The Gazprom Neft Board of Directors has decided to attract a syndicated loan from a number of banks for a total of $2.15 billion, the company's materials say. The loan term is five years from the date of the first drawdown. The interest rate will be LIBOR plus 1.5% per annum. The loan will be repaid in equal installments over three years, starting from the second year after the date of the first drawdown.

The Verkhovna Rada of Crimea approved the referendum budget in the amount of 16 million hryvnia ($1.74 million), reported the speaker of the Legislative Assembly Vladimir Konstantinov. The budget was approved at an extraordinary session on March 11. On the same day, the Rada of Crimea adopted a declaration of independence of the republic and a resolution on guarantees of the rights of the Crimean Tatars.

March 11, 2014, 05:00 / Business Zenit fired Spalletti, and... O. Semak appointed head coach Zenit head coach Luciano Spalletti was dismissed; Sergei Semak, who retired as a player at the beginning of the season, was appointed acting. Alexei Rozhkov Valery Matytsin / ITAR-TASS Zenit head coach Luciano Spalletti has been dismissed, Sport Express claims. Sergei Semak, who ended his playing career at the beginning of the season and switched to coaching, was appointed acting.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia has opened a case against the State Unitary Enterprise Mosgortrans, suspecting it of violations in organizing an auction for the purchase of buses, the FAS press service reported. The reason for this was the statements received by the agency from OOO Prodmashrooms and OAO Minsk Automobile Plant. According to BIR-analitik, the first company is 100% owned by its CEO Rifkat Akhmetov, and its main activity is trade in motor vehicles.

there will be no, people are delighted with what is happening: the Olympics, Crimea, there are still a couple of raids on migrants left and the rating is at a historical maximum. Lest today’s rise in vodka prices bring it down to a historic low.)

The Verkhovna Rada of Crimea adopted a resolution on guarantees for the restoration of the rights of the Crimean Tatar people and their integration into the Crimean community at an extraordinary session on March 11. According to the press service of the regional parliament, 81 deputies voted for it. Earlier that day, the declaration of independence of Crimea received 78 votes.

About regattas 11.03.2014 The third corporate sailing regatta “Captains of Business” will take place from September 20 to 26, 2014. In honor of the 15th anniversary of the Vedomosti newspaper, an exciting race will take place along a new route off the coast of the beautiful island of Sardinia. From Porto Rotondo to the La Maddalena archipelago and back. 15 corporate teams representing Russian and international companies will take part in the regatta.

M. Stulov / Vedomosti Devaluation brings its first results in the form of rising prices. The Ukrainian crisis promises new economic problems. But Russians' support for the Kremlin's course is growing - unable to find the strength to influence the unloved government, citizens find justification for the government in an aggressive foreign policy. Rising prices have always been the main concern for Russians.

Moskomprivatbank , a subsidiary credit institution of the Ukrainian Privatbank , is put up for sale. this about A banker familiar with the top managers of Privatbank and a top manager of Moskomprivatbank told Vedomosti . The process of searching for a buyer started in the middle of last week, they note. One of the interlocutors adds that the owners are talking about the difficult situation in which their Russian business finds itself, and they want to sell the bank as soon as possible.

VTB is ready to support its subsidiary in Ukraine, but there is no need for this yet, VTB President and Chairman of the Management Board Andrey Kostin told Prime. According to him, the group assesses the financial condition of the Ukrainian bank as stable, despite the extremely difficult economic situation in the country and the political crisis. "I don't see any reason for concern. The bank's liquidity is at an excellent level. All of VTB's financial obligations are fully covered.

March 11, 2014, 10:39 / Finance Five private banks will be created as an experiment in China Vedomosti In China, five private banks will be established on a pilot basis in the cities of Tianjin and Shanghai and in the provinces of Guangdong and Zhejiang. As ITAR-TASS reports, this was announced at the 2nd session of the National People's Congress of the 12th convocation by the Chairman of the PRC State Committee for Control and Management of Banking Affairs, Shang Fulin.

Representatives of other mobile operators refused to disclose the share of subscribers using data roaming. MTS press secretary Dmitry Solodovnikov notes only that subscribers are consuming more and more Internet traffic in roaming: last year alone, this figure grew by 50%. Tele2 representative Konstantin Prokshin says that the volume of Internet traffic in roaming for the operator began to grow back in 2012, after the launch of special options.

March 11, 2014, 15:57 / Auto Car sales in Russia fell by 2% in February Vedomosti Sales of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) in Russia in February 2014 decreased by 2% compared to the same month in 2013 - to 206,500, the Automobile Manufacturers Committee of the Association of European Businesses (AEB) reported. Sales in January-February decreased by 4% - to 359,200 cars.

March 11, 2014, 21:39 / Business Goal.com: The richest footballer in the world is Cristiano Ronaldo Analysts have found out who the highest paid players on the planet are. Among the 10 richest football players, only two play outside of Europe Alexey Rozhkov Andres Kudacki / AP Forward of Real Madrid and the Portuguese national football team, Cristiano Ronaldo, with a fortune of 148 million euros, became the richest player in the world according to the authoritative portal Goal.com.

M. Stulov The lion's share of lending to buyers of "pit" apartments is now made up of state banks, which are also engaged in project lending to developers. According to Igor Shuvalov, in 2013, Sberbank accounted for more than 50% of the mortgage market. Following the leader, although far behind it, are VTB 24 , Gazprombank , DeltaCredit, Rosbank , Svyazbank, Raiffeisenbank and Khanty-Mansiysk Bank.