But according to the government’s plan, no more than 22 billion rubles can be spent on anti-crisis measures until the end of March. told Edomost from the budget - this amount was agreed on Saturday by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development, two officials from the financial and economic bloc . It was proposed to take the money from the government’s anti-crisis reserve - now it contains 166 billion rubles, said the first deputy chairman of the government, Gor Yuvalov .

03 February 2015, 18:02 / Finance Swiss economy faces recession as franc strengthens Two of the country's leading economic research institutes predict its onset before the end of the year Neil McLucas Adrian Moser / Bloomberg When the Swiss National Bank pegged the Swiss franc to the euro three and a half years ago, it feared the country's economy could go into recession as the currency strengthened.

03 February 2015, 02:21 / Business Due to the reduction in advertising, channels are reducing the cost of purchasing content Due to the reduction in advertising, channels are reducing costs for purchasing content.

The deficit in the consolidated balance of payments of Ukraine in 2014 amounted to $13.3 billion, compared to a surplus of $2.02 billion in 2013. These preliminary data were reported by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on February 3 on its website. The Central Bank clarifies that in December the balance of payments deficit amounted to $2.26 billion, which is 12.5% ​​less than the month before.

The Ural Investigative Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation is checking reports of the kidnapping of two Russian citizens in Sudan - employees of " UTair ". As reported by the official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Vladimir Markin, a preliminary investigation is currently underway.

A proportional reduction in the physical staff of the Federal Customs Service of Russia will help avoid salary cuts, believes Deputy Head of the Federal Customs Service Ruslan Davydov. "The reduction concerns not only the Federal Customs Service, a number of departments have already announced this. The head of the FCS has indeed issued such an order. Both the central office and the regional departments have prepared their proposals (on staff reductions).

Rosselkhoznadzor has been prohibiting the import of crop products from Tunisia through the territory of Belarus since February 4.

Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Firtash, together with his business partner Sergei Levochkin, bought a 29% stake in PJSC TV Channel Inter, one of the central Ukrainian television channels, from the Russian OJSC Channel One for $100 million. As noted in the message of Group DF, which unites the assets of Firtash, GDF Media Limited and its controlled Inter Media Group Limited bought out minority stakes in PJSC Inter TV Channel: 29% from Channel One OJSC and 10% from Pegasus LLC television" (Ukraine).

E.Stetsko / Vedomosti Yesterday, the Russian chain of Swedish hypermarkets of furniture and home goods IKEA opened online sales of goods for large cities of Siberia and the Far East, the company reported. Currently, the IKEA online store operates for Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Abakan, Ulan-Ude, Chita, Kemerovo, Barnaul, Novokuznetsk, Yurga and other cities, as well as nearby villages.

03 February 2015, 10:26 / Finance The dollar fell below 68 rubles at the beginning of trading Anastasia Agamalova The ruble began to strengthen against the dollar and euro at the beginning of trading on the Moscow Exchange, reacting to a significant increase in world oil prices. By 10.10 Moscow time, the dollar exchange rate in “tomorrow” calculations fell by 46.2 kopecks. up to 67.96 rubles, euro - by 35 kopecks. up to 77.10 rub.

In the first part of the article (Vedomosti, 29.01.2015) we outlined the picture of the crisis of confidence in the Russian economy and proposed priority steps to restore it. We cannot limit ourselves to these measures - the country needs radical reforms. Banking system Banks are in an extremely difficult situation: losses from upcoming corporate defaults, consumer loans to laid-off employees, foreign currency loans for real estate, etc., probably exceed the total capital of the system.

03 February 2015, 02:37 / Business Russian Railways will consult with customers about tariff changes Russian Railways will have to discuss decisions to increase or decrease transportation prices with its clients Milana Chelpanova Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti UC Rusal called the December decision of Russian Railways to increase the tariff on cargo exports by 13.4% as a rare example of economic myopia. Other exporters did not mince words either.

03 February 2015, 02:10 / Technologies Additional government funding for Rusnano in 2016-2020 may amount to 50.2 billion rubles Additional government funding for Rusnano in 2016-2020. may amount to 50.2 billion rubles. Such figures are contained in the draft government order approved by the President Oleg Salmanov Alexey Rozhkov Anatoly Chubais is waiting for support from the state / D. Abramov / Vedomosti State subsidies to Rusnano in 2016-2020.

03 February 2015, 12:47 / Finance The ruble strengthened sharply against the dollar and euro Analysts at Sberbank CIB believe that the ruble has every chance of continuing to grow Anastasia Agamalova Ilya Usov Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti The Russian currency strengthened sharply against the dollar and euro during trading on the Moscow Exchange.

450 million RUB outdoor advertising operator Gallery Media has repaid its debt to Sberbank using funds raised from shareholders, the company reported yesterday. In total, the bank provided the company with a loan of 900 million rubles for a period until April of this year. The operator does not disclose the total amount of its credit load.