January 21, 2016, 06:42 / Finance The Central Bank revoked the license of Omsk Miraf Bank Vedomosti The Central Bank revoked the license for banking operations from the Omsk Miraf Bank, according to the regulator’s website. “The Bank of Russia informs about the decision taken to revoke the license for banking operations from the credit organization Miraf-Bank Joint Stock Company as of January 21, 2016,” says a message on the regulator’s website.

Russian citizens are actively involved in charity work. According to a study by the CAF Russia Foundation, in 2015, 50% of the economically active population of Russia (44.5 million people) made monetary donations to charitable organizations, and in 2014 – 41% (33 million people). The volume of donations is also growing. For example, in the first nine months of 2015, Russians transferred 372 million rubles through the Yandex.Money service .

January 21, 2016, 16:16 / Business Alekperov predicted an increase in oil prices in the second half of the year In a crisis, the oil industry needs a stable tax system, he said Yana Shebalina E. Razumny / Vedomosti Now the oil industry has entered a period of “severe crisis,” but the largest companies agree that oil prices will begin to rise in the second half of 2016, said Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum ( WEF ) in Davos.

January 21, 2016, 15:25 / Personal account How do shareholders earn money? A third of mutual funds beat the dollar in 2015, the yield of the best was 60–70% Lyudmila Koval The hit of the year were foreign currency bond funds, whose shares rose in price both due to the rise in the dollar exchange rate and due to the positive dynamics of the debt market / M.

Mikhail Prokhorov will most likely not be able to sell SK Soglasie in the next year and a half / M. Stulov / Vedomosti Businessman Mikhail Prokhorov is unlikely to be able to sell the insurance company Soglasie in the next year or year and a half, analysts from the rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) believe following a meeting with the management of Soglasie and a representative of Prokhorov. The company's rating remains at the BB- level with a negative outlook, the agency reported.

January 21, 2016, 00:26 / Economics Emerging markets are the weak link of the global economy The hopes of the forum participants in Davos are connected with developed countries Mikhail Overchenko The economy will have to transition to a new model, the forum participants in Davos decided / Jolanda Flubacher / WEF The mood at the summit is illustrated by the IMF report: the fund lowered its forecast for global economic growth in 2016 and 2017.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said he "does not rule out new restrictive measures" against Russia after a report was published in London on the results of the so-called "open investigation" into the causes of the death of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, TASS reported, citing Cameron's interview with The Sky News.

January 21, 2016, 17:55 / Finance Sberbank gave a forecast for 2016 The state bank calculated the stress scenario based on the oil price of $25 per barrel Daria Borisyak Sberbank calculated the stress scenario based on $25 per barrel / Stanislav Krasilnikov / TASS On Thursday, during a teleconference, Sberbank announced its forecasts for 2016.

Ukraine intends to take new diplomatic steps to return Crimea, Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said. "We do not agree with the loss of Crimea. This will be the year when we begin to intensify the process of returning Crimea," Reuters quotes her as saying. According to Yaresko, Kyiv intends to create a diplomatic forum similar to the Geneva format, which in 2014 was based on Russia, Ukraine, the European Union and the United States.

January 20, 2016, 23:01 / Business Russian Railways changed its mind about introducing Transcontainer's package to UTLC The Russian-Kazakh-Belarusian operator will provide forwarding services and attract shippers Anna Zibrova Containers will remain in Russia / D.

The Federal Agency for Tourism has included 31 companies in the unified federal register of tour operators, among them Anex Tour, Interfax reports. "Exclusive Travel" is included in the register as an operator for domestic, inbound and outbound tourism. The company's financial liability is insured for 30 million rubles. “Agreements with tourists and agencies will be concluded with a mention of Exclusive Travel.

January 21, 2016, 17:27 / Finance The euro fell during the speech of ECB Chairman Mario Draghi Vedomosti The euro exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange fell during the speech of ECB head Mario Draghi. The exchange rate of the single European currency as of 16.55 Moscow time reached 89.98 rubles. compared to the level of 91.8 rubles recorded before the performance.

CTC Media did not hold a general meeting of shareholders last year, which is a violation of the exchange rules / Z. Milyavskaya / Vedomosti CTC Media has received a warning from the NASDAQ administration that the exchange intends to initiate the company's delisting procedure, according to a message from the television holding company on the website of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It has not yet been possible to contact a representative of CTC Media.

Politics Alexander Litvinenko may have been poisoned by the FSB with the approval of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a report by Sir Robert Owen, the man responsible for the investigation read on FT.com Economy The ECB's massive bond-buying program was intended to stimulate the eurozone economy. However, this is hampered by the fall of financial markets.

According to Mironov, they came to Belov's wife Olga's apartment at about 7:30 Moscow time. "The investigation into the case of Alexander Potkin has already been completed, the case has been sent to court, so it is not yet clear to us what the search is being conducted within the framework of," he added. Later, he told the Moscow agency that formally the investigative actions were being conducted in the case of Alexander Potkin's brother, Vladimir Basmanov.