November 23, 2015, 15:04 / Business Rosneft ordered the construction of two ships at the Zvezda shipyard Vedomosti Rosneft plans to buy two multifunctional supply vessels with reinforced ice class for 23 billion rubles. They will be built at the Zvezda shipyard (25% from OJSC OSK , 75% from the consortium of Rosneft and Gazprombank). This is stated in government procurement materials, writes TASS.

November 23, 2015, 15:18 / Business / News Pfizer and Allergan announce $160 billion merger undefined Vedomosti American Pfizer and Irish Allergan on Monday officially announced the largest merger in industry history, worth $160 billion, which will create the world's largest pharmaceutical and biotechnology company. As stated in a press release from the companies, the value of Allergan shares in the transaction is valued at $363.63, or 11.3 Pfizer shares.

Head of Krasnogorsk District Boris Rasskazov resigned of his own accord / Sergey Fadeichev / TASS In the Moscow region, the head of the Krasnogorsk district, Boris Rasskazov, has resigned. As an employee of the press service of the governor and the government of the Moscow region told Interfax, he resigned of his own accord. Information about the possible resignation of the head of the district appeared in October after the emergency with the "Krasnogorsk shooter", the agency recalls.

November 23, 2015, 15:36 / Economy / News Sberbank expects inflation to range from 8 to 8.5% in 2016 undefined Vedomosti In 2016, inflation in Russia will be 8% according to the base scenario, 8.5% according to the pessimistic one, Sberbank believes . As TASS reports , this follows from the presentation that the head of the bank, German Gref, presented at the congress of Opora Russia leaders. In 2017 and 2018 it shows a stable inflation rate under the base scenario at about 7.8%.

The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority has announced the suspension of all flights departing from and arriving at the airports of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah for 48 hours, Prime reports , citing the Al Sumaria TV channel, which cites the agency's announcement. The airports will be closed from 8:00 local time (the same as Moscow time).

November 23, 2015, 20:34 / Business / News Ukraine has enough prepaid gas for two days – Miller undefined Vedomosti Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Alexey Miller said that Ukraine will only have enough prepaid gas for a few days, TASS reports. According to him, an advance payment from Naftogaz has not yet been received. “The volumes of prepaid gas are running out. I think there are maybe two days left now,” he noted. Miller does not know whether Ukraine intends to make an advance payment.

During the day, the ruble to dollar exchange rate increased by 1.27 rubles. from the closing level on Friday and reached 66.02 rubles. As TASS reports , above 66 rubles. The dollar exchange rate has not risen since November 16. The euro exchange rate jumped by 1.39 rubles. up to 70.32 rub. Oil prices continue to decline. According to Prime, by 13.36 Moscow time, January Brent futures fell by 1.7% to $43.89 per barrel.

Stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region (APR) showed predominantly positive dynamics on Monday, picking up Friday's optimism on American exchanges, exchange data show. As of 07.33 Moscow time, the Shanghai Composite Exchange Index rose by 0.39% to 3644.7 points, and the Shenzhen Composite Exchange Index rose by 0.67% to 2301.08 points. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.03% to 22,748.63 points. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.38% to 5,275.8 points.

The government has been asked to pay for the completion of a Soviet project / A. Gordeev / Vedomosti The unfinished educational and business center " Zenith " next to the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) on Vernadsky Avenue has been transferred to its ownership; the building's design allows it to be completed, Deputy Mayor of Moscow Marat Khusnullin told Vedomosti (interview with him on page 08). This was confirmed by a representative of RANEPA.

November 23, 2015, 12:41 pm / Finance Gref spoke in favor of the complete privatization of Sberbank Vedomosti Sberbank President German Gref spoke in favor of the complete privatization of Russia's largest state bank, he stated this in an interview with Handelsblatt . “The Central Bank could keep 25% during the transition period. But in principle, nothing speaks against the complete privatization of Sberbank. Private shareholders in our case are large investment funds.

November 23, 2015, 18:06 / Business The FIFA Arbitration Chamber opened a case against Blatter and Platini Vedomosti Arbitration proceedings against FIFA President Joseph Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini, who were suspended from football, have been initiated by the Arbitration Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, the organization said in a statement received by Interfax on Monday.

The previous contract for the delivery of five S-300 divisions was signed in 2007 / S. Porter / Vedomosti Iran's Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei said that Moscow and Tehran had signed a new contract for the delivery of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, the Iranian news agency Tasnim reports. According to him, the transfer of the S-300s has already begun.

This is the second time in the last six months that Wikipedia is threatened with complete blocking in Russia / E. Razumny / Vedomosti On Monday, November 23, Roskomnadzor notified Wikipedia about adding the addresses of four pages of this resource to the register of prohibited sites; these pages contain articles about drugs. Wikipedia itself reported this on its official Twitter account. Roskomnadzor press secretary Vadim Ampelonsky confirmed this information to Vedomosti.

The first joint of the Ukhta - Torzhok - 2 gas pipeline, the onshore part of the Nord Stream 2 route, was welded on October 27, 2015 in the presence of Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller and Russian President Vladimir Putin (he participated in the ceremony via video conference). And last Friday, Gazprom for the first time estimated the costs of building this gas pipeline: the figure is indicated in the company’s documents for investors - 217 billion rubles.

November 23, 2015, 15:12 / Business / News The toll road to Sheremetyevo had to be opened due to traffic jams undefined Vedomosti On the first day of operation of the toll mode of the route, the concessionaire of the head section of the M-11 Moscow - St. Petersburg highway was forced to open the barriers of the toll point (TCP) in front of Sheremetyevo airport due to a congestion of cars. As a representative of the SZKK told Interfax, a traffic jam has formed at the toll collection points.