US President Donald Trump topped the list of the most mentioned people in the Russian media at the end of January, Interfax reported data from its “Comprehensive News Analysis System”: Trump appears in more than 202,000 political, financial and economic publications, and Russian President Vladimir Putin - slightly more than 147,700. Until now, Putin lost primacy in this ranking only during the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev.

In December 2016, the Samsung Galaxy J1 smartphone took 1st place in Russia in terms of smartphone sales in units , and the iPhone 5s with 16 GB memory, which had previously occupied it for at least several months, moved to second. This follows from materials from the company, a partner of several retailers; they were confirmed by a source close to the company, a partner of several retailers. These data coincide with the estimates of M.video .

February 02, 2017, 13:40 / Finance / News The former deputy chairman of the Central Bank estimated the losses of banks due to unscrupulous players at hundreds of billions of rubles undefined Vedomosti The largest Russian banks have lost hundreds of billions of rubles in business and tens of billions of rubles in profit from the activities of unscrupulous bankers, says former deputy chairman of the Bank of Russia, deputy president and chairman of the board of VTB , Mikhail Sukhov.

The House of Commons of the British Parliament approved the bill in the first reading, which will allow Prime Minister Theresa May to initiate the country's exit from the European Union under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. According to the BBC, 498 MPs voted for it. 114 were against - mainly representatives of the Scottish National Party, Liberal Democrats, 47 Labour MPs and Conservative Ken Clarke.

Director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand reported that frosts will come to the European part of Russia, including Moscow and the Moscow region, next week. "Starting Monday, a significant cold snap is forecast. Almost throughout the entire European territory of Russia, the temperature will drop by 6-8 degrees, and in some regions even by 9-10 degrees," Vilfand said.

Uralsib . raised its recommendation for VTB GDR from “sell” to “hold”, and the forecast price from $1.3 to $2 HSBC revalued oil and gas companies: - increased the forecast price of Novatek’s GDR from $100 to $112, the “hold” recommendation has not changed; - increased the forecast price of Surgutneftegaz shares from 20 rubles. up to 22 rubles, the “sell” recommendation has not changed.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has apologised to Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieta for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's comments supporting new US President Donald Trump's idea of ​​building a border wall with his southern neighbour, the Financial Times reported. According to the publication, Rivlin called Niete and said that Israel in no way compares the security situation of Israel and Mexico, and “regrets the misunderstanding that occurred.” "Trump is right.

Naive art differs from professional art / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti The exhibition "Naive...no" is organized in honor of naive, amateur artists, and a rare case - great and important masters for the history of Russian art only accompany the ceremonial demonstration of works by those who painted and sculpted without any training. So "Peasant Woman" by Kazimir Malevich or "Woodcutter" by Natalia Goncharova are not the main characters here.

Finnish telecommunications equipment maker Nokia Corp. saw its fourth-quarter 2016 profit more than halve, but the result beat market expectations. The company's net profit in October-December amounted to 633 million euros, compared to 1.79 billion euros for the same period a year earlier. The high profit result in the fourth quarter of 2015 is explained by the sale of the HERE mapping division to a concern of German car manufacturers.

February 02, 2017, 11:06 / Business / News TASS announced the delivery dates for 20 Su-35s to China undefined Vedomosti 10 Su-35 fighters will be delivered to China in 2017, another 10 in 2018, told a source in the system of military-technical cooperation between Russia and foreign countries TASS. He recalled that China received the first four fighters at the end of 2016. We are talking about a contract for 24 Su-35 aircraft, which was signed in November 2015.

The state compensation fund for shared construction will be headed by former State Duma deputy Elena Nikolaeva, several sources close to the federal government told Vedomosti. She is participating in tomorrow’s meeting of the public council of the Russian Ministry of Construction as the head of the fund, says one of them. The appointment was approved by the supervisory board of AHML, a representative of the Russian Ministry of Construction confirmed the information.

In November 2016, the European Commission closed its investigation into Hungary's possible violation of EU tender law by selecting the supplier, Rosatom, without a tender. The EC continues its investigation under the last procedure - "Notification of the Directorate of Competition of the absence of state aid".

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended the arrest of Renova top managers Boris Vainzikher and Yevgeny Olkhovik, who are accused of giving multimillion-dollar bribes to the former leadership of the Komi Republic, by three months. According to Interfax, Olkhovik's arrest has been extended until May 5, and Vainzikher's until May 6.

February 02, 2017, 01:30 / Business Exclusively by subscription FAS approved the acquisition of three St. Petersburg banana importers by Sumitomo Corporation The Japanese company acquired the rights to this after purchasing 100% of the shares of Irish Fyffes. Maria Buravtseva St.

previously Life reported that over 10 years, employees of the Ministry of Culture, with the help of experts, managed to remove more than 200 historical buildings from the stock, most of them were demolished for construction. Damage to the city from such fraud could amount to about 10 billion rubles.