A passenger Boeing-737 was preparing to make an emergency landing at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport. As a source in emergency services told Interfax, it had departed from Moscow. There were more than 80 people on board. One of the plane's two engines failed in flight. According to a RIA Novosti source in emergency services in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, the plane took off from Vnukovo with 73 passengers and six crew members on board.

March 25, 2015, 18:56 / Business Enel Russia can allocate about 2.9 billion rubles for dividends for 2014 Vedomosti The Board of Directors of OJSC Enel Russia took into account the net profit from ordinary activities of the company according to IFRS for 2014 in the amount of 7.139 billion rubles, the company reported.

The Swedish military has spotted Russian military aircraft flying near the east coast of Sweden with their transponders turned off. According to the Local, this was reported to the TT agency by the Deputy Director of Operations of the Swedish Armed Forces, Ander Grenstad. According to him, this time in international airspace over the Baltic Sea at about 5.30 local time, two Tu-22M and two Su-27 were spotted.

After the A320 crash in France, the budget airline Germanwings had to cancel a number of flights because of the pilots. According to the carrier, some crew members refused to work on March 25 because of what happened the day before. "We understand them," company spokesman Thomas Winkelmann said. A Germanwings Airbus flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf crashed in the Alps in southern France on the afternoon of March 24. 144 passengers and six crew members were killed.

March 25, 2015, 06:58 / Finance / News VTB agreed to an 83% discount on Malofeev’s debts undefined Vedomosti State Bank VTB , which entered into a settlement agreement with the founder of Marshall Capital Partners Konstantin Malofeev, agreed to an 83% discount on debts, writes Kommersant . The State Bank demanded to repay a loan of $225 million, the total debt on which, with interest and penalties, reached $596 million, but in the end agreed to only $100 million.

March 25, 2015, 15:07 / Business Heinz and Kraft agreed to merge, creating a company with revenue of $28 billion The merged company will become the world's fifth largest food manufacturer Anastasia Agamalova Kevin Lorenzi / Bloomberg Kraft Foods and Heinz have agreed to a merger that will create one of the world's largest food companies.

March 25, 2015, 12:13 / Economics Armenia may receive assistance from Russia as part of its assistance in joining the EAEU Vedomosti Armenia expects to receive gratuitous assistance from Russia in the amount of $47 million and 130 million rubles. within the framework of technical assistance to the process of the republic’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

March 25, 2015, 15:54 / Finance VTB 24 will begin issuing cards from the Japanese payment system JCB Vedomosti previously announced planned cooperation with JCB in Russia . Gazprombank and Svyaz-Bank VTB 24 Bank will begin issuing cards from the Japanese payment system JCB, according to a press release from the credit institution. VTB 24 and the international payment system JCB International entered into an agreement granting the bank a license to organize trade and ATM acquiring.

Rosneft has canceled an order for the use of the Energy Endeavor drilling rig from Northern Offshore (NOS), Interfax reports, citing a NOS press release. North Atlantic Drilling Limited (NADL) received a notification from Rosneft. The Energy Endeavor rig was scheduled to become operational in the summer of 2015.

85% of citizens are satisfied with Vladimir Putin's performance as president, according to a Levada Center poll. According to Interfax, the poll was conducted from March 20 to 23 among 1,600 people in 46 regions. 14% of respondents are dissatisfied with Putin's performance. In February, the Levada Center found that 86% of Russians approved of the president's work.

March 24, 2015, 11:15 pm / Opinions Authoritarianism in the Information Age Economists Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman on dictatorships built not on repression, but on propaganda and censorship Daniel Treisman Sergey Guriev , professor of economics at Sciences Po, Paris, president of the Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE) in 2016-2017. In recent decades, a new form of authoritarianism has emerged, built not on mass violence, but on the manipulation of information.

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Wednesday approved an increase in the ELA (Emergency Liquidity Assistance) program for Greek banks to 71 billion euros from 68.9 billion, Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiar with the situation. The decision to increase the Greek bailout program was made by the ECB's governing council during a conference call on Wednesday, sources told the agency. The increase in the ELA program by 2.1 billion euros was the maximum over the past month, the agency notes.

March 25, 2015, 10:32 pm / Finance The Central Bank wants to allow NPFs to invest pension savings in over-the-counter instruments Vedomosti The Central Bank plans to allow non-state pension funds (NPFs) to invest pension savings in over-the-counter instruments and subordinated bonds. This is stated in the draft instructions of the Bank of Russia, published on the regulator’s website.

March 25, 2015, 12:47 pm / Finance Rostec is going to acquire a stake in the Union Card payment system - Kommersant Vedomosti Rostec plans to buy a stake in the Russian regional Union Card system in order to issue its own card for employees of the state corporation on its basis. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to three informed sources.

March 25, 2015, 18:47 / Finance The government proposes to introduce the concept of irrevocable trust in Russia Its founders will receive exemption from tax on retained earnings Ilya Usov Meeting of President Vladimir Putin with the Cabinet of Ministers / Mikhail Klimentyev / RIA Novosti The government proposes to introduce the concept of an irrevocable trust in Russia, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said at a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday,