The new mayor of Moscow... well, yes, I still want to say about Sergei Sobyanin that he is the new mayor, although he has occupied this position for more than six months, he has expanded his sphere of influence in an extraordinary way. It is not even about the gigantic space that Sergei Sobyanin has received at his disposal - "new Moscow", 2.5 times larger than the previous one; this, of course, means cyclopean amounts of money, and, probably, the glory of a major urban planner.

Aeroflot increased passenger transportation in the first half of the year by 22% to 6.24 million people, the head of the airline Vitaly Savelyev told Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday. "That is, we are growing twice as much as the civil aviation market is growing," Savelyev said, whose words are quoted in the transcript of the meeting on the government website. He added that the entire aviation market in Russia grew by 10% in the first half of the year.

What's left at Lucchini Severstal disclosed the latest data on Lucchini assets in its IFRS report for 2010. Ascometal was listed as the only asset whose main activity was steel production. The list also included four traders: Ascometal GmbH (Germany), Lucchini Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (Singapore), Lucchini Iberia SI (Spain), Luchini USA Inc (USA).

The head of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Verkhne-Pyshminsky and Sredneuralsky urban districts of the Sverdlovsk region, Colonel Marat Khalimov, has been suspended from his post in connection with a fight in the village of Sagra, Viktor Berdnikov, head of the department for work with personnel of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the region, announced at a press conference on Monday.

Net profit of the State Unitary Enterprise Moscow Metropolitan according to Russian Accounting Standards in 2010 increased by 1.74 times compared to 2009, to 3.35 billion from 1.92 billion rubles, according to data from the SPARK-Interfax database. In 2009, the capital's metro showed a 2.3-fold increase in profit, while in 2008 it fell by 2.6 times.

S. Porter "The Right Provocation" Shvetsov is very excited about the Yo-mobile project. In terms of the technologies used, there is nothing unique about it, and such a car can really be created, he is sure. But the most important question is how to make the production of Yo-mobiles as technologically advanced as possible and keep costs under control. That is why he did not negotiate with Mikhail Prokhorov about working together.

The Italian automaker Fiat has abandoned plans to build a plant in Nizhny Novgorod; Cherkessk could become one of the alternative sites, the Kommersant newspaper wrote on Monday. As sources reported, the concern's potential creditor, Sberbank, offers it to launch production at the Derways plant in Karachay-Cherkessia. Fiat itself wants to build its own plant near St. Petersburg, where Nissan, Toyota, General Motors and other automakers are already operating.

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has proposed to the Minister of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev to establish a regulatory time limit for the arrival of State Traffic Safety Inspectorate officers to the scene of an accident, the supervisory agency reported on Monday. The Prosecutor General's Office has established that statistics on the time it takes for police officers to arrive at the scene of a traffic accident are kept only for incidents in which there are casualties.

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has issued a preliminary ruling in the patent dispute between HTC and Apple, finding the Taiwanese smartphone maker has infringed two of the 10 patents Apple cited in its March 2010 lawsuit. HTC said it would appeal and defend its case. On this news, HTC shares on the Taiwan Stock Exchange fell by 3.97%, despite the company's buyback program announced over the weekend.

Petersburg viewers eagerly listened and watched everything that happened at the film forum / Film Forum The film forum, which brought together a large number of film professionals and journalists from all over the world, ended, as usual, with the distribution of awards. Marlen Khutsiev - his personal retrospective and master class were held within the framework of the festival - was awarded a special prize of the city of St.

London's police have lost their second senior leader in a day - following Scotland Yard Chief Commissioner Paul Stevenson, Deputy Chief of Police John Yates resigned on Monday amid a scandal involving illegal journalists, Mayor of the British capital Boris Johnson said. "Both of these resignations are regrettable but they were the right decisions. The guilt or lack of professionalism of these two people has not yet been proven.

18 July 2011, 18:14 / Finance VTB estimates the deal to purchase 100% of the Bank of Moscow at 258 billion rubles. Vedomosti VTB expects that the acquisition of 100% of the Bank of Moscow will cost it 258 billion rubles, said the bank’s financial director Herbert Moos. “We expect that the total purchase price of 100% of the Bank of Moscow corresponds to 258 billion rubles,” he said during a teleconference.

In May of this year, Russia reduced its investment in US Treasuries by 8.1% to $115.2 billion from $125.4 billion at the end of April 2011, according to data from the US Treasury Department. In annual terms, the volume of US debt securities owned by Russia has decreased by 9.1%. As of May 2011, the main holders of US Treasuries were mainland China ($1.16 trillion), Japan ($912.4 billion), and the United Kingdom ($346.5 billion).

July 18, 2011, 11:03 / Finance Europe's peripheral banks perform suspiciously well in stress tests Alexander Leonov Spanish and Italian banks showed good results in European stress tests that ended last week. According to the Financial Times, this is an unexpected result that may reduce the pressure on banks that has been growing recently.

JPMorgan Alfa-bank JPMorgan analysts have raised their recommendation for Pharmstandard receipts, the target price has been lowered from $33 to $31.5. The company's securities are significantly undervalued and are traded at a 3-16% discount to global peers. Possible reasons, according to JPMorgan, are expectations of further price declines on pharmaceutical products (regulation of the industry is unlikely to change in the run-up to the elections) and a number of corporate events.