March 20, 2016, 10:40 pm / Finance The owners of the Expert RA rating agency cannot yet replenish its capital One of them, Dmitry Grishankov, blocked the decision to issue new shares to Marie Mesropyan Dmitry Grishankov blocked the decision to issue new shares / S.

told Vedomosti The STS channel has changed its general director, Elmira Makhmutova left the holding company of the same name, the head of a large production company and two employees of CTC Media . Two of Vedomosti's interlocutors are confident that her departure is connected with the low ratings of STS last year.

March 20, 2016, 22:05 / Business Starwood hotel chain chooses Marriott over Chinese investors Insurance company Anbang and its partners offered to buy Starwood for $13.16 billion Anton Filatov Investors led by China's Anbang defeated Marriott International's offer to purchase the Starwood Hotels & Resorts hotel chain Starwood Hotels & Resorts intends to abandon its merger with Marriott International, the companies said.

The Central Bank is concerned about the switch transactions The Central Bank has called on traders to be responsible when using switch transactions, as under certain conditions they may be classified as market manipulation. The switch scheme involves the transfer of financial instruments from the possession of one person to another through an intermediary by concluding a pair or series of purchase and sale transactions, the Central Bank describes.

March 20, 2016, 10:52 pm / Business Air tickets may become more expensive due to rising airport taxes The largest Russian airports Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo are increasing fees for their services Alexander Vorobyov Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports did not fail to take advantage of the recent liberalization of tariffs for their services. This could lead to an increase in ticket prices / E. Razumny / Vedomosti “Increasing costs will have a significant impact on airline economics.

March 21, 2016, 15:22 / Business After the Boeing FlyDubai crash, Medvedev allowed changes in air transportation rules Vedomosti Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered an analysis of the need to adjust air transportation rules after the FlyDubai Boeing 737 crash in Rostov-on-Don. According to Interfax, he said this at a meeting with deputy prime ministers on March 21.

March 21, 2016, 16:15 / Business Loans for machine tool builders have become preferential The Industrial Development Fund will provide 1.2 billion rubles to machine tool manufacturers on preferential terms in 2016 Vladimir Shtanov In 2015, the fund provided loans for the implementation of three projects in the machine tool industry / A.

The corruption scandal surrounding state oil company Petrobras, which has engulfed the country's highest political circles, and the appointment of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as the current President's chief of staff, Dilma Rousseff, have further undermined public trust in her. According to the latest Datafolha poll, 68% of Brazilians support Rousseff's impeachment, up from 60% in February, the Financial Times reports .

March 20, 2016, 23:23 / Economics The population is sinking into depression, warns VTsIOM This could drive the economy into a deflationary spiral, but the risks are exaggerated, says Central Bank Olga Kuvshinova Since the spring of 2015, the share of people experiencing negative emotions exceeds the share of optimists / E. Razumny / Vedomosti In January-February, sociological surveys recorded trends that indicate the formation of pro-deflationary sentiments in society.

March 20, 2016, 23:31 / Economics Budget may accelerate inflation - Central Bank Uncertainty of budget policy prevents key rate from being reduced Olga Kuvshinova Elvira Nabiullina does not intend to make sudden movements / Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg Large-scale spending of the reserve fund to finance the budget deficit is nothing more than an issue at a zero rate, explains Maxim Petronevich, deputy head of the Center for Economic Forecasting of Gazprombank.

March 21, 2016, 16:50 / Auto Passenger car production in Russia fell by 17.5% in February Vedomosti The production of passenger cars in Russia in February of this year decreased by 17.5% compared to the same period in 2015 and amounted to 101,000 vehicles. This is stated in the materials of Rosstat. Production of trucks (excluding dump trucks) in the reporting period increased by 42.7% to 11,600 vehicles.

March 20, 2016, 23:22 / Economics Control over procurement of state-owned companies will be strengthened Three bills stuck in the Duma will be adopted in the spring session Ekaterina Mereminskaya Bills that should convert procurement into electronic form, as well as limit the number of permitted procurement procedures and electronic platforms, have stalled in the State Duma / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The companies surveyed by Vedomosti are not afraid of the transfer of trading to electronic form.

Oppositionist Mark Galperin was detained on Pushkinskaya Square in Moscow during a single-person picket in support of Nadezhda Savchenko. This was reported by Interfax and OVD-Info, citing Galperin himself. "One of my friends was standing in a solo picket in support of Nadezhda Savchenko on Pushkinskaya Square in Moscow, others were nearby, interviewing and filming.

Alexander Mamut's Strelka Design Bureau will develop standards for the improvement of Moscow's recreational infrastructure for 890 million rubles / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The consulting bureau was declared the winner of the tender of the Moscow Government Department for Competition Policy, as follows from the procurement documents. Strelka offered to perform the work 10% cheaper than the maximum contract price, which was 990.6 million rubles.

The poverty level in Russia in 2015 increased to 13.4% and became the highest since 2008, then it was also 13.4%, according to data . Rosstat The number of poor people in Russia last year increased to 19.2 million, an increase of 3.1 million people compared to a year earlier. This figure was the highest since 2006, when the number of poor people amounted to 21.6 million people. The data is preliminary and does not include information for Crimea and Sevastopol, Rosstat clarifies.