Nokia has filed several lawsuits against the American corporation Apple in European and American courts for patent infringement. This was reported today by the press service of the Finnish company. “Nokia currently owns three intellectual property portfolios following its acquisition of Nokia Solutions and Networks in 2013 and Alcatel-Lucent in 2016.

December 21, 2016, 10:44 / Business Novak: Production of natural and associated gas in Russia in 2016 will increase to 637 billion cubic meters Vedomosti Production of natural and associated petroleum gas in Russia this year will increase by 1.5 billion cubic meters. m to 637 billion cubic meters, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday. “Production of natural and associated gas will amount to 637 billion cubic meters. m - 1.5 billion higher than in 2015.

The European Court of Justice has called the requirement for Internet providers to accumulate and store personal information and electronic correspondence (including remote) of users, as well as geolocation data, contrary to EU standards. As reported by TASS, this decision was published on December 21. According to the court, the mass storage of Internet traffic and geolocation information will allow obtaining accurate data on the private lives of citizens.

Rosneft is currently the only fuel supplier for the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs / M. Stulov / Vedomosti Director of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of Russia (Rosgvardia) Viktor Zolotov and CEO of Rosneft Igor Sechin have prepared a letter to President Vladimir Putin (Vedomosti has seen a copy).

President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on the establishment of a flag, banner and heraldic sign - the emblem of the Russian National Guard. The documents were published on the official portal of legal information, TASS reports . The flag of the Federal Service of National Guard Troops was also approved. The decrees approved the design and description of the flags, banner and emblem. The decrees came into force on the day of their signing on December 20.

December 21, 2016, 16:22 / Economics Annual inflation in Russia fell to 5.5% Vedomosti Consumer prices in Russia increased by 0.1% in the week from December 13 to 19, Rosstat reported on Wednesday. Over the previous 13 weeks, prices increased 0.1% 11 times, the exceptions being the week from November 15 to 21 and from October 18 to 24, when inflation was 0.2%.

“From 00:00 on December 22, the Russian side reserves the right to stop air traffic between the two countries if the Tajik side does not comply with its obligations. The refusal of the Tajik aviation authorities to allow the flight of the Russian airline Yamal on the route Khujand - Zhukovsky and Dushanbe - Zhukovsky, citing lack of parity, is unauthorized.

The European Court of Human Rights has awarded Georgian plaintiffs 70,000 euros for violations of their rights during their deportation from Russia in 2006, Interfax reports . One of these decisions was made on the case "Shioshvili and Others v. Russia." Lia Shioshvili claimed that she was deported in the fall of 2006, when she was eight months pregnant, accompanied by four minor children.

BlackBerry to Invest About $76 Million in Developing Software for Self-Driving Cars / BlackBerry BlackBerry Corp. said Monday it would invest C$100 million ($76 million) in software for self-driving cars. The company is winding down its smartphone business and looking for new business opportunities. It plans to open a development center in Ottawa and hire up to 600 people for its car project.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow placed Dmitry Finkel, a defendant in the RusHydro case , accused in the case of embezzlement of almost 200 million rubles, under house arrest until the end of February. corporation funds. “The investigation’s request is granted. Change the preventive measure against the accused Finkel to house arrest, the term of which will be set until February 21, 2017,” says the decision of Judge Natalia Dudar.

December 21, 2016, 12:47 / Economics What to expect from the ruble in 2017? One important support factor will help outweigh the possible negativity Oleg Kuzmin , chief economist for Russia and the CIS at Renaissance Capital In recent weeks, the Russian ruble has strengthened noticeably, which again increased the relevance of the issue of its further dynamics. Some people believe that the Russian currency will never become stronger than 60 rubles.

Place for trash It has been decided to collect, process and bury waste in the Moscow region in seven clusters. This is provided for by the territorial waste management scheme approved by the regional government, the Minister of Ecology and Nature Management of the Moscow region, Alexander Kogan, told Interfax Different "Plato" Differentiation of the tariff of the Platon system is unrealistic in the next six months, said the head of Rosavtodor Roman Starovoit.

December 20, 2016, 11:44 pm / Finance Exclusively by subscription Sberbank Non-State Pension Fund may merge with the Nuclear Research Fund The deal would allow the leader of pension insurance to increase reserves, for which he lags behind the leaders by 20 times Ilya Usov Sberbank NPF wants to buy the Rosatom pension fund / M.

December 21, 2016, 00:01 / Business Two lines of the Turkish Stream are valued at 7 billion euros The amount may change, experts warn: the project estimate has probably not been revised since 2015 Alena Makhneva Deliveries via Turkish Stream may begin in 2019 / © Turkish Stream Investments in the offshore part of the Turkish Stream pipeline will amount to about 7 billion euros.

Former BlackRock portfolio manager Mark Littleton has been sentenced to one year in prison by a British court for insider trading, CitiWire reports. In November, Littleton pleaded guilty to two counts of insider trading involving shares of energy companies EnCore Oil Plc and Cairn Energy. At one point, Littleton managed $4.5 billion in client funds. He was arrested in London in 2013 during an investigation by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.