September 29, 2015, 16:04 / Economics Kudrin expects Russians' incomes to continue to fall in 2016 undefined Vedomosti Former Minister of Finance of Russia, Chairman of the Committee of Civil Initiatives (KGI) Alexey Kudrin believes that in 2016 the real incomes of Russians will continue to fall. He made this statement on Tuesday, September 29, reports .

The company Apteka-A.v.e, part of the Pharmacy Chain 36.6, acquired 100% of the shares of Reed LLC for 2.2 billion rubles, according to company documents. The seller was the Cypriot Dolphin Trading Limited, it is noted there. The Reed company owns the rights to the Gorzdrav Pharmacy trademark, which the chain is developing, Yuri Gusarov, director of corporate finance at Pharmacy Chain 36.6, explained to Vedomosti.

September 29, 2015, 18:33 / Business Declining oil production in the US does not lead to higher prices Market participants are still paying more attention to production growth in other countries Nicole Friedman The recovery of prices is hampered by the high activity of oil workers outside the United States and significant oil reserves / S. Porter / Vedomosti The rapid growth of oil production in the United States in recent years has been the main reason for the fall in oil prices.

September 29, 2015, 18:36 / Economics The government will consider the draft Russian budget for 2016 on October 8 Vedomosti The Russian government will consider the draft budget for next year on October 8, Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin told RIA Novosti. “According to the schedule, 8 (October),” Topilin said. Currently, Russia is adopting a three-year budget.

September 29, 2015, 14:58 / Business / News Luzhkov is ready to feed the Russian fleet with his buckwheat undefined Vedomosti Former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov is ready to supply buckwheat to the Russian Navy, and he expects that his enterprise will meet all the Navy’s needs for this cereal. According to Luzhkov, the possibility of supplying buckwheat to the fleet is being studied.

Russia's GDP in August 2015 decreased by 4.6% in annual terms after falling by 4.7% according to an updated estimate in July, according to the monitoring of the Ministry of Economic Development published on Tuesday. Adjusted for seasonality, GDP in August remained unchanged compared to July. For January-August, the decline in GDP is estimated by the ministry at 3.8%.

September 29, 2015, 10:41 am / Business Gazprom is ready to negotiate with Rosneft on the purchase of gas from Sakhalin-1 The regional authorities expect that a solution will be found before the end of the year Mikhail Serov Gazprom is ready to negotiate with Rosneft on the purchase of gas from Sakhalin-1 / exxonmobil.com Gazprom .

They will not take away the rights of disabled people and citizens supporting them, as well as those for whom a car or boat is either a legal source of livelihood or is vitally necessary given transport accessibility / A. Gordeev / Vedomosti The government has introduced amendments (Vedomosti has a copy) to the bill that allows bailiffs to deprive debtors of their driving licenses.

September 29, 2015, 16:18 / Finance Roman Avdeev consolidates control over NPF Soglasie FAS granted his company's request to purchase 75.1% of the fund's shares Tatyana Voronova Roman Avdeev consolidates control over NPF Soglasie / M. Stulov / Vedomosti The Federal Antimonopoly Service considered the petition of the Rossium concern Roman Avdeev to acquire 75.1% of the voting shares of the NPF Soglasie and decided to satisfy this petition, according to the service’s website.

Post Office to purchase communication services for 10 billion rubles Russian Post has announced a tender for the purchase of integrated communications services worth 10.03 billion rubles. The winner of the tender will have to provide post offices and other postal infrastructure facilities with data transmission services for five years, servicing 39,227 ports. Vedomosti Microsoft to Change Financial Reporting Structure Microsoft Corp.

VTB already has experience investing in the advertising and media industry and the group is ready to develop expertise in this area / M. Stulov / Vedomosti VTB Group has bought an additional share issue of the Cypriot Telcrest, which owns 25.3% of the media holding CTC Media , a person close to the holding told Vedomosti.

September 29, 2015, 14:28 / Business / News Japan Tobacco to buy Natural American Spirit brand for $5 billion undefined Vedomosti The American tobacco company Reynolds American is selling the Natural American Spirit brand to Japan Tobacco for $5 billion, the company said in a press release. The deal is expected to receive antitrust regulatory approval in early 2016 and close shortly thereafter.

Olga Pleshakova and her daughters are no longer shareholders of Transaero airline . According to TASS, Pleshakova wrote about this on Twitter. It was previously reported that the spouses Alexander and Olga Pleshakov owned 36.62% of the carrier. Quasi-treasury shares account for 13.1%, 4.5% of shares belong to co-owner of Vnukovo airport Vitaly Vantsev.

September 28, 2015, 23:40 / Economics The Central Bank will add money to the budget The budget will receive 90% of the regulator’s profit for 2015, which is about 300 billion rubles Olga Kuvshinova Margarita Papchenkova The Central Bank hopes that the new norm will remain temporary / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The main source of profit for the Central Bank is interest income from lending to banks; in 2014 it amounted to 437.5 billion rubles.

Sprint is already one of the largest owners of radio frequencies among cellular operators / Flickr.com The U.S. government plans to buy up spectrum from TV broadcasters and auction it off to wireless carriers. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has scheduled a major auction for March 2016.