Russian Railways has filed lawsuits for 7 billion rubles, demanding compensation from the state for losses for transporting passengers entitled to benefits in 2009. As Prime reports, citing data from the arbitration case file, the lawsuits have been filed against the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Labor.

December 28, 2012, 00:03 / Management The main driver of wage growth in the past year was the public sector The main driver of real wage growth in the past year was the public sector. But experts believe that a further increase in salaries for public sector employees will lead to a reduction in employment Mikhail Malykhin D. Grishkin / Vedomosti Chief economist of FC Otkrytie Vladimir Tikhomirov notes that the main driver of wage growth this year was public sector employees.

A New York judge has dismissed a $1.4 billion lawsuit filed by investors against German automaker Porsche, ruling it outside the state's jurisdiction. A group of 26 U.S. hedge funds accuse Porsche of misleading the market during its failed takeover bid for Volkswagen in late 2008.

President Vladimir Putin has set the task for the Ministry of Defense to complete the formation of an optimal structure of military spending in the near future. "I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in the near future we must reach an optimal structure of military expenditures.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation announced that it is buying SportsTime Ohio, a regional sports television channel that broadcasts games of the Cleveland Indians baseball team. The transaction amount is not disclosed. An informed Reuters source said the deal is about $230 million. News Corp plans to transfer the rights to broadcast the team's games to its other sports channel, Fox Sports Ohio.

Pussy Riot, punk band / A. Stenin / RIA Novosti Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich – members of the punk group Pussy Riot – became world famous in the past year. None of the most worthy representatives of modern Russian culture was as popular as the three girls who jumped for 20 seconds in funny caps-masks on the pulpit of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on February 21.

The exhibition “Link of Times” has opened in GUM - the Museum of the History of the Telephone presents ancient telephones. Especially for Friday, photographer Miroslav Robka went to Red Square to look at unusual devices and photograph them on his phone. In the Moscow City business center, the Oko tower under construction was on fire. Advertising banners covering the concrete flared up on the skyscraper - the same thing happened a year ago in the Federation tower.

The biggest buzz in 2012 was caused by new products with touch screens. In fact, touch screens have been on the market for more than 10 years, but only now have they become convenient, bright and inexpensive, and devices with them have become widespread. In 2012, 47% of all mobile phones sold in the world belonged to the smartphone class (which, as a rule, have touch screens), and in 2013 their share will grow to 56%, iSuppli predicts.

The exhibition “Link of Times” has opened in GUM - the Museum of the History of the Telephone presents ancient telephones. Especially for Friday, photographer Miroslav Robka went to Red Square to look at unusual devices and photograph them on his phone. In the Moscow City business center, the Oko tower under construction was on fire. Advertising banners covering the concrete flared up on the skyscraper - the same thing happened a year ago in the Federation tower.

The writers' walk along the boulevards, the awarding of the Booker Prize for "the best novel of the year", which, whatever one may say, was not a novel, but a chamber story by Andrei Dmitriev (there was no novel this year), and finally, the presentation of the "Big Book" to the elder Daniil Granin, who has essentially already left the modern literary scene, as well as the subsequent heated discussion in the press not at all about whether there was a clear leader this year (there wasn't!), but

The exhibition “Link of Times” has opened in GUM - the Museum of the History of the Telephone presents ancient telephones. Especially for Friday, photographer Miroslav Robka went to Red Square to look at unusual devices and photograph them on his phone. In the Moscow City business center, the Oko tower under construction was on fire. Advertising banners covering the concrete flared up on the skyscraper - the same thing happened a year ago in the Federation tower.

Mark Kurtser, founder and main owner of MD Medical Group / D. Abramov / Vedomosti Until September of this year, Mark Kurtser was known to the general public as a doctor – the capital’s chief obstetrician-gynecologist and chief physician of the Family Planning and Reproduction Center of the Moscow Health Department.

Palestinian National Authority (PNA) leader Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to dissolve the Palestinian self-government bodies and return responsibility for governing the West Bank to Israel if the peace process in the region continues to stagnate after the January elections and the formation of a new Israeli government.

The dollar exchange rate for “ tomorrow” settlements in the first minutes of currency trading on the Moscow Exchange on Friday increased by 11 kopecks. - up to 30.36 rubles, euro exchange rate - by 23 kopecks. - up to 40.46 rubles, follows from data from the Moscow Exchange. The cost of the bi-currency basket ( 0.55 dollars and 0.45 euros) increased by 17 kopecks. compared to the previous closing level and amounted to 34.91 rubles.

The investigation into 12 defendants in the case of the riots on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow on May 6 has been completed, Vladimir Markin, official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR), announced on Friday. "Investigative actions have been completed in relation to 12 defendants.