Russian Railways, which is interested in Greek railway assets, will continue to look for options for cooperation in this country if the new government cancels the privatization of assets. This was stated at a press conference by Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin. If the government decides to continue privatization, the company will participate in it.

January 28, 2015, 21:41 / Finance S&P placed Greece's ratings under review with possible downgrade Natalya Raibman Ilya Usov Standard & Poor's announced that it is placing Greece's debt ratings under review with a possible downgrade.

Ruslan Kudashov's puppeteers also work with a live plan / Anton Ivanov Ruslan Kudashov, one of the best puppet directors in the country, has raised his students to be true all-rounders: they have excellent command of all puppet theatre techniques, but also, when working, as they say, with a live plan, they show themselves to be strong dramatic actors. So four years ago, while still students at the Theatre Academy, they performed the wonderful play "Bashlachev.

The Prosecutor General's Office has asked the State Duma to allow the transfer of the criminal case of Communist deputy Vladimir Bessonov to court.

China's General Administration for Industry and Commerce has accused internet giant Alibaba of allowing unlicensed merchants onto its Taobao and Tmall platforms, allowing counterfeit goods to be sold and failing to protect consumer rights, according to a report prepared in July following a meeting between regulators and company executives, AP reports . However, officials have decided to postpone its publication until after the IPO to avoid the information affecting the results of the offering.

January 28, 2015, 03:11 / Finance State banks are entering a crisis, in many ways approaching the situation in 2008.

January 28, 2015, 17:12 / Finance / Video Which banks did they take money from and where did they take it in 2014? Daria Borisyak, correspondent of the "Finance" department of Vedomosti

January 28, 2015, 11:03 am / Finance / Politics The government's anti-crisis plan costs 2.3 trillion rubles This amount includes the use of the national welfare fund, OFZ and government guarantees Philip Sterkin Yana Shebalina Denis Abramov / Vedomosti The Russian government on Wednesday unveiled an anti-crisis plan; it was published on the government website.

In Russia, 17 million square meters of housing were built in December 2014, which is 3.2% less than the figure for December 2013, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) reported on Wednesday. For the whole of 2014, 81 million square meters of housing were built, which is 14.9% more than in 2013. In December, organizations of all types of ownership built 248,400 new apartments; in 2014, 1.8 million apartments.

January 28, 2015, 09:07 / Finance Brent oil is trading at $49.11 per barrel Vedomosti Oil prices resumed their decline on Wednesday following further signals that Saudi Arabia does not intend to take measures to regulate the balance in the oil market, Bloomberg reports. March futures for Brent oil on the London ICE Futures exchange fell in price by $0.49 (0.99%) to $49.11 per barrel by 8:32 Moscow time.

Christian Lutz / AP The discussion of the PACE resolution on extending the powers of the Russian delegation will take place in Strasbourg this evening, the vote is scheduled for 22:00 Moscow time. As of yesterday evening, more than 60 written amendments to the resolution had been received, a source in PACE told Vedomosti. Of these, more than 30 were eliminated this morning after being reviewed by the monitoring commission, he added.

American food packaging manufacturers MeadWestvaco and RockTenn have agreed to merge, a decision approved by the boards of directors of both companies. This was stated in a joint statement by MeadWestvaco and RockTenn. The deal will unite two major players operating in different segments of the packaging business, and a company with a capitalization of $16 billion will be created.

January 28, 2015, 02:05 / Management Over five years, staff engagement at OBI has grown to 84% Those who are engaged work better and do not run after the first competitor who beckons them. But according to Aon Hewitt, 40% of the 72 million employees in Russia are not engaged. The company loses $7,916 per year on one such employee. And all because involvement is a long process Rimma Avshalumova A.

January 28, 2015, 16:24 / Business / News Golikova did not rule out checking Rosneft for currency speculation undefined Vedomosti The oil and gas company Rosneft may be checked for currency speculation. Chairman of the Accounts Chamber Tatyana Golikova spoke about this on January 28. According to her, the Accounts Chamber is creating a program to verify the use of funds aimed at additional capitalization, but used in currency games. “We are now trying to build such an inspection program...

January 28, 2015, 11:58 am / Finance The weighted average dollar exchange rate dropped to 67.15 rubles Vedomosti The weighted average dollar exchange rate for “tomorrow” settlements, at which the official exchange rate of the Central Bank is set, fell by 66.47 kopecks, amounting to 67.15 rubles, according to exchange data. On Tuesday, the weighted average dollar exchange rate was 67.82 rubles.