February 20, 2013, 14:38 / Auto A new project on introducing a point system for drivers is being submitted to the State Duma undefined Vedomosti United Russia deputy Vyacheslav Lysakov, whose bill to increase punishment for violating traffic rules is awaiting the government's conclusion, introduced a new document for consideration by the State Duma, tightening only the administrative punishment. The parliamentarian proposes to introduce a point system and set a fine of 50,000 rubles.

The project of a joint Russian and Ukrainian football championship only at first glance looks wild, uncalculated and fantastic. In fact, it meets the main criteria of the economy and policy of megaprojects, which in recent years has prevailed over the economy itself. Let us recall that the idea of ​​such a championship actually grew out of a disciplinary punishment (deduction of three points and a fine) to which St.

February 20, 2013, 00:38 / Interviews and profiles Sergei Ignatiev: Interview - Sergei Ignatiev, Chairman of the Bank of Russia Russian banks can be freed from most dubious transactions: one-day firms can be removed from shadow circulation, and asset theft should not be allowed to get away with, Sergei Ignatiev is convinced Olga Plotonova Sergei Ignatiev, Chairman of the Bank of Russia / D.

The Russian Investigative Committee (SKR) confirmed on Wednesday that another suspect had been detained in the case of the mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6.

Representatives of the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC) have submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Education and Science to prohibit civil servants from defending doctoral and candidate dissertations. This was reported to Izvestia by the recently appointed chairman of the HAC, RUDN University rector Vladimir Filippov. He had previously mentioned this idea in an interview with the Moscow 24 TV channel on February 14.

Oil company BP has reached an agreement with the US government to reduce its fines for the Gulf of Mexico accident by $3.4 billion, Bloomberg reports. Judge Carl Barbier agreed with the company's claims that 810,000 barrels of leaked oil that were collected and released into the environment can be ignored. Under the Clean Water Act, BP would have to pay between $1,100 and $4,300 for each barrel of oil spilled.

In Moscow, police have detained the 21st person involved in the case of the May 6 riots on Bolotnaya Square. According to the microblog of the public movement "Rosuznik", this is Alexander Margolin, "a general civil activist, a participant in large protest actions." On February 6, 24-year-old national democrat Ilya Gushchin was arrested in the same case. He is accused of holding a police officer by his clothes during the riots.

Psoy, whose stage star rose in the mid-1990s, has long had his own audience, a close circle of fans – those who understand (his often encrypted dialogue with Russian literature and poetry). The new album – like the previous one, “Russian Wealth – 1” (2007), is grown from classic texts, mostly from the Silver Age. Turned inside out by the performance.

A criminal case has been opened against former Neryungri Mayor Vladimir Rusinov for abuse of office in the distribution of municipal housing. According to the Yakutia Prosecutor's Office, the violations were identified during a prosecutor's inspection of the resettlement of emergency housing. The audit revealed that 600 city residents who were registered as needing better housing conditions have not received new housing since March 2010.

February 20, 2013, 15:05 / Finance Otkritie Arena is a new home for Spartak The owner and veterans of the club, sports and football authorities - about the new arena of one of the most popular clubs in Russia Alexey Rozhkov Natalya Samarina D. Abramov / Vedomosti The presentation of the joint project of the Spartak football club (Moscow) and the Otkritie bank took place on Tuesday in Tushino, where the stadium for Spartak is being built.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has fined the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Russian Post 95,000 rubles for violating the deadlines for delivering mail from Moscow to the regions, the Prosecutor General's Office reported on Wednesday. "By decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court, the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Russian Post was sentenced to fines totaling 95,000 rubles," the Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement.

CJSC Transtelecom Company (TTK) Fixed-line operator. Shareholder – Russian Railways (100%). Financial indicators (IFRS, 2011): revenue – 24.8 billion rubles, net profit – 1.03 billion rubles. In February, TTK's total subscriber base for fixed broadband Internet access reached 1.1 million users, the company reported yesterday.

In five years, every second representative of the “golden billion” will wear Google Glass and iWatch. Read more on Vedomosti.ru 7 photos BRASILIA-HAVANA — Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is concluding a three-day visit to Brazil and Cuba. On Friday evening, he will lay a wreath in Havana at the memorial to the Soviet internationalist war and visit the Havana International Book Fair, but the substantive part of the visit ended the day before with Russian-Cuban negotiations.

" BCS Bank", which is part of the FG BCS, will offer loans to the population, said the chairman of the board of BCS Bank Emil Yusupov. Previously, the bank served the interests of only the clients of the broker BCS and did not offer credit products to the general public, he explains. One of the credit products - at a rate of 13% per annum with a minimum loan amount of 500,000 rubles for a period of three to 15 months - is designed for people with above-average incomes, says Yusupov.

Andrew Mackenzie and Marius Kloppers / From BHP Billiton website After the world's largest Anglo-Australian miner BHP Billiton Ltd. saw its profits for the second half of the 2012 financial year fall by 58%, its CEO Marius Kloppers has decided to step down, the BBC reports. He will step down on May 10 after six years at the helm of BHP Billiton and 20 years with the company. He will be replaced by Andrew Mackenzie, head of the non-ferrous metals division.