47 million RUB Andrey Zvyagintsev's Leviathan collected in its first week of release in Russia. This is lower than the forecast of the magazine "Bulletin of Film Distributors" (65 million rubles). Andrey Bely, head of the analytics department of the "Bulletin", admitted that the magazine's experts overestimated the excitement around the film. On the other hand, 47 million rubles in box office receipts for a dramatic art-house film of Russian production is a very good result, he emphasizes.

Only 9% of companies will refuse to pay bonuses to their managers based on the results of last year, and 1% have not yet made a decision in this regard, specialists from the headhunting company RosExpert found out by surveying 54 of the largest Russian and foreign companies operating in Russia.

Banks will pay the Central Bank a trillion The Central Bank will earn about 1 trillion rubles on refinancing operations in 2015, according to the Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev. The Ministry of Finance has developed a bill according to which 15% of the Central Bank's net profit for 2014 will be transferred as a contribution to VEB to support banks.

The head of the Federal Drug Control Service, Viktor Ivanov, has not received any proposals to disband the service he heads, he said in an interview with Kommersant. He noted that the main task of the Finance Ministry, which came up with the initiative to disband the Federal Drug Control Service, is to "balance the budget," but warned against negative consequences.

E.Razumny / Vedomosti Little by little, Google is winning the competition for users over Yandex, despite the fact that the Russian search engine still dominates the RuNet, according to the Alpha Wise report on the state of the Russian Internet released by Morgan Stanley analysts. The bank's experts came to these conclusions after analyzing the results of six panel studies conducted from 2012 to 2014.

The Russian government intends to consider options for providing support to airlines whose financial situation worsens, Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said in an interview with the Russia 24 TV channel. This will help maintain competition in the market, he noted. "We will definitely maintain a competitive environment. Moreover, the government is considering options for supporting companies that may find themselves in a difficult situation," Sokolov said.

10 February 2015, 10:57 / Economics Brent fell to $57.51 per barrel on forecasts for US production growth Vedomosti Oil prices are falling on February 10 due to forecasts for an increase in production in the United States, Bloomberg reports. By 8.46 Moscow time, March futures for Brent oil on the London ICE Futures exchange fell by $0.83 (1.42%) to $57.51 per barrel. By market close on Monday, the price of these contracts increased by $0.54 (0.93%) to $58.34 per barrel.

US President Barack Obama does not plan to take part in the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory in Moscow, TASS reports, citing his adviser Ben Rhodes. "I do not expect our participation at the level of the head of state. President Obama does not plan a trip to Moscow," he said.

February 10, 2015, 15:18 / Economics The Central Bank included oil at $50 per barrel in the base scenario Previously, the regulator assumed that oil prices in the base scenario would be at $80 Anastasia Agamalova Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters According to her, the Bank of Russia does not plan to hold additional currency auctions this week in connection with the expectation that Rosneft will repay its foreign currency debt.

February 10, 2015, 23:06 / Business Wanda Group buys Infront Sports & Media for 1.05 billion euros Last month, a Chinese group acquired 20% of the Atletico Madrid club Alexey Rozhkov Infront Sports & Media China's Dalian Wanda Group (Wanda) is buying Swiss sports marketing company Infront Sports & Media (Infront) for 1.05 billion euros ($1.2 billion), Infront announced today. The seller was private equity fund Bridgepoint.

1 trillion rubles will earn the Central Bank in 2015 on refinancing operations, Ulyukaev believes. 75% of the Central Bank's profits are transferred to the budget, 25% remains with the Bank of Russia. The Ministry of Finance has developed a bill according to which 15% of the Central Bank's profits for 2014 will be transferred as a property contribution to VEB. These funds will be used to support banks.

According to the ATO press center on Facebook , on Tuesday at about 13.30 Moscow time, from Gorlovka, controlled by the authorities of the self-proclaimed DPR, a missile attack from BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket launchers was launched at the Kramatorsk airport. “According to preliminary data, the fire was carried out using Tornado shells,” the statement said.

February 10, 2015, 23:14 / Finance The Ministry of Finance wants to extend the period of relief for investing in securities of sanctioned banks Vedomosti The Russian Ministry of Finance wants to extend until October 1, 2015 the relaxation of investing pension funds in securities of banks subject to sanctions from the United States and the European Union. The draft of this resolution is posted on the portal of draft regulatory legal acts.

Aide to the Russian President Vladislav Surkov may take part in the meeting of the contact group in Minsk on February 10. As reported by TASS, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Alexander Surikov said that "there is information" that Surkov will fly to Minsk. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry promised to inform about the place and time of the meeting after 4 p.m. local time.