The Moscow Arbitration Court has registered the application of OOO Firline for the bankruptcy of the airline Moskva. The date for the consideration of this claim has not yet been determined. This is already the second bankruptcy claim of Moskva - the hearing of the application from the Kazan Motor-Building Production Association JSC is scheduled for October 7.

The Russian banking sector is now better prepared for a possible new wave of crisis than it was in 2008, said Sberbank President German Gref. He specified that the capital adequacy of banks is now higher. The Central Bank's instruments are also more ready: if necessary, it will be able to provide the necessary liquidity in the shortest possible time. Thirdly, the same instruments have been worked out with the government.

In the next 10 years, according to Alekperov, Lukoil does not plan to make major acquisitions in refining and sales, but is ready to actively invest in new projects in exploration and production of raw materials. He also recalled the difficulties in accessing Russian subsoil resources and spoke in favor of privatization of the Russian oil industry, where the state-owned Rosneft plays the leading role.

Following a complaint from Sberbank, the Federal Antimonopoly Service has opened a case against the Ministry of Defense in connection with the illegal transfer of banking services for defense industry enterprises to VTB Bank. The case was opened on the grounds of violating the Law on the Protection of Competition.

Bank of Moscow intends to sign an agreement on the return of shares of AS Eesti Krediidipank (EKB), according to a decision of its board of directors published yesterday. In March, the bank sold 27.6% of EKB shares for 6.99 million euros, and its share decreased to 16.22%. At the end of April, a Bank of Moscow expedition received a copy of a contract for the sale and purchase of 27.6% of EKB shares for 6.99 million euros from a courier, which was dated March 24, 2011.

D.Grishkin On Friday, the Arkhangelsk Regional Court dismissed the cassation appeal against the denial of parole for the former head of the Menatep financial institution, Platon Lebedev. The ruling to deny the defense's cassation appeals was read by Judge Mikhail Klochkov, the website Khodorkovsky.ru reported. This means that the denial of parole for Lebedev was recognized as lawful.

O'Key Group Retail chain. Main owners: Dmitry Korzhev (28%), Dmitry Troitsky (28%), Boris Volchek (22.2%), Hillar Teder (7.3%), free-float – 14.5%. Capitalization – $2 billion. Financial indicators (IFRS, first half of 2011): revenue – 42.8 billion rubles, net profit – 1.1 billion rubles. The hypermarket on Vyborgskoe Shosse, 3, will open by the end of September, the press service of O'key reported.

The Farnborough Air Show is taking place this time without the Russian Knights aerobatic team, which, due to bureaucratic delays associated with the overload of the UK visa center in Moscow, have not received the necessary documents. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the number of people affected by the flood in Kuban is 35,000, including 29,000 who lost their property completely or partially. 172 people died.

S.Petrov / Territory The Sochi Winter Theatre, a huge old-fashioned palace in the Empire style (as the co-founder of the Territory festival Roman Dolzhansky put it, “hell with a reputation as paradise”), was transformed for one day into a center of contemporary art. The main part of the event was a musical and stage composition staged by Filipp Grigoryan based on the works of composer Alexey Sysoyev.

September 16, 2011, 03:39 / Management The list of main intermediaries between business and the state has been published The Center for the Study of Problems of Interaction between Business and Government presented a rating of Russian GR specialists, causing irritation to the winners Alexey Yablokov For Friday The list of main intermediaries between business and the state has been published On September 13, the Center for the Study of Problems of Interaction between Business and Government

Standard & Poor's has followed Moody's in placing the long-term counterparty credit rating of Swiss bank UBS, currently at A+, on review with the possibility of downgrade. S&P notes that the rating action on UBS is related to the bank's announcement of possible losses in the third quarter due to unauthorized transactions by one of its traders.

Gazprom and Italy's Eni have signed an agreement confirming the Russian company's acquisition of 33% in the Libyan Elephant project for $163 million, Eni reported. In addition, Gazprom and Severenergia, of which Eni is a shareholder, have signed an agreement for the Russian company to purchase gas from this joint venture. It is planned that Gazprom's oil subsidiary, Gazprom Neft, will represent Russia in the project.

Former police colonel Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who was recently accused of organizing the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, suggested during interrogation that Boris Berezovsky could have been the customer. According to Pavlyuchenkov, the customer's negotiations with the intermediary, Lom-Ali Gaitukayev, were allegedly conducted in Ukraine, since the customer was banned from entering the country at the time.

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September 16, 2011, 15:37 / Finance Credit brokers in the service of business: pros and cons Sergey Serov Many Russians already know about the services of credit brokers to assist in obtaining consumer, car loans and mortgages. After the crisis, many banks with ambitious plans to develop lending to legal entities began to actively cooperate with credit brokers in this direction. Moreover, very large, medium-sized, and very small banks establish relationships with brokers.