The Identification Center company, founded by Sergey Adonyev and Albert Avdolyan, the first LTE operator in Russia, Scartel, will sell the technology for mass implementation of mobile signatures in Russia to Megafon. All competencies for the “electronic signature on a SIM card” project based on the Signum solution will be transferred to Megafon , Vladimir Zavitkov, CEO of the Identification Center, told Kommersant.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand has estimated losses to the tourism sector at 90 billion baht ($2.8 billion) if the political crisis drags on for another six months. The head of the agency, Tatwatchai Arunyik, believes that the biggest decline will be in group tourism, and groups account for 30-35% of the total tourist flow. Mass anti-government protests have been ongoing in Bangkok since November 2013.

New Vice Mayor Mikhail Vasiliev has been appointed First Deputy Mayor of Rostov, the press service of the mayor's office reported. Vasiliev was born in 1965, has worked in the city administration since 2001 - deputy head, then head of the Oktyabrsky district, since 2010 - deputy mayor for construction, since 2011 - head of the Sovetsky district of Rostov. The previous vice-mayor, Viktor Shumeev, was elected to the regional legislative assembly in September last year.

February 20, 2014, 14:54 / Business Tretyak: Bilyaletdinov will answer for defeat at the Olympics in early March undefined Vedomosti The meeting of the executive committee of the Russian Hockey Federation (RHF), at which the head coach of the Russian national team Zinetula Bilyaletdinov will report on the performance of the national team at the Olympics in Sochi, will take place in early March, FHR President Vladislav Tretyak told the R-Sport agency.

The suspension of the Ukrainian Basketball Championship was announced on the official website of the Ukrainian Super League. "In connection with the events taking place in the country, the association of basketball clubs of Ukraine "Super League" considers it necessary to suspend the holding of matches of the Ukrainian championship among clubs of the Super League until the situation stabilizes, tentatively until February 26, 2014," the statement reads.

In the match for third place, the Swiss team defeated the Swedish team with a score of 4:3. Among the winners were Sarah Benz (42nd minute), Phoebe Stenz (47th), Jessica Lutz (54th) and Alina Muller (59th). The Swedes scored goals from Michelle Löwenhielm (14th), Erika Uden-Johansson (39th) and Pernilla Vinberg (60th). Previously, the Swiss team, who beat the Russian team in the quarterfinals of the Games, had never risen above fifth place at the Olympics.

February 20, 2014, 14:36 ​​/ Auto / Real estate St. Petersburg is thinking about introducing paid parking in the center Vedomosti Parking in the center of St. Petersburg should be paid, following the example of Moscow, says Vice-Governor Marat Oganesyan. “Of course, we cannot escape the situation with paid parking based on the experience of Moscow, especially in the central part of the city. I’m not even talking about emergency ones - two cars cannot miss each other on the road.

February 20, 2014, 11:52 / Auto The launch of the Yo-auto plant in St. Petersburg has been postponed indefinitely Vedomosti The launch of the Yo-auto LLC plant in the Maryino industrial park in St. Petersburg has been postponed indefinitely. This was stated by the chairman of the city committee on industrial policy and innovation, Maxim Meiksin, to reporters on Thursday on the sidelines of the AutoInvest-2014 conference.

You yourself are wretched. Over 20 years of experience, I have changed about 15 cars. From Zhiguli to Lexus. I've owned the Pilot for two years. Problems - 0. I couldn't be happier. And this is the best car of all in terms of price-quality-practicality. Large practical car for a normal family. If it weren’t for this idiotic transport tax, half the country would be driving it. What is there in this BMW - besides show-off?

I remember this story with my Freelander2, whose headlight bulb burned out. The car is under warranty at Autopassage. I call and ask when I can come to have the burnt out light bulb replaced by authorized Land Rover mechanics and at the same time I ask about the price of the issue. Answer: recording in a week, the cost of the lamp is 1000 rubles, work is still about 2000, and most importantly, you need to wait many days to solve a simple problem.

MKR CEO Ivan Polyakov sent proposals to Omsk Region Governor Viktor Nazarov and Mostovik CEO Oleg Shishov to buy out their shares in OAO Omsk Airport Fyodorovka, the corporation's press service reported yesterday. MKR is interested in developing a large international aviation complex in Omsk Region, the press release states. MKR Deputy Director for Public Relations Sergey Demensky declined to provide details of the offer.

Former Udmurtia President Alexander Volkov told journalists on Thursday during the introduction of the acting head of the region that he does not plan to take part in the elections of the republic’s highest official in September of this year. On February 19, President Vladimir Putin appointed Alexander Solovyov as acting head of Udmurtia in connection with the expiration of the term of office of Alexander Volkov, who had headed the region since 1993.

The state energy holding Rosseti has proposed cutting its investment plan for 2014-2017 by almost 33% in the context of a tightening tariff policy with the authorities demanding that the main construction projects be preserved, sources say. The volume of the investment program, compared with the current version, has been reduced by 417 billion rubles to 862 billion rubles, including VAT, two sources familiar with the board of directors' decision told Reuters.

Russia's largest methanol producer, OAO Metafrax, has suspended the implementation of its ammonia and urea production project due to the unstable situation on the currency market, said Armen Garslyan, chairman of the company's board of directors. "We took a break due to the turbulent situation on the currency market. We have everything basically ready, but the project is expensive, so we need to understand which way the currency situation is heading," he said.

February 20, 2014, 00:00 Banks lure away borrowers Consumer loan refinancing programs were in demand among the population: over the year, banks issued more than 10 billion rubles. such loans Dina Ushakova D. Abramov / Vedomosti Rosbank (refinancing loans since the fall of 2012) last year issued such loans for 288 million rubles, said Lidia Kashirina, director of the retail products marketing department of Rosbank. The rest followed the leader.