The New Year's turmoil on world markets is like a response to the alarmist forecasts of the end of last year. The combination of various factors leads to increased turbulence and generally indicates the beginning of the restructuring of the world economy to a new model of slower growth. It will be increasingly difficult for raw materials economies to exist in the new conditions.

January 10, 2016, 23:24 / Economics After 2018, the Ministry of Finance may propose to increase VAT in exchange for a reduction in income tax This will hit consumers and is unlikely to stimulate investment, experts warn Margarita Papchenkova Elizaveta Bazanova Ekaterina Mereminskaya VAT is one of the main and stable sources of budget replenishment / A. Makhonin / Vedomosti Despite the worsening budget situation, the government is not going to increase the tax burden this year.

January 11, 2016, 13:09 / Opinions Conditional lesions The second article in a series of publications dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War about playing cards in January 1941 and the legends associated with it Pavel Aptekar At the beginning of January 1941, the high command of the Red Army: the leadership of the General Staff and the People's Commissariat of Defense, the commanders of districts and armies, held two large-scale operational-strategic games

January 11, 2016, 18:42 / Media Polina Deripaska became co-owner of Look At Media Her publishing house Forward media group and LAM created a joint company Ksenia Boletskaya Ekaterina Bryzgalova On December 31, The Village announced the closure of the Look At Me publication project and that it would stop updating as of January 1, 2016 / E.

January 11, 2016, 08:29 / Economy / News Putin explained how falling oil prices improve the economy undefined Vedomosti In Russia, there is a decline in GDP by 3.8%, industrial production by 3.3%, inflation has risen to 12.7%, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Bild. “This is a lot, but at the same time we maintain a positive balance of foreign trade, and for the first time in many years, the volume of exports of products with high added value has increased significantly.

January 11, 2016, 22:56 / Auto The St. Petersburg Nissan plant notified the employment service of the dismissal of 252 people In total, the company wants to cut about 500 jobs Dmitry Gorshenin In March, the plant will switch to one shift / E. Egorov / Vedomosti Nissan Manufacturing Rus LLC filed a notice to lay off 252 people as of March 14 due to optimization of staff numbers, said Elvira Mezenova, a representative of the St. Petersburg employment service.

January 11, 2016, 00:09 / Business Snow producers suffer from warm weather in the Alps Ski resorts don't have enough snow Ralph Atkins An unusually warm winter at the beginning of the ski season left no chance for snowmaking technologies / Ruben Sprich / Reuters People and machines have long conquered the Alpine peaks, but this season they are faced with an impossible problem: an unusually warm winter at the beginning of the ski season left no chance for snow-making technologies.

January 11, 2016, 00:37 / Business Finnish retailer Stockmann will close its only grocery store in St.

January 11, 2016, 15:13 / Business / News Iran withdraws claim against Russia over S-300 supplies undefined Vedomosti Iran transferred an advance to Russia for the supply of components of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. This statement was made by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. “The supply of the S-300 system is determined by the contract. It was signed last year. Deliveries begin with the receipt of funds.

January 11, 2016, 17:23 / Economics Russia was predicted to be in the top five worst countries in terms of GDP dynamics 2016 brings disappointment to economies that had a bad year in 2015, writes Bloomberg Sergei Smirnov In total, there are 93 states in the ranking, with Russia in fourth place from the bottom / M. Stulov / Vedomosti In 2016, Russia will be among the top five countries with the worst economic dynamics. This is the result of a survey of analysts conducted by Bloomberg.

Loss-making Rosselkhozbank makes one of the largest purchases of Microsoft products in Russia / E. Egorov / Vedomosti Rosselkhozbank ( RSHB ) has announced an auction for the purchase of Microsoft software with a maximum price of 872 million rubles, according to its announcement on the state procurement portal dated December 31, 2015. In total, RSHB intends to purchase 46,734 different Microsoft licenses, according to the documentation.

On January 12, forecasters expect heavy snowfall in the center of the European part of Russia, including Moscow. "There will be more snow than in the entire previous period," Roman Vilfand, director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center, told Interfax. According to him, the snowfall will begin on Tuesday afternoon and will reach its maximum intensity after 15:00. "We are predicting precipitation in the form of snow, strong winds with a speed of up to 15-20 meters per second.

Industrialists have a need for cheap and prepared land / E. Kuzmina / Vedomosti A Plus Development intends to add three more parks to the three that it already has – in Pushkin, Kolpino and Shushary. The development project was presented at the investment council under the governor of St. Petersburg at the end of last year.

January 11, 2016, 21:05 / Business "Magnit" did not fulfill the sales plan due to the last two weeks of 2015 The revenue of the largest retailer grew by 24.3% over the year Natalya Ishchenko E. Razumny / Vedomosti The sales growth of Russia's largest retail company Magnit for 2015 fell short of management's forecast due to a sharp slowdown in turnover towards the end of the year, according to the retailer's preliminary operating results.

The Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg satisfied the claim of the State Construction Supervision and Expertise Service, which demanded the demolition of an apartment building on the street. Tbilisskaya, 32 (part of the Nikitinskaya Estate quarter in Kolomyagi). The service recognized the house, built in 2007 and occupied, as an unauthorized building, which was erected without the necessary permits.