Er-Telecom plans to buy Novotelecom The FAS has allowed Er-Telecom Holding to buy the Novosibirsk provider Novotelecom. According to the company, Novotelecom has more than 500,000 subscribers. Er-Telecom served 5.6 million subscribers as of September 30, 2016.

January 18, 2017, 12:55 / Business / News Naftogaz refused to pay $5.3 billion to Gazprom under the “take or pay” clause undefined Vedomosti NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine confirmed receipt of an invoice from PJSC Gazprom for $5.3 billion for gas under the “take or pay” rule and stated that the company does not intend to pay it until the decision of the Stockholm arbitration. “In the justification for the invoice, Gazprom refers to the “take or pay” norm.

2016 turned out to be the third consecutive hottest year in the history of regular global meteorological observations - since 1891. A similar multi-year spike in temperatures during this time has never been observed before, writes Bloomberg . Read also: Priceless Earth According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the average annual temperature of the Earth was almost one degree higher than the average for the 20th century.

US Permanent Representative to the UN Samantha Power devoted her last speech in this post on Tuesday to the main threat to US security, from her point of view, Russia. Dialogue with Moscow is necessary, she admitted. Firstly, thanks to cooperation with this country, the main international successes were achieved during Power's tenure in this post - a resolution on the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria and an agreement on the nuclear program with Iran.

January 18, 2017, 15:56 / Finance The hole in Peresvet Bank has grown by 11 billion rubles Now the ROC Bank is missing 45.8 billion rubles; Rosneft Bank can rehabilitate it Daria Borisyak Ilya Usov “The hole in the bank could grow if some of the loans that were previously performing stopped being serviced” / A.

The Moscow Arbitration Court rejected Transneft's request to disqualify a judge in proceedings with Rosneft regarding an oil transportation agreement in 2017. Earlier on Wednesday, Transneft's lawyers filed an application to disqualify the judge. At the end of December, the court granted Rosneft’s petition and imposed interim measures on Transneft , prohibiting it from stopping or reducing the transportation of oil supplied to NK from January 1, 2017.

January 18, 2017, 00:49 / Economics Exclusively by subscription The current account fell to an 18-year low in 2016: a threat to the ruble The Rosneft deal was initially closed at Russia’s expense, as follows from the balance of payments Olga Kuvshinova The current account balance in 2016 fell to an 18-year minimum, follows from the assessment of the balance of payments / M.

By 9.10 Moscow time on Wednesday, March Brent futures on the London ICE Futures exchange were trading at $55.62 per barrel. During the trading session on Tuesday, these contracts fell by $0.39 (0.70%) to $55.47 per barrel, recalls Interfax . On Wednesday morning, February futures for WTI traded in New York at $52.67 per barrel; during the previous session, the contract rose by $0.11 (0.21%) to $52.48 per barrel. Quotes are rising moderately on Wednesday morning.

The UK Supreme Court will announce its verdict on January 24 on whether Prime Minister Theresa May can launch the process of withdrawing the country from the EU (Brexit) without parliamentary approval. As reported on Wednesday, January 18, by the British media, 11 judges are conducting the hearing. May said in London on Tuesday, January 17, that she intended to pursue a full Brexit and a new relationship with the European Union.

In 2016, the pay TV user base in Russia grew by 3.6% to 41.2 million subscribers, said TMT Consulting analyst Elena Krylova. According to preliminary data from her company, for the first time more than half of the growth (53%) came from Rostelecom : in 2015, its share in the growth of the pay TV subscriber base was 35%. According to Krylova, Rostelecom is also in first place in terms of growth rates - over the year its pay TV subscriber base grew by 8.8% to 9.4 million subscribers.

January 17, 2017, 23:44 / Finance Former British Foreign Secretary William Hague became an adviser to Citigroup Previously, Mervyn King and former Governor of the Bank of England could not refuse the same offer Tatyana Bochkareva Brexit has forced many banks operating in the UK to lure famous politicians / Alastair Grant / AP Hague, who was Foreign Secretary 2010–2014. and leader of the Conservative Party from 1997-2001, will continue his career at Citi, the FT reports.

VTB is negotiating the purchase of two regional banks - in Siberia and the Urals, said the president of the state bank Andrei Kostin. “We are working on them, there is an understanding, but the deal is not completed. I think there is a high probability that we will buy these banks, but no decisions have been made yet, although due diligence has already been completed,” he said (hereinafter quoted from TASS). Kostin did not say which banks VTB might buy.

In the center of Moscow, an unknown person shot a businessman in the head, Interfax reports, citing a source in law enforcement agencies. “On Wednesday evening, an unknown person shot the businessman several times in the head while he was in his car,” he said. The crime took place in Shmitovsky Proezd. "Most likely, the crime was committed by a hitman working on order," the source added. The businessman was hospitalized in serious condition. "At 17.25, a report was received of an injury.

Beijing is going to build a new model of relations with the United States and develop a strategic partnership with Russia. This statement was made by the Chairman of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping. According to him, China will build a "partnership for peace, growth and reform" with European countries. With its BRICS partners, China will strengthen "unity and cooperation," he added.

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