The share of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the structure of the gross regional product (GRP) of Tatarstan last year was 25.3%, according to the report on the activities of the executive authorities of the republic for 2012 (Vedomosti has a copy). Compared to the year before last, this figure has not changed (in 2011, the share of SMEs increased by 0.5%).

Piotr Anderszewski is immersed in darkness and himself / D. Abramov / Vedomosti The 43-year-old Polish pianist is a rare example of a musician who has made a successful career solely on the basis of serious creative achievements. He is not a virtuoso – although he plays very carefully. There are few rarities in his repertoire. He sits at an ordinary concert Steinway.

An antique salon is opening in St. Petersburg, where you can find rarities from Baltic collections The porcelain vase at the Collector antique salon , which unites in St. Petersburg will be presented by the Riga auction house Vitber at the Riga Art stand three Latvian collections. The vase was made in 1940 at the Riga Porcelain Factory, which at the beginning of the twentieth century was part of the M. S.

The Russian stock market continues to fall on Friday, with the MICEX index falling below 1,400 points in the first minutes of the session. The strong outflow of capital from funds investing in the Russian market, amid the continuing fall in oil prices, is unlikely to allow the indices to rebound in the coming days. According to EPFR Global, the outflow of funds last week was the most significant since the 2008 crisis.

April 12, 2013, 15:30 / Finance M&A deal of the week: Total sells French gas business to international consortium French EDF (20%), Italian Snam (45%) and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC (35%) are buying a business specializing in gas transportation and storage for 2.4 billion euros Marta Dovnar Buyers: EDF, Snam, GIC. Object of purchase: TIGF (Transport et Infrastructures Gaz France). Transaction size: EUR 2.4 billion.

The fight for the reputation of science and academic degrees has taken an unexpected turn. Vladimir Burmatov, a deputy caught by activists citing unfairly, called for the Ministry of Education and Science to be cleared of plagiarists and asked the Prosecutor General's Office to check the legality of using the Antiplagiat scientific text checking system.

Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank began its analysis of the Moscow Exchange with a recommendation to "buy" with a target price of 61 rubles per share. The exchange offers entry into a market that can grow by 18% annually until 2017. The start of the central depository, the planned admission of European settlement systems to the stock market and the introduction of settlements with deferred payment (T+2) should help the exchange maintain the market.

Dollar 30.88 The dollar is losing ground: its rate has fallen by 88 kopecks in a week to 30.88 rubles, and dollar savings have become cheaper by 2.6%. Euro 40.37 The euro has fallen by 33 kopecks. Today, 1 euro costs 40.37 rubles. The ruble value of euro assets has fallen by 0.8%. Since the beginning of the year, the dollar has risen by 1.7% against the ruble, and the euro by only 0.3%. Stocks and bonds Russian stocks continue to fall in price.

The total investment volume in the Moscow commercial real estate market for the fourth quarter of 2012 was about $3 billion (only investments in completed properties are taken into account), according to a report by Jones Lang LaSalle. Thus, the Russian capital entered the top 10 cities in the world for the first time in terms of investment volume, sharing 8th-9th place in the ranking with Washington.

April 12, 2013, 10:30 / Finance Positioning system on the Internet and on the road - how technological innovations are changing the insurance market The insurance business begins to work in real time, which allows companies to develop additional services for clients - from personal accounts to mobile applications Sergey Savosin It is no secret that the development prospects of many domestic insurance companies are already directly determined by the quality of work to optimize the costs of doing

M. Stulov / Vedomosti The Russian economy could slide into recession by autumn if additional stimulating measures are not taken, said Minister of Economic Development Andrei Belousov: “We are not yet in recession, but we could end up there. There is such a risk. <...> I think by autumn, if there is no growth” (quoted by Interfax).

Jessica Chastain could have been Olga Kurylenko, but she had a lot of work / OUTNOW.CH Of course, I can't give away the plot. I would try, but there wouldn't be enough space in the newspaper. Director Joseph Kosinski came up with a lot of things when he transferred his own comic book to the screen. Or rather, he didn't come up with them, he combined them. After all, so many science fiction films had been made before him. So many plot twists had been written.

The Ministry of Economic Development has raised its forecast for the average annual ruble exchange rate for 2013 to 31.4 rubles per dollar from 32.4 rubles according to the previous forecast, according to the revised forecast for 2013-2016 published by the department. For 2014, the average annual ruble exchange rate was increased to 32.1 rubles per dollar from 33 rubles. For 2015, the forecast has not changed and is 33.7 rubles per dollar.

April 12, 2013, 15:18 / Finance Belousov: Without stimulus measures, the Russian economy faces recession by autumn Vedomosti If stimulus measures are not taken and there is “no growth” in GDP, the Russian economy could enter a recession by the fall of 2013, said Economic Development Minister Andrei Belousov. He noted that the economy is not yet in recession and promised that his department will propose measures to stimulate the economy.

The Golos Association reported that the owner of the office it rents in Moscow has terminated its contract early and is evicting it from the premises. On its Facebook page, the association http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=564504146914072&set=a.173442199353604.37782.168939573137200&type=1" target="_blank">asks help her find new premises. Human rights activists attribute the landlord's decision to the pressure that began to be exerted on the organization.