April 23, 2015, 00:06 / Business Some of the issues for which the European Commission brought charges against Gazprom have already been resolved As a result, the parties can settle the conflict peacefully Mikhail Serov Petr Tretyakov Gazprom has already made concessions to the European Commission / A.

Megafon has won the tender for the provision of communications services during the preliminary draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the operator said in a statement. The operator will provide fixed and mobile communications, Internet and TETRA digital radiotelephone communications. Megafon offered 64 million rubles for the contract, which is 24% lower than the initial price, the report says.

Google Brings Wireless Service to Market / K.White / Bloomberg Google was set to unveil details of its new wireless service in the U.S. yesterday, which would transform the Internet giant into a telecoms company. The key feature of the service will be the ability to pay only for the amount of data a user actually downloads in a month, according to people familiar with the matter. Traditional data plans require paying for data bundles that expire at the end of the month.

The dollar exchange rate for “tomorrow” settlements, according to the Moscow Exchange at 10.07 Moscow time, increased by 0.40 rubles for the first time since April 20. up to 51.78 rub. (almost 2 rubles lower than the official rate), the euro exchange rate is 0.63 rubles. up to 55.30 rub. (2.4 rubles below the official rate). The bi-currency basket lost 35 kopecks, amounting to 53.51 rubles.

The Ministry of Finance proposes to slightly weaken the budget rule by abandoning the deficit parameter of 1% of GDP when determining the maximum volume of federal budget expenditures for the year, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told reporters. According to the current budget rule, the maximum amount of budget expenditures for the year is determined by the formula: revenues calculated based on the 10-year oil price plus 1% of GDP.

The Russian Interior Ministry has called statements by the head of Chechnya about "opening fire to kill" on employees from other regions of the country unacceptable. This is stated in an official statement by the Interior Ministry.

April 22, 2015, 10:41 pm / Business Transcapital received the property of the Liviz vodka factory for debts The $30 million enterprise, built two years ago, is associated with Alexander Sabadash Polina Gritsenko The capacity of existing plants is not fully utilized / S.

April 22, 2015, 23:35 / Economics Euro 4 fuel could get another year of life Due to the threat of fuel shortages, officials may postpone the introduction of a ban on Euro-4 production from 2016 Galina Starinskaya Margarita Papchenkova Euro-4 fuel may be delayed in Russia / D. Abramov / Vedomosti In 2015, 33–34 million tons of 5th class motor gasoline may be produced, and about 5 million of 4th class gasoline, Yezhov cites.

April 23, 2015, 15:51 / Economy / News The Ministry of Finance expects Russia's budget deficit in 2016 to be within 1.5% of GDP undefined Vedomosti The Russian federal budget deficit in 2016 will be at the level of 1.5% of GDP, the Ministry of Finance predicts. This deficit will be covered by the reserve fund and borrowings on the domestic market. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov spoke about this on Thursday, April 23.

April 23, 2015, 19:50 / Economics The Ministry of Finance does not consider it possible to develop a progressive personal income tax scale in the coming years Vedomosti The Ministry of Finance does not consider it possible to develop a progressive scale of personal income tax (NDFL) in the coming years. This statement was made on Thursday, April 23, by the director of the department of tax and customs tariff policy, Ilya Trunin.

IKEA is ready to invest 1 billion rubles each in the construction of metro stations near the existing Mega shopping center in Kazan and the planned construction of a similar center in Mytishchi near Moscow. This was announced by the CEO of IKEA Shopping Centers Russia, Armin Mikaeli, RIA Novosti reports.

April 22, 2015, 11:58 pm / Opinions The European Commission is unhappy with Gazprom The actions of the monopoly are dictated not only by commercial considerations, and in Europe - not only by antitrust considerations Mikhail Serov This will, of course, be a long process. The European Commission in general is an extremely leisurely organization, procedurally determined, inclined to seek consensus and ready to endlessly listen to all interested parties.

The twenty-fifth column of the Russian Emergencies Ministry with humanitarian aid for Donbass, including gifts for veterans of the Great Patriotic War, has set off towards the state border, Interfax reports. The column "left the Don Rescue Center of the Emergencies Ministry in Rostov Oblast at 04:00 Moscow time and is heading towards the state border," said Oleg Voronov, Deputy Head of the National Crisis Management Center (NCMC) of the Emergencies Ministry.

Oleg Malis / S. Porter / Vedomosti Solvers has reviewed Promsvyazbank's offer of April 20, proposing the assignment of rights to Trellas and Enter loans, according to a company statement received by Vedomosti.

Chairman of the Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov / D. Abramov / Vedomosti The Central Election Commission has ordered the election commission of the municipal formation "Baltic Municipal District" of the Kaliningrad Region to reconsider its decisions on refusing to register candidates for the elections of the local council of deputies. The commission has been warned of liability for failure to fulfill its obligations to prepare and conduct the elections.