One of the largest investment banks, Morgan Stanley, has worsened its forecast for oil prices. According to experts, the Brent price will not increase by the end of 2016, but will decrease and will not rise above $30 until the spring of 2017 Photo: Reuters/Pixstream Contrary to previous forecasts, world oil prices will not rise in the second half of 2016 and may even fall even further, according to the forecast of analysts at investment bank Morgan Stanley.

Russia will take “compensatory measures” in response to Washington’s plans to increase funding for the military contingent in Europe, told Andrei Kelin, director of the pan-European cooperation department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, RIA Novosti on Thursday.

Passers-by discovered the body of a newborn girl near garbage containers in New Moscow. This was reported on the official website of the capital’s ICR department. The child was found on Krasnaya Pakhra Street. During the examinations, investigators found no signs of violent death. The 34-year-old mother of the newborn told police that she left the child because after birth he showed no signs of life.

Photo: Oleg Yakovlev/RBC Businessmen who opened the Beans convenience store praise this franchise. But none of the traders surveyed by RBC have yet managed to return the investment. "Beans" is such a store One of the world's largest small wholesale trade networks, Metro Cash&Carry, launched a trade school in Russia back in 2009, where it provides free training to entrepreneurs who are the company's clients. One of the stages of training is a program to create an ideal store.

In the center of Moscow, a man shot at two police officers who came to his home. One of them died, the other was wounded Work of employees of the Federal Bailiff Service, May 2015 (Photo: Sergey Konkov/TASS) A man who tried to recover property was killed in the Central Administrative District of Moscow, a source in law enforcement agencies told the Moscow agency. The murder took place on 3rd Frunzenskaya Street.

The Supervisory Board of Vnesheconombank did not approve the financial plan of the state corporation for 2016, compiled taking into account state support. This information was reported to Vedomosti by a participant in the meeting and an employee of VEB, and was also confirmed by the Prime Minister’s press secretary Natalya Timakova.

A Russian military adviser, whose name is unknown, was killed when a Syrian army training center in Homs province was shelled. A representative of the Ministry of Defense told Novaya Gazeta about this.

In the Yaroslavl region, law enforcement officers detained members of the group, who are suspected of cashing out more than 1 billion rubles. This was reported on the official website of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Law enforcement officers established that since 2013, the suspects have been laundering money with the help of shell legal entities, into whose accounts the money of “clients” was transferred. For services, detainees took a commission of 3–5%.

A small asteroid, which flew past Earth two years ago at a safe distance of 2 million km, will again be close to our planet in the coming weeks, reports . NASA As expected, on March 5, asteroid 2013 TX68 with a diameter of about 30 m, which is one and a half times larger than the meteorite that exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013, will fly at a distance of 17 thousand to 14 million km from Earth.

An accident occurred at the intersection of Entuziastov Highway and Svobodny Prospekt in the east of Moscow. This was reported by the Moscow agency with reference to the press service of the Moscow State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of Russia. As the agency's interlocutor clarified, the accident occurred around 22:00 Moscow time. As a result of the incident, two people were killed and one person was injured. Traffic police inspectors are currently working at the scene of the accident.

Photo: Bloomberg Metallurgists are planning the first price increase in a year by 3.5–5%. This will force car factories to raise prices. In the last crisis, conflicts between metallurgists and their clients had to be resolved by Vladimir Putin. Rental prices are rising Despite the fall in demand, prices for hot-rolled steel in Russia will increase by 5% in February, the BKS company reported in its steel market review.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Igor Morgulov met with Ambassador of the DPRK Kim Chong-jung. This is stated in a message from the Russian Foreign Ministry. The Korean diplomat was invited to the ministry after reports emerged about preparations for a space launch. “Deep concern was expressed in connection with the announcement of the upcoming launch of a launch vehicle in the DPRK.

Advisor to the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Akbar Velayati said that Tehran wants to receive additional loans from Russia. He said this at a press conference in Moscow, Interfax reports . “We talked about $7 billion in loans, and that remains the same. But if we want to have extensive relations, then this will not end with this amount; we need to expand this area,” he noted.

The first case of Zika virus infection in a pregnant woman has been detected in Europe, the BBC reports . A case of infection was recorded in Spain. The Spanish publication El Pais , citing the country's Ministry of Health, reports that we are talking about a resident of Catalonia, who is 13-14 weeks pregnant. She recently returned from Colombia, where an outbreak of this disease was recorded.

Photo: from personal archive To control a business in Russia, it is not at all necessary to own it. It is enough to regulate the entry and exit of capital in key markets. Patrimonial state? The documentary "Putin's Secret Riches" broadcast by the BBC last week seemed to many to be an element of an information war and caused a violent reaction from the Russian authorities.