E.Razumny for Vedomosti Following Sunday's elections, United Russia won 28 seats in the Moscow City Duma, and 10 were won by independent candidates supported by it. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation won five seats, and Rodina and the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia won one each. There will be no Yabloko members in the Moscow City Duma, as this party's list included not only its members, but also candidates from the opposition coalition For Moscow.

Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev believes that it is inappropriate to introduce new restrictions on the import of industrial goods to Russia in response to US and EU sanctions. "Our task is not to harm them, but to help ourselves. Therefore, we must do this in such a way as not to bring great risks to our own consumers, and these are primarily inflationary risks, and secondly, to make it so that it benefits our producers," he said.

Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg When the creditor banks gave Mechel a covenant holiday in 2013, one of the conditions was a moratorium on dividend payments until the company's debt burden dropped to 3 (at the end of 2013, the ratio of net debt to EBITDA was 11.7). After that, Mechel will be able to pay ordinary shareholders up to 60% of net profit, and preferred shareholders up to 20%.

Among the customers of STG-eco are such large companies as Inter RAO UES, Gazprom Neft , Rosatom and Russian Railways , as well as the subjects of the Federation, municipal authorities of the Moscow Region, and companies of the STG group. STG-eco provided environmental services within the framework of such large projects as the construction of the Olympic road Adler - Mountain climate resort Alpika-service and the Western high-speed diameter in St. Petersburg.

Denis Abramov / Vedomosti On Tuesday, the State Duma Committee on Information Policy recommended that the lower house adopt in the first reading amendments to postpone the entry into force of the already adopted document on the personal data of Russians from September 1, 2016 to January 1, 2015. This was reported by Interfax and ITAR-TASS.

The head coach of the football club "Lokomotiv" Leonid Kuchuk was unable to get to the club's base in Bakovka, where he arrived for an evening training session. Kuchuk drove up to the base in Bakovka, but a security guard came out and explained something to the coach. Soon Kuchuk turned around and left the base, reports Sovetsky Sport. "From the sublime to the ridiculous there is only one step," said Kuchuk, getting into his car.

Today, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the European Parliament must ratify the association agreement. But Ukraine will only begin implementing it in 2016 - this was agreed upon last week by the Minister of Economic Development Oleksiy Ulyukayev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin and the European Commissioner for Trade Karel de Gucht. Until the end of 2015, only the EU preferences for Ukraine will be in effect.

E.Razumny for Vedomosti According to preliminary data from the Central Election Commission, in all 30 regions where gubernatorial elections were held, the incumbent leaders confidently won, and the average percentage of votes cast for them increased significantly compared to the two previous campaigns (see chart). United Russia is leading in the voting by party lists in the elections to regional parliaments.

ASG Historical estates increase the capitalization of surrounding real estate by 5-10%, improve its liquidity, and promote the development of local tourism. But the return on multimillion-dollar investments in their restoration and development is only 2-3% per annum in foreign currency. Of the 320 estates located in the Moscow Region, according to the Moscow Region Property Ministry, 80 are in an unsatisfactory and ruined condition.

Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev believes that the current decline in oil prices is temporary. "Predicting oil is the most thankless task of all. There is almost no chance that you will make the right predictions. It seems to me that this wave is temporary, and there will be some strengthening later," he told journalists. The Minister noted that it is necessary to understand the relationship between political and fundamental factors in the price of oil.

The Egyptian authorities have found $8.5 billion to expand the Suez Canal, said Hisham Ramez, the chairman of the central bank. According to Reuters, he told Al-Hayat TV that the necessary investments were found in just eight days thanks to the issuance of bank investment certificates with a maturity of five years. These securities were issued by the National Bank of Egypt, as well as Banque Misr, Banque Du Caire and Suez Canal Bank.

Cognizant Technology Solutions (IT outsourcing) has bought TriZeto, an IT company that develops software for managing healthcare processes, for $2.7 billion from private investors Apax. The Financial Times calls this deal the largest for Cognizant. The newspaper explains that Cognizant aims to strengthen the development of its own healthcare business and take one of the leading positions in the IT services market in this industry.

Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada voted to adopt the law "On the purification of power" (on lustration). 231 people's deputies out of 246 registered in the session hall voted for this decision, UNIAN reports. The bill was adopted only after several attempts - before that, the deputies did not support it, but continued to discuss it, the agency notes.

E.Razumny for Vedomosti The Garage Center for Contemporary Art, now a museum, is living out its final months in a paper building. Work on the ultra-modern Seasons pavilion is to be completed by the summer of 2015.

The Bank of Russia has revoked the license to carry out banking operations from JSCB Intrustbank, according to the Central Bank website. This decision was made by the regulator due to the credit organization’s failure to comply with federal laws regulating banking activities, as well as regulations of the Bank of Russia. The bank was unable to satisfy the demands of creditors for monetary obligations. Intrustbank is a participant in the deposit insurance system.