National Media Group, VGTRK and Vyacheslav Murugov created a joint television company / S. Porter / Vedomosti In early March, Prime Time LLC was registered in Moscow, according to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities database. Its founders are National Media Group, Telecompany (40% of shares each) and Vyacheslav Murugov (20% of shares). Telecompany OJSC is fully owned by VGTRK. Murugov is the former general producer of CTC Media and CEO of the STS channel.

March 18, 2015, 23:55 / Finance VTB Group banks received a total loss of 21 billion rubles in February According to their representatives, the reason is expensive funding Marie Mesropyan Anna Eremina VTB Group banks have experienced a difficult winter / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The corporate loan portfolio of the group’s parent bank, VTB , decreased by 3.7% to 2.8 trillion rubles, as follows from its balance sheet.

"Dalspetsstroy", the contractor for the Vostochny Cosmodrome construction project, has begun paying off debts to "Amurenergosbyt" (a branch of the Far Eastern Energy Company - DEK) for electricity supply to the cosmodrome facilities. As the head of the DEK press center Olesya Glot told TASS, the cosmodrome will no longer be disconnected from the power supply. Last week, the management of Amurenergosbyt announced that Dalspetsstroy owed 21.6 million rubles for electricity.

Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer, owned by LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, will team up with Intel Corp. and Google Inc. to create a Swiss-made luxury smartwatch, the companies said in a joint press release. The new watches, which run Google's Android Wear operating system, will be built in Switzerland using Intel chips and are expected to be unveiled in the fourth quarter of 2015.

The Russian embassy has confirmed information from Tunisian authorities that there is a Russian citizen among those wounded in the terrorist attack at the Bardo National Museum. As the press attaché of the diplomatic mission Sergei Filippov told Interfax, there were two Russian women in the museum at the time of the attack. "Nadezhda Lukyanova, born in 1958, was wounded and is currently in the central military hospital of Tunisia. The second citizen is Galina Potapenko, born in 1962.

March 19, 2015, 10:45 / Finance / News The ruble fell against the dollar and strengthened against the euro in early trading undefined Vedomosti The US dollar exchange rate rose by 58 kopecks against the ruble at the beginning of trading. to 59.91 rubles, the euro fell by 20 kopecks. up to 64.35 rub.

March 19, 2015, 20:11 / Auto Ford wants to replace GM The company announced its readiness to service cars of “outgoing brands” in Russia and accept their dealers under its brand Vladimir Shtanov Gennady Anisimov Ford Sollers is ready to service cars of brands leaving the market in its service centers / D. Abramov / Vedomosti Ford Sollers is ready to service vehicles of brands leaving the market in its service centers and to cooperate with dealerships of these brands, the company said.

In China, foreign investors will be allowed to trade oil futures contracts as the country wants to increase its influence on the formation of world prices, reports Interfax citing Bloomberg. The Shanghai International Energy Exchange will allow foreigners to trade through agents who have a net worth of at least 30 million yuan ($4.8 million). The exchange message does not disclose a number of important details regarding the contracts, including tax issues.

The general director of the MIA "Russia Today" and TV presenter Dmitry Kiselev became persona non grata in Moldova. The same decision was made regarding the creator of the film "Crimea. The Way to the Motherland" Andrei Kondrashov. This was reported to Interfax on Wednesday evening by the press secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moldova Alina Merlich. According to her, this decision was made by the Bureau for Migration and Asylum (BMA).

Sberbank to revise dividends Gazprombank received Chinese rating Sberbank's Board of Directors will consider the issue of approving a new version of the dividend policy at a meeting on March 20, according to the bank's materials. In January, Sberbank requested the opinion of the committee for interaction with minority shareholders on a possible reduction in the share of dividends from net profit, a source in the financial market reported.

Units of the Pskov Airborne Forces unit, operating in the vanguard of the main landing forces, were transferred by military transport aircraft to the area where training missions were carried out and landed at the Strugi Krasnye training ground (Pskov Region), the press service and information department of the Russian Ministry of Defense reports. "In total, more than 700 paratroopers and 10 combat vehicles were dropped," the statement said.

In many low-income regions there is no concept of digital television / V. Smirnov / ITAR-TASS The State Duma Committee on Information Policy reviewed new government amendments to the budget adjusted in connection with the crisis for the first reading. A representative of the Ministry of Finance recalled that 10% cuts were made to all budget items. The committee was especially interested in the reduction of funds for analogue broadcasting programs.

Brazil sees massive anti-government demonstrations / Felipe Dana / AP Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's approval ratings have plummeted following mass protests over the weekend. According to a survey by Brazil's pollster Datafolha, ratings of Rousseff's governance as "terrible" have risen from 18% last month to 62%, the worst showing for a leader since 1992, when President Fernando Collor resigned after parliament impeached him over corruption allegations.

March 19, 2015, 20:32 / Business Russian Railways will take part in the tender for the electrification of Indian railways Vedomosti Russian Railways will take part in the tender for the electrification of Indian railways. this with reference to a statement by the first vice-president of the company, Alexander Misharin, made on Russian Railways corporate television. reports Interfax This is not the group’s first project to electrify railways abroad, the TV channel recalled.

March 19, 2015, 23:52 / Auto SsangYong stopped exports to Russia Deliveries will resume after optimization of stocks, assures the distributor of the brand - Sollers Vladimir Shtanov Ssang Yong has suspended exports to Russia / SeongJoon Cho / Bloomberg South Korean Ssang Yong has suspended exports to Russia until the ruble exchange rate and the market situation stabilize, Reuters reports. In return, the company will increase supplies to Europe and China.