March 22, 2015, 10:48 pm / Finance The Central Bank will cancel some of the benefits for banks from July 1 By this time, the largest of them will have already increased their capital under the OFZ program Anna Eremina Bankers are preparing to live without benefits issued by the Central Bank / S.

Two mobile operators are preparing to start working in Crimea / D. Abramov / Vedomosti In December last year, a previously unknown company, KTK-Telecom, received licenses for the right to provide cellular services in Crimea. The licenses were issued for a period of five years, and the operator must begin operations on the peninsula no later than December 17, 2016. The company uses frequencies from Astelit, a Life:) brand, which has completely shut down its network in Crimea since December.

Lenta has begun placing additional shares / A. Martynenko / Vedomosti One of the largest Russian retailers, Lenta , has begun placing securities to raise about $200 million, the company reported yesterday. Investors will be offered global depositary receipts for shares of the new issue. The deal is needed to "further strengthen financial indicators, provide additional opportunities to accelerate the expansion of the network," Lenta said in its materials.

A decree on reducing the preferential mortgage rate has been signed / D. Abramov / Vedomosti Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree reducing the subsidized mortgage interest rate from 13 to 12%. This was reported on the Russian government website. This measure is connected with the reduction of the key rate from 15 to 14% per annum by the Bank of Russia from March 16. The report notes that the resolution was adopted as part of the government's anti-crisis measures.

March 23, 2015, 10:26 am / Economics Medvedev instructed the Ministry of Industry and Trade to work on the issue of targeted food assistance to those in need Vedomosti Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Ministry of Industry and Trade, together with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Labor, to work on the issue of introducing a program of targeted food assistance to needy citizens.

March 23, 2015, 10:28 / Finance / News FC Otkritie has completed the purchase of Petrokommerts, the merger will take place in 2015 undefined Vedomosti Bank FC Otkritie has completed the purchase of 99.5% of the shares of Petrocommerce Bank from the IFD Capital group, the bank said in a statement. “This is an important planned stage in the integration of Petrokommerts into the banking business of Otkritie,” commented Ruben Aganbegyan, CEO of Otkritie Holding.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy / T.Camus / AP The results of the first round of local departmental elections in France were announced on Monday. The center-right bloc led by Nicolas Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) came in first place in terms of votes, with 29% of the total number of votes cast in all departments, while the center-right received 32.5% in total, AFP reports. Sarkozy's closest competitors with 25% are Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front (FN).

Chairman of the Management Board of Rusnano Management Company Anatoly Chubais will be able to present his critics with his first profit / E. Razumny / Vedomosti In 2014, Rusnano received 8.2 billion rubles in net profit, compared to a loss of 38 billion rubles in 2013, according to the company’s annual report in accordance with international reporting standards.

March 23, 2015, 20:52 / Business "Leader" left the capital of Mosenergosbyt Vedomosti The Leader company, which manages the assets of the NPF Gazfond, has withdrawn from the authorized capital of Mosenergosbyt, the majority shareholder of which is Inter RAO . this with reference to a message from the sales company. reports Interfax "Leader" owned 17.46% of the shares of Mosenergosbyt.

Buyers of country houses are becoming increasingly demanding and calculating / S. Porter / Vedomosti Last year, the second phase of the Uspenskiye Usadby settlement (12 plots, Moscow Home holding) on ​​Rublevo-Uspenskoe Highway and Renaissance Park (312 households) from Villagio Estate on Novorizhskoe entered the market in the elite segment. According to Yulia Grosheva, director of the suburban real estate department at Kalinka Group, demand has decreased by 18% compared to 2013.

March 23, 2015, 11:13 am / Business Sinopec cut net profit by 30% in 2014, to its lowest since 2008 Vedomosti Chinese China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec), Asia's largest oil refining company, reduced its net profit in 2014 by 30% due to the fall in oil prices - to its lowest level since 2008. According to a company press release, last year its net profit was 46.

The Indonesian government may ease the embargo on the export of alumina raw materials for companies that have begun building their own metallurgical plants in the country, Bloomberg reports. According to Said Dudu, head of the government group responsible for the development of the metallurgical industry in Indonesia, foreign supplies of bauxite, the main raw material for the production of alumina and then aluminum, may be allowed to companies whose plants are 30% complete or more.

A short circuit was, according to preliminary information, the cause of the fire at the UN headquarters in New York on Sunday evening, the press service of the world organization told TASS. The fire broke out in the basement of the General Assembly building, where souvenir shops are located. "The fire was quickly extinguished by the UN Fire Service and the New York Fire Department.

The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) intends to bring a claim against the German company MTU. this TASS reports with reference to a statement by USC President Alexei Rakhmanov, made on the air of Ekho Moskvy. “We have several refusals to supply equipment,” Rakhmanov said. “This is the German company MTU,” he clarified. According to the president of the corporation, USC will sue the German company MTU for refusing to supply engines for ships.

More than 12 billion rubles will be allocated to veterans for one-time payments, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said during a meeting with deputy prime ministers. “For these purposes, more than 12 billion rubles will be required from the federal budget. The money is not small, but taking into account such a holiday (the 70th anniversary of the Victory), naturally, we found funding,” Interfax quotes him as saying.