VTB added Estonian Credit Bank, in which it holds 59.7% of shares, to the list of assets for sale, according to the group's IFRS report. "As of September 30, the group considers Estonian Credit Bank as an asset held for sale... and assumes that the sale is highly probable," the report says. Shares of the Estonian Credit Bank were transferred to the VTB Group after the purchase of Bank of Moscow.

Siemens Group will buy Mentor Graphics Corporation, which creates software for semiconductor systems, for $4.5 billion, including Mentor's debt. this reports Interfax with reference to press releases of the companies. Earlier, Reuters, citing informed sources , reported that the transaction amount could range from $4.5 billion to $4.6 billion (it will be paid in cash) and that an announcement can be expected as early as Monday. Siemens' proposal was approved by Mentor's board of directors.

November 14, 2016, 10:44 / Business / News Ronaldo signed a lifetime contract with Nike worth $24 million per year undefined Vedomosti Details of the contract between Portuguese football player Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo and the American company - manufacturer of sportswear and footwear Nike - have become known, writes the British newspaper Sunday Times. According to the Sunday Times, the Portuguese will receive $24 million annually from the American company.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Kremlin press service reported. "The situation around the transit of Russian gas to European consumers through Ukraine was discussed in detail," the press service said in a statement.

The Russian Government's Commission on Legislative Activity has approved the introduction of a new article into the Code of Administrative Offenses, which provides for liability for dangerous driving.

The Moscow Arbitration Court, based on the application of Element LLC, has decided to declare the Agropromstrakh association insolvent (bankrupt), the court said in a statement. Mikhail Khairetdinov, a member of the non-profit partnership “Siberian Guild of Anti-Crisis Managers”, proposed by the applicant, was appointed as the temporary administrator by the court.

The Kemerovo Region Administration has not yet commented on the criminal case against two of Aman Tuleyev's deputies, as well as another female official. This was reported to TASS by the regional administration's press service. "We are not commenting at the moment," the agency's source said.

Since 2013, the Bank of Russia has revoked licenses from 291 banks, and most of them were found to have false statements. As TASS reports , Central Bank Chairman Elvira Nabiullina said this at the conference “Modern Audit: Problems and Prospects.” For 205 banks that were declared bankrupt by the court, the value of assets, according to the estimates of the provisional administration, amounted to only 40% of the value of assets according to the reporting of the banks themselves, she added.

In October 2016, industrial production in China grew at an annual rate of 6.1%, reports Prime , citing data from the State Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected production growth of 6.2%. From January to October, industrial production in China increased by 6%. These data reflect the volume of production produced by Chinese industrial enterprises.

November 14, 2016, 20:01 / Finance Trump's presidency could see a stronger dollar Analysts recall Reaganomics and express optimism about the prospects for the US currency Roger Blitz Economists see similarities between the policies of the first half of the 1980s.

November 14, 2016, 12:38 / Finance / News Sberbank launched a campaign to reduce rates on some consumer loans undefined Vedomosti Sberbank decided to reduce rates on consumer loans as part of the promotion, reports Prime . The offer is valid until January 31, 2017, said Natalya Alymova, director of the bank’s retail non-transactional products department.

November 14, 2016, 20:00 / Business / News Gazprom increased the estimate of gas reserves at the new Sakhalin shelf field by 25% undefined Vedomosti The reserves of the new gas condensate field discovered by Gazprom within the Yuzhno-Lunskaya structure (Sakhalin shelf), according to preliminary data, will amount to about 50 billion cubic meters. m of gas, according to the company’s report under RAS. The field was discovered in September 2016.

The board of directors of Transaero agreed with the management’s proposal to create a new carrier on the basis of the bankrupt one, the company’s general director Alexander Burdin told Vedomosti (his interview is on pp. 08–09): now the plan must be approved by creditors. It is impossible to restore the company, Burdin believes: there will not be enough assets to pay off creditors.

There is no censorship in Russia, film director Alexei Uchitel said on the NTV channel. As reported by Interfax, he said this on the program "Pozdnyakov." He noted that he is often asked about this abroad. "I am telling the absolute truth that for more than 20 years no one, never, not a single official has told me to remove or cut something, etc. Although such moments did occur, so to speak, in the Soviet Union, when I was especially involved in documentary filmmaking. That was the case.

November 13, 2016, 23:18 / Business Rosneft may need money The company may return to the borrowing market if it buys back its own shares for $11 billion before the end of the year Alina Fadeeva If Rosneft buys its shares, then next year it will have to think about where to get the money / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti Rosneft calculated may return to large borrowings in 2017 if it buys back 19.5% of its shares from Rosneftegaz this year and is unwilling or unable to resell them next year, GL Asset