The Central Election Commission has registered the leader of "Batkivshchyna" and former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko as a presidential candidate, UNIAN reported on Monday. Fourteen members of the Central Election Commission voted for this resolution. In addition, the CEC registered billionaire MP Petro Poroshenko as a presidential candidate. He is running for president of Ukraine from the UDAR party. 14 members of the commission also voted for the corresponding resolution.

instagram.com/fbits ​ On the weekend of March 29-30, two sold-out concerts in a two-hundred-seat hall in Podsosensky Lane launched a long-term project of the Moscow agency and label FBITS - the private philharmonic FINOMI (Philharmonic of New Musical Art). This is far from the first initiative designed to break down the wall between academic and club music. It is enough to name the cultural center "Dom" or the club "Union of Composers".

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Crimea to discuss the development of the republic and the city of Sevastopol. His visit took place 10 days after Crimea and Sevastopol were incorporated into Russia. Deputy Prime Ministers, federal ministers and heads of relevant departments will take part in the meeting. Last week, members of the Russian government visited the peninsula - Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov, and Labor Minister Maxim Topilin.

March 31, 2014, 19:39 / Business / News Rosneft buys a company with scandalous drilling rigs undefined Vedomosti On March 31, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia approved the application of RN-Burenie (a subsidiary of Rosneft ) to acquire the Orenburg Drilling Company. “RN-Bureniye’s application to acquire a 100% stake in the authorized capital of Orenburg Drilling Company was approved today. It was received by us on March 11,” the antimonopoly department reported.

Consultants must prove their experience / E. Kuzmina / Vedomosti NIPI TRTI is part of the international company Sweco and specializes in projects to develop transport corridors, finance road infrastructure, model freight flows, organize traffic, and manage passenger transport, the institute's website says.

Former Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf has been charged with treason in court over his 2007 decision to declare a state of emergency, suspend the constitution and extend his term in power. He has pleaded not guilty and called the charges politically motivated, Reuters reports. He said he had taken nothing from his country and had only given everything, adding that he would prefer death to "surrender." Musharraf could face the death penalty if convicted on all five counts.

At the instigation of the Ministry of Economic Development, the government has revived the discussion about revising the budget rule. On Thursday and Friday, Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev made it clear that when discussing the parameters of the federal budget for 2015-2017. will push for a relaxation of the rule.

Polymetal (which combines the assets of Polymetal OJSC) received $198 million in net loss according to IFRS for 2013, compared to $428 million in net profit in 2012, the company said in a statement. Thus, the result was worse than analysts expected a loss of $45.5 million. The company attributes the negative result to a lower EBITDA indicator, which is explained by a decrease in prices, negative unrealized exchange rate differences and non-cash expenses from impairment.

VTB could have sold its stake in Bulgartabac for much less than its market value / M. Stulov / Vedomosti According to the Austrian registry, BT Invest GmbH, which owns 79.83% of the Bulgarian cigarette manufacturer Bulgartabac, has changed its owner: 100% of the company is now owned by Livero Establishment. Previously, the company belonged to the Cypriot VTB Capital Pe Investment Holding Ltd. The press service of VTB Capital declined to comment.

On Monday, the State Duma unanimously adopted a bill on the denunciation of Russian-Ukrainian agreements on the Black Sea Fleet, thereby supporting the corresponding proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The deputies adopted in three readings the law "On the termination of agreements concerning the presence of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine" (for - 443 with the required minimum of 226 votes; no one voted against).

March 31, 2014, 15:35 / Finance US energy boom fuels population and economic growth The most noticeable growth is in the oil-rich regions west of the Mississippi. James Polity The energy revolution in the United States has fueled rapid population and income growth in oil-rich regions over the past year. In particular, we are talking about areas located west of the Mississippi, according to data from the Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Denis Abramov / Vedomosti Deputy Prosecutor General Viktor Grin has approved the indictment in the "Bolotnaya case" against four participants in the mass riots, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office reported. It will be considered by the Zamoskvoretsky District Court, which has previously issued two sentences in this case, finding a total of nine people guilty of participating in the mass riots.

On the first evening (the program was shown three times), the auditorium was filled with almost the entire Russian political and business elite: in recent years, not seeing Vishneva's premieres has seemed more shameful than missing an international economic forum. But this time, the ballerina was less prepared than ever to compromise.

March 31, 2014, 20:57 / Business Atomenergoprom sold its stake in Inter RAO to Rosneftegaz for 10.72 billion rubles. undefined Vedomosti OJSC Atomenergoprom sold its stake in OJSC Inter RAO to Rosneftegaz for 10.72 billion rubles, as follows from the materials of the nuclear industry company. In December, OJSC Rosneftegaz completed the acquisition of from Rosatom a 12.49% stake in Inter RAO State Corporation.

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