January 27, 2014, 15:06 / Business Magnit achieved record margins in 2013. The market is waiting for a reduction in the revenue forecast for 2014. Natalya Ishchenko The net profit of the largest Russian retailer Magnit in 2013 increased by 41.75% and reached 35.6 billion rubles, the company reported preliminary data under IFRS. In the last quarter of last year, the retailer's net profit increased by 41.41%, to 11.773 billion rubles. EBITDA increased by 36.56% to RUB 64.7 billion.

At the end of 2013, the total size of the debt portfolio of Gazprom Neft OJSC was estimated at approximately $9 billion, the company reported. As of the end of 2012, the debt portfolio of Gazprom Neft amounted to approximately $7.65 billion, according to the IFRS report. The debt burden level in 2013 increased slightly compared to the beginning of the year, when it was 0.51, but is still significantly below the threshold of 1.5, Prime notes.

In the Moscow region, the head of the Scientific Research and Testing Center for Research and Development Prospects of Armored Vehicles of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "3rd Central Research Institute" of the Ministry of Defense, Colonel Oleg Tregubenko, was arrested. As reported to ITAR-TASS by the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the officer is suspected of fraud on an especially large scale and abuse of power.

Russian GDP will add 2.5% in 2014, the growth rate will increase gradually and exceed 2% in the third quarter, Interfax said in an interview with Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev . In 2013, as reported, GDP growth was tentatively estimated at 1.4%. “ We expect that there will be an increasing effect quarterly, that is, each subsequent quarter of 2014 will be better than the previous one. Overall, we expect growth of 2% in the third quarter.

The exchange rate of the Ukrainian hryvnia against the US dollar fell to a new historical low - 8.625 hryvnia per dollar. On Friday, January 24, quotes on the interbank market of Ukraine were at the level of 8.5 hryvnia per dollar. Statistics from the National Bank of Ukraine show that 8.625 hryvnia per dollar is a historical minimum. The Ukrainian currency is declining amid protests by the political opposition, accompanied by conflicts with the police.

Retailers wishing to expand their presence in the Moscow region will have to spend money on building access roads to their stores. This was reported by RBK daily, citing cooperation agreements signed by Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov with representatives of the companies Hyperglobus, Metro Cash & Carry, Auchan, O'Key, X5 Retail Group , Selgros Immobilien and Tander. The documents stipulate that they will be required to invest in developing the street and road network around new stores.

January 27, 2014, 17:26 / Finance The Central Bank intends to withdraw from the capital of the Moscow Exchange this year Yulia Orlova The Central Bank, which, according to the law on the Central Bank, must cease to be a shareholder of the Moscow Exchange by January 1, 2016 (it currently owns 22.5%), can do this this year.

January 27, 2014, 14:39 / Business In Chuvashia, over 6.9 billion rubles will be invested in the development of sports. until 2020 undefined Vedomosti At a meeting of the government of the Chuvash Republic, the regional program “Development of Physical Culture and Sports” until 2020 was approved. The volume of funding for the program will be over 6.9 billion rubles. Of these, more than 3.5 billion rubles.

January 27, 2014, 21:13 / Finance The United States fined the Bank of Moscow for violating sanctions against Iran Vedomosti The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) fined the Bank of Moscow $9.4 million for violating sanctions against Iran. As stated in the message on the OFAC website, we are talking about violations in 2008-2009.

January 27, 2014, 10:28 am / Finance The Central Bank raised the boundaries of the bi-currency corridor for the ninth time in January Anastasia Agamalova For the ninth time in January, since January 24, the Bank of Russia has shifted the boundaries of the floating currency corridor of the bi-currency basket ($0.55 and 0.45 euros) up by another 5 kopecks. up to 33.50-40.50 rub. Thus, the Central Bank raised the limits for four days in a row.

Indian Tata Motors announced the death of the company's managing director, Karl Slim, in Thailand. The 51-year-old executive has led all of the company's divisions except Jaguar Land Rover since October 2012 . According to the BBC, Slim traveled to Bangkok to attend a board meeting. The circumstances of the top manager’s “ untimely and tragic death” are not disclosed in the press release. It was unofficially reported that Slim fell from a hotel window.

1. Forensic examination: 20 people died in Odessa from an unknown gas Twenty people died on May 2 in Odessa from gas poisoning, smoke and fumes, said the head of the Odessa Regional Bureau of Forensic Medicine, Grigory Krivda. 2.

Hidden away in the depths of Zolotoy Island, between the Rosneft mansion and the Kokorevsky farmstead, is a brick house with a front garden on a plot of 3.4 acres. The owner of the property is the head of the department of information management systems and computer technology at the Academy of Labor and Social Relations, Viktor Rozanov. He inherited the house: during the NEP, Viktor's father received a dilapidated building from the state and completely restored it.

Chair of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children Elena Mizulina believes that the amendments banning any sex propaganda among minors are excessive.

January 27, 2014, 15:58 / Business A salary cap will be introduced in the FNL Maria Solovichenko FNL President Igor Efremov said that at the end of the season the league is ready to consider the option of introducing a salary cap in the second strongest Russian division. Championat.com reports this. “A salary cap will be introduced in the FNL. This is the decision of all clubs, and this practice is already used in Serie B,” Championat.com quotes Efremov.