Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, who at the end of December was removed from his post as head of the synodal department for interactions between the Church and society, launched an electronic collection of signatures for the election of clergy by parishioners. His petition was published on Change.org.

Photo: Lori RBC studied the strategies of Russian and foreign investment banks for 2016 and selected the most interesting ideas for investment in the new year. Foreign shares In 2016, the global economy will accelerate slightly, which will have a positive impact on the stock market. UBS Bank in its report “House View: Year Ahead 2016” gives preference to stocks of Japan and the eurozone.

Investment holding ABH Holdings (ABHH; the operating company is Russian Alfa Bank) has agreed with Unicredit Group (UCG) to acquire Ukrsotsbank Photo: Global Look Press As noted in the press release published by UCG , the parties agreed that in exchange for the acquisition of ABHH Ukrsotsbank, the Italian group will receive an increased authorized capital of the investment holding.

The commander of US Air Force operations in Europe and Africa, General Frank Gorenk, expressed “very serious” concerns about the strengthening of Russian missile defense. In an interview with The New York Times, he noted that such actions threaten NATO aviation flights in Europe, for example, over a third of Poland. According to Gorenko, Russia has begun to strengthen missile defense components on the Crimean Peninsula and Syria.

The founder of the Italian company Enoplastic, Piero Macchi, left a legacy of €1.5 million to the employees of his company. Checks for large sums were handed over to them before Christmas, reports Corriere della Sera. Newcomers received only €2,000 each, while established employees received €10,000 each. Some workers received even more if Mackey knew they needed the money.

Actor Alexey Panin returned his daughter to his ex-wife, who had previously reported the child’s abduction to the police. This is stated in a message on the website of the Commissioner for Children's Rights in St. Petersburg. The child returned to his mother, fashion model Yulia Yudintseva, on the night of January 11-12 “after lengthy negotiations.” According to the office of the St.

Barclays analyst Boris Vilidnitsky lowered the target price for ordinary shares and GDR of Magnit, leaving his recommendations at the same levels. He still recommends holding receipts and buying the company's common shares Barclays analyst Boris Vilidnitsky lowered the target price for ordinary shares and global depositary receipts (GDR) of Magnit from 14,850 to 14,377 rubles. and from $53 to 40, respectively. This is stated in the review “Magnit: Long winter ahead” published on January 12.

Oil prices continue to reach historical lows. On Tuesday, January 12, a barrel of Brent traded below $31. Analysts believe that oil will continue to fall, but the market expects a recovery by the end of the year. Photo: Viktor Drachev/TASS On Tuesday, the price of a barrel of Brent dropped to $30.43 per barrel, contracts for American WTI oil traded at $30.4 per barrel. The last time WTI was this cheap was December 2003.

The dollar and euro rates on the Moscow Exchange continue to rise. For the first time in more than a year, the dollar is worth more than 77 rubles, the euro exchange rate has approached 84 rubles. Photo: Sergey Konkov/TASS Currency trading on the Moscow Exchange started on January 12, 2016 with a new fall in the ruble exchange rate.

The Russian Ministry of Energy has decided not to renew the agreement with Ukraine on the supply of electricity to this country. The reason was the situation around Crimea Power transmission line in Vinnytsia region, Ukraine (Photo: Zuma\TASS) As the Kommersant newspaper reports, citing a source in the Ministry of Energy, Russia has decided not to renew the agreement on the supply of electricity to Ukraine, and therefore is not conducting relevant negotiations with Kiev.

The official euro exchange rate exceeded 83 rubles. At exchange trading on January 12, the European currency fell in price against the ruble, as did the dollar Photo: "RIA Novosti" The official euro exchange rate exceeded 83 rubles. — The Bank of Russia set the European currency exchange rate at 83.44 rubles on January 13, increasing it by 62 kopecks. The official dollar exchange rate as of January 13 increased by 65 kopecks to 76.6 rubles.

Former Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura delivered a message to Moscow from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for Russian President Vladimir Putin. He handed it over to the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov, Interfax reports . “I have brought with me a personal message from Prime Minister Abe to President Putin, which I will ask you to convey to the president,” Komura said at the beginning of the meeting.

Freezing rain is possible in the south of the Moscow region. reported this to the Russian News Service . Evgeniy Tishkovets, leading specialist at the Phobos weather center, “In addition to snow, in some places - this will affect the southern half of the Moscow region - even these already sore icy rains are possible,” Tishkovets said. He noted that snowfall in Moscow will continue on January 13. The snowdrifts will grow to 25 cm, which is twice the norm.

The average Russian spent 6.5 thousand rubles on gifts for the holidays. However, most of the recipients did not appreciate the efforts, according to economists. What to give next year? Photo: Sergey Fadeichev/TASS According to the Romir research holding, Russians planned to spend an average of 6.5 thousand rubles on gifts for the past holidays. — this amount includes gifts for six people.

The author of the most accurate forecasts for the ruble exchange rate in the Bloomberg rating, Nomura analyst Dmitry Petrov told RBC how he makes forecasts and why we should expect the ruble to strengthen Logo of Japanese financial holding company Nomura (Photo: Reuters/Pixstream) — Why are your forecasts more accurate than those of other forecasters?