January 14, 2015, 02:19 / Business Moscow put up for auction the first two routes for transporting passengers Moscow has put up for auction the first two routes for the transportation of passengers. Over five years, the authorities are ready to pay the carrier 125 million rubles. carriers believe This is not profitable, Bela Lauw The Moscow authorities announced the first competition for the transportation of passengers using a new model for managing ground passenger transport on December 31.

The budget rule may require adjustment, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said during a speech at a plenary discussion at the Gaidar Forum on Wednesday. “I think it’s correct that the 2015 budget was formed based on the same scheme for distributing excess revenues from oil exports. In all likelihood, we will need to maintain the principle of the rule in the future.

Last year, 54,000 vehicles rolled off the UAZ assembly line / M. Stulov / Vedomosti OJSC "Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant" Automaker. The main shareholder (company data as of December 31, 2014) is Sollers OJSC (96.4%). Capitalization is RUB 5.6 billion. Financial indicators (RAS, nine months of 2014): Revenue - RUB 15.6 billion, Net profit - RUB 623.7 million. Sales (January - November 2014, AEB data): 42,623 vehicles. New prices appeared on the UAZ website yesterday.

Ukraine suspended gas imports via Poland on January 1, 2015, according to statistics on the website of the Polish GTS operator Gaz-System SA. Before this, Ukraine received about 2 million cubic meters of gas per day via this route. As reported, Ukraine resumed imports of natural gas from Hungary on January 10.

Mechel and Chinese steelmaker Baosteel Resources have increased the volume of the annual contract for the supply of coking coal to 1.4 million tons, Mechel said on Wednesday. The agreement will be valid from April 2015 to March 2016 with the possibility of subsequent extension. The delivery price will be set monthly. Under the current agreement, Mechel supplies Baosteel with 1.2 million tons.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, speaking today at the Gaidar Forum, confirmed that Russia will demand that Ukraine repay a $3 billion Russian loan. "Let's be honest, we don't want Ukraine to default, complicating the already dire situation of the Ukrainian economy. On the contrary, we need a willing partner," Medvedev said.

Oil fell in price on Wednesday for the fourth session in a row due to statements from the UAE and Kuwait about the possible persistence of market glut at least until the second half of the year, Bloomberg reports . By 8.04 Moscow time, February futures for Brent oil on the London ICE Futures exchange fell by $0.40 ( 0.86%) to $46.19 per barrel. At the close of trading on Tuesday, their price was $46.59 per barrel, which is $0.84 ( 1.77%) lower than the previous closing level.

January 14, 2015, 10:37 / Finance / News $40 per barrel means structural changes in the economy - Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Economic Development undefined Vedomosti The Ministry of Economic Development is calculating various options for economic development based on the forecast of the average annual oil price from $40 to $80 per barrel. However, the most likely oil price in 2015 is in the range of $50-60 per barrel, said Deputy Minister Alexei Vedev.

January 14, 2015, 21:29 / Lifestyle Tourist flow from Russia to Switzerland decreased by 10% - Bloomberg Ilya Usov The Swiss State Tourist Office has recorded a decline in tourist flows from Russia. According to the bureau, from May to October the number of Russians visiting the country decreased by 10%, Bloomberg reports. At the same time, from 2005 to 2013, the flow of tourists doubled. According to data from the manager of the Kulm Hotel in the Alpine city of St.

Cloud share 6.4% this share of SAP's revenue in the fourth quarter of 2014 was made up of income from subscriptions to cloud services and their support According to preliminary estimates, SAP's revenue from paid cloud services in the fourth quarter of 2014 increased by 72% compared to last year and reached 360 million euros, the company said in a report published on Monday. This is significantly more than the consolidated forecast of analysts, who expected profit to be 317 million euros.

Simon Dawson / Bloomberg The last time I went to Manhattan's The Lambs Club, I encountered two naked women in Times Square who had just been painted by a street artist in front of astonished police officers. There were no body-painting displays today, due to the natural obstacle of a chilly winter wind, but the restaurant was much busier. "It's usually quieter, which is one of the reasons I like it," says Richard Plepler as I step into a corner booth at the end of the room. Home Box Office, Inc.

The State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building has spoken out against the CPRF's proposal to conduct a parliamentary investigation into Anatoly Serdyukov's activities as Minister of Defense. The committee recommended that deputies consider the Communists' initiative on January 23.

The Moscow Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) is demanding that convicted politician Alexei Navalny pay 670 rubles for cutting the electronic bracelet used to monitor his compliance with the terms of his house arrest. A photo of this message from the FSIN was published on the oppositionist's blog on Wednesday. In the event of refusal to pay compensation, the department threatened to seek forced recovery of damages through the courts. Interfax has no comment from the FSIN.

January 14, 2015, 19:40 / Business Andrew Zimbalist: The White Elephants of the Olympics Olympics a ruinous gift for host Andrew Zimbalist The heads of Boston construction companies had a holiday a week and a half ago - the US Olympic Committee named their city a candidate to host the 2024 Olympic Games. This promises them multimillion-dollar contracts. Informed Boston taxpayers are much less happy: they will have to pay for the banquet.

January 14, 2015, 09:17 / Politics Yevgeny Primakov: Russia must recognize the Ukrainian southeast as part of Ukraine The former prime minister believes that Moscow should cooperate with the United States and NATO in the fight against real threats to humanity; that color revolutions do not threaten the country, and the economy will be saved by diversification and “real federalism” Natalya Raibman Former Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov / Sergei Porter / Vedomosti There is no threat of “color