reported. According to preliminary data, the man entered the hall in front of the operating room, threw five smoke bombs, and then fled.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed documents on the transfer of a number of federal subsoil areas to Rosneft. He stated this during a joint meeting of the government commission on import substitution and the government commission on socio-economic development of the Far East and the Baikal region, Interfax reports . “I hope everyone will work harmoniously.