The Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol will consider a report on the work of the government, even if Governor Sergei Menyailo is not present, said Speaker Alexei Chaly.

Photo: Bloomberg The closure of the South Stream project resulted in a major lawsuit for Gazprom. As RBC learned, the Italian contractor Saipem, selected for the construction of the underwater part of the gas pipeline, requires 759 million euros from it.

Pobeda CEO Andrei Kalmykov wrote a letter to the head of the Russian Ministry of Transport, Maxim Sokolov, asking for help in resolving tariff disputes with the Belarusian airline Belavia, Vedomosti reports . According to the publication, the letter was written on January 28. It states that for flights to Belarus it is necessary to obtain accreditation from the aviation department in the country, one of the conditions of which is the agreement of tariffs with the carrier Belavia.

The first train from Ukraine along the Silk Road reached the final point of the route, arriving at the border of China and Kazakhstan. This was reported by the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine. On the morning of January 31, the train was disbanded at the Kazakh Dostyk station. “This is the end point of the new Silk Road route. In the future, cargo will be sent to large industrial cities of the PRC - Zhengchow, Chongqing, Lianyugan,” the ministry explained.

A new mobile operator in 2G and 3G standards has been launched in Crimea. It was created on the basis of the fixed-line operator Krymtelecom. The launch of the operator took place on February 1 in the presence of the head of the region, reports . the Crimean News Agency “It’s no secret that today many people complain about the quality of communication.

Trade in tax-free stores fell by 41% in 2015 Photo: visitfinland.com Finland lost about 40% of Russian tourists over the year. This was reported by the press center of the city of Lappeenranta with reference to the city's public relations director Mirka Rahman. At the end of 2015, the volume of trade in tax-free stores also fell by 41% in 2015. The number of Russian tourists in Lappeenranta itself has decreased by half as much as throughout Finland - by 20%.

The chef of the Hôtel de Ville restaurant in the Swiss canton of Vaud, which topped the ranking of the best restaurants in the world in 2015, was found dead. Police believe Benoit Violier committed suicide One of the best chefs in the world, 44-year-old Benoit Violier, chef of the Hôtel de Ville restaurant in the Swiss city of Crissier, was found shot dead in his home on January 31, 2016, the press service of the canton of Vaud police reports. Swiss police believe it is a suicide.

There is no shortage of antiviral drugs in Russia, but due to rush demand, pharmacy chains are experiencing “temporary logistical difficulties,” the Ministry of Health assures, they do not have time to import drugs and medical products Photo: Valery Matitsin/TASS There is no shortage There is no shortage of drugs to treat influenza in Russia, according to the official message from the Ministry of Health, which the department sent out on Monday.

On February 1, Boris Yeltsin would have turned 85 years old. What mark did he leave on the history of Russia? The history of modern Russia began 25 years ago, when in 1991 the union republics began to break away from the USSR. During 1991, they held referendums and declared their own independence. In December, the Council of Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopted a declaration on the termination of the existence of the USSR in connection with the formation of the CIS.

The head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Lyudmila Alekseeva, regarded the publication of the video with Mikhail Kasyanov “at gunpoint” as a direct threat. this opinion She expressed in a conversation with the radio station “Moscow Speaks”. A video with Kasyanov, as well as journalist Kara-Murza Jr. with the visual effect “at gunpoint,” was published by the leader of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov on his Instagram last night.

Iran gained access to $100 billion in assets unfrozen after sanctions were lifted as part of the nuclear deal. Tehran is in no hurry to return all the funds home, intending to use them to purchase goods Iran flag (Photo: Reuters/Pixstream) Iranian assets worth $100 billion have been completely unfrozen, AP reports, citing comments from government spokesman Mohammad Bagher Nobakht posted on the website of the state television channel Press TV.

The National Bank of Kazakhstan set the base rate at 17%, which is one percentage point higher than the previous level. This is stated in the press release of the National Bank. In addition, the regulator resumed permanent access operations with a symmetrical interest rate corridor of plus or minus two percentage points. The rate for permanent access operations to provide liquidity will be 19%, for withdrawal of liquidity - 15%, the regulator said in a release.

The third part of the cartoon “Kung Fu Panda” topped the Russian box office during the first weekend (January 28 – January 31). This was reported by the Distributor's Bulletin. The DreamWorks cartoon received 322.3 million rubles. in the first four days at the domestic box office. According to the Box Office Mojo portal, in the first week of release in the United States (where the film was released on wide screens on January 23), the cartoon grossed $41 million.

Photo: Reuters The Ministry of Economic Development has come up with a way to increase the collection of land tax from plots allocated for housing construction. Loopholes that allow developers to bypass higher tax rates will be closed. Line up The Ministry of Economic Development has prepared a bill to ease the tax burden of those developers who are slowly developing land plots registered for housing construction.

The number of officially registered unemployed in Russia as of January 27 exceeded 1 million people. The relevant data is published on the official website of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection. According to weekly monitoring data, from January 20 to 27, the number of registered unemployed increased by 3.4% and amounted to 1 million 1 thousand 111 people. As of last week, there were 968 thousand 639 people.