The leaders of the primaries held on March 1 in 11 American states were billionaire Donald Trump, fighting for the status of the Republican Party's presidential candidate, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is seeking the Democratic nomination. According to preliminary data from CNN, based on exit polls, each of them won in 6 states.

The Moscow City Court overturned the sentence of Viktoria Pavlenko for stealing a guide dog from blind singer Yulia Dyakova and ordered her release from custody. As reported by the Moscow News Agency, the court returned the theft case to the prosecutor's office to eliminate violations of the Criminal Procedure Code committed at the investigation stage. As court representative Ulyana Solopova explained, the materials received by the court did not indicate the motive for the crime.

01 March 2016, 23:30 / Finance Moscow Exchange launches delivery futures trading in summer Traders believe that this will facilitate large currency purchases by Marie Mesropyan Moscow Exchange launches trading in deliverable futures in the summer / M.

March 01, 2016, 23:24 / Auto AvtoVAZ decided to support sales of Lada Granta and Kalina The concern gives an additional discount on these models, since their positions are being squeezed by new products - Lada Vesta and Lada Xray Vladimir Shtanov AvtoVAZ decided to support sales of Lada Granta and Kalina with an additional discount / A.

March 02, 2016, 09:46 / Economy / News Moody's downgrades China's rating outlook to negative undefined Vedomosti Moody's Investors Service has downgraded its outlook on China's credit rating from stable to negative. According to Interfax, the agency draws attention to the increased risks associated with the increasing level of public debt, as well as the timeliness of reforms.

The Morton Group of Companies is asking Lukoil to consider the company as a partner and contractor in the residential complex project "City on the Tushino River - 2018", Morton President Alexander Ruchyev told journalists, RIA Novosti reports. “We approached the president of Lukoil with a request to consider us as partners and contractors,” he said. According to Ruchyev, Morton Group has not yet received a response from Lukoil.

March 02, 2016, 19:20 / Economics / Video Expenditures on the anti-crisis plan were reduced , economics department correspondent, tells Alexandra Prokopenko on the air of Dozhd Vedomosti

5 billion rubles found for programmers / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The government will allocate 5 billion rubles to support Russian programmers. This is stated in the plan for ensuring stable socio-economic development, published on the government website, which was approved yesterday by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The congestion of the capital's roads has increased by almost 30-40% due to the snowfall, Deputy Mayor of Moscow, Head of the Department of Transport and Development of Road and Transport Infrastructure Maxim Liksutov said on the air of the M24 TV channel. The passenger flow in the metro has increased, but there are no disruptions, he added.

March 02, 2016, 00:41 / Auto / Interviews and profiles Tatiana Lukovetskaya: “Tectonic shifts await auto retail” Tatyana Lukovetskaya - about the future of Rolf, the terms of the merger with Pelican-auto and other possible transactions Polina Gritsenko Elena Vinogradova General Director of the Rolf company Tatyana Lukovetskaya / M. Stulov / Vedomosti What car do you have?

The state will look after airports for five years after consolidation / M. Stulov / Vedomosti On February 29, Rosimushchestvo and private owners of Vnukovo (companies of Vitaly Vantsev and Vladimir Skoch) signed a shareholder agreement on the consolidation of the airport's assets. The agreement with the private shareholder of Sheremetyevo (Sheremetyevo Holding, part of TPS Avia Holding of Arkady Rotenberg, Alexander Ponomarenko and Alexander Skorobogatko) was signed on February 15.

02 March 2016, 13:01 / Business Gazprom forgave Greece's $5 million take-or-pay debt Vedomosti Gazprom Export LLC has canceled the payment of $5 million for the Greek distributor DEPA for gas not selected in 2015 under the “take or pay” condition, the Greek company reported. Previously, DEPA agreed with Gazprom Export to reduce payments for gas not selected in 2014 under the “take or pay” rule from $84 million to $36 million. In 2015, Greece purchased 1.982 billion cubic meters.

Most of the sub-holdings of Garrison OJSC, which united the structures of the former Oboronservis, experienced financial difficulties in 2015, Kommersant writes , citing a source close to the leadership of the Main Military Prosecutor's Office. The agency came to this conclusion based on the results of a series of inspections. According to the source, as of mid-2015, the total accounts payable of Garrison's sub-holdings exceeded 338 billion rubles.

In Moscow, journalists were evacuated from the building where the editorial office of the Rosbalt agency is located after an anonymous call about a bomb threat, TASS reports, citing law enforcement agencies.

After heavy snowfall began in the capital region on the night of March 2, 109 flights were cancelled at Moscow airports. According to the online board at Sheremetyevo, 93 flights have been cancelled and 18 delayed for the next 24 hours, while the online board at Domodedovo says 16 flights have been cancelled and 3 more delayed. There is no data on flight delays at Vnukovo.