Easy Ten is a mobile application for learning a foreign language / A. Gordeev / Vedomosti Russian startup Easy Ten, part of the portfolio of the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF), has attracted investments from the American accelerator 500 Startups. This is stated in the reports of the fund and the American accelerator, citing the technology publication TechCrunch. Easy Ten is a mobile application for learning a foreign language.

Russian business fears ruble volatility most of all / A. Gordeev / Vedomosti Russian businesses consider the volatility of the ruble exchange rate to be the main risk in 2016, according to a survey of 107 company executives conducted by PwC. Almost all of them are concerned about the exchange rate. The share of such respondents has almost doubled since 2014 (from 55 to 92%).

Politics In the coming days, British Prime Minister David Cameron will discuss his country's relations with the EU with European officials. The UK is making some demands to protect its interests. The country's future in the EU may depend on progress in negotiations read on WSJ.com Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in France on Thursday and promised that a “new relationship” would begin between the countries.

January 28, 2016, 19:08 / Business / News Transneft may reduce Russian oil supplies to Europe by 20 million tons undefined Vedomosti Supplies of Russian oil for export to Europe may decrease in 2016 by 12.2%, or almost 20 million tons, Transneft vice-president Sergei Andronov said in an interview with Neftekompass magazine. “Oil exports to European countries via the pipeline system and ports in 2015 amounted to 154.2 million tons.

The investigation has separated the case against those who ordered and organized the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov into a separate proceeding. "I have information from the investigator that the case against the customers and organizers, which includes Ruslan Mukhutdinov and other unidentified persons, has been separated into a separate proceeding. Accordingly, the investigation into the case has been continued," the victims' lawyer Vadim Prokhorov told Interfax on Thursday.

OMV is ready for exchange Russia offers very interesting opportunities for Germany's OMV to keep the company on its toes, says CEO Rainer Seele. He expects to receive terms for an asset swap with Gazprom by the second quarter of 2016. "We are very open to continuing our cooperation with Gazprom," he notes. At the same time, Seele does not rule out the participation of any OMV subsidiaries or refineries in an asset swap with Gazprom.

If the shareholders of Tele2 and VimpelCom had managed to agree on a merger, the latter would have gained control of the joint venture, while the former would have only a blocking stake, analysts believe / E. Kuzmina / Vedomosti At the end of last year, representatives of shareholders of T2 RTK Holding (Tele2 brand) and VimpelCom (owned by VimpelCom Ltd.) discussed the possibility of merging the companies, Vedomosti sources said.

According to him, a total of 9,200 economic crimes were identified in Moscow last year.

January 28, 2016, 16:34 / Business / News Saudi Arabia surpassed Russia in oil production in November undefined Vedomosti Saudi Arabia overtook Russia in terms of oil production in November, producing an average of 10.13 million barrels per day, according to Rosstat data. Russia produced 10.01 million barrels per day in November. At the same time, in October, Russia took first place, overtaking Saudi Arabia and producing 10.359 million barrels per day.

January 28, 2016, 14:27 / Business / News The ex-president of the All-Russian Athletics Federation appealed his life ban undefined Vedomosti Former president of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) Valentin Balakhnichev sent an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS) against the decision of the IAAF ethics commission on a lifelong disqualification.

January 28, 2016, 00:01 / Economics The Ministry of Economic Development proposes to change the principles of business control The best way to help him is to interfere less with his work and check less often, according to Elizaveta Bazanova in the department Controllers are asked to change their image / Ilya Naymushin / REUTERS The Ministry of Economic Development proposed reforming the work of control and supervisory bodies in the government’s draft anti-crisis plan for 2016 (Vedomosti has a

January 28, 2016, 14:29 / Business "Metalloinvest" reoriented deliveries to Vostok The company increased shipments to the Middle East by 13.9% to 1.7 million tons Vitaly Petlevoy Metalloinvest redirected supplies abroad / Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg Alisher Usmanov's mining and metallurgical company Metalloinvest has reoriented the supply of metallurgical products from Russia to the Middle East and North Africa, as follows from the company's production report for 2015.

January 28, 2016, 1:57 pm / Opinions / Blog What investments might be of interest to a brave investor now? There will be attractive Russian assets for ruble capital, and the currency can be used for foreign investments Alexander Chernomorov , senior portfolio manager at GHP Group 5. But the most promising group of stocks for 2016 are commodity, export-oriented companies.

January 28, 2016, 15:20 / Economics Ulyukaev named the amount of the budget of the anti-crisis plan Vedomosti The plan of anti-crisis measures prepared by the Ministry of Economic Development provides for expenses in the amount of 750 billion rubles, said Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev. “There is one part - budgeted. This is 310 billion rubles of loans to the constituent entities of the federation, it is already a line item in the budget.

Only a quarter of Russian CEOs expect revenue growth this year, PwC survey shows / E. Razumny / Vedomosti Russian businesses are most concerned about the shortage of qualified personnel (79% of respondents), as well as the high level of bribery and corruption (70% of respondents), researchers from PwC found out during an annual survey of the heads of the world's largest companies. This year, they surveyed 1,409 CEOs from 83 countries and separately - 107 heads of companies in Russia.