May 25, 2010, 11:14 / Business Gazprom will sign an agreement with Greece on the construction of South Stream on June 7 Vedomosti The Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom will sign an agreement on June 7 with the Greek gas pipeline operator DESFA on the construction of the Greek section of the South Stream gas pipeline. As DESFA representative Sotiris Hiotakis told the American industry publication Upstream, the document is planned to be signed in Moscow.

The largest Russian restaurant chain, Rosinter, received 30 million rubles in the first quarter of this year. net profit according to IFRS compared to 175 million rubles. loss a year earlier, the company said. At the same time, the holding’s net revenue for the first 3 months of the year increased by 13% - to 2.2 billion rubles. In 2009, the company received a net loss of $8.4 million compared to a $15.2 million loss in 2008.

May 25, 2010, 08:15 / Finance At least 100 sites will start working in the .рф zone on Tuesday Vedomosti Russia became the first country with a non-Latin alphabet to receive a national country domain. At the end of last year, priority reservation of domains in the .рф zone began for government agencies and companies that own registered trademarks.

Yesterday, the RTS index rose to 1311.7 points (+1.06%, daily maximum – 1330 points), the MICEX index – to 1269.37 points (+0.35%, in the morning the index exceeded 1286 points), the main “chips” on the stock exchanges changed in price by 0.1–3.2% both upward and downward. Markets were supported on Monday evening by strong statistics on existing home sales in the US in April: sales rose by 7.6%, compared with forecasts for growth of 5.1%.

May 25, 2010, 07:31 / Business / News ALROSA management wants to turn the company into a “people's company” undefined Vedomosti The President of CJSC AK ALROSA Fedor Andreev began negotiations with one of the main shareholders - the Republic of Sakha - on the “opening” of the company, a representative of the press service of the Yakut Parliament said on Tuesday.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch today lowered its forecast for Urals oil prices and its assessment of Russian oil companies. 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.

A homemade explosive device was found near the police department building in the city of Baksan in Kabardino-Balkaria. An employee of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the republic reported that the device was planted 5-6 m from the central entrance to the building where two police departments are located - for the city of Baksan and the Baksan region. UFSB specialists are working to defuse the explosive device.

May 25, 2010, 19:36 / Finance Investor fears could lead to a new tsunami The Dow Jones fell below 10,000; gurus disagree on whether the 2008 collapse will repeat itself Elena Shushunova AP Photo / Richard Drew The global exodus of investors from equities and commodity assets continues; panic threatens a credit freeze and a new wave of economic decline. Strategists and gurus disagree on whether the 2008 crash will repeat.

The Ministry of Finance has prepared a list of goods and services that cannot be paid for through payment terminals: it includes lottery tickets, tourist vouchers and charitable contributions. Now they account for no more than 1% of all instant payments made in Russia, but lottery operators were going to rely on this sales channel.

The list of income and property information posted on the State Duma website did not include information on 23 deputies, including such well-known ones as Mikhail Musatov, Ashot Egiazaryan and Iosif Kobzon. No disciplinary measures can be applied to them today. Will drastic measures be taken against MPs who fail to submit income tax returns in the future? Valery Rashkin, member of the State Duma Committee on Regulations and Organization of Work, comments: "Dramatic measures will be taken.

A Nightmare on Elm Street A burned face, a muffled voice, a striped sweater, a hat and, of course, a glove with knives instead of fingers - good old Kruger. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010 is a rebranding of the 1984 horror classic. Iron Man 2 2 1 A new film starring Robert Downey Jr. is coming out - a relevant and ironic comic book about the arms race without a hint of political correctness. Passion knows no barriers Directed by Maren Ade.

The EU and IMF bailout has given Greece the breathing space it needs to get its finances in order. It may or may not help Spain and Portugal avoid a Greek scenario, and even prevent a possible Greek default. But whatever the outcome, it is clear that Greece’s problems have become a black mark for the EU.

South Korea is freezing trade with North Korea, banning its ships from entering South Korean territorial waters and ports, resuming psychological attacks on the border and intending to bring the issue of imposing sanctions against its neighbor to the UN Security Council, Reuters reports President Lee Myung-bak as saying. Any violation of the country's air, sea and land space will be considered a military attack, the president said.

The crisis, in theory, should change not only national but also personal strategies. After all, many of us often project onto ourselves the doctrine of the end of history, popular in the fat years and questioned in the days of economic disasters. It says that humanity has already discovered all the best and reached the pinnacle of evolution. And it is time to reap the fruits of centuries of effort.

Amendments to the law "On the elections of deputies of the Novosibirsk regional council of deputies" (Vedomosti has a copy) were adopted in the final second reading on Friday. The amendments were proposed by United Russia members and supplemented by the governor, said Yevgeny Pokrovsky, deputy head of the United Russia faction. The powers of the fourth convocation deputies elected in December 2005 expire this year.