June 25, 2015, 00:40 / Business Saudi Aramco may increase its share in the joint venture with Lukoil from 20 to 50% This may be part of a deal with the Saudi Arabian authorities to set an attractive gas price for the Petr Tretyakov project Lukoil may reduce its share in the joint venture with Saudi Aramco to 50% / E.

The international electrical engineering concern ABB will invest more than 50 million rubles in the creation of a robotics center in the Moscow Technopolis, the press service of the technopark reported. The company won an auction to lease 1,500 square meters in the production building of the technopolis for a period of 10 years.

VTB Bank does not exclude the possibility of increasing the nominal value of shares, VTB Chairman of the Board Andrei Kostin said at the annual meeting of shareholders on Thursday. “We’ll think about it. We probably need to weigh the pros and cons,” he said, noting that we also need to assess whether this will cause possible inconvenience to shareholders. Now the par value of one ordinary share of VTB is 1 kopeck, the securities are traded on the Moscow Exchange for approximately 7.8 kopecks.

Moscow's Lefortovo Court has arrested Russian and Lithuanian citizen Yevgeny Mataitis for two months, the court's press secretary Yulia Skotnikova told Interfax. "A preventive measure in the form of detention for a period of two months, that is, until August 24, was chosen for the citizen of Russia and Lithuania Mataitis, who is charged under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code (high treason),," Skotnikova added.

The list of sanctions positions remains the same / S. Porter / Vedomosti Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a government decree on Thursday listing imported food products subject to the embargo. A day earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree extending the embargo for a year. According to Medvedev, the list of sanctioned items remains the same. "It includes the same livestock products, including cattle, vegetables, sausages.

June 25, 2015, 12:42 pm / Business Shcherbovich's UCP subsidiary filed a claim for 60 million rubles against the top managers of UMMC and the Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant Vedomosti UCP Resources Limited filed a claim with the Arbitration Court of the Chelyabinsk Region for the recovery of about 60 million rubles. from the technical director of UMMC Holding Andrey Panshin and the ex-general director of the Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant ( ChZP ) Rinat Shakirzyanov.

June 25, 2015, 01:08 / Auto Novosibirsk car dealer SLK-Motors is already abandoning its sixth brand due to a falling market His business selling Hyundai can be bought by Samara Automobiles Elena Morozova Ekaterina Burlakova A Samara dealer may sell Hyundai in Novosibirsk / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The SLK-Motors group announced that it had signed a protocol of intent with the Expert NSK company to sell the Hyundai dealership business in Novosibirsk.

VTB will be able to receive 307.4 billion rubles in Tier 1 capital as part of additional capitalization through federal loan bonds (OFZ), said Andrey Kostin, Chairman of the Bank's Management Board. "We submitted an application in accordance with the proposal that was made to us, it amounts to 307 billion rubles. If the meeting votes for this decision today, then I think that in July this issue can be completely closed," Interfax quotes Kostin as saying, citing the Russia 24 TV channel .

June 25, 2015, 14:45 / Auto AvtoVAZ shareholders decided not to pay dividends for 2014 Vedomosti AvtoVAZ shareholders at the annual general meeting of shareholders held in Tolyatti decided not to pay dividends based on the company’s performance results for 2014. “Dividends on ordinary and preferred shares of the company based on the results of the 2014 financial year are not to be paid,” says the meeting materials.

June 25, 2015, 00:38 / Auto Stefan Mauerer appointed AvtoVAZ Executive Vice President for Finance Previously, he worked as a manager at The Boston Consulting Group and the BMW Group Vladimir Shtanov Stefan Mauerer was appointed AvtoVAZ Executive Vice President for Finance from July 1 / D. Abramov / Vedomosti vice president executive Stefan Mauerer has been appointed AvtoVAZ for finance as of July 1, the company announced.

June 25, 2015, 13:52 / Economy / News The Ministry of Finance proposed indexing social payments to target inflation undefined Vedomosti The Russian Ministry of Finance proposes to approve the indexation of social payments for 2016-2018. in the amount of 5.5, 4.5 and 4%, respectively, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Thursday at a government meeting.

June 25, 2015, 10:25 / Finance / News The detained ex-finirector of Lenenergo is suspected of transferring 550 million rubles to a troubled bank - Interfax undefined Vedomosti The former financial director of JSC Lenenergo, detained the day before in St. Petersburg, is suspected of placing almost 550 million rubles in the Tavrichesky bank, which his company was then unable to return, a source in law enforcement agencies told Interfax.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development sold shares of the retailer Lenta for $140 million / E. Kuzmina / Vedomosti The placement price was $7.85 per receipt, the company reports. Thus, the EBRD received $140 million for the entire sold package. The securities were sold at a 7.6% discount: on Tuesday, at the close of the exchange, one receipt cost $8.5 per piece (+1.43% compared to the previous day).

The rate on the recent loan from UniCredit Bank Austria AG, attracted by Gazprom, is below 4%, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Andrey Kruglov told reporters. On June 19, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Gazprom signed a loan agreement with UniCredit Bank Austria. The loan was raised for 300 million euros for a period of four years.

France is now investigating the thefts uncovered by Magnitsky / Firestone Duncan Several bank accounts worth millions of euros have been frozen by the French authorities during an investigation into a major theft case that may have been uncovered by lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who provided services to the Hermitage Capital Management fund, Reuters reports , citing informed sources. This is due to suspicions of money laundering using fraudulent schemes. Specific banks and amounts are not specified.