The prosecutor's office is asking the former head of the Main Directorate of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption (GUEBiPK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lieutenant General Denis Sugrobov, to be sentenced to 22 years in prison. Read on vedomosti.ru “During the debate between the parties, the prosecutor asked that my client be sentenced to 22 years,” said Sugrobov’s lawyer.

The insurance company Rosgosstrakh denied information about a change of owner. Interfax was informed about this by the company's press service. “The information that appeared in some media that the owner of the Rosgosstrakh company has changed does not correspond to reality,” the press service said. Earlier, Gazeta.Ru, citing a source familiar with the situation, reported that Rosgosstrakh would change its owner.

Rosgosstrakh will change its owner, Gazeta.Ru writes , citing a source familiar with the progress of the negotiations. According to the publication, one of the largest Russian private banks will become the new owner of the company. The publication's interlocutor refused to disclose the details of the transaction.

Fletcher Group Holdings, co-owner and chairman of the board of directors of NLMK Vladimir Lisin, is selling up to 90 million ordinary shares (about 1.5% of the authorized capital) in the form of shares and GDRs, according to a statement from Goldman Sachs, which has been selected as the bookrunner of the placement. Fletcher Group's share after completion of the transaction will be 84%.

08 December 2016, 16:18 / Business FC Zenit will receive the Krestovsky stadium for 49 years for 1 ruble In return, the club must invest 500 million rubles in equipment and materials Evgeniy Fedorov Vedomosti - St. Petersburg FC Zenit will receive the Krestovsky stadium for 49 years for 1 ruble. / E. Egorov / Vedomosti The administration of St.

December 08, 2016, 17:40 / Economy / News Putin commented on the possibility of increasing Platon tariffs undefined Vedomosti Read also: “Plato” spreads its net The decision on a possible increase in tariffs for heavy vehicles within the Platon system must be balanced and well calculated. This was announced on Thursday, December 8, by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Huawei Grows Through Culture / Brent Lewin / Bloomberg During a recent training session for new employees at Huawei Technologies, hundreds of people left their bedrooms on the company’s Shenzhen campus at 6:30 a.m. to go for a half-hour jog around the company’s sprawling grounds. The possible similarities to a military training camp are no coincidence.

State Unitary Enterprise MO “Fedoskino Order of the Badge of Honor Factory of Miniature Painting” will be transformed into a joint-stock company in 2017. this with reference to a press release from the Ministry of Property Relations of the Moscow Region. reports Interfax Currently, the Central Bank is registering the issue of shares of the joint-stock company, and a new legal entity is being registered with the tax authorities.

For the first time in history, the MICEX index reached the level of 2200 points against the backdrop of growth in global markets and oil, as well as a successful deal to privatize 19.5% of Rosneft. At 18.35 Moscow time, the MICEX index rose to 2201.91 points, adding 1.92%. In turn, the RTS index by this time had risen to its highest since October 2014 - 1094.57 points, showing an increase of 2.61%. Ruble prices for most major chips on the Moscow Exchange rose by 5.4%.

In anticipation of urban population growth, Sweden's largest furniture and home goods retailer, IKEA, will open smaller stores and pick-up points closer to city centers. IKEA CEO Peter Agnefiel spoke about this in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). “Until now, our recipe for success has been to build fairly large stores in potato fields. But we expect 70% of the world's population to live in cities by 2050,” Agnefjell explained.

December 08, 2016, 19:22 / Business Why did Aeroflot cancel so many flights? At the beginning of December, flights from Moscow were canceled en masse only by the national carrier Alexander Vorobyov Aeroflot cancels both Russian and international flights / S. Nikolaev / Vedomosti Aeroflot canceled 138 flights from/to Sheremetyevo airport on December 7-9, citing unfavorable weather conditions. In total, from December 1 to December 9, he canceled 262 Moscow flights.

A group of US senators, including 12 Republicans and 15 Democrats, have appealed to US President-elect Donald Trump to pursue a tough policy towards Russia over the situation in Ukraine, Reuters reports . The initiators of the appeal were Democrat Richard Durbin and Republican Rob Portman. The document was signed by the majority of members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The Crimean FSB has brought final charges against journalist Nikolai Semena, who collaborated with the online project "Krym.Realii" (a division of "Radio Liberty"), his lawyers reported and the special service confirmed. He is accused of calling for extremism. According to lawyer Emil Kurbedinov, starting Thursday Semena will begin studying the materials of the criminal case, which is approximately six volumes, Interfax reports , citing the lawyer’s Facebook page.

December 08, 2016, 09:17 / Finance Brent is trading at $53.03 per barrel Vedomosti By 9.08 Moscow time on Thursday, February Brent futures were trading in London at $53.03 per barrel, January WTI futures in New York at $49.86 per barrel. After declining over the past two days, quotes immediately began to rise against the backdrop of a depreciation of the dollar and favorable macro statistics, reports Interfax .

Shares of the Anglo-Swiss trading company Glencore are rising in price after it became known about its participation in the privatization of 19.5% of Rosneft. According to TASS, in the first hour of morning trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange they rose in price by more than 3%. Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin reported to President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday evening that the deal to privatize the state-owned stake in the company had been completed.