03 February 2016, 19:16 / Economics Oil at $20–40, probably for a long time – Central Bank study Vedomosti The Research and Forecasting Department of the Bank of Russia does not exclude the possibility that oil prices will remain near current values ​​for a long time, in the range of $20-40 per barrel.

February 03, 2016, 00:09 / Auto The number of car dealerships decreased by 7% over the year This happened for the first time in the last seven years Polina Gritsenko UAZ became the leader in the number of new centers / A. Makhonin / Vedomosti The total number of car dealerships at the end of 2015 decreased by 7% to 4,159, as calculated by the Autobusiness Review magazine. This happened for the first time after 2009, notes Sergei Baranov, editor-in-chief of Autobusiness Review.

February 03, 2016, 16:34 / Finance / News The share of retail loans overdue for more than 90 days increased to 10.5% - Central Bank undefined Vedomosti The share of loans with payments overdue for more than 90 days in the total volume of homogeneous loans provided to individuals decreased to 10.5% in December 2015 from 10.8% in the previous month, the Central Bank reports. At the end of 2015, this figure increased by 2.6 percentage points (pp) - from 7.9% as of January 1, 2015.

It is believed that rare metals and other materials on Earth may be found in large quantities on near-Earth objects / NASA The Luxembourg government on Wednesday announced the Space Resources initiative, aimed at finding and extracting minerals in space. One of its key elements will be the development of a legal and regulatory framework regarding the ownership of resources extracted by private companies from near-Earth objects.

Saudi Arabia is preparing for the first placement of Eurobonds on the international market, reports Interfax with reference to the Financial Times. This is happening at a time of low oil prices and against the backdrop of the kingdom's high spending on military operations in Syria and Yemen.

February 03, 2016, 18:00 / Finance / News Ekaterina Petelina from VTB 24 became the General Director of Visa in Russia undefined Vedomosti Visa Inc. announced the appointment of Ekaterina Petelina to the position of General Director of the company in Russia. She will begin her duties on April 18, 2016, according to a Visa press release.

03 February 2016, 00:26 / Economics The Federal Tax Service failed to push banks aside in the queue for bankrupt property The government instructed to adjust the reform Elizaveta Bazanova The Federal Tax Service failed to push banks out of line for bankrupt property / Allison Ching / Reuters Vedomosti obtained the minutes of a meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, at which the reform of the bankruptcy mechanism - the so-called bill on financial recovery - was discussed.

The EU Delegation in Moscow responded to a request from the press secretary of the head of Chechnya to clarify the statement by the EU Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas about Ramzan Kadyrov's "sniper" post on Instagram.

03 February 2016, 15:43 / Business Syngenta agreed to become Chinese for $43 billion The largest takeover deal in Chinese history will give the country access to advanced agricultural technologies Sergei Smirnov Syngenta - Swiss manufacturer of plant protection products and genetic material / Syngenta One of the world's technological leaders in the field of agriculture, the Swiss manufacturer of plant protection products and genetic material Syngenta, has accepted an offer from ChemChina, the

The dollar and euro exchange rates fell slightly against the ruble on the Moscow Exchange on Wednesday morning. According to Interfax , the ruble has stopped falling amid a halt in the decline in world oil prices. The first transactions in the dollar were in the range of 79.43-78.79 rubles, on average in one and a half minutes the rate was 79.63 rubles. (-12 kopecks to the previous closing level). The euro exchange rate was 87.1 rubles. (-0.4 kopecks).

Swatch Group's core income still comes from watches and jewellery / Gaetan Bally / AP The Swiss Swatch Group has published a preliminary report on key financial indicators for 2015. The statistics of the world's largest watch manufacturer were spoiled by the rise in the Swiss franc: sales amounted to 8 billion 451 million Swiss francs, which is 0.9% lower than last year at constant exchange rates (or 3.0% lower than at the current exchange rate).

Still from the film "Russia 88" The film has repeatedly won awards at major festivals. In 2010, the film won the Nika award in the Discovery of the Year category, was included in the program of the Berlin Film Festival, and received a special prize at the Spirit of Fire Film Debut Festival. It was also the winner of the Cheboksary International Film Festival in 2009. According to Kinopoisk, the film's rating is 5.9 out of 10, and its box office receipts amounted to more than $8,600.

03 February 2016, 18:40 / Economics The Ministry of Finance proposed to withdraw interest on deposits of state corporations into the budget Last year, 78 billion budget rubles were ineffectively stuck in accounts Alexander Prokopenko The Ministry of Finance proposed to withdraw from the budget interest on deposits of state corporations / A. Gordeev) / Vedomosti The Ministry of Finance proposed to take away from state corporations income from budget funds placed in banks.

The long-term work of a passionate professional, who devoted many years of his life to it, has been completed. The Chronicle of World Opera in three volumes covers 400 years of the genre’s existence and presents 400 selected masterpieces created throughout its history. To them are added 400 biographies of interpreters – conductors, directors, singers.

Alexey Dyumin, appointed acting governor of the Tula region on February 2, supervised the development and implementation of the operation for the emergency evacuation of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych from Crimea to Russia. This was reported by a Kommersant source close to the General Staff. The former president was taken to Russia on the night of February 23, 2014. President Vladimir Putin spoke about this operation in detail in March 2015 in the film "Crimea.