Former Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin has confirmed that he will not join the new government that will be formed after the presidential elections in March. "Putin has made up his mind... I have also made up my mind that I will not join the government. I am not going to join the government," Kudrin said, answering a question from journalists at the Russia-2012 forum about whether he would join the new government.

The Samara City Hall announced that the first citywide holiday, “Graduate Reunion Day,” will be held on February 4. On the stages set up on the main square of Samara – Kuibyshev Square, “the spirit and style of the past decades will be recreated: the generations of the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s,” the report says. In addition to local bands, the mayor’s office press service employee said, DJ Sergei Minaev and the VIA “Sinyaya Ptitsa” have been invited to the celebration.

Google's privacy policy change, announced last week and scheduled for March 1, 2012, has alarmed not only ordinary Internet users but also members of the US Congress. Last Tuesday, the Internet company was forced to explain what was going on. Google does not intend to collect additional information about users, but only to combine the existing information, which has been disparate until now, its representatives explained.

Budget piggy bank The volume of the reserve fund as of February 1 was 1.863 billion rubles, having increased by 2.2 times in a month (excess income from oil and gas exports was transferred there), the yield for 2011 was 1.8%, the Ministry of Finance reported. The volume of the national welfare fund was 2.682 billion rubles, having decreased by 112 billion rubles in a month, the yield for 2011 was 2.67%.

A classic example of an intuitively non-obvious but correct business decision that has become widespread thanks to science is selling extra tickets on most flights. Moreover, extra tickets are sold not only by those airlines that don’t care about passengers, but also by those for whom a high level of service remains the main priority. This technique is so expressive that it is often used in a course on probability theory for students of economics faculties and business schools.

The incomes of candidates for deputy of the Rostov City Duma in the Proletarsky single-mandate electoral district No. 28 for 2010 were published in the city administration newspaper "Rostov Official". The deputy's seat became vacant after Dmitry Ostrovenko resigned his deputy powers in June 2011 (see inset) . The elections will be held on March 4. Four candidates have been registered. The richest candidate is the sole owner and CEO of Firma Kristina, Valery Levchenko, nominated by United Russia.

Russia will privatize the diamond mining monopoly Alrosa, offering on a parity basis 7% stakes from federal property and those belonging to the Republic of Yakutia, Alexey Uvarov, director of the property relations department of the Ministry of Economic Development, told journalists. "We will now work to coordinate actions to sell Alrosa, the plan was to sell 7% of our stake, and we want Yakutia to also sell 7% of its...

The Russian military-technical cooperation (MTC) system, despite the loss of Libyan military contracts and the Indian tender for the supply of 126 fighters, ended the past year with another record. Only through the country's only special exporter of finished military products, the company Rosoboronexport, the volume of arms deliveries reached almost $11 billion, exceeding the 2010 volume by $2 billion.

The Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS) plans to take a number of measures in 2012 to simplify conditions for foreign investors and issuers on the Russian stock market, the head of the agency, Dmitry Pankin, told the Prime agency. On Wednesday, as part of the Russia-2012 Forum, Pankin met with foreign investors who are conducting operations with Russian securities and are interested in the Russian financial market.

The Spanish Finance Ministry has placed medium-term government bonds maturing in three, four and five years for 4.56 billion euros, with the yield down from previous auctions, AFP reports. Spain sold bills maturing in 2015 for 2.52 billion euros, with the yield at 2.861%, down from 3.384% at the previous auction. Debt securities maturing in 2016 for 984 million euros were also placed, with the rate at 3.455%, down from 4.021% at the previous placement.

The government has declared war on offshores. And how much money does the Russian budget lose due to the use of offshore jurisdictions? It is difficult to answer this question precisely, but one can imagine the scale of tax evasion, for example, using customs statistics. You will be surprised, but since 2005, the largest buyer of Russian goods has consistently been the Netherlands, leaving far behind such important trading partners of Russia as China, Germany and Italy.

February 02, 2012, 00:02 / Business Airbus 380 will fly to Russia in summer The world's largest aircraft, the Airbus 380, may begin regular flights from Moscow to Dubai this summer Ekaterina Sobol Domodedovo plans to receive the Airbus 380 (A380) this summer, an airport representative told Vedomosti. He did not say which airline would use it on its flights.

In the article “A Mobile Phone for Work Purposes” (No. 16, 31.01.2012, p. 16), the last name of AT Consulting partner Andrey Nugmanov is incorrectly indicated. In the article “Hope for Investments” (No. 17, 01.02.2012, p. 03), the words of a representative of Siemens should be read: “Siemens is counting on the growth of its business in Russia and intends to implement investment projects worth a total of 1 billion euros in the next three years.” In the article “Fly away – cheaper” (No.

The Rabaul Queen ferry, which was carrying about three hundred passengers, has disappeared off the coast of Papua New Guinea. According to the BBC, the ship's operator, Star Ships, announced on the morning of February 2 that contact with the ferry had been lost. At that time, the ferry was between the cities of Kimbe and Lae, north of New Britain Island. Australian media reported that the ship had sent out a distress signal. An Australian search and rescue aircraft was dispatched there.

The crisis in the European sovereign debt market forced banks to begin tightening lending conditions in late 2011 and early 2012, the European Central Bank reported. The ECB surveyed 124 banks from all eurozone countries in January. Thirty-five percent of the banks surveyed tightened requirements in the fourth quarter, and another 25% plan to do so in the first quarter of 2012.