When arriving in another region, a Russian subscriber should be prepared for increased communication bills / E. Razumny / Vedomosti A Megafon representative says that the abolition of intra-network roaming depends on legislators.

The East and West group of companies, controlled by Mikhail Kusnirovich, increased its share in the GUM Trading House by 10.18 percentage points to 97.34%, according to a message from the GUM Trade House. The day before, Transned Group CJSC ceased to participate in the authorized capital of TD GUM. The founders of the latter are Svetlana Ashastova and Alexey Borisov, according to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.

During President Vladimir Putin's visit to Japan, Tokyo and Moscow agreed to begin negotiations on joint activities in the Southern Kuril Islands, according to a joint final statement. Putin and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe “reached an understanding that the start of negotiations on joint economic activities between Japan and Russia” on these islands “could be an important step towards signing a peace treaty,” the Kyodo news agency quoted the statement as saying.

The budget of the Russian Ministry of Defense for next year is planned to be sequestered by 6%. This statement was made by Deputy Minister of Defense Tatyana Shevtsova. “When preparing the budget for 2017-2019. The Russian Ministry of Finance envisages a reduction in federal spending for 2017 by 6%. However, the reduction in budget allocations was carried out unevenly and did not affect all areas.

December 16, 2016, 00:21 / Business Exclusively by subscription Japanese Mitsui & Co is interested in the Rusagro group of Vadim Moshkovich Cooperation will help the agricultural holding to get accustomed to Asian markets Ekaterina Burlakova Rusagro is already supplying its products to Asian markets / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti Mitsui & Co is going to sign a memorandum of understanding with Rusagro , Reuters reported, citing the Japanese business newspaper Nikkei.

Baltinvestbank put non-core assets up for sale / E. Egorov / Vedomosti Among the non-core assets of Baltinvestbank are 20 hectares in Murino, which the bank received from a developer, said the chairman of the board of Baltinvestbank and former deputy chairman of Absolut Bank Konstantin Yakovlev. He did not disclose the name of the developer. According to Yakovlev, the bank is looking for a way to sell or develop this territory, which is estimated at 1-1.5 billion rubles.

Last week, Amazon.com used a drone for the first time to make a commercial delivery / Amazon On Wednesday, the company released a video showing the drone loading an ordered item, launching the device from a mobile platform, flying, and unloading the purchase on a lawn near a house.

St. Petersburg authorities decided not to demolish a residential building on Gornaya built without permission / E. Egorov / Vedomosti The Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg approved a settlement agreement between the city's State Construction Supervision and Expertise Service and the owner of land plots in Kolomyagi on Gornaya Street, 22, Tbilisskaya Street, 40, and Tbilisskaya Street, 38.

Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky Court has upheld the Russian Justice Ministry's decision to include the international public organization "Memorial" in the register of foreign agent NGOs. As reported by Interfax, Judge Nelly Rubtsova rejected the administrative claim of the organization, which challenged the Justice Ministry's order.

December 15, 2016, 23:59 / Finance Insurers will earn less in 2017 Reason - stagnation of motor insurance Tatiana Lomskaya Now the market share of comprehensive insurance and compulsory motor liability insurance is about 34%, with the latter accounting for 20% / M.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation to attend the Eastern Economic Forum next year. "I promised Vladimir that I am ready to attend the Eastern Economic Forum next year and review the implementation of what we have outlined," Abe said.

December 16, 2016, 14:01 / Business Russian oil workers are thinking about a disproportionate reduction in production Gazprom Neft hopes to agree on a smaller reduction using other people's quotas Petr Kozlov General Director of Gazprom Neft Alexander Dyukov / Sergey Porter / Vedomosti Gazprom Neft hopes to reach an agreement with other oil producing companies in Russia to reduce production to less than a proportional level, Gazprom Neft CEO Alexander Dyukov, who is part of the Russian

In Russia, officials and laws are so strange and infallible that any organization, business and individual are, in fact, activists The story of the European University, whose educational license was revoked for a ridiculous reason and returned only after the intervention of the head of state, would be completely shameful even if we knew nothing about the circumstances of the case, and only knew that any formal reason can ruin the lives of thousands of people, make them nervous and change their

A court in Vladivostok has arrested Dalnegorsk Mayor Igor Sakhuta for two months on suspicion of abuse of office. "On Friday, at the request of the investigator, the court chose a preventive measure for Sakhuta in the form of detention for a period of two months," said Aurora Rimskaya, Senior Assistant to the Head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Primorye.

December 16, 2016, 14:20 / Business Goldman Sachs raised its forecast for the price of Brent for the second quarter of 2017 to $59 Vedomosti Analysts at Goldman Sachs bank raised their forecasts for oil prices for the second quarter of 2017 against the backdrop of the decision of OPEC and other oil-producing countries to reduce oil production, reports CNBC TV channel.