China Development Institute to Give Megafon a Loan to Refinance Debt / M. Stulov / Vedomosti Megafon announced the signing of several credit agreements aimed at optimizing the company's debt portfolio. The operator announced the $600 million credit line agreement with the Chinese export agency China Development Bank (CDB) back in September. At that time, it was only a memorandum, but now binding documents have been signed, a person close to MegaFon knows. We are talking about two credit lines.

US President Barack Obama, in an address to the nation, ruled out the possibility of his country's participation in a military operation against the terrorist organization Islamic State (banned in Russia). "We should not be involved in a long and costly military operation again," Reuters quotes Obama as saying.

Head of Rostourism Oleg Safonov sold real estate in the Seychelles. He told Dozhd this. "If we are talking about my declaration, then yes, I did own a villa and a house in the Seychelles. I have sold them now, I no longer have them there," the official assured. "Yes, I had real estate there. But it has already been sold. So there is no hypocrisy in this," he told Ekho Moskvy, "absolutization or anything. This is probably not entirely correct.

December 07, 2015, 16:02 / Finance Kraiinvestbank may violate regulatory requirements due to the sluggishness of shareholders They will not be able to replenish its capital at the end of 2015, as promised, Standard & Poor's analysts Tatyana Voronova indicate The regulator recommended Kraiinvestbank to look for a sanator / M. Stulov / Vedomosti Standard & Poor's placed Krayinvestbank's long-term and short-term credit ratings (B/B) on CreditWatch with a negative outlook.

December 07, 2015, 20:47 / Finance SEC: Swiss Credit Suisse artificially inflated assets under management The US Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing to indict the bank Gina Chung Laura Noonan The investigation into Credit Suisse became known at Senate hearings in February 2014 / Alessandro Della Bella / Keystone / AP The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is preparing to charge Credit Suisse with artificially inflating assets under management, the FT reports, citing sources.

In 2016, the share of Russian banks' expenses on cloud services will increase from 5 to 10% of IT budgets. This follows from the results of a joint study by German software developer SAP and the National Agency for Fiscal Research (NAFI). The general director of the agency, Guzelia Imaeva, clarified that the absolute costs of banks on cloud technologies will also increase by 2 times. In 2015 they will amount to $51 million, SAP said.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service has extended the period for reviewing the purchase of oil and gas equipment manufacturer Cameron by oilfield services company Schlumberger by two months. The antimonopoly service announced this today. The companies announced the mega-deal—worth more than $14 billion—at the end of August. It is planned to close in the first quarter of 2016. Cameron works all over the world, including with Russian companies.

Rosselkhoznadzor has been prohibiting the supply of fish products from four Lithuanian enterprises since December 7. According to the service, this decision was made based on the results of an inspection of Lithuanian enterprises carried out in September 2015 by specialists from Rosselkhoznadzor and the Department of Veterinary and Food Supervision of Belarus.

Former deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Pskov Region Lev Shlosberg announced that he will run for the post of chairman of the Yabloko party. "I confirm that I am ready to run for the post of party chairman. I thank all regional organizations of the party that came forward with this initiative. I thank all my party colleagues for supporting my nomination," he wrote in his Livejournal.

06 December 2015, 23:36 / Technologies Russian startup beats Google team Together they participated in a facial recognition algorithm competition Elizaveta Sergina Modern algorithms make it possible to identify more than 70% of individuals / Michaela Rehle / REUTERS The University of Washington summed up the results of the Megaface facial recognition algorithm competition (published on the website; a university representative did not comment on them).

The death toll from a fire at an Azerbaijani oil field in the Caspian Sea has risen to seven. "Two bodies have been recovered and identified. These are Fuad Tagiev and Aga Makhmudov. In addition, the bodies of four more victims have been found, and the process of recovering the bodies from the sea is currently underway. After that, the bodies will be sent for identification," said Balamirza Aliragimov, chief engineer of Azneft, at a press conference. The fire on platform No.

06 December 2015, 23:38 / Business Sales began for the first time long before the New Year This is how retail chains react to the decline in purchasing power of Russians Natalya Ishchenko Shops don’t wait for holidays / A. Gordeev / Vedomosti The purchasing power of Russians has been declining for the second year in a row.

The ruble declines against world currencies on Monday, December 7, during the first hour of operation of the Moscow Exchange. The first transactions in the US dollar took place on the ETS in the range of 68.41–68.64 rubles/$, on average in one and a half minutes the rate was 68.56 rubles/$ (+42.5 kopecks to the previous close). The euro cost 74.51 rubles/euro (+45 kopecks). The bi-currency basket amounted to 71.24 rubles. (+43.5 kopecks), Interfax reports.

Russia will introduce a special phytosanitary regime for the import of plant products via Belarus from a number of countries from December 7, Rosselkhoznadzor reports. This measure is aimed at preventing the supply of products of unknown origin via Belarus. The regime provides for confirmation of the authenticity of phytosanitary certificates, on the basis of which Belarus issues re-export certificates.

Rosselkhoznadzor specialists stopped an attempt to import two batches of tangerines from Turkey into Russia. The cargo weighing 49.6 tons was returned to the sender. This is stated on the department's website . Rosselkhoznadzor employees found live larvae of the Mediterranean fruit fly in tangerines. The fact of infection is confirmed by the conclusion of the Krasnodar Interregional Veterinary Laboratory.