December 22, 2015, 00:07 / Economics Greece refuses IMF services Europe can monitor the third aid program on its own, the government of the country, Lina Byshok, believes Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras / Thanassis Stavrakis / AP Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras does not want the IMF to participate in the country's third bailout program, he said in an interview with the FT.

December 22, 2015, 18:59 / Economics / Video The shock that Russia is now experiencing is stronger than the shock of the late USSR Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Maxim Oreshkin with an analysis of the current situation and forecast for 2016 Vedomosti

The government has issued an order allocating 1,498,900,000 rubles of budget funds to conduct procurement and commodity interventions in agricultural markets, as well as collateral transactions. The funds are being allocated as part of the government's anti-crisis plan. According to the Cabinet's website, this will help ensure a balanced grain market and will allow for servicing the intervention fund's reserves, as well as collateral transactions.

December 21, 2015, 11:21 pm / Finance The Central Bank is tightening capital requirements for management companies They may lose the opportunity to inflate it with real estate, transport and securities of affiliated persons Marie Mesropyan The Central Bank is tightening capital requirements for management companies / M.

The Tambov Regional Court has upheld the decision of the Kirsanovsky District Court to change the sentence of Krasnodar ecologist Yevgeny Vitishko, who is in a penal colony, to restriction of freedom. This was reported to RAPSI by the convicted person's lawyer, Sergei Loktev. According to him, Vitishko should soon leave penal colony No. 2.

On June 28 this year, Falcon 9 was supposed to launch the Dragon spacecraft into orbit with 2 tons of cargo for the ISS, but the rocket broke apart in mid-air, presumably due to a malfunction of a strut in a liquid oxygen tank.

December 22, 2015, 08:55 / Business Restaurants may be left without alcohol after the New Year Vedomosti From January 1, 2016, restaurants, bars and cafes may lose the right to sell alcohol.

At the end of November, Roskomnadzor notified Wikipedia about adding four articles about drugs to the register of banned sites, since their content was deemed prohibited by the Federal Drug Control Service / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) is satisfied with the articles edited by Wikipedia that contained information about drugs, said Roskomnadzor head Alexander Zharov on the sidelines of the Internet Economy 2015 forum.

Not typewriters, but the texts printed on them are the heroes of the exhibition / E. Razumny / Vedomosti Hundreds of models of typewriters from different periods are a large, but not the main part of the exhibition “200 strokes per minute. The typewriter and the consciousness of the 20th century” at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. If it is not exactly about consciousness, too global a claim, then it is about Russian-Soviet texts of the 20th century, their production and primary physical state.

December 22, 2015, 13:29 / Finance / Opinions / Business / Professional participants / Transport The leasing sector is adapting to new business realities Enterprises need to renew equipment and transport fleet, where wear and tear reaches 50% Vyacheslav Spirov , Director of the Corporate Business Department "Sberbank Leasing" The realities of the economy pose another challenge for business - how to develop and update the fleet of machinery and equipment.

Preferential rate of insurance premiums until the end of 2017 for Russian IT companies that have undergone special accreditation in the Ministry of Communications is 14% / M. Stulov / Vedomosti At the ongoing Internet Economy forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to consider a proposal to extend benefits on insurance contributions for IT companies, Interfax reports.

MTS filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of Russia against the decision of the Arbitration Court of the Moscow District, which confirmed Megafon's exclusive right to provide services in Krasnodar Krai on LTE frequencies of 2.5-2.7 GHz until December 31, 2016, Interfax reports. MTS representative Dmitry Solodovnikov explained that MTS wants to use upper-range LTE frequencies to meet the needs of Krasnodar subscribers for mobile Internet services.

December 22, 2015, 09:29 / Business / News A barrel of Brent fell to $36.6 undefined Vedomosti Oil prices rose slightly on the morning of Tuesday, December 22, and then began to fall again. Thus, as of 9.10 Moscow time, the price of February futures for North Sea Brent oil dropped to $36.59 per barrel. The price of February futures for light North American oil WTI reached $36.14 per barrel at the same time. Yesterday, Brent oil fell in price to the level of July 2004.

December 22, 2015, 14:10 / Business ATOR is observing an unprecedented growth in inbound tourism to Russia Vedomosti In 2015, the inbound tourism segment in Russia experienced unprecedented growth dynamics, said Maya Lomidze, executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR). According to market participants, the incoming tourist flow increased by 10-15%, according to Rosstat - by 13%.

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