Ukraine insists that gas supplies should not be prepaid, but paid for upon receipt of gas in accordance with the terms of the current contract. This was stated today by the country's Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Yuriy Prodan. "If we start paying partial payments, then we need to return to the provisions of the contract, which stipulate that payments for gas supplies are made upon delivery, and not upon prepayment," Prodan told the Ukrainian online publication "Apostrophe".

The Ministry of Finance does not rule out replenishing the reserve fund in 2014. The head of the department Anton Siluanov told journalists about this. He specified that we are talking about replenishment in the amount of 100 billion to 200 billion rubles. Earlier, the minister said that replenishment of the fund would depend on the price of oil. "If the price situation remains the same as it is now, there will probably be no opportunity to replenish the reserve fund," Siluanov explained.

The Central Bank is currently developing an additional, so-called stress scenario for the development of the economic situation, which assumes a sharp decline in oil prices, but the probability of such a scenario is assessed as "low", said Bank of Russia Chairwoman Elvira Nabiullina, speaking at the Budget Committee in the State Duma.

October 13, 2014, 09:44 / Finance VTB will cut staff in London and other Western European cities Bank President Andrei Kostin believes that in “a year or two” “the situation will turn around,” but this year for VTB will not be a year of profit, but a “year of reserves” Natalya Raibman E. Kuzmina / Vedomosti Due to sanctions, VTB Group will slightly reduce staff in London and Western Europe, bank president Andrei Kostin told reporters.

The OSCE mission will begin using drones in eastern Ukraine in the near future, OSCE special mission spokesman Michael Bociurkiw said, UNN reports . "In the coming days, we will deploy them in the southeast of Ukraine. They can reach speeds of up to 100 km/h and can stay in the air for quite a long time, i.e. they will essentially become our eyes in the sky," he said.

The International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC, an IMF structure) noted the emergence of new imbalances in the global economy at a meeting in Washington, said Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak. According to him, the IMFC links the imbalance with the caution of economic agents and the "riskiness" of market participants. Many said that economic agents do not want to take economic risks and are very reluctant to start a new business.

Norway's Statoil has sold its 15.5% stake in the draft production sharing agreement for the development of the Azerbaijani Shah Deniz field, the Norwegian company said in a statement. The deal is valued at $2.25 billion and is expected to close in early 2015. Statoil's share in Shah Deniz production was 38,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the second quarter of 2014.

US National Security Adviser Susan Rice said Turkey is ready to provide its bases for allied air forces striking at Islamic State positions in Iraq and Syria, the BBC reports. In particular, this concerns the Incirlik base, located 160 km from the Syrian border. Negotiations on Turkey's further participation in the operation against ISIS are ongoing. US launches new air strikes on Islamic State positions in Iraq and Syria

The standoff between Russia and the US continues. Russian investors responded to the introduction of sanctions by reducing demand for American real estate. Now they are attracted by other markets. According to our forecasts, over the next two years, demand from Russian buyers of American real estate will decrease by 15-20% annually.

The A5 Group pharmacy chain will reach approximately 1,000 points by the end of the year, the company's CEO Andrey Gusev told Interfax. Currently, the pharmacy chain has 960 pharmacies. The company has already opened about 210 pharmacies this year, while closing about 300 points. Gusev noted that the company is closing small pharmacies and opening large ones, as a result of which revenue is growing.

Photoxpress According to Global Property Guide, during the housing boom of 1997-2007, house prices in France rose by 150%. In 2008, the financial crisis caused the market to weaken, and then property prices fell by 3.8%, and by another 4% a year later. In 2010, there was a revival, prices rose by 7.6%, then by 3.7% in 2011. In 2012, there was a slight decline (-2%).

October 13, 2014, 01:48 / Business Gazprom may abandon the Vladivostok LNG construction project Gazprom agreed to think about the proposal of its Chinese partners to abandon the construction of Vladivostok LNG and instead supply gas to China through the Alexander Terentyev pipeline Mikhail Serov Sakhalin-2 may remain Gazprom's only LNG production facility / Gazprom Press Service Refusal to build Vladivostok LNG could also be beneficial for Gazprom, the second interlocutor continues: due to

October 13, 2014, 15:45 / Finance Megafon agreed with China Development Bank on financing for $500 million undefined Vedomosti Megafon OJSC issued a mandate to the State Development Bank of China (China Development Bank) to organize financing in the amount of $500 million. The corresponding agreement was signed on Monday by Megafon CEO Ivan Tavrin and the head of the bank’s board of directors, Hu Huaibang, an Interfax correspondent reported from the signing ceremony .

Philadelphia businessman and investment fund manager Andrew Barroway has closed a deal to buy 51% of the shares of the Arizona Coyotes hockey club, which plays in the National Hockey League (NHL). This was reported on the club's official website. The deal's amount has not been officially disclosed. According to TSN, Barroway paid $155 million for 51% of the shares. The Arizona Coyotes were owned by Renaissance Sports and Entertainment (RSE), which will retain a 49% stake in the team.

October 13, 2014, 09:14 / Finance VTB President does not expect a strong collapse of the ruble in the coming months Vedomosti President VTB Andrei Kostin does not expect a strong collapse of the ruble in the coming months. He clarified that his forecast concerns the development of events in which there will be no extraordinary circumstances in politics and economics, the prerequisites for which he does not yet see.