The paradox of dictatorship On the article “Noise Fear” (No. 218 of 11/24/2014, p. 07) The article illustrates a particular case of a general paradox (at first glance): a classical dictatorship treats public opinion with much greater fear and attention than a classical democracy. Because within the framework of classical democracy it is known that a) power is not eternal, b) on what date of what year and by what rules it will be replaced.

Arbitration reform reaches deadlock over dispute over preferences for courts at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry / Petr Kovalev / Interpress / PhotoXPress Today, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will hold a meeting on the reform of arbitration courts, two employees of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs told Vedomosti. His press secretary Natalya Timakova declined to comment on the prime minister's work schedule.

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin called the Central Bank's decision to raise the key rate to 17% from 10.5% correct. "The Central Bank's decision to raise the rate to 17% in the current conditions is forced, but correct," Kudrin wrote on his Twitter account. On Tuesday night, the Central Bank raised the key rate, which determines the cost of money for commercial banks, from 10.5 to 17% per annum.

"The mafia doesn't have HR - why do you need it?" - the author of the book "Mafia Manager" ironically invites us to figure out the motives for selecting an HR director for a company. What do you really want from this person? Why do you need him? The more honest and accurate the answer, the higher the likelihood that you will quickly find exactly what you need.

JSC Russian Railways (RZD) expects to sell its stake in ZAO Transmashholding for no less than the purchase price. "Of course not," said RZD President Vladimir Yakunin in an interview with the Russia 24 TV channel, answering the question of whether the monopoly would sell the stake for less than it bought it for. Earlier, the general director of the Infoline-analytics agency Mikhail Burmistrov estimated the Russian Railways package at 300-350 million euros.

Bloomberg Investments in new oil projects worth $930 million are at risk due to a drop in prices to $60 per barrel, analysts at Goldman Sachs warned. The cancellation of such projects could lead to oil production being 7.5 million barrels per day below the possible level in the next decade, which currently corresponds to 8% of global demand. Today, Brent oil fell by 1.85% to $59.93 per barrel by 19.30 Moscow time.

Rosatom , as the sole shareholder of JSC Atomenergoprom, has decided to conduct an additional issue of the company in the amount of 820 billion rubles, the company said in a statement. The additional issue is being carried out to organize financing for projects to build nuclear power plants in Russia and abroad. The number of ordinary shares to be placed is 500 million pieces with a par value of 1,000 rubles per piece; preferred shares - 320 million pieces also at 1,000 rubles each.

The son of the 41st US President George Bush Sr. and the brother of the 43rd US President George Bush Jr., Jeb Bush, said that he was going to "actively explore his options" for running for president in 2016. He wrote about this on Facebook. Reuters notes that Bush became the first Republican to identify himself as a possible participant in the election campaign. In April, he promised that he would make a decision by the end of this year. Jeb Bush is a Republican.

St. Petersburg-based OOO Lenpromstroy has won two open tenders for the construction of a section of the Omsk ring road Fyodorovka - Aleksandrovka (Western Bypass). This was reported by the state procurement website. Lenpromstroy valued its services in the first tender at 709,054,837 rubles with an initial (maximum) contract price of 779,181,140 rubles, and in the second tender at 256,270,450 rubles with an initial contract price of 281,615,880 rubles.

Now such an announcement, which was quite common 20 years ago, is called illegal by lawyers / Roman Denisov / ITAR-TASS Corrected version. The original published version can be viewed in the Vedomosti archive (smart version) Dura lex. From Article 29 of the Law on the Central Bank Banknotes (bank notes) and coins of the Bank of Russia are the only legal means of cash payment on the territory of the Russian Federation.

On Tuesday, the State Duma adopted in its third and final reading a law prohibiting the placement of state and municipal government servers outside of Russia. "The purpose of the law is to establish a permanent direct regulatory ban on existing facts of placing various resources of state bodies outside of Russia," explained one of the authors of the initiative, Viktor Klimov (United Russia).

At least 141 people were killed in an attack by Pakistani Taliban militants on a school in the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar, the AP news agency reported, citing Pakistani army spokesman Asim Baiva. He said 132 children and nine other school workers were killed in the attack. At least 121 people were wounded. Doctors said many of those killed had been shot in the head and chest. Some were wounded by bombs dropped by the militants.

Russian Railways OJSC expects an accounting loss according to RAS at the end of 2014, which arose due to the impact of exchange rate differences, Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin said in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel on Tuesday. “We expect a volume of total revenue that exceeds 1 trillion 280 billion rubles.

December 16, 2014, 04:52 / Auto Bentley expands its dealer network in Russia The second partner of the brand in Moscow will be the Avilon group Yulia Gribtsova Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti Avilon Automotive Group received a Bentley dealership, Vagif Bikulov, director of the luxury division of Avilon Automotive Group (will manage the brand’s new car dealership), told Vedomosti.

The introduction of paid parking in the center of Moscow has increased the speed of traffic in the city center by 10%, Deputy Mayor Maxim Liksutov told the Moscow 24 TV channel. Thanks to paid parking, the capacity of highways has increased by 25%, he said. “Paid parking is a cure for the city’s transport problems,” Liksutov said. From December 25, paid parking will be introduced inside the Third Transport Ring (TTK).