December 17, 2014, 10:00 / Finance Stock recommendations: investment banks have found promising metallurgical companies Elena Filimonova Morgan Stanley revalued companies in the metallurgical sector: - lowered the forecast price of Polyus Gold shares from 1.5 to 1.45 British pounds, the “sell” recommendation did not change; - lowered the forecast price of TMK GDR from $6.9 to $3.5; the “hold” recommendation has not changed.

Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti According to the latest Levada Center poll, the number of Russians expecting increased repression against dissidents has fallen from 34% in October 2012 to 25% in November 2014. Only 18% of respondents believe that the establishment of a dictatorship in the country is possible (compared to 31% two years ago).

Swedish Forex Bank has announced that it is suspending the purchase of rubles due to a sharp fall in the Russian currency, TASS reports. "We are buying rubles only from those clients who have previously purchased them from us, provided that they have a receipt," the financial institution said in a press release.

In October 2013, Isaev found himself at the center of a scandal when his assistant was removed from an Aeroflot flight while intoxicated. Isaev then stated that the airline had no claims against him. He subsequently resigned as deputy secretary of the United Russia general council, but did not give up his parliamentary mandate or leave the party. The Presidium of the General Council of United Russia has reinstated the membership of State Duma Vice Speaker Andrei Isaev in this structure.

December 17, 2014, 18:07 / Management Bloomberg calculated the losses of Timchenko, Usmanov and Vekselberg for this year The 20 richest Russians, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, have lost $10 billion together since the beginning of the week Natalya Raibman The 20 richest Russians, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, have lost $10 billion together since the beginning of the week, the news agency calculated.

December 17, 2014, 15:26 / Business Suppliers of alcohol, juices, fish, tea, fruits began to suspend shipments online The reason is the “orgy” in the foreign exchange market Natalya Ishchenko Irina Skrynnik Maria Kunle Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti Food retailers are faced with a suspension of supplies, suppliers and retailers told Vedomosti. The main reason is currency fluctuations and ruble devaluation; players cannot plan their activities in the current conditions.

December 17, 2014, 08:44 / Finance Russia may be excluded from the MSCI Emerging Markets index Vedomosti Index provider MSCI may exclude Russia from the MSCI Emerging Markets index, it said in a statement. The decision point will be foreign exchange controls.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Ukraine by telephone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as well as the leaders of France Francois Hollande and Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, the Kremlin website reports . Merkel and Hollande acted as mediators in the negotiations on the Ukrainian problem for the first time in Normandy, during the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the landing of the allied forces.

December 17, 2014, 19:29 / Business Lawyer Michael Garcia leaves FIFA in protest against its policies The departure of the author of the investigation into corruption in the elections of the host countries of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

In recent months, the engineering group E4 Group, whose beneficiary is the Minister for Open Government Mikhail Abyzov, has stopped servicing loans, Kommersant writes . Two sources in banking circles told the newspaper about this, and then Alfa Bank confirmed it. Alfa Bank reported that the bank had declared the entire loan for early repayment, but did not name the amount.

Andrey Makhonin / Vedomosti The RFU is not in time to pay the salary arrears of Fabio Capello and his assistant Oreste Cinquini by December 19, a source close to the union told Vedomosti. The Federal Service for Labor and Employment (Rostrud) ordered the union to pay the money by this date after an unscheduled inspection in November. At that time, Rostrud discovered salary arrears to Capello and Cinquini.

December 17, 2014, 12:48 / Auto Parking in Moscow will be free from January 1 to January 11 undefined Vedomosti Parking for the New Year holidays will be free, said the head of the State Public Institution “Administrator of the Moscow Parking Space” Alexander Grivnyak. “There should always be some kind of gifts on the eve of the holiday.

A year after the sale of Profmedia, Paskina returned to the media business / Petr Kassin / Kommersant Olga Paskina has been appointed Senior Vice President of Discovery Networks for North-Eastern Europe and CEO of the Russian division of this company, an employee of one of the cable operators told Vedomosti. A representative of Discovery and Paskina herself confirmed this. Paskina did not disclose what tasks were assigned to her.

On December 15, the Bank of Russia sold $1.961 billion as part of its interventions. This is reported on the regulator's website. On Friday, December 12, the Central Bank sold $2.383 billion to stabilize the ruble exchange rate. The Bank of Russia sold $478 million on the foreign exchange market on December 11, $206 million on December 10, $348 million on December 9, $400 million on December 8, $1.926 billion on December 5, $1.9 billion on December 3, $700 million on December 1.

Investigators have found only one signature of former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov in the Oboronservis case materials, for which he could be held accountable, said Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigative Committee. He said this in the Federation Council. "They dug through the volumes and found one signature. Can he be jailed for 25 years for this? The only document with his signature is an order to build a road (in the Astrakhan Region)," TASS quotes him as saying.