The Moscow City Court canceled the recovery of 16 million rubles from Alexei Navalny and businessman Pyotr Ofitserov. according to the claim of the Kirovles company. As an employee of the court's press service told Interfax, the appeal board overturned the decision of the trial court and rejected the claim.

The KIT film studio (Cinema and Television, part of the Gazprom Media holding) is an investor in the Viking film, said Rafael Minasbekyan, general director of the KIT production subholding. “Central Partnership” (TsPSh, also part of the KIT subholding) is the distributor of this film, he clarified. “Last year, Channel One and the Cinema Directorate needed additional investments for such a large-scale project, and we liked the idea of ​​expanding the partnership,” Minasbekyan explained.

The Russian Security Council published on its website the draft Strategy for the Development of the Information Society in Russia for 2017–2030. It was developed by the Presidential Administration for the Application of IT and the Development of Electronic Democracy, the Security Council said in a statement. The department is supervised by presidential assistant, former head of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications Igor Shchegolev.

Opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who announced his intention to run for president, has announced his readiness to take part in the primaries to determine a single opposition candidate. “I am absolutely for primaries with everyone, if the result is the nomination of a common candidate,” Navalny said on the air of the Ekho Moskvy radio station . He noted that he would support any candidate who wins the primary vote.

December 14, 2016, 16:28 / Business Teak for the deck of the Aurora was purchased without tender - FAS The Kronstadt Marine Plant, which repaired the cruiser, denies information about violations Dmitry Gorshenin The Kronstadt Marine Plant, which repaired the cruiser, denies information about violations / RIA Novosti During the inspection of the execution of the contract for the repair of the cruiser "Aurora", which JSC "Kronstadt Marine Plant" (KMZ, part of USC ) concluded with the Ministry of

"The Snow Queen" is a game of ballet a la Marius Petipa, as is often the case with Vyacheslav Samodurov / O. Kerelyuk Hans Christian Andersen's creation turned out to be a sure bet for the ballet. "The Snow Queen" is officially listed under the department of children's performances in short supply, and the auditorium is filled with 6+ audiences both morning and evening.

Members of the Federation Council approved the law on the federal budget for 2017 and the planning period 2018-2019. The law assumes revenues in 2017 in the amount of 13 trillion 487.6 billion rubles, expenses - 16 trillion 240.8 billion rubles. The budget deficit is projected at 2 trillion 753.2 billion rubles. Income for 2018 and 2019 planned at the level of 14 trillion 28.5 billion rubles. and 14 trillion 844.8 billion rubles.

Amazon Prime Video is now officially available in 200 countries, the company announced. Russia is on the list of these countries, Vedomosti was convinced. Amazon Prime Video, as the name suggests, is a premium video service from the world's largest online retailer. It was launched in the US in 2006. It was assumed that Prime Video would become available in most countries around the world in the first half of the year, but the company delayed the release date.

Deputy Mayor of Moscow Marat Khusnullin spoke about Mostotrest's interest in building the Moscow metro in an interview with Vedomosti. According to him, Mostotrest may take part in the bidding for the construction of a section of the Sokolnicheskaya metro line from Salaryevo station to Stolbovo station. The bidding should be announced by the end of 2016. A representative of Mostotrest declined to comment. Previously, a person close to the company did not rule out such a possibility.

December 14, 2016, 01:01 / Politics Convincing arguments are expected from a candidate for US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson must prove that his friendship with Russia will serve American interests Nina Ilyina Petr Kozlov Rex Tillerson has long been well known to the leadership of Russia and Rosneft / Daniel Acker / Bloomberg US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the appointment of Rex Tillerson, CEO of the world's largest publicly traded oil company ExxonMobil, as US Secretary

Tehran has agreed with Gazprom on a mechanism for repaying debt to Gazprom as part of the development of the South Pars field. As reports , this was stated to journalists by the deputy chairman of the board of the Russian company, Alexander Medvedev. Interfax Gazprom (30% share) together with Total (40%) and Petronas (30%) participated in the implementation of the 2nd and 3rd phases of the development of the South Pars field in the Iranian segment of the Persian Gulf.

Business The most convenient airlines - Airport rating The agency assessed the service on board 20 airlines flying to Russia 12/14/2016 Paul Thomas / Bloomberg The maximum rating of five stars in the overall rating, as well as in the field category... Grgo Jelavic / FA Bobo / PIXSELL / PA Images Turkish Airlines received four and a half stars according to the “Airport” rating. ... Sergey Porter / Vedomosti Aeroflot, the only Russian carrier, was awarded 4 stars...

Officials sent Transstroy a notice of contract termination on December 1 / E. Egorov / Vedomosti The St. Petersburg administration has terminated the contract with JSC Transstroy Corporation for the construction of the Yuzhnoye electric depot, according to documents on the state procurement website. The basis for this was the customer's decision to unilaterally refuse to fulfill the contract, the Committee for the Development of Transport Infrastructure (KRTI) reported.

The Supreme Court has upheld the legality of the ban on Verkhovna Rada deputy and former leader of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev from entering Russia for five years. As reported by Interfax, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal of Dzhemilev's lawyer Mark Feygin against the Moscow City Court's decision of May 20, 2016. The ban on entry has entered into legal force. The hearing was held behind closed doors, as the case contains classified materials.

Benefits and privileges, such as use of a corporate jet, have become the fastest growing part of compensation packages for top managers of major companies / M. Stulov / Vedomosti Perks like corporate jets have become the fastest-growing part of executive compensation packages at major companies. According to research firm Equilar, the median salary (before benefits) of Fortune 100 CEOs rose nearly 15 percent in 2015 to $7.4 million, up from $6.5 million in 2013.