US President-elect Donald Trump has spoken for the second time in a week about the need to reform the United Nations. “The UN has great potential, but right now it’s just a club where people meet each other, socialize, and have a good time. Too bad!” Trump wrote on Twitter.

December 27, 2016, 14:26 / Economy / News Annual damage from poor ecology ranges from 6 to 15% of GDP - Putin undefined Vedomosti Read also: Priceless Earth Damage from poor ecology annually ranges from 6 to 15% of GDP, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, speaking at a meeting of the State Council on Ecology. “Annual environmental damage reaches 6% of GDP every year, and taking into account the consequences for people - 15% of GDP,” he said.

Energy Minister Alexander Novak’s proposal to allow private companies to develop offshore oil and gas fields is contained in his presentation to the meeting on the Russian Energy Strategy until 2035, which was held by the Prime Minister on December 22. about this writes RBC with reference to the text of the presentation.

December 27, 2016, 15:18 / Business / News Rosneft won auctions for the Ai-Yaunsky and Nazymsky subsoil blocks in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug undefined Vedomosti

Russian Helicopters will be headed by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Boginsky December 27 10:37 Prime {{fb}} {{vk}} {{twitter}} After the transfer of Alexander Mikheev to Rosoboronexport, the Russian Helicopters holding will be headed by the current deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Andrei Boginsky, said Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov. “From the 9th (January), Alexander Alexandrovich Mikheev will take up a new position as director of Rosoboronexport.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova recommended that British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson change his rhetoric on the Syrian issue. “I understand perfectly well that Boris Johnson is not a professional diplomat, but not to the same extent,” Zakharova said at a briefing, emphasizing that the British diplomat does not understand what is happening in Syria.

December 27, 2016, 16:10 / Business / News The European Court of Justice suspended the EC's decision on Gazprom's access to OPAL undefined Vedomosti The Court of Justice of the European Union suspended the decision of the European Commission to increase Gazprom's access to the OPAL pipeline, one of the branches of the Nord Stream, said the general director of the Polish gas company PGNiG, Piotr Wozniak, at a press conference in Warsaw.

An engine, landing gear and a large fragment of the tail assembly of the Russian Defense Ministry's Tu-154 that crashed on Sunday have been found in the Black Sea. It was also reported that the location of the plane's two "black boxes" is known; the main one - the parametric flight recorder - has already been found, raised and delivered to the Moscow region for decoding.

Analysts agree that the outgoing year was relatively successful for the retail real estate market / Evgeny Egorov / Vedomosti In 2016, the declared rates for anchor tenants in St. Petersburg shopping centers decreased by 8% to 9,400 rubles per 1 sq. m per year, rent in a shopping gallery became cheaper by an average of 6.3% and by the end of the year amounted to 20,600 rubles per 1 sq. m per year, according to NAI Becar analysts.

December 26, 2016, 11:55 pm / Finance Exclusively by subscription Alexander Turbanov leaves the audit SRO AAS Before that, he headed the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) in 2004–2012 Olga Adamchuk Turbanov said goodbye to auditors / A. Makhonin / Vedomosti Alexander Turbanov leaves the post of co-chairman of the SRO AAS on January 1, 2017, according to the website of the Audit Chamber of Russia (APR). Before that, he headed the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) in 2004–2012.

December 27, 2016, 01:08 / Economics Exclusively by subscription CSR found the reasons for the failure of Russia's previous strategies These are officials, wrong goals and formal execution of the tasks of Alexander Prokopenko Officials, incorrect goals and formal execution led to the failure of past strategies, CSR experts found / D.

At the end of December, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) provided Privatbank (Dnipro) with a refinancing loan in the amount of UAH 10.75 billion (approximately $407.7 million at the current exchange rate), an informed source in banking circles told the Interfax-Ukraine agency. The press services of PrivatBank and the NBU did not confirm or deny this information to the Interfax-Ukraine agency.

December 27, 2016, 08:40 / Auto Companies from Europe are interested in the “frozen” GM site in St. Petersburg – Poltavchenko Vedomosti A number of industrial enterprises, including European ones, are interested in the opportunity to occupy the site of the General Motors automobile plant in St. Petersburg, city Governor Georgy Poltavchenko said in an interview with federal news agencies.

December 27, 2016, 15:19 / Finance The volume of insurance compensation to Tatfondbank clients is 53.7 billion rubles Vedomosti The volume of insurance liability of the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) to Tatfondbank depositors is estimated at 53.7 billion rubles, Interfax reports . As of 12:00 Moscow time on December 27, 2016, about 18.8 billion rubles, or 35% of the DIA’s insurance liability, was paid to 43,800 bank depositors, the state corporation said in a statement .

December 27, 2016, 01:04 / Economics Exclusively by subscription Trade in the Eurasian Union will become easier The new Customs Code should reduce costs for business, but whether this will help depends on customs officers Elizaveta Bazanova The Eurasian Union will have a new Customs Code / M. Stulov / Vedomosti The Presidents of Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Armenia signed the Customs Code of the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).