Preparing for refusal On Monday, gas exporting countries will gather in Algiers to discuss the price situation. Algeria has already warned that it will ask the largest suppliers (mainly Qatar and Russia) to reduce production in order to support prices. And Gazprom management just visited Qatar yesterday. The cost of gas was also discussed, the concern reports, but does not disclose details.

The income of Arsen Kanokov, the President of Kabardino-Balkaria and founder of the Sindika Group, decreased fourfold in 2009 compared to the previous year: from 4.8 million rubles to 1 million rubles. His wife, Fatima Kanokova, to whom the President of the Republic transferred the management of Sindika after being confirmed in office in 2005, did not receive anything last year, although in 2008 her annual income was much higher than her husband’s – 13.2 million rubles.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit Ukraine next week, where he will hold an unscheduled meeting with President Viktor Yanukovych. The main topic of discussion will be the reduction of the price of Russian gas. "This is not a closed topic," the Russian president said, answering journalists' questions in the capital of Brazil.

The stock market managed to grow on Gazprom and oil shares on Thursday amid rising oil prices and a positive opening of trading in the US, the MICEX index closed above 1530 points. Following the trading results, the MICEX index rose to 1530.93 points (+0.28%), the RTS index amounted to 1676.27 points (+0.17%); the prices of most "blue chips" on the exchanges increased by 0.1-2.1%.

April 16, 2010, 01:07 / Business Kamaz finished last year well, but with a loss Despite a 46% drop in sales, Kamaz managed to maintain operating profitability in 2009. But this was not enough to fulfill the terms of the loans - now Kamaz is negotiating with banks to change the covenant Alexey Nepomnyashchy A. Makhonin Kamaz Truck manufacturer. Shareholders: 39.4% - Troika Dialog, 37.8% - Russian Technologies, 11% - Daimler, 4% - EBRD.

The ceremony of the national theatre award "Golden Mask" was held in Moscow in Gostiny Dvor. The winners this year were dramatic actors Yevgeny Mironov and Polina Kutepova, opera singers Khibla Gerzmava and Andrey Popov, drama director Yury Pogrebnichko and opera director Alexander Titel, conductors Valery Platonov and Vsevolod Polonsky, choreographer Alexey Ratmansky, composer Vladimir Kobekin and many others (see the list of winners below).

JSC "Moscow Oil Refinery" Net profit (2009, RAS) – 538.5 million rubles. Capitalization (MICEX) – 156 billion rubles. Primary oil refining capacity – 12.15 million tons per year (about 5% of the Russian market). Low-liquid ordinary shares of the Moscow Oil Refinery (MNPZ) rose in price from 2,500 to 19,989.9 rubles from April 6 to 15. The rise stopped only yesterday - the shares grew by only 6%, before that they grew by 40% per day. On the RTS, the price rose from $120 to $250.

April 16, 2010, 03:00 / Business Severstal will compete with Lakshmi Mittal again Anna Peretolchina Kristina Pavlova Alisa Fialko "Zaporizhstal" Iron and Steel Works. The main beneficiaries: co-owners of Midland Group Eduard Shifrin and Alex Schneider (about 50%), Igor Dvoretsky and Vitaly Satsky (about 40%). Capitalization – UAH 13.91 billion ($1.75 billion, Ukrainian stock exchange). Revenue (USBU, 2008) – UAH 13.64 billion (about $1.72 billion).

Investors may have the opportunity to buy state property in installments, Ivan Aksenov, head of the Rosimushchestvo department, said yesterday; the agency is discussing this idea. Rosimushchestvo has not yet fully decided for how long the installment plan can be provided and whether it is worth making such a change to the privatization procedure, he admitted.

S. Nikolaev Repairs are also expensive.

At the beginning of the second quarter of 2010, it became obvious that after last year's impressive growth, the Russian market began to lose momentum, adding only 7% in the first quarter of 2010, while in the previous three quarters the growth was 43%, 28% and 15%. 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 .

April 16, 2010, 19:46 / Management Most Russians do not trust information about officials' incomes Vedomosti On Monday, the Kremlin website published information about the property and income of employees of the Russian Presidential Administration, as well as members of their families. The information published on the Kremlin website is considered true by only 8% of our fellow citizens.

SPO in a few hours. Managing Director of Troika Dialog Mikael Gibo: “Eurasia took advantage of the opening in the market: in addition, the company recently published good results for 2009. Investor interest was high – the deal was completed in a few hours: there was demand from Russia, as well as from continental Europe and the USA.” Eurasia Drilling oilfield services group. MAIN owners – Alexander Dzhaparidze (45.84% at the end of 2008), Alexander Putilov (24.48%), Serik Rakhmetov (8.74%).

Russia intends to regain its lost influence in South America, and if someone is not happy with this, he “doesn’t give a damn,” President Dmitry Medvedev said at a press conference during a visit to Argentina. Apparently, there is no continent closer to Russian leaders than Latin America. One of Medvedev's first foreign tours as president was there: he visited Cuba, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil. Now the Russian leader has gone to Argentina and Brazil.

D.Grishkin In 2010, Nezavisimost plans to increase used car sales by 75%, said Eric Blondeau, the group's CEO. This market segment has proven incredibly resilient to the crisis, he noted: if sales of new cars in the group fell by 37% (to 19,065 units), then used cars fell by only 4% (to 2,116 units). Many customers switched to secondary cars in order to save money, and more and more used cars with a "white" Russian history are appearing on the market, he finds reasons.