The French Citroen presented a promising Cactus car, demonstrating the ideas and stylistic solutions of a new generation of cars of the “C” model line, aimed at the mass buyer. The concept will premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and a new line of production cars is expected to be launched in 2014, the company said.

President Vladimir Putin has signed the nomination of Tatyana Golikova for the post of Chairperson of the Accounts Chamber (AC), the Kommersant newspaper writes. The head of the AC apparatus, Sergei Shakhrai, told the publication that he and the current head of the agency, Sergei Stepashin, are resigning. "The president has signed a nomination for Tatyana Golikova and her deputy," Shakhrai said, answering Kommersant's questions during a visit to the Yeltsin Presidential Library in St.

A. Makhonin / Vedomosti Moscow demands that Minsk immediately release Uralkali CEO Vladislav Baumgertner, who was detained at the Minsk airport after a meeting with Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich, said presidential aide Yuri Ushakov. "Five days have passed since our citizen was arrested in Minsk. We demand his immediate release and expect that the Belarusian side will do so in the near future," he told journalists (quoted by RIA Novosti).

Rostelecom did not buy all the shares from minority shareholders that they wanted to sell. The rest ended up on the stock exchange / A.

August 30, 2013, 21:26 / Auto New fines for traffic violations come into force From Sunday, September 1, for any violation on the road they will be punished with no less than 500 rubles, for drunk driving they will begin to fine 30,000-50,000 rubles, and the license will be returned after an exam on knowledge of traffic rules and a medical commission Gennady Anisimov D.

30 August 2013, 16:39 / Business Rosneft employee salaries increased by 25% in 2012. Vedomosti Salaries and other payments to Rosneft employees increased by 25% in 2012. In total, they earned 94.2 billion rubles; in 2012, their total pay was 75.2 billion rubles, according to the company’s sustainability report. The average monthly salary increased by 16% - to 50,667 rubles. At the end of last year, about 169,000 people worked at Rosneft, compared to 164,000 at the end of 2011.

30 August 2013, 16:47 / Politics Sechin asks Transneft not to cut oil supplies to Belarus Rosneft expects to maintain oil supplies to the Belarusian refinery in the same volumes Anastasia Agamalova The volume of supplies to the Mozyr Oil Refinery in Belarus should be maintained in the fall; Rosneft intends to contact Transneft with a request to fulfill all deliveries under the contract, Rosneft President Igor Sechin told reporters.

Vladimir Putin "There are doubts that all officials, including those responsible for hydropower, acted in accordance with <...> instructions." The President instructed the Investigative Committee to check how officials and other officials in the Far East region acted in the flood conditions.

Leonid Mikhelson (pictured) can count on 2.2-2.5 billion rubles / S. Porter / Vedomosti On September 6, Novatek's board of directors will discuss recommendations for interim dividends for the first half of the year, the agenda for the meeting says. "Novatek's dividends for the first half of the year will be higher than the company's policy dictates," a source close to the company told Vedomosti. A company representative did not respond to questions.

In July, inflation in Japan was the highest since 2008, the Financial Times reports. Core consumer prices (CPI), which exclude the cost of fresh food, rose by 0.7%, according to official government data. Prices have risen for a second month in a row, having fallen since April 2012. Inflation was 0.4% in June. Analysts had on average forecast a rise of 0.6%. The increase was mainly due to higher energy import prices.

About 60% of Russians who participated in the survey "Portrait of a Modern Muscovite" could not find any positive traits in him, General Director of the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) Valery Fedorov told journalists on Friday. "We conducted a survey about what a Muscovite looks like in the eyes of Russians, among those who do not live in Moscow permanently. It must be admitted that Russians find very few good qualities in Muscovites.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called on independent gas producers selling gas to the population in Russian regions to also participate in the gasification of these regions. During a government meeting on the gasification of regions at Gazprom, Kostroma Region Governor Sergei Sitnikov noted that the region had encountered difficulties with gasification as a result of a change in the gas sales operator (in 2012, Novatek bought Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Kostroma).

The Kremlin has not yet commented on the situation surrounding Uralkali CEO Vladislav Baumgertner, the president's press secretary Dmitry Peskov told the Prime agency. "The Kremlin has not yet commented [on this situation]," Peskov said. Baumgertner was detained at the Minsk airport on August 26 after a meeting with Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich. He is accused of abuse of power and official authority, a representative of Uralkali said.

In her new position, she will take on the post of Marketing Director. An interesting publication in Vedomosti. Olga Turishcheva moves from VimpelCom to M.video. In her new position, she will take the post of Marketing Director. I advise you to read: http://www.vedomosti.ru/career/news/15770531/iz-vympelkoma-v-mvideo We are grateful to everyone who quotes our texts on blogs and forums.

The British government and parliament became the first Western countries to call for a military response to the chemical attack in Syria, formulating arguments in support of it yesterday, but delayed making a final decision. There is no absolute certainty that the Bashar al-Assad regime was behind the use of chemical weapons on August 21, Prime Minister David Cameron told the House of Commons.