Pussy Riot trial 16 photos Since the beginning of the week, the Khamovniki Court in Moscow has been holding a trial of three participants in the anti-Putin performance in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior - Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich. The girls, two of whom have young children, have been under arrest since March. Modernization of animals 10 photos The Moscow Zoo is expecting changes.

Ukrainian automakers reduced production of passenger cars to 65,700 units in 2009, which is 83.6% less than production in 2008, the country's State Statistics Committee reported. In December, the auto industry reduced production of passenger cars to 1,800 units, which is 36.3% less than the previous month. The economic crisis and lack of orders also led to a drop in the production of trucks in Ukraine last year - by 78.8% and buses - by 85.4%.

The state guarantees Russians a minimum pension, but they must take care of its decent size themselves, said First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Igor Shuvalov on Thursday at the international conference "Russia and the World: Challenges of the New Decade." "We have defined the level of state pension provision, clearly sending a signal to citizens: the rest is in your hands.

An examination has confirmed that the death of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in the Butyrka pretrial detention center was the result of acute heart failure, lawyer Dmitry Kharitonov, who represents Magnitsky's interests, told RIA Novosti on Thursday. "The examination confirmed the version previously put forward by the Russian Ministry of Justice that our client died as a result of acute heart failure," the defense attorney said.

S. Nikolaev The head of the Russian Interior Ministry, Rashid Nurgaliev, signed an order on new criteria for assessing the work of the police. As RIA Novosti reports, he announced this on Thursday at a meeting of the Association of Lawyers of Russia. "The new order moves away as much as possible from gross indicators and the prerequisites that created the notorious stick system for employees," the minister said, specifying that the order was signed on Tuesday.

The PIK Group of Companies has signed an agreement with the Russian Ministry of Defense to build approximately 265,000 square meters of mass-market housing for the department in Podolsk, near Moscow, the company said in a statement on the London Stock Exchange website. As specified in the report, in total, according to the agreements between the developer and the military, PIK will build about 4,000 apartments. The construction site will be provided by the Ministry of Defense.

All words, words, words... This time from Arkady Dvorkovich in an article in Vedomosti Modernization: Elite plus society. Registration required Only Readers Club members can participate in the discussion. If you have already registered, log in to the Readers Club . To become a member of the Readers Club, you need to register . To log in without registering, you can use your account on Facebook, Vkontakte, MoyKrug.ru or Livejournal.

The decline of the Latvian economy is over - this is the assessment made by the rating agency Moody's today. “The Latvian economy is showing signs of stabilization,” said agency spokesman Kenneth Orchard. He did not rule out that in the near future the assessment of the prospects for Latvia's credit rating could be raised from the current "negative" to "stable". Latvia was hit harder by the economic crisis than other EU countries.

Russia's international reserves for the period from January 8 to January 15, 2010 increased by $500 million, which in percentage terms amounted to approximately 0.1% - from $440.9 billion to $441.4 billion. This was officially announced today by the Department of External and Public Relations Central Bank of the Russian Federation. Thus, international reserves returned to the level first reached in October 2007.

Case law is being introduced in Russia Today, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation ( CC) announced a Resolution in the case of verifying the constitutionality of the provisions of paragraph. 4 p. 3 h. 4 tbsp. 170 170, paragraph 1 of Art. 311, part 1 art. 312 of the Arbitration Procedural Code of the Russian Federation ( hereinafter referred to as the APC).

The global rally in stock markets will end in the second half of 2010 due to slow economic recovery and deflationary pressure on company earnings, according to Professor Nouriel Roubini, who predicted the crisis. Registration required Only Readers Club members can participate in the discussion. If you have already registered, log in to the Readers Club . To become a member of the Readers Club, you need to register .

January 21, 2010, 13:25 / Business The first Burger King opened in Moscow The world's second fast food chain after McDonald's entered Russia. Tatiana Romanova The American fast food restaurant chain Burger King, the second fast food chain in the world after McDonald's, has entered Russia. Today, the company opened its first restaurant in the Moscow Metropolis shopping center. The owner of the franchise was the operator of the Russian coffee shop chain Shokoladnitsa.

Unknown fraudsters forged the entire package of documents to purchase the villa "Carpeneto" near the picturesque town of Porto Maurizio on the Ligurian Riviera on behalf of the famous Russian businessman, head of the holding company "Interros" Vladimir Potanin, RIA Novosti was told on Wednesday by the Consul General of the Russian Federation in Milan Alexey Paramonov.

January 21, 2010, 00:33 / Business Russian Railways recovered 3.36 billion rubles. tax claims The tax inspectorate asked Russian Railways to pay an additional 9.1 billion rubles. taxes for 2003–2007, but the monopoly will reduce this amount by at least 3.36 billion rubles. – the statute of limitations has expired Alexey Nepomnyashchy Vedomosti learned about tax claims against Russian Railways from the report of the Accounts Chamber (dated December 11, 2009, available from Vedomosti).

January 21, 2010, 12:51 / Business / News VEB may place Eurobonds in the middle of the year undefined Vedomosti The Russian financial state corporation VEB is “in no hurry” to place Eurobonds, VEB Deputy Chairman Pyotr Fradkov said at a briefing. “In the near future we will select the organizers [of the placement of Eurobonds] and begin work on the MTN program,” Fradkov said.