Alexander Bastrykin "My personal plans include dismissing 12 heads of territorial divisions who are doing poor work by the end of the year." According to the Investigative Committee Chairman, this concerns procedural violations: decisions to initiate or refuse a case are made 7-8 times.

M. Stulov A prosecution witness in the second YUKOS case, former employee Nadezhda Shek, let it slip yesterday in Khamovnichesky Court about the new case against Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. As reported by the press center of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev's lawyers, Shek said that investigators took her testimony in 2000. And two days before her appearance in court, she was summoned for questioning by the prosecutor's office, but in connection with a different case.

An attempt by Vladimir Gusinsky, founder and co-owner of Media-Most, to create a new television business in Ukraine has ended in a conflict with his partner, former Yukos top manager Konstantin Kagalovsky, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Tuesday. According to the newspaper, Kagalovsky is demanding that the federal court of the Southern District of New York oblige Gusinsky and his structures to compensate for the $11.5 million invested in the TVi television channel.

General Motors has failed to sell another division, Saab. According to two people familiar with the situation, the Swedish sports car manufacturer Koenigsegg Group has refused to buy the Swedish company, The Wall Street Journal reports. The newspaper has not yet reported the reasons for Koenigsegg's refusal. GM put Saab up for sale in January. Saab lost $340 million in 2008 and was forecast to lose $340 million in 2009.

D.Grishkin Sales of the new Apple model, the iPhone 3GS, will not begin in Russia before the New Year, unnamed sources in major telecommunications companies told the newspaper: Russian operators were unable to agree with the manufacturer on the cost of the handsets. Apple, according to the publication, insisted on the following prices: 400 euros for a model with 8 GB of memory, 460 euros for 16 GB, and 530 euros for 32 GB.

The world's largest earthquake-resistant building, the Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, has opened in Istanbul, Turkey, the online publication Inhabitat reports. As the article explains, the 180,000 square meter Sabiha Gokcen Airport is named after the world's first female military pilot and the first Turkish pilot. The building not only withstands an earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, but is also able to function smoothly afterwards.

The main risk of modernization, which is so much talked about, is precisely in its talk. Now they will start writing dissertations and books about the experience of democratic modernization and they may even open several faculties with the same name. In the worst case, it will be necessary to either return to mobilization or wait for the collapse of the system. It is also important who will pick up the signal sent by the authorities. Will Russian business be in these ranks?

November 24, 2009, 13:43 / Business Alrosa will borrow up to $230 million Alexandra Terentyeva Alrosa may place annual Eurocommercial paper (ECP) for approximately $230 million at 8.75–9%, a source close to the company said. The exact placement volume and timing will be announced later. The securities will be issued as part of the company's ECP placement program for a total amount of $700 million. According to Interfax, VTB Capital may become the organizer of the paper placement.

November 24, 2009, 13:20 / Finance The bank will be responsible for the fake client Tax authorities may try to recover VAT refunded from the budget on one-day transactions from banks Philipp Sterkin M. Stulov Tax authorities may try to recover VAT returned from the budget on one-day transactions from banks if the Presidium of the Supreme Arbitration Court (SAC) supports them in a dispute with Avangard Bank. Inspectorate No. 7 in St.

According to the data of the Committee on Commodity Market of the Yekaterinburg Administration, there are 56 hotels with 5,600 beds in the city. In 2008, eight hotels with 704 beds began operating. The largest are: Hyatt Regency Ekaterinburg (360 beds), Parus and Grandhall (80 beds each). Hotels for the summit Despite the crisis and the general decline in tourist flow, new hotels continued to open in the city in 2009.

The company "Interproekt" (brand Freshtel) will launch a wireless Internet access network in Russia using WiMax technology in the first quarter of 2010, said its CEO Sergey Avdeyev. Networks have already been built in Chekhov, Serpukhov, Novomoskovsk, Tula, and will soon appear in Voronezh, Lipetsk and Rostov. So far, we are talking about test operation; the company has not named the start date for sales of services. Since September, the "Interproekt" network has been operating in Kyiv.

The MICEX index rose by 1.57% to 1355.05 points by the end of the day. Gazprom, Lukoil and Rosneft shares rose by 0.68%, 0.57% and 3.94%. Sberbank and VTB rose in price by 0.63% and 1.58%, Norilsk Nickel by 0.32%. "Russian automakers' shares also continue to be in demand. AvtoVAZ shares grew amid more statements about support for the auto industry," notes Anna Lyukanova, an analyst at Alor Group.

Russian film company IVAN! The same goes for Sanaev: the theme is trendy, the editing is clip-like, the special effects are in abundance, but the title itself reveals the excruciating difficulty of creating an original Russian film product for a mass audience of 15 to 25. Unfortunately for the authors who made films about computer games, the Hollywood film “Gamer” was released in the fall – oh, what a headline that was lost!

S. Nikolaev Among the street racers who staged a race in Switzerland, as a result of which a German driver was seriously injured, were possibly the sons of the former co-owner of the Cherkizovsky market Telman Ismailov - Alekper and Sarkhan. This was reported yesterday by the resource pravo.ru. According to the newspaper "Kommersant", Ismailov's sons are witnesses in the case.

The German company Axel Springer has bought 100% of the Russian division of the publisher Gruner+Jahr (G+J) with its entire portfolio of publications - the magazines GEO, Gala Biografiya, GEOTraveller, GEOlenok, and the websites geo.ru, moi-roditeli.ru and moizvezdi.ru. "The print and online offerings of G+J Russia add outstanding and stable media brands... to the premium segment that Axel Springer Russia is targeting.