In 2015, the Russian cloud services market grew year-on-year by 66.9% and reached 22.7 billion rubles, reported research company IDC. In dollars, the market also grew - by 5.2% to $370 million. Due to the fall of the ruble, imported equipment became more expensive, but prices for cloud services remained the same, notes IDC cloud services research director Dmitry Gavrilov, explaining the demand for cloud services by companies’ desire to save money .

The explanatory note to the agreement states that the Russian air group is being deployed in Syria at the request of the Syrian side and is stationed at the Khmeimim airfield free of charge. It will operate based on the decisions of the commander and in agreement with the Syrian side. "Weapons, ammunition, equipment and materials necessary for the Russian air group to perform its intended tasks, to ensure the safety and life of its personnel, are imported into Syria without any fees or duties.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced his intention to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the near future, Prime reports , citing national state television. "Very soon I will meet with President Vladimir Putin to specify agreements in all areas - military, financial, economic, agricultural, trade," the Venezuelan leader said at a meeting with producers in the state of Portuguesa.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian consul in Kiev today to explain the case of Roman Sushchenko, who was detained in Moscow, Ukrinform reports. The agency was told about this by the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, Maryana Betsa. The department claims that Russia is not allowing the Ukrainian consul to see Sushchenko.

October 06, 2016, 08:25 / Finance / News Brent is trading at $51.57 per barrel undefined Vedomosti At 8.18 Moscow time on October 6, December Brent futures on the London ICE Futures exchange were trading at $51.57 per barrel. On Wednesday, Brent quotes exceeded $52 per barrel for the first time since June 10, recalls Interfax . By 8:19 a.m. Thursday, November WTI futures were trading at $49.54 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).

Last week at the International Astronautics Congress, Elon Musk presented a plan for the colonization of Mars. Like many of his projects, it is staggeringly large: it will create a reusable transport system that can carry 100 people to Mars in less than three months. According to Musk’s calculations, the price of a ticket to Mars will not exceed $200,000, flights can begin as early as 2022, so that already in this century 1 million people will be able to live permanently on Mars.

Read also: Russia warns Pentagon against strikes on Syrian troops The US authorities understand that a military operation against the Syrian army could provoke undesirable consequences. However, this does not mean that Washington is not considering this option. This statement was made by White House spokesman Josh Earnest.

"Emerging Markets" Don't Suit Investors. New Acronym Proposed for Russia and Other Countries Whose Markets Dependent on Commodity Prices / M. Stulov / Vedomosti The term “emerging markets” is sometimes criticized by investors because the countries in this group have little in common. Economists and investors periodically propose acronyms, such as BRICS, that unite countries based on certain characteristics.

October 06, 2016, 15:48 / Finance / News The price of WTI oil exceeded $50 per barrel for the first time since late June. undefined Vedomosti World oil prices are rising on Thursday. WTI oil exceeded the psychological mark of $50 per barrel for the first time since the end of June. This is evidenced by trading data. As of 15:25 Moscow time, the cost of November futures for WTI oil increased by 0.58% to $50.11 per barrel.

The FBI has detained a former contractor for the US National Security Agency (NSA) on suspicion of stealing and passing on to third parties a classified program developed by the NSA to hack foreign government networks. As The New York Times has learned , Booz Allen Hamilton employee Harold Thomas Martin was detained back in August.

The Italian Saipem is showing interest in the construction of Gazprom's Turkish Stream pipeline, said Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich: “There is interest from Italian partners. This is no secret, Saipem participates in the relevant procedures carried out by Gazprom regarding Nord Stream and Turkish Stream (quote from Interfax). Vedomosti's interlocutors previously called Saipem a potential participant in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline along the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

05 October 2016, 23:28 / Business Brewing company Heineken closes its third plant in Russia Due to high excise taxes and excessive government regulation of the market, beer production is declining Ekaterina Burlakova Since 2009, the largest brewing companies have closed 11 factories in Russia / Ekaterina Kuzmina / Vedomosti The Russian division of the brewing company Heineken announced the shutdown of the Kompaniya Pit plant in Kaliningrad from January 1, 2017.

This year Alrosa announced the opening of the Eurasian Diamond Center in Vladivostok. Thanks to this, the company expects to double its rough and polished diamond sales to countries in the Asia-Pacific region by 2018, to $1 billion a year. Now almost half of the stones are sold through the diamond exchange in Antwerp. In the first half of the year, the company's sales to Belgium amounted to $1.4 billion on total revenue of $2.9 billion.

October 06, 2016, 08:41 / Finance / News Raiffeisenbank predicted a shortage of currency in the market if Rosneft buys out its own stake undefined Vedomosti If, during the privatization of Rosneft, the company itself buys out its 19.5% stake for 700 billion rubles. and will transfer almost all of the accumulated liquidity to the budget, a shortage of foreign exchange liquidity may arise in the local market, regardless of the currency in which Rosneft’s money will be received by the budget.

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and its partners are not going to participate in the privatization of Bashneft, since the amount requested for the state-owned stake in the company is significantly higher than the initial estimate. The president of the fund, Kirill Dmitriev , told RIA Novosti . The government on Thursday announced a directive to Rosneft to acquire a 50.08% stake in Bashneft at a price not exceeding 330 billion rubles.