The Ministry of Culture is checking information about the burning of books published with the support of the Soros Foundation in Vorkuta, said the head of the department, Vladimir Medinsky. As reported by Interfax, he considers the burning of books unacceptable. "I have requested the materials now, we are looking into it, we will find out what happened," the minister told journalists.

January 13, 2016, 10:47 pm / Business After conflict with artist Ai Weiwei, Lego changed the rules of the game Now the designer can be bought in bulk for any purpose Anastasia Demidova Weiwei commissioned pieces for an exhibition featuring portraits of famous political dissidents / Eric Risberg / AP Danish toy maker Lego has abandoned its policy of asking for the purpose of a major purchase, the company said in a statement.

January 13, 2016, 23:42 / Business Russian companies may sharply reduce oil exports For now they plan to pump 6% less abroad than last year Alina Fadeeva Galina Starinskaya Oil workers have reserved the opportunity to reduce oil production and exports / Ruslan Shamukov / TASS Russian companies have submitted applications to transport oil through the Transneft system for 2016.

For the first time in 10 years, ecology has been recognized as the main threat to global stability / A. Makhonin / Vedomosti Climate change is the biggest risk in the next decade, according to a survey of 750 experts for the World Economic Forum's ( WEF ) Global Risks Report. Failure to combat climate change in 2016 would have the most negative impact on the global economy, they say. For the first time in 10 years, ecology has been recognized as the main threat to global stability.

Income inequality in China is among the highest in the world / Bobby Yip / Reuters Income inequality in communist China is among the highest in the world, a study by Peking University has found. The richest 1% of Chinese control about 33% of the country's wealth, while the poorest 25% control just 1%. For China, the Gini coefficient, used to measure income distribution, has increased from about 0.3 in the 1980s to 0.49 in 2012, the report notes.

January 14, 2016, 17:16 / Business A sharp slowdown in decline was predicted for the Russian car market In 2015, car sales fell by 35.7%, in 2016 the figures will be much better Polina Gritsenko The Russian passenger car market amounted to about $30 billion / A. Gordeev / Vedomosti In 2015, sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia decreased by 35.7% compared to 2014 to 1.6 million units.

It is enough to award extra points to universities that teach in beautiful languages. And since Russian is the most beautiful language, our universities will immediately become leaders There are two simple ways to solve a complex problem. The first is to write a large long-term program to solve the problem. For example, the new government of Saudi Arabia has just developed a master plan for the development of the monarchical economy for the next 15 years.

The dollar and euro are falling against the ruble on Thursday, January 14. Trading in the US dollar began on the ETS on Thursday with transactions in the range of 76.55–77.0 rubles/$, in the first seconds the dollar was mostly quoted closer to the 77 ruble mark, but then retreated, and on average in a minute and a half the rate was 76.67 rubles/$ (corresponding to the previous closing mark). At the same time, the euro cost 83.3 rubles/euro (-9.5 kopecks), Interfax reports.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) proposed increasing the permissible volume of advertising materials in print media that do not specialize in advertising from 40 to 45%. The service announced the development of such amendments to the Law “On Advertising” on the unified state information disclosure portal. FAS received the corresponding instruction from the Russian government at the end of 2015.

January 14, 2016, 11:07 / Auto / News The Russian car market fell by 36% in 2015 undefined Vedomosti In 2015, sales of new cars in Russia fell by 36% to 1.6 million cars, according to preliminary statistics from sources Kommersant on the car market. Official data from the Association of European Businesses (AEB) on sales of passenger cars and LCVs in 2015 will be published on January 14.

77,000 RUB The average salary at Transneft in 2016 after the planned indexation of the company's employees' salaries will be, said Nikolai Tokarev, president of the pipeline monopoly. According to him, in Moscow the indexation may be 1.5%, in the regions - 4%. "The number of personnel will increase, especially in the Far East," he added.

The Prosecutor General's Office and the Investigative Committee of Russia have accepted statements from Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), which in late November asked for an FSB investigation.

January 13, 2016, 10:56 pm / Opinions Russian Themis and the green serpent Sociologist Irina Chetverikova on how the defendant’s alcohol intoxication affects the verdict Irina Chetverikova During the holidays, many people are drawn to drink. And New Year is still the favorite holiday of Russians, according to sociological surveys. Moreover, the New Year in Russia represents a whole series of holidays and long, cold holidays - how can you not have a drink?

January 14, 2016, 00:50 / Business In 2016, Lenenergo expects EBITDA to be 25.8 billion rubles The growth of the indicator should be ensured by an additional issue of Rosseti for 32 billion rubles Dmitry Gorshenin Lenenergo's revenue for the nine months of 2015 amounted to 30.4 billion rubles. - 3% higher than in the same period last year, net loss increased by 2.1 billion rubles. / E.

The Komsomolskaya Pravda publishing house has made a preliminary agreement to sell Sovetsky Sport to Sergei Kolushev's Eventica agency / D. Grishkin / Vedomosti Sergey Kolushev's Eventica communications agency will buy the Sovetsky Sport newspaper from the Komsomolskaya Pravda publishing house, Sports.ru reported citing its sources.