August 24, 2015, 16:11 / Business Manufacturer prices for gasoline jumped 9% in July Vedomosti Manufacturer prices for gasoline in Russia rose by 9% in July after a jump of 10.5% in June, an increase of 1% in May, by 0.8% in April, by 8.2% in March, a decrease of 0.1 % in February and an increase of 0.3% in January, Rosstat reported on Monday. Retail consumer prices for gasoline in Russia rose by 2.5% in July after increasing by 0.9% in June.

Alexander Ivanov has been appointed acting head of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Interfax reports , citing the Roscosmos press service. Prior to this, Ivanov held the post of deputy head of the agency from December 12, 2013. The position of the head of Roscosmos has been vacant since August 11, when Igor Komarov left it in connection with a transfer to another job.

An explosion occurred on a section of the Stavropol-Moscow main gas pipeline in the vicinity of the city of Rovenki near Lugansk; one version of what happened is a terrorist attack, Interfax reports, citing the Lugansk Information Center . According to the LPR Ministry of Emergency Situations, cited by the Lugansk Information Center, as a result of the explosion of a gas pipeline, the diameter of which is from 700 mm to 1000 mm, a fire broke out, the height of the flames reached 30 m.

The key condition for the existence of a competitive aviation industry in the country is the presence of modern component manufacturers. To achieve this, not only should the state stimulate large state-owned companies, but the state-owned companies themselves should restructure themselves The aviation industry in Russia is a key branch of mechanical engineering, the successful development of which can pull a number of related industries along with it.

August 24, 2015, 11:46 / Economy / News People's Bank of China plans to increase banks' access to liquidity - WSJ undefined Vedomosti The People's Bank of China is considering measures to channel additional liquidity into the banking system to support lending and prevent capital flight from the country amid turbulence in markets, Interfax reported , citing The Wall Street Journal. In particular, the Central Bank may reduce reserve requirements by about half a percentage point.

24 August 2015, 13:34 / Business The court approved a settlement agreement between the VTB subsidiary and Mechel Vedomosti The Arbitration Court of the Moscow District on Monday approved a settlement agreement on the claim of VTB Factoring LLC against Mechel structures - Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant OJSC and Mechel Service LLC - for the recovery of more than 954 million rubles, follows from the information on the website court The plaintiff demanded to collect the debt under the general

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin commented on Japan's protests over Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's visit to the Kuril Islands. "If they were real men, they would commit hara-kiri as is customary and finally calm down. But they are only making noise," Rogozin wrote on his Twitter microblog.

Starting price – 993 million rubles / E. Razumny / Vedomosti On Friday, the Construction Committee announced a request for proposals to complete the construction of the engineering and transport support for Block 16 north of Novoselov Street. The results are scheduled to be announced on August 28. The starting price is 993 million rubles.

In July, Russian oil companies reduced the shipment of motor gasoline for export by 26% compared to June 2015 - to 248,300 tons, according to data from the Central Dispatch Department of the Fuel and Energy Complex. Last month, shipments of motor gasoline to the domestic market decreased by 2.5% to 3 million tons.

The Russian Hockey Federation (RHF) was fined 80,000 Swiss francs for the fact that the players of the national team left the ice on May 17 during the awards ceremony for the Canadian team that won the World Championship final. this TASS reports with reference to the press service of the International Hockey Federation (IIHF). Within seven days from the date of receipt of the text of the decision, the FHR can appeal it to the appeal council.

Detailed instructions on how to bypass the blocking are posted on the encyclopedia's website under the title "What to do if Wikipedia is blocked" / Susanne Nilsson The Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia decided to explain how to bypass the blocking by Roskomnadzor. Wikipedia will be blocked in Russia Politics / Power Detailed instructions are posted on the encyclopedia's website under the title "What to do if Wikipedia is blocked," the encyclopedia's website says.

August 24, 2015, 08:53 / Business / Finance Brent fell to $44.5 Vedomosti World oil prices showed sharply negative dynamics on Monday, losing more than 2%; For the first time since March 17, 2009, Brent broke through the psychological level of $45 per barrel amid concerns for the Chinese economy, according to trading data, reports . Prime As of 07.07 Moscow time, the price of October futures for light oil WTI fell by 2.52%, to $39.44 per barrel.

August 24, 2015, 07:52 / Business Chinese investment fund will buy 9.9% of Yamal LNG The deal may be closed during Vladimir Putin's visit to China Mikhail Serov Now Novatek has 60% in the project, another 20% each from the French Total and Chinese CNPC.

The Arctic Sunrise vessel was arrested in the fall of 2013 in full compliance with Russian law, a source in Russian law enforcement agencies told Interfax, commenting on the decision of the arbitration court in The Hague that the Netherlands has the right to demand material compensation from Russia. "The legality of the actions of Russian law enforcement agencies can hardly be questioned, since Arctic Sunrise was arrested by a court decision," the agency's source said on Monday.

In the early 1990s, I was taking a training program at the bank where I worked at the time, and in the process of solving one of the business cases, I made a mistake that I often remember. It was typical. I proposed improving a business that was already bringing in good income in favor of a new, as it seemed to me at the time, more advanced model.