Blavatnik will not make a new proposal / Valery Levitin / RIA Novosti Swedish MTG ultimately did not sign the deal to sell Viasat's non-terrestrial channels to Leonard Blavatnik, an acquaintance of the businessman told Vedomosti. Anatoly Akimenko, vice president of Access Industries (which manages Blavatnik's assets) in Russia, confirmed this.

The Ukrainian side is going to attend trilateral gas negotiations, which are scheduled for Friday in Brussels. This was announced on Thursday, September 24, by Naftogaz Business Development Director Yuriy Vitrenko on his Facebook page. “They will go,” Vitrenko wrote, answering the question whether company representatives will go to tomorrow’s negotiations.

The board of directors of CTC Media on Thursday, September 24, approved the deal with the YuTV holding of Alisher Usmanov and Ivan Tavrin, sources close to both companies told Vedomosti. Currently, more than 70% of CTC Media shares are owned by foreign companies (primarily the Swedish MTG); as a result of the transaction, the holding will only have Russian shareholders - YuTV, ​​as well as the structures of Yuri Kovalchuk and his partners.

September 24, 2015, 11:31 am / Business Razgulay may be divided between the main shareholder and Rusagro - Kommersant Vedomosti holding of The Rusagro agricultural Vadim Moshkovich and the private equity fund AVG Capital Partners of Rustem Mirgalimov have created a joint venture, which will include part of the assets of Razgulay, a source close to the deal told Kommersant. A source in the agricultural market and a source in the government also know about this.

Schlumberger no longer intends to extend the Sept. 30 deadline for completing its acquisition of a minority stake in Eurasia Drilling , the company said. Instead, she will focus on other M&A opportunities. Representatives of Schlumberger and EDC have not yet responded to Vedomosti's request. Schlumberger announced the purchase of 45.65% of EDC at the end of January. The transaction amount was supposed to be $1.7 billion; in three years the company planned to increase the share to 100%.

September 23, 2015, 23:18 / Economics The Accounts Chamber did not like the speed of embezzlement of the National Welfare Fund Money is invested ineffectively, criticizes Chairman of the Accounts Chamber Tatyana Golikova Yuri Nekhaychuk Olga Kuvshinova Chairman of the Accounts Chamber Tatyana Golikova proposes to further develop the mechanism of investments from the National Welfare Fund / S.

September 24, 2015, 11:33 / Finance / News Payments of compensation to depositors of Zernobank and Antalbank will begin no later than October 8 undefined Vedomosti The Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) will begin paying compensation to depositors of Barnaul Zernobank and Moscow Antalbank no later than October 8. This is stated in messages on the DIA website. Both banks lost their licenses on September 24. Agent banks for this will be selected through a competition no later than September 30.

September 24, 2015, 18:31 / Business Regulators approve Lockheed Martin's purchase of Sikorsky Aircraft Vedomosti United States regulators have approved the acquisition of the country's largest weapons manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, for $9 billion from the financial-industrial corporation United Technologies of Sikorsky Aircraft, a company specializing in the manufacture of helicopters. this TASS reports with reference to a statement from Lockheed Martin representatives.

The Sinara group and the Chinese CRCC will jointly prepare trains for the Moscow-Kazan high-speed line (HSR), a source familiar with the results of negotiations within the framework of a meeting of the Russian-Chinese working group on cooperation in the field of HSR told TASS. “The basic enterprises for development will be CRCC on the Chinese side and the Sinara group on the Russian side,” he said.

September 24, 2015, 14:27 / Finance Visa reported an increase in spending by Russians on foreign trips by 6% over two years Vedomosti Over the past two years, Russians began to spend 6% more on trips abroad, their expenses on average amounting to $2,730 per trip. As TASS reports , these are the results of the Global Travel Intentins Study 2015, commissioned by Visa. Expenses of Russians on foreign trips are 20% higher than the world average.

September 24, 2015, 18:00 / Economy / News Gref allowed oil prices to be fixed at $50–55 for 10 years undefined Vedomosti The price of oil may be fixed at $50-55 per barrel within 10 years, says Sberbank President German Gref. "What if the oil price stays at $40-50 for 10 years? I don’t believe in $40, but $50-55 is quite realistic. Such a scenario could happen. We say it could be $80, but between $80 and $50 everything "There's a big difference.

September 24, 2015, 16:30 / Business / News Russia will reduce imports of agricultural products by 40% in 2015 undefined Vedomosti Imports of agricultural products into Russia this year will decrease by almost half, said President Vladimir Putin. “We have reserves for increasing the efficiency of the agricultural sector and commissioning new production capacities, and, accordingly, reaching a new quality level.

September 24, 2015, 14:42 / Finance The Central Bank invites banks to recalculate risks on sovereign Eurobonds and other foreign exchange assets This will force banks holding a significant share of such assets to replenish capital, Moody's believes Tatyana Voronova The ones that suffered the most were the requirements for banks, governments and regulators of the CIS countries, which have a score of 7, according to the OECD export credit agencies / S.

September 25, 2015, 00:13 / Auto / News Porsche CEO could become Volkswagen's new leader undefined Vedomosti Porsche CEO Matthias Müller is the main candidate for the post of head of the Volkswagen concern after the resignation of Martin Winterkorn as a result of the “diesel scandal,” Bloomberg reports , citing its sources.

September 24, 2015, 12:10 / Economics Norway's central bank cuts key rate to support oil economy Vedomosti The Norwegian central bank has cut its key interest rate to a record low and may continue to cut it to support growth in Western Europe's largest oil-producing economy as oil prices fall. As reported Bloomberg , the overnight deposit rate was reduced by 0.25 percentage points to 0.75%.