The Supreme Lama of Tuva, Tenzin Tsultim, has died after a serious illness. This was reported by the press service of the regional administration.

The first of two Mistral helicopter carriers that France is to deliver to Russia will go to sea on Saturday night to undergo sea trials, Le Figaro newspaper reported, citing the management of the port of Saint-Nazaire. It is expected that the Vladivostok will leave the port at 2.50 local time (4.50 Moscow time). The ship plans to return to Saint-Nazaire on September 22, according to a statement on the port's official website.

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PIK to pay shareholders The PIK Group has announced that it may pay dividends for past years. Today, its board of directors will set a date for a shareholders' meeting on this matter. Earlier, PIK refused to pay dividends for 2013. Vedomosti "Golden Island" to be sold in October Moscow has postponed until October 3 an auction to sell shares in the companies Kamenny Most and Kremlin Site, which lease 3-hectare plots on Sofiyskaya Embankment, the mayor's office reported.

The restriction on borrowing by the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) on foreign capital markets will not have a significant impact on the corporation’s financial activities, said UAC Vice President for Economics and Finance Dmitry Eliseev. "The corporation covers its entire need for borrowed capital by borrowing on the Russian capital market.

September 12, 2014, 03:44 / Finance Sberbank, following Gazprom, may obtain a listing on the Singapore Exchange Sberbank, following Gazprom, may obtain a listing on the Singapore Stock Exchange. The State Bank is interested in both equity capital and in attracting debt financing Daria Borisyak Yulia Orlova After sanctions, the state bank has to look for new markets / M.

The Grafenegg Symphonic Music Festival has ended Four orchestras performed on four evenings: the Tonkünstler Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano , the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra with star countertenor soloist Bejun Mehta, the Seoul Philharmonic with Mung-woon Chun, and the London Symphony with Antonio Pappano.

September 12, 2014, 15:13 / Finance Banks are trying to improve the credit health of Russian borrowers The credit health index fell below 100 points for the first time due to an increase in overdue payments Alexander Vikulin The National Bureau of Credit History (NBKI) and FICO, a leading company in creating software for predictive analytics and decision-making, have been calculating an indicator such as the credit health index (reflecting changes in the payment discipline of Russians) for

A column with Russian humanitarian aid may leave from the Izvarino checkpoint for Lugansk on September 13, the Novorossiya press center told ITAR-TASS. According to it, the convoy is currently in Donetsk, Rostov Oblast. The official representative of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Alexander Drobyshevsky, said today that a convoy of humanitarian aid will be sent to the southeast of Ukraine after coordination with Kiev.

September 12, 2014, 21:04 / Technology / Auto Tesla received $1.3 billion tax break from Nevada to build battery plant Nevada authorities granted Tesla tax breaks for its decision to build a giant plant for the production of batteries for electric vehicles in their state Gennady Anisimov Tesla Motors The authorities of the US state of Nevada provided Tesla Motors with tax breaks worth $1.3 billion for the construction of the world's largest plant for the production of lithium-ion batteries.

September 12, 2014, 03:45 / Finance Russian tax authorities may start receiving information from offshore companies Russian tax authorities may begin to receive information from offshore companies.

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German oil and gas company Wintershall (a subsidiary of the BASF concern) is buying assets in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea from Statoil for $1.25 billion, the participants in the deal reported. Among other things, Statoil is completely withdrawing from the project to develop the existing Gjoa field. Wintershall's share will increase from 15% to 20% as a result, and Wintershall will take over the operator's function from GDF Suez.

The Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region has cancelled the contract for capital repairs of Savushkina Street for 1.3 billion rubles, which the Directorate of Transport Construction (DTC), subordinate to the Committee for the Development of Transport Infrastructure (KRTI), concluded in October of last year with ZAO Sintez, according to court materials. The tender was first announced on April 30, 2013, but the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) cancelled its results twice.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated that the introduction of new sanctions against Russia by the European Union demonstrates the EU's unity in supporting Ukraine in the current situation.