January 19, 2017, 14:27 / Economy / News Oreshkin predicts “not very large fluctuations” in the ruble exchange rate if sanctions are eased undefined Vedomosti The easing of the anti-Russian sanctions regime will directly affect the ruble exchange rate. This opinion was expressed on Thursday, January 19, by Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin in an interview with Bloomberg TV channel .

A plane crashed near the coast of Rio de Janeiro. It fell into the ocean. The list of passengers includes one of the members of the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil - Teori Zavaski, local media report. There were four people on board the plane. According to media reports, three passengers died, one survived. Zavaski was investigating a corruption scandal involving the state oil and gas company Petrobras. He was the one who made the decisions to arrest the defendants in the case.

The Bank of Russia has done a lot of work to clean up the Russian banking sector, but has not yet achieved its stabilization, Sberbank President German Gref said in an interview with Bloomberg at the economic forum in Davos. “My opinion is that the Central Bank has done a great job. This is hard for the entire banking sector, but the banking and financial sectors need to be cleaned up.

Radio Liberty's TV project, the American channel Current Time, said it did not file a complaint against RT with Facebook during the last press conference of outgoing US President Barack Obama. RT reported that it was blocked from posting content, including videos, on its page until 10:50 p.m. Moscow time on Saturday due to a conflict with the copyright for the broadcast of the press conference.

The press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, stated that he has no information about the flashing beacon on the car of the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin. Peskov was asked whether the reports about Sechin having a flashing light on his car were true and whether there were any regulations that would give the head of a large oil company the right to have a flashing light on his car. “This is not our question, I don’t have such information, I don’t know,” Peskov said.

January 18, 2017, 23:33 / Business Exclusively by subscription Gazprom launched a new pipeline Bovanenkovo ​​- Ukhta - 2 It will increase production in Yamal, where large gas reserves are concentrated Alena Makhneva Gazprom commissioned the Bovanenkovo ​​– Ukhta – 2 pipeline, which will increase gas production in Yamal / Gazprom Gazprom's main resource base is shifting further north – to Yamal.

The Expert Council on Communications under the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) and the Ministry of Economic Development met this week to discuss the mechanism for implementing the law by Irina Yarovaya and Viktor Ozerov, three participants in these meetings told Vedomosti. The same issue will be considered on Thursday, January 19, by a federal-level expert working group, headed by Minister for Open Government Affairs Mikhail Abyzov.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has registered Rosneft's appeal against the decision to partially satisfy the claim for protection of the company's business reputation against the holding and RBC journalists. This is stated in the court materials. According to the materials, the complaint has been registered, but the date of its consideration has not yet been announced. Earlier, the RBC holding also announced its intention to appeal the court’s decision.

January 19, 2017, 11:35 / Business The State Duma will consider ratifying the agreement on Turkish Stream on January 20 Vedomosti The State Duma at its meeting on January 20 will consider the issue of ratifying the agreement on the Turkish Stream, the Federation Council may consider this issue on February 1, said the head of the international committee of the State Duma Leonid Slutsky. “The landmark issue on tomorrow’s State Duma agenda is the ratification of the agreement on Turkish Stream.

January 19, 2017, 13:09 / Economics The ruble fell in value due to Shuvalov’s statements He said that the Central Bank could start buying foreign currency at current oil prices Daria Tikhonchuk The First Deputy Prime Minister also said that the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Bank of Russia are developing a plan to reduce long-term volatility of the real exchange rate of the ruble / A.

January 19, 2017, 16:31 / Business / News Ukraine has increased the rate of gas withdrawal from storage facilities by 40% since January 15 – Miller undefined Vedomosti Since January 15, Ukraine has increased the rate of gas withdrawal from underground storage facilities by more than 40% with reserves of less than 11 billion cubic meters, said Gazprom Chairman of the Board Alexey Miller. According to him, this is cause for concern, since there are still two months of cold weather ahead.

January 19, 2017, 00:58 / Economics Retailers and home builders will not be able to become strategic investors Deputies adopted in the first reading amendments to the law of Valery Lebedev Dmitry Gorshenin Provisions of the new law may scare off investors / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti On January 18, the Legislative Assembly adopted in the first reading amendments to the city law “On strategic investment projects, strategic investors and strategic partners of St.

January 18, 2017, 23:30 / Business Without Norilsk Nickel dividends, UC Rusal may violate loan terms The total debt of UC Rusal at the end of September 2016 was $10.9 billion Vitaly Petlevoy UC Rusal of Oleg Deripaska (second from left) is counting on dividends from Norilsk Nickel, which is managed by Vladimir Potanin (center) / Dmitry Astakhov / RIA Novosti The absence of Norilsk Nickel dividends or their significant reduction will expose UC Rusal to the risk of violating covenants in the ratio

January 19, 2017, 14:34 / Finance The number of Sberbank employees may be halved by 2025 They will be replaced by robots and computer programs Tatyana Voronova The number of employees of the Sberbank group may be halved by 2025, its president German Gref said at the World Economic Forum in Davos / E.

The authorities of St. Petersburg have filed claims against the Transstroy group of companies for a total of 11.4 billion rubles. The claims concern a contract for the construction of a new stadium on Krestovsky Island, explained the head of the St. Petersburg Construction Committee, Sergei Morozov. "The authorities of St. Petersburg have filed claims against Transtroy for 11.4 billion rubles, including 3.6 billion in unused balances.