April 08, 2015, 15:29 / Finance / News The Central Bank plans to reduce personnel in 2015 undefined Vedomosti The Bank of Russia plans to reduce personnel in 2015. This was announced on Wednesday, April 8, by First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Georgy Luntovsky. “They will be, I can’t give a figure, we are just now counting, preparing proposals, but they will be,” he answered a question from journalists whether there will be staff cuts at the Bank of Russia in 2015.

April 08, 2015, 08:26 / Finance / News Brent is trading at $58.27 per barrel undefined Vedomosti World oil prices are falling on Wednesday morning due to Saudi Arabia's statistics on production in March, reports Prime . At 7.50 Moscow time, May Brent futures fell 1.4% to $58.27 per barrel. The price of May futures for WTI oil decreased by 1.93% to $52.94 per barrel. Earlier it became known that in March Saudi Arabia produced approximately 10.3 million barrels per day.

April 08, 2015, 17:01 / Economy / News Topilin: Insurance contributions to the Russian Pension Fund are not paid for 20 million people undefined Vedomosti Legalization of the labor market will provide enormous resources that will help avoid a deficit in the Pension Fund. This was announced on Wednesday, April 8, by the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Russia Maxim Topilin. He noted that, according to the Pension Fund, insurance premiums are not paid for 20 million people.

Switzerland became the first country in history to issue 10-year government bonds with a negative yield. this reports The Wall Street Journal . Some European countries have already sold government bonds with yields below zero, but these securities had a circulation period of no more than five years. Switzerland has placed government bonds with maturities in 2025 and 2049 for a total amount of 377.9 million francs (about $391 million).

At the White House fence, Washington, USA / Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The computer system of the US presidential residence has been hacked by Russian hackers, who have gained access to "non-classified but sensitive information" from the White House, CNN reports , citing anonymous officials responsible for the investigation. The television company's sources claim that the hackers managed to obtain the non-public work schedule of US President Barack Obama.

08 April 2015, 16:50 / Finance A hundred-ruble note in honor of the annexation of Crimea will be issued at the end of 2015 - Central Bank Vedomosti A new banknote dedicated to the annexation of Crimea to Russia will be issued at the end of 2015. Its denomination will be 100 rubles. The circulation of the new banknote has not been determined. First Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Central Bank Georgy Luntovsky spoke about this.

April 08, 2015, 19:54 / Business / News Corporate lending in Russia in the first quarter of 2015 increased by 0–0.5% – Central Bank undefined Vedomosti The growth in corporate lending to banks in Russia in the first three months of 2015 amounted to 0–0.5%. Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Vasily Pozdyshev stated this in an interview with the RBC TV channel. “We see that after the slowdown in lending, lending is slowly beginning to recover,” Pozdyshev noted.

08 April 2015, 13:49 / Finance / Opinions / Markets Sanctions invigorated the Russian stock market Over the past year it has become more diversified and efficient Anton Soroko , analyst at the Finam investment holding The annexation of Crimea and events in eastern Ukraine negatively affected the relationship between the West and Russia, and the result of these contradictions was mutual economic and political sanctions.

April 08, 2015, 19:18 / Business / News Gazprom will not impose a fine on Ukraine under the “take or pay” rule undefined Vedomosti Gazprom decided to extend the regime of non-collection of fines from the Ukrainian side within the framework of the “take-or-pay” system. Interfax reports this with reference to a statement by the chairman of the board of the Russian gas monopoly, Alexei Miller, made at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Athens does not agree with the logic of the sanctions imposed against Moscow. The statement of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow is quoted by Prime. “The Greek economy has suffered a big blow due to the response to sanctions, and this also applies to Greek products,” Tsipras said.

The domestic labor market is becoming more contradictory, and its trends do not always lend themselves to simple explanations. Yesterday, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection, Maxim Topilin, said: "For several weeks in a row, registered unemployment has barely grown." The optimistic report came after a series of reports of layoffs and preparations for mass layoffs in the private and public sectors.

The ruble exchange rate is returning to its fundamental values, said Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev in the State Duma during government hour. “Now we can say that the exchange rate is returning to its fundamental values, today the ruble to the dollar is less than 55, the euro is less than 59,” Ulyukaev said.

Two men were detained in Moscow while attempting to sell 12 books bearing the stamp of the "Fundamental Library of Social Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences." As Andrei Galiakberov, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moscow, told Interfax, the books are of historical value.

April 08, 2015, 21:34 / Business Greece hopes for benefits during the construction of the gas pipeline in the form of lower gas prices - Prime Vedomosti The construction of the Greek section of the gas pipeline from the border with Turkey to the European Union (EU) will be financed on the basis of private capital. This project would provide an advantage, including a reduction in gas prices. Prime reports this with reference to a source in the Greek government.

April 08, 2015, 22:21 / Finance / Business The program for additional capitalization of banks through OFZ may be cut in favor of the UAC Vedomosti The money intended for additional capitalization of the Russian banking system will be partially used to increase the authorized capital of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). This follows from the draft amendments to the 2015 budget for the second reading. The Russian authorities have allocated 1 trillion rubles.