07 November 2016, 08:04 / Economics The RSPP did not support the FAS plan to develop competition - Kommersant Vedomosti Representatives of large businesses from the RSPP sent to the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) a critical review of the agency’s program document, the “National Plan for the Development of Competition,” as well as the draft presidential decree on the main directions of the national antimonopoly policy for 2017–2018.

Türkiye is interested in implementing projects for the construction of all three nuclear power plants. This statement was made by the President of the Republic Tayyip Erdogan. “We plan to begin operation of the Akkuyu NPP currently under construction in Mersin in 2023. Work on the Sinop NPP project continues. And now we have begun preliminary preparations for the implementation of the third nuclear power plant project,” he explained.

The new report of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on the development of countries with economies in transition, which will be presented in Moscow on November 11 by the EBRD's chief economist Sergei Guriev, is primarily devoted to the problem of inequality (see article on page 04).

Perm’s “The Marriage of Figaro” and “That’s What Everyone Do” (2014), played by the musicAeterna orchestra and sung by an international team of soloists, became a notable event on the global recording market and an important milestone in the history of interpretation of the Mozart-da Ponte opera trilogy.

06 November 2016, 23:12 / Business Adidas Group intends to revive the Reebok brand Sales of this brand in some countries have been falling in recent years Ekaterina Burlakova The Adidas group intends to revive the Reebok brand, sales of which have been falling in some countries in recent years / D.

November 07, 2016, 17:38 / Economy / News The Kudrin Foundation expects Russia's GDP to double by 2035 undefined Vedomosti The Center for Strategic Research, which is headed by former Russian Finance Minister Kudrin, expects Russia's GDP to double by 2035 compared to 2016. Such data are presented in the center's socio-economic development forecast. A copy of the document is available to TASS.

Politics What was supplied to the USSR under Lend-Lease Allied tanks, planes, cars, medicines and canned food helped the Red Army defeat the Nazis 11/07/2016 TASS photo chronicle Amphibious vehicles were one of the types of equipment that were not produced with... Corbis via Getty Images A significant part of aviation and automotive equipment came to the USSR via...

From February 1, all social payments will be indexed taking into account inflation for 2016. This statement was made by the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Russia Maxim Topilin during a working trip to Vladikavkaz. “From February 1, all social payments that are financed at the federal level will be transferred to actual inflation, which will be based on the results of 2016,” he said. According to him, the difficult period “when it was necessary to tighten our belts” has ended.

07 November 2016, 09:51 / Business Norilsk Nickel maintains plans to commission the Bystrinsky project in 2017 Vedomosti Norilsk Nickel maintains plans to commission the Bystrinsky project in 2017, said the company's senior vice president Andrey Bugrov, speaking at the second meeting of the Russian-Chinese Consulting Committee of Entrepreneurs. The capex of the project is $1.6 billion, he specified. In July, Norilsk Nickel sold a stake in the Bystrinsky project to the Chinese Highland Fund.

Sistema Hotel Management LLC (100% subsidiary of AFK Sistema of Vladimir Evtushenkov) entered into an agreement with Andrei Yakunin’s Venture Investment and Yield Management (VIYM) fund for the purchase of nine hotels of the Regional Hotel Network (RGS), the AFK said in a statement . The objects are valued at 6.6 billion rubles, of which 2.6 billion rubles. the buyer will pay in cash, the rest is debt.

Magnit shares fell in price during trading on Monday by more than 5% due to news about the sale of approximately half of his stake by the company's minority shareholder Vladimir Gordeychuk. Quotes of "Magnit" by 11.16 Moscow time fell by 5.6% to 9,870 rubles. As reported by the International Financing Review (IFR; part of Thomson Reuters), Gordeychuk has sold about half of his stake. The price range was 9500–9600 rubles.

06 November 2016, 22:42 / Business Fosun will help Kerimov pay off his debts Said Kerimova's Polyus Gold may sell 25% of Polyus to a Chinese conglomerate for $2 billion Vitaly Petlevoy Polyus Gold can sell Fosun 25% of its Polyus shares for $2.13 billion, says another Vedomosti / Polyus source Polyus Gold , owned by Suleiman Kerimov's son Said, may sell a blocking stake in Polyus to the Fosun conglomerate of Chinese billionaire Guo Guangchang.

The president of the Alliance group of companies, Dmitry Nikitin, on October 12, i.e., the day when the deal between Rosneft and Bashneft was officially closed, wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev “On the sale of the state-owned stake in Bashneft” (we have read its contents “ Vedomosti"). The Prime Minister's representative suggested contacting the Ministry of Economic Development.

November 07, 2016, 18:27 / Business / Interview "We believe we can become leaders in e-commerce" The CEO of the manufacturer of cookies, chocolate and chewing gum Mondelez, Irene Rosenfeld, spoke about plans to earn $1 billion by trading on the Internet by 2020. Alexander Gubsky Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Mondelez Int. Irene Rosenfeld / A.

Train traffic on the Sokolnicheskaya Line section from Komsomolskaya station to Park Kultury station will be suspended on Sunday, November 13, throughout the day. The press service of the capital's metro explained to Interfax that this is due to major track repairs. The work of the closed stations will resume on Monday, November 14, at 5.30.