March 14, 2016, 13:48 / Finance Gref: Russia's GDP growth could be 0.5–1% in 2017 with an oil price of $45 Vedomosti The Russian economy could grow by 0.5-1% in 2017 if oil prices rise to $45 per barrel, Sberbank President German Gref said in an interview with Institutional Investor. "Last year the economy fell by 3.7%, our forecast for this year is another fall of 1.5-2%, which is more pessimistic than the consensus forecast of -0.9%.

Despite the launch in Moscow, Tele2's share of the Russian mobile market has not grown / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The market share of the joint venture of Rostelecom, VTB , Yuri Kovalchuk and Alexey Mordashov - T2 RTK Holding (operating under the Tele2 brand) at the end of 2015 was 14%. This was announced at the annual press conference of Rostelecom . Photo.

In February 2016, the European Commission sent Gazprom a formal request for information in connection with the alleged violation of antimonopoly laws when gas supplies were supplied to Bulgaria by affiliated companies, Gazprom said in a memorandum for the new Eurobond issue. At the end of December, the private Bulgarian importer Overgas announced that the Russian side intends to stop gas supplies from the New Year.

March 14, 2016, 19:17 / Business Iran can replace Turkey in the supply of vegetables and fruits to Russia worth $1 billion Vedomosti Iran can replace Turkey in supplies of fruits and vegetables to Russia worth $1 billion, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said. “Fruit and vegetable products, which were supplied from Turkey for $1 billion, can be replaced with products from Iran,” Novak said.

Putin orders start of withdrawal of main Russian forces from Syria / Administration of the President of Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the order to begin withdrawing the main Russian forces from Syria on March 15. This was reported on the Kremlin website . Russia tries to unite Syrian opposition loyal to Moscow Politics / International Relations "I believe that the tasks set before the Ministry of Defense have been generally fulfilled.

Turkish Air Force jets have struck Kurdish militant positions in northern Iraq, Western media reported on Monday, citing Turkish military commanders. The operation followed a terrorist attack in Ankara on Sunday that killed nearly 40 people, the reports said. An analysis of evidence collected at the site of the explosion in Ankara provides irrefutable evidence of the involvement of a terrorist group in this crime, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said today.

The plane crash near Smolensk, which killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and the country's top military and political leadership, was called a terrorist act by the country's Defense Ministry. Speaking at the international conference "Modern Politics: Conflicts and Terrorism," Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz said that Warsaw's attempt to raise the issue of the "Katyn genocide" of 1940 "caused a reaction that no one in the world expected.

From March 2 to March 9, the number of officially registered unemployed citizens increased by 0.1% and amounted to 1,068,329 people, a week earlier it was 1,067,521 people, the press service of the Ministry of Labor reports.

March 14, 2016, 17:34 / Economics Novak: The meeting of oil producing countries will most likely take place in April Vedomosti The meeting of oil producing countries will most likely take place in April, said Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak. “Currently the place and date of the meeting of producers is being discussed; most likely, it will be in April. The date will be agreed upon in the near future,” he said.

The Italian Davide Campari-Milano is going to buy the distribution business of the French cognac producer Grand Marnier Group, Bloomberg reports, citing sources. The cost of the transaction is not disclosed. The parties can officially announce it on Monday. Gruppo Campari is one of the world's leading beverage producers, represented in more than 190 countries.

March 14, 2016, 10:42 / Business / News VEB structure wants to help Russian food suppliers trade in China via the Internet undefined Vedomosti Russian food products are already sold in China via the Internet by the ABK retail chain . As Ivan Sinitsyn, director of ABK China Services, told the publication, the company, through the Alibaba structure - Tmall.hk - has been trading in China since November 2015, plans to gradually expand the range and in the future reach Chinese retail.

Russia will maintain counter-sanctions measures until the West lifts its sanctions, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said today. "We will, naturally, maintain them as long as external pressure remains. There should be no illusions here," he said at a meeting with deputy prime ministers. Nevertheless, Medvedev believes that it is already necessary to think about supporting Russian agriculture after the lifting of the food embargo, which will happen someday.

Last fall, when the fate of Transaero was being decided by the government of the country, co-owner of the S7 group Vladislav Filev unexpectedly announced his readiness to buy out his bankrupt competitor. He intended to acquire 51% of the airline, merge it with S7 air carriers Siberia and Globus, and then convert part of Transaero's debt into 49% of the merged company.

The powers of a deputy may be terminated early in the event of systematic failure by the deputy to fulfill his duties as stipulated in the faction regulations / S. Porter / Vedomosti The State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building approved a bill on the early deprivation of the mandate of State Duma deputies by a faction decision. The bill was introduced in July 2015 by a group of deputies from "A Just Russia" headed by Sergei Mironov.

The total amount of wage arrears of 100,759,000 rubles was paid to 2,402 bridge builders of PAO Volgomost by the end of February, according to the order of the Federal Service for Labor and Employment in the Saratov Region, the press service of Rostrud reports. Those responsible for the violations of labor legislation were brought to administrative responsibility.