The management of the film company Miramax Films has entered into a deal to sell the media company BeIN Media Group, which is located in Qatar. The transaction amount is unknown. this . reports The Financial Times newspaper It is noted that the acquisition will help the Qatari company expand its zone of influence in 24 countries, including the USA, France and Australia.

The majority of Russians are ready to vote for Vladimir Putin if he takes part in the presidential elections in 2018, a VTsIOM poll showed. 74% are ready to vote for Putin, this is the maximum in four years Passersby near the portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the wall of the building (Photo: RIA Novosti) The majority of Russians are ready to vote for Vladimir Putin in the 2018 presidential elections.

A truck with more than 20 tons of mussels was stolen in St. Petersburg; the transport police are searching for it, reports . Fontanka The car, as the publication learned, was stolen from the territory of the St. Petersburg container terminal at the Elevator site. The owner of the cargo filed a complaint with the line department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Transport. Video cameras helped record the time of departure. On February 26, unknown persons in St.

The Ministry of Economic Development (MED) is preparing a new forecast for the socio-economic development of Russia until 2019.

Every year, about $18–20 billion in proceeds from drug trafficking are laundered in the Russian banking system. Director of the Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) Viktor Ivanov told reporters about this, Interfax reports . “Money proceeds from drug sales no longer lie under the pillow, but end up, among other things, in the banking system. We estimate this market in Russia at approximately $18–20 billion annually,” Ivanov said.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov commented on a video that appeared online, which allegedly captured a conversation with Gulchehra Bobokulova, a suspect in the murder of a child, an RBC correspondent reports. In the recording, the woman explains her action as revenge on “who shed blood,” naming the name of Vladimir Putin. “It would be wrong to draw any conclusions [from her words].

The tariff for travel on the section of the M-11 highway from Moscow through Sheremetyevo to Solnechnogorsk may be reduced; a decision on this may be made in March. the Moscow agency about this . told The head of Avtodor, Sergei Kelbakh, “Currently, analytical work is underway to decide whether the dynamics of attracting traffic are enough for us to see a stable return of users to M-11, or whether we should still work with the tariff policy again.

Google will provide UNICEF with a $1 million grant to fund efforts to prevent the spread of the Zika virus, the company announced in a blog post on Thursday, March 3. UNICEF will be able to use this money to disseminate information about the disease, work with local authorities and communities, finance the development of vaccines and diagnostic methods, as well as measures aimed at reducing populations of mosquitoes, which are the main carrier of the virus, Google said.

As RBC learned, Russia’s meeting with five OPEC member countries is scheduled to take place on March 20 in St. Petersburg. This was reported by two sources close to the Ministry of Energy, and confirmed by a department official One of RBC’s interlocutors clarifies that representatives of those countries visited by Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak during his tour and negotiations on stabilizing world oil prices were invited to the meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin did not receive invitations from Bulgaria to celebrate liberation from the Ottoman yoke. This was announced by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov. “No, while we in the Kremlin have not received anything, we have not received any invitations addressed to Putin. Maybe it goes through the channels of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, maybe it wasn’t sent at all.

An agreement between Russia and OPEC to freeze production at January levels could balance the oil market by the fall, raising prices in the second half of the year to $40–50 per barrel, says expert Daniel Yergin, nicknamed the “energy guru.” Photo: Ruslan Shamukov/TASS Freezing will work The decision of Russia and three OPEC member countries (Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Venezuela) to freeze oil production at the level of January this year will help restore balance in this market in the fall and

The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed creating a new structure - the Russian National Council of the Consumer Market (Market Council), and also depriving companies that do not join it of the rights to trade in alcohol and cigarettes. about this with reference to three market participants. writes Kommersant The Ministry of Industry and Trade has already sent out the draft concept of the market council to industry associations.

In Germany, traditional pork sausages have begun to be removed from the menus of schools, kindergartens and catering establishments. The leader of the parliamentary group of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), Daniel Günther, spoke about this, and he clarified that this is being done for religious reasons, writes Deutsche Welle . Fellow party members of Chancellor Angela Merkel in the CDU are in favor of returning traditional German food to the catering menu.

Sports commentator Vasily Utkin, who left Match TV, began working for Eurosport, the channel’s press service told R-Sport. This information was confirmed by Utkin himself on his Twitter. I'll work for Eurosport. Commentary is a craft to a much greater extent than showing off. We must work constantly, pauses be damned! Thanks to Eurosport. — Vasily Utkin (@radioutkin) March 3, 2016 Utkin will commentate on matches of the American football league MLS.

Large American banks refused to place Russian government securities due to government pressure. Goldman Sachs was the closest to the placement, but it also intends to refuse Photo: AP As sources told The Wall Street Jouranl , Goldman Sachs has drawn up an application to participate in the placement of Russian sovereign securities, but in such a way that it could be withdrawn at any time, citing the position of the bank's senior management.