08 February 2016, 18:02 / Finance Top managers of Bank St. Petersburg are being questioned in a London court in the Arkhangelsky case The former owner of the OMG group demands $500 million from the bank due to the loss of business, the bank from him demands 1.8 billion rubles in loan debt Maria Buravtseva Top managers of Bank St. Petersburg are being questioned in a London court in the Arkhangelsky case / E. Egorov / Vedomosti Counterclaims by Arkhangelsky and Bank St.

The residence of former governor Alexander Khoroshavin "Uyun" will become a recreation center, the press service of the regional government reports. This decision was made by the current governor of the region, Oleg Kozhemyako. The facility should be used in the interests of all Sakhalin and Kuril residents, and not just officials, he believes. "The government recreation center, or "Uyun", is a facility in an ecologically clean area in the vicinity of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

08 February 2016, 05:46 / Economics The Ministry of Economy forecasts a budget deficit of 5.1% of GDP at $40 per barrel – Kommersant Vedomosti The government's anti-crisis plan and amendments to the 2016 budget are calculated based on the average annual Urals price of $40 per barrel, writes Kommersant . This price appears in the basic scenario of the draft macro forecast of the Ministry of Economy, on the basis of which the latest budget adjustments were calculated.

February 08, 2016, 10:23 / Business / News Nickel fell to 2003 levels undefined Vedomosti Nickel on Monday fell again to its lowest level in almost 13 years on concerns that the reduction in global metal production is not enough to compensate for falling demand in China, Bloomberg reported. China is the world's largest consumer of nickel with a share of more than 50%. The metal is used in the production of stainless steel, the production of which is declining in China.

February 07, 2016, 23:55 / Auto / Business / Interview “The future of the industry: the number of brands will remain, but the number of groups will decrease” Carlos Ghosn - about the prospects of the global automobile industry, the Russian automobile market and the consequences of “dieselgate” Tatyana Lysova Alexander Gubsky President of Renault-Nissan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of AvtoVAZ Carlos Ghosn / Simon Dawson / Bloomberg Who represented Russia at the Davos Forum In the 1990s,

The Indian government has asked state-owned companies to buy back their own shares, Bloomberg reported, citing sources. According to them, the parameters of such programs will have to be discussed, in particular, by the boards of directors of Coal India, MOIL, NMDC, National Aluminum, and India Renewable Energy Development Agency. Last year, the total volume of cash and marketable securities of these companies was about 784.5 billion rupees ($11.6 billion), according to agency calculations.

LinkedIn's Price Has Halved / Brian Ach / AP Shares of social network LinkedIn fell 43.6% on Friday after disappointing fourth-quarter results. The company's market capitalization was cut by $11 billion, and at least nine brokers have downgraded its shares. However, there is reason to believe that LinkedIn's decline will eventually be replaced by growth. The situation on the stock markets at the end of last week was unfavorable for the entire IT sector.

In Moscow, on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya metro line, trains pass the Tulskaya station without stopping, m24.ru reports , citing the subway hotline. The TV company's source explained this by the large crowd of passengers on the platform. Presumably, the crowd formed due to the decision to close the northern exit from the station, m24.ru notes. A video recording made by one of the passengers at the station on Monday morning has already appeared on YouTube.

07 February 2016, 22:41 / Business Rosseti was offered offset Heads of the largest energy companies propose to offset debts to them against payment for electricity transmission Ivan Peschinsky Energy companies switch to mutual offsets / D. Abramov / Vedomosti We agreed to develop new approaches in relationships, but so far we have not been heard,” Oleg Budargin, general director of Rosseti, complained in mid-January (quoted by TASS).

08 February 2016, 17:55 / Finance Putin recorded Russia’s current share in VTB capital in the list of strategic enterprises Vedomosti Russian President Vladimir Putin made a change to the list of strategic enterprises, according to which the state share in VTB is now 45%. The decree was published on the online legal information portal. Previously, the state's share in VTB's authorized capital was 50% + 1 share.

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February 07, 2016, 22:46 / Real estate / Business Demolition of 100 trade pavilions, considered unauthorized construction, will begin in Moscow The owners of many of them have already proven in court that these buildings are legal Maria Solovichenko Elena Vinogradova Victoria Sunkina The Pyramid shopping center near the Pushkinskaya metro station is also recognized by the capital’s authorities as a self-construction / A.

08 February 2016, 16:23 / Business Tatarstan is selling off oil assets The Republic could receive from 28 to 52 billion rubles from the sale of shares in Tatneft, Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Taneko Alina Fadeeva In "Tatneft" the Republic of Tatarstan owns 30.44% through "Svyazinvestneftekhim", it follows from the data of SPARK /M.

February 08, 2016, 12:18 / Economy / News Imports to Russia fell by 18% in January undefined Vedomosti According to preliminary data from customs statistics, in January 2016, imports of goods from non-CIS countries to Russia amounted to $8.12 billion and decreased by 17.9% compared to January 2015, the Federal Customs Service reported on Monday. In January 2015, after a sharp depreciation of the ruble, imports fell by 41%; now the drop is less due to the low base effect.

The suddenly announced meeting on Friday between the heads of the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches became possible as a result of the close intersection of church and secular political factors. The meeting in Havana, scheduled for February 12, is a fact of enormous historical significance, second only to the meeting between Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras in 1964, which led to the lifting of anathemas and the beginning of ecumenical dialogue.