December 03, 2015, 13:27 / Business / News Putin proposed confiscating unused agricultural land from owners undefined Vedomosti President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to prepare, by June 1, 2016, a legislative framework for the seizure of agricultural land from owners that is not used for its intended purpose. He said this in his message to the Federal Assembly. It was broadcast by the Rossiya 24 TV channel.

Russia's international reserves as of November 27 amounted to $364.9 billion, the Bank of Russia reported. As of November 20, international reserves were equal to $364.5 billion. Thus, they increased by $0.4 billion over the week. International reserves are highly liquid financial assets at the disposal of the Bank of Russia and the Russian government.

December 03, 2015, 15:28 / Lifestyle / Business / Photo An exhibition of equipment from the Zenit football club is taking place in St. Petersburg "Formalism. History of Form" in DLT is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the club View / 11 photos

02 December 2015, 23:53 / Business LNG is rapidly becoming cheaper The Asian LNG market has already ceased to be premium. This makes competition tougher Alina Fadeeva Following oil, LNG is rapidly becoming cheaper / Koji Sasahara / AP The global market for liquefied natural gas (LNG) has changed over the past year, said Frederic Barnot, executive director of Gazprom's trading subsidiary Gazprom Marketing & Trading, at the 16th annual LNG Congress (quotes from TASS).

The cheaper ruble makes Russian-made equipment more attractive / E. Razumny / Vedomosti Russia, while maintaining spending on major repairs and maintenance of highways, continues to cut funding for the construction and reconstruction of new facilities in the context of a declining economy. In 2016, federal budget expenditures on this item were sequestered by almost a third to 97 billion rubles.

02 December 2015, 23:58 / Finance Several more banks may enter the additional capitalization program through OFZ But not all of them want to receive government assistance Tatyana Voronova Anna Eremina Now, according to Deputy Minister of Finance Alexei Moiseev, 10.5 billion rubles remain in the program / S.

02 December 2015, 23:51 / Business FAS suspects Uralchem ​​of inflating prices for ammonium nitrate The company faces a turnover fine if its guilt is proven Ivan Peschinsky FAS will check Uralchem ​​/ Igor Kubedinov / TASS The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia opened a case against Uralchem ​​on grounds of establishing a monopolistically high price for ammonium nitrate, the agency said in a statement. First, the case was initiated by the Perm OFAS based on a complaint from Yuzhuralzoloto.

December 03, 2015, 20:16 / Finance A warrant has been issued for the immediate arrest of Sergei Pugachev in Britain Vedomosti The High Court of Justice of England and Wales has issued a warrant for the immediate arrest of Mezhprombank founder and former senator Sergei Pugachev, the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) said on Thursday evening.

The Central Election Commission has drawn up a new budget for the organization of the 2016 State Duma elections, cutting the costs of informing voters. This was reported to TASS by Vladimir Churov, Chairman of the Central Election Commission.

Investment in Sberbank is still bringing profit to Oppenheimer funds, they preferred to reduce investments in Yandex (Sberbank President German Gref is pictured on the left, on the right is Yandex founder Arkady Volozh) / M.

The Russian-Turkish Research Center at the Library of Foreign Literature in Moscow has not paid rent for two months, said Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky. Secondly, according to the minister, no one has visited the center. As reported by Interfax, this is how he commented on the information about the closure of this center in early December.

From a purely military point of view, the contribution of Germany and Great Britain to the coalition operation will not be decisive, experts believe / UK Ministry of Defence The UK parliament on Wednesday debated the issue of the British army's involvement in air strikes against the Islamic State (IS, banned in Russia) in Syria. Prime Minister David Cameron called for support for allies, and described those who voted against as supporters of terrorism.

After a 10-hour debate, the UK parliament has approved the participation of the Royal Air Force in the operation against the Islamic State (banned in Russia) in Syria. 397 MPs voted "for" and 223 "against", Reuters reports .

"It is absolutely clear to me who and what is behind this. I think I will voice this in the near future," said Yuri Chaika / Mikhail Dzhaparidze / TASS Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika called the allegations in the report by Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, in which members of Chaika's family and high-ranking officials of the Prosecutor General's Office were found guilty of abuses, groundless and false.

Volvo on Wednesday said its profits would increase "very significantly" this year. Volvo also introduced the new S90 sedan. As its CEO Hakan Samuelsson noted, the company wants to become a real competitor for German automakers in the global market read on FT.com A selection of the most interesting publications in the publications co-founders of Vedomosti dated December 3, 2015. Politics NATO is preparing to resume contacts with Russia by creating a special council.