Former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and defendant in the Oboronservis case Yevgeniya Vasilyeva put pressure on four witnesses last November, took them to the forest, and took away their credit cards, one of the secret witnesses claims. His testimony was read out by a judge in the Moscow City Court on Monday. "Serdyukov and Vasilyeva organized pressure on the witnesses," the testimony says.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev criticized the work of Russian Post, noting that the company is in an extremely difficult situation due to an imperfect management system, manual processing of correspondence and low wages. "The postal service is subject to enormous criticism. There are a lot of complaints and grievances.

St. Petersburg athletes who win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Sochi will receive bonuses of 5 million rubles, said St. Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko. Georgy Poltavchenko's meeting with St. Petersburg candidates for the Russian national team for the trip to the Olympic Games in Sochi took place on Monday in the St. Petersburg administration.

November 18, 2013, 00:00 "Russia" has retired The Central Bank canceled the license of the oldest insurer - Rossiya Insurance Company. A third of the compensatory fund under compulsory motor liability insurance can go to payments to clients of the company Yuri Nekhaychuk The collapse of “Russia” may affect 650,000 car owners / V. Melnikov / RIA Novosti The provisional administration of “Russia” will have to deal not only with debts to policyholders.

November 18, 2013, 14:00 / Politics Auchan decided to issue a new license for the sale of alcohol in the Moscow region The retailer decided that this would be faster than trying to renew the old license; her authorities in the Moscow region recalled her due to inconsistencies in the company’s reporting on alcohol turnover Maria Kunle A. Makhonin / Vedomosti Retailer Auchan has submitted documents for a new license to sell alcohol in the Moscow region.

Bloomberg LP's news division plans to cut 50 jobs, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with the company's plans. Most of the layoffs will occur in the Sports and Arts divisions, and several employees in the investigations division will also be cut, the newspaper's sources say. Bloomberg's television unit has already cut 10 jobs in the past week, the people said. The company's media and news divisions employ 2,400 people.

On Friday, the Presidium of the Moscow City Court reduced the sentence of the founder and former CEO of Sunrise, Sergei Bobylev, from 9 years to 5.5 years, reclassifying 31 of the 33 episodes of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud) to the milder 159.4 (fraud in the sphere of entrepreneurial activity). The court upheld two more episodes (in terms of embezzlement of funds from the International Credit Bank and Alfa-Bank ).

Oppositionist Alexei Navalny has paid a fine of 500,000 rubles, which was imposed on him by the court in the Kirovles case. "Navalny has already paid the fine and submitted documents to the Federal Penitentiary Service," Navalny's representative, lawyer Olga Mikhailova, said on Monday. The lawyer also reported that, according to the sentence, Navalny must report to the criminal executive inspectorate at his place of residence twice a month.

D. Abramov / Vedomosti A separate chapter on the prosecutor's office should appear in the Constitution - amendments describing the new status of prosecutors, the CPRF faction prepared for the presidential draft of amendments to the Constitution. Today the document should be considered by the constitutional committee, there were four days to collect amendments, at the request of the chairman of the committee Vladimir Pligin they were accepted only with the signatures of 90 deputies.

The coal company Yuzhny Kuzbass (part of OAO Mechel-Mining) provided OAO Mechel with a loan of 1.681 billion rubles, according to the coal company's materials. The funds were provided within the limit of one-time debt to finance the borrower's current activities. The transaction was completed and approved by the board of directors of Yuzhny Kuzbass on November 15, and the deadline for fulfilling obligations under it is November 14, 2014.

The Bank of Russia Financial Markets Service ( FMS) decided to revoke the insurance and reinsurance licenses of Rossiya Insurance Company . This company with the second license number has been operating on the market since April 1990. The basis of its business ( 60% of the portfolio) was OSAGO . As of July 1, Rossiya ranked 12th in terms of collections in the MTPL market ( RUB 1.04 billion; 1.65% of total) and 623,506 clients. OSAGO policies issued by Russia continue to be valid.

The net profit of VTB 24 Bank for January - October 2013 was 17.569 billion rubles against 28.795 billion rubles for the same period last year. This is evidenced by calculations based on the bank's turnover statement, published on the website of the Bank of Russia. Profit before tax was 23.109 billion rubles against a profit of 36.893 billion rubles for the same period last year.

Kazan Airport is reopened for sending and receiving aircraft. The official Twitter of the airport announced this at 16.25 Moscow time. “Check-in for flight R2 6885 Kazan - Hurghada has begun. 186 passengers,” the message says. At the same time, there is still a message on the official website of the airport that the airport is closed until 18.00 Moscow time. The airport was closed for almost a day due to the Boeing 737 plane crash, which killed 50 people: 44 passengers and six crew members.

November 18, 2013, 00:00 TKS suffered for a mistake On Friday, TKS Bank had to explain to investors the legality of its business model. Due to a mistake by the deputies, the already fragile quotes of its shares collapsed by 40% Daria Borisyak Dina Ushakova Yulia Orlova Representatives of banks that are major players in the credit card market claim that remote channels account for a small percentage of sales.

AvtoVAZ External Relations Director Igor Burenkov has left his post, he told RIA Novosti. Burenkov became AvtoVAZ External Relations Director in 2009. Previously, he headed the public relations directorate of Channel One and the corporate communications department of Rosnanotech. "I believe that all the tasks set before me by the plant's management have been completed. I have not yet decided on my future place of work," he said.