Normandy Four Foreign Ministers' Talks on Accelerating Implementation of Minsk Agreements Failed / Alexander Shcherbak / TASS The meeting of the foreign ministers of the Normandy Four, which was expected to bring a breakthrough in the implementation of the Minsk agreements, which took place in Paris at the end of last week, ended in failure.

The net profit of the German automaker BMW in 2015 increased by 10%, to 6.4 billion euros. This is stated in the company's press release. In 2014, this figure was recorded at 5.82 billion euros. The company's profit excluding tax payments in the reporting period increased by 5.2% and amounted to 9.59 billion euros. Dividends for the year could reach a record 3.20 euros per share from 2.90 euros in 2014.

Sberbank is ready to pay clients almost 10 billion rubles for loyalty / M. Stulov / Vedomosti This year, Sberbank is going to spend 9.7 billion rubles on bonuses for clients, according to information on the government procurement website. We are talking about the loyalty program "Thank you from Sberbank". A Sberbank representative said that the bank annually makes a forecast of the amount of bonuses written off under this program, and this year it amounted to about 9.7 billion rubles.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has agreed to exchange Ukrainian servicewoman Nadiya Savchenko, TASS reports. He stated this at a press conference with Turkish President Recep Erdogan. "As president, I am ready to exercise my constitutional right and, if necessary, exchange Savchenko and return her home," Poroshenko said.

March 09, 2016, 09:46 / Finance / News Brent price has stabilized just below $40 per barrel undefined Vedomosti At 9.41 Moscow time on Wednesday, May Brent futures in London were trading at $39.85 per barrel, April WTI futures in New York were at $36.68 per barrel. Oil prices stabilized after falling on Tuesday on signals of continued global fuel oversupply and on analysts' statements that a return to $40 a barrel could be temporary.

Defendant Nadiya Savchenko's provocative behavior during the court hearing made it impossible to provide Ukrainian doctors with access to her. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov over the phone to his Ukrainian counterpart Pavel Klimkin. As noted by the Russian Foreign Ministry, the phone conversation took place at the initiative of the Ukrainian side.

09 March 2016, 10:03 / Business The drop in outbound tourist flows from Russia in 2015 was a record high in 18 years – PCT Vedomosti The departure of Russian tourists abroad in 2015 decreased by 31.3%, which was the most serious drop since 1998, press secretary of the Russian Union of Tourism Industry (RST) Irina Tyurina told the Interfax-tourism portal. “Traveling abroad for the purpose of tourism in 2015 decreased by 31.3% - Russians made 12.107 million trips.

Mandatory electronic veterinary certification of finished products, including milk, will be introduced only from January 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture said. From March 1, 2016, such certification of dairy products is no longer required, quotes Interfax the ministry’s press service.

March 08, 2016, 23:26 / Business Customs benefits for Miratorg will be replaced with subsidies Both the income and expenses of the agricultural holding may increase by approximately 5 billion rubles per year Maria Kunle In 2015, Miratorg produced 40,000 tons of beef, and in 2016 it plans to double production to 80,000 tons / A.

March 09, 2016, 13:21 / Business / Photo Photo. How Russian athletes got caught with meldonium New doping scandal: six Russian champions were caught doping in one day Vedomosti M. Stulov / Vedomosti Sochi 2014 Olympic champion figure skater Ekaterina Bobrova said that she had not taken mildronate since November 2015. “I stopped taking it 1.5 months before the start of the European Championships in Bratislava,” Bobrova said, as quoted by the Olympic Russian Committee.

March 09, 2016, 08:02 / Business The order of the Ministry of Agriculture may lead to interruptions in milk supplies - Kommersant Vedomosti Milk producers, including Danone and PepsiCo, are asking to withdraw the Ministry of Agriculture order N648, which obliges them to issue veterinary accompanying documents (VSD) for each batch of drinking packaged milk since March 2016.

The State Film Fund has identified a list of so-called leading film companies that will receive priority budget support for their projects this year. These are the same eight companies that were on this list in 2015, Anton Malyshev, executive director of the fund, told Vedomosti.

Chairman of the Board of Novatek Leonid Mikhelson expects that the issue of external financing for Yamal LNG (Novatek owns 60%) will be completely closed in the next two to three months. As Mikhelson stated in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel, which will be published in full on March 22, “in the near future we expect the signing of large loan agreements with banks.” “I expect that in the next 2-3 months the issue of complete external financing will be closed,” Mikhelson noted.

March 09, 2016, 00:39 / Business / Interview “Our beef is turkey.” Why Cherkizovo is increasing its land bank and how it plans to increase exports, says group CEO Sergei Mikhailov Irina Skrynnik General Director of the Cherkizovo Group Sergey Mikhailov / E. Razumny / Vedomosti Last year became a challenge for one of the country's largest agricultural holdings, the Cherkizovo group.

The Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) entered into subordinated loan agreements with Rossiya Joint Stock Bank under the capitalization program through federal loan bonds (OFZ). The DIA website says that the bank received OFZs of five issues (29006RMFS, 29007RMFS, 29008RMFS, 29009RMFS, 29010RMFS) with a total nominal value of 10,684,600,000 rubles. Repayment dates for subordinated loans are January 22, 2025, February 24, 2027, September 26, 2029, April 28, 2032, November 29, 2034.