More than half of Russian citizens could transfer from their salaries to voluntary pension savings (individual pension capital system, IPC) from 1,000 to 6,000 rubles per month, according to a study by the Bank of Russia, reported the Central Bank Chairperson Elvira Nabiullina in the Federation Council. About 18% of citizens do not plan to participate in the voluntary system.

February 14, 2017, 23:39 / Finance Exclusively by subscription The dollar and euro continue to fall in price Since the beginning of the year, the European and American currencies have lost 2.7 and 3.5 rubles, respectively Ilya Usov The ruble was helped by oil prices and the Central Bank’s promises not to reduce the rate / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The euro and dollar have been falling in price against the ruble for five trading sessions in a row.

The premiere of "Vision of the Rose" became the highlight of the "Dances about Love" program / RAMT The project with the unprepossessing name "Dances about Love" was held in Moscow on Valentine's Day for the second time. This year, its program was less stylistically disheveled: the organizers focused on choreography that was born during the lifetime of the current audience - the oldest of the numbers presented, a fragment of "Park" by Angelin Preljocaj, was staged in 1994.

Police in Malaysia have arrested a woman suspected of involvement in the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the eldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. According to Reuters, the woman in question has Vietnamese documents. Several other foreign suspects are also wanted. The attack on Kim Jong-nam took place on Monday morning at the Kuala Lumpur airport.

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“We do not see the advisability of reducing the rate in the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund (currently 5.1%),” he said. “Our proposal to reduce the insurance premium rate will not affect the Compulsory Medical Insurance system.”

The Chairperson of the Accounts Chamber, Tatyana Golikova, also stated that 35% of graduates with economic specialties do not find employment in their field, unlike medical students, who find employment in their field in 97% of cases. "But it is obvious that it is not only a matter of the quality of education, but also of specialization. As for education and pedagogy, where employment is lower, the number of admission control figures has increased by 3%.

Japanese-Russian relations, which had long been improvised, finally received a clear frame last year in the form of eight areas of cooperation. Now they can be filled with content, but it seems that on two opposing sides it will be contradictory. What became obvious immediately was the discrepancy in scale.

To assess the effect of a reduction in oil production by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), data on the production of the cartel itself is no longer enough, traders say. In addition, they have to watch for signs of rising U.S. production, oil inventory levels, as well as data from Russia and other major oil producers.

China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (an affiliate of CNPC) may become one of the contractors in the Amur Gas Processing Plant (GPP) construction project, Gazprom said in a statement. Today, a working meeting was held between Gazprom Chairman of the Management Committee Alexey Miller and CNPC Chairman of the Board of Directors Wang Yilin. "The meeting discussed the implementation of the Amur Gas Processing Plant construction project.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the issue of appointing an acting governor of Karelia on Wednesday. "Today, the president will be dealing with Karelia, and work on regional issues will continue in connection with the fact that the head of the republic, Aleksandr Khudilainen, announced his intention to resign early," said presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov.

The MTS operator has installed cellular repeaters (femtocells) in the carriages of Moscow metro trains to provide voice communications, SMS services and mobile Internet using 3G technology. As reported by Interfax, this was reported by Igor Egorov, director of MTS in the capital region. As a transport network, MTS used the Wi-Fi network of the Internet company Maksimatelecom, the operator of a single Wi-Fi space on Moscow transport.

On Wednesday, Sberbank reduced rates on deposits in rubles and savings certificates. The changes affected placements for a period of three months or more. The decrease was 0.05-0.7 percentage points, depending on the amount and duration of investments. Now the maximum rate of a retail deposit opened in a Sberbank branch is 6.15% per annum, and remotely – 6.65%. Both rates are assigned for placements of at least 2 million rubles for 6-12 months. Conditions are better for premium clients.

Most of the 30 banks that are currently undergoing financial rehabilitation would be cheaper to deprive of their licenses than to save them, Fitch analysts came to this conclusion. According to their estimates, the financial recovery of 20 banks turned out to be 0.5 trillion rubles more expensive than their possible liquidation.

In April, Russian audiences will see in cinemas the film “Time of the First” produced by Timur Bekmambetov, and not the competing film “Salyut-7” produced by Sergei Selyanov. This is the decision of the Ministry of Culture, which will issue a distribution certificate for April specifically to Bekmambetov’s film, a representative of the ministry told Vedomosti. “Salyut-7” will be released later, in the fall of this year, the ministry representative added.