Senior Vice President of Sberbank Sergei Ivanov, the son of the former head of the Russian Presidential Administration, has been nominated for the post of President of Alrosa, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev said, as quoted by Interfax. Boomberg recently reported that Sergei Ivanov could become the president of Alrosa, citing two of his sources. This is the only candidate that is being discussed, the agency writes. This was confirmed to Vedomosti by a federal official.

The Central Bank plans to transfer banks whose recovery turns out to be unsatisfactory to the consolidation fund, said First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Dmitry Tulin. The regulator, according to him, has provided for such a possibility in case of “real failures”: “Any bank that was under resolution under the current scheme can be transferred to the resolution fund if necessary” (quote from Reuters).

February 27, 2017, 00:07 / Business Red Wings will switch from Tu to MS-21 The airline will become one of the largest customers of the new Russian medium-haul aircraft Alexander Vorobyov In a few years, the Tu aircraft in the Red Wings fleet will be replaced by MC-21 / Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg The general director of the leasing company Ilyushin Finance Co (IFK) Alexander Rubtsov told Vedomosti about the carrier’s development plans.

February 26, 2017, 23:53 / Business Exclusively by subscription The main competitor of Nike and Adidas enters the Russian market The first Under Armor store will open this summer Natalia Ishchenko Under Armor's sales in 2016 grew by almost a quarter thanks to expansion into Europe and Asia / Bloomberg The American Under Armor is entering the Russian market: the company will develop here through franchising, two people familiar with the plans of the retailer’s Russian partner and three

February 27, 2017, 15:04 / Business Medvedev proposed increasing the small business lending program by 50 billion rubles Vedomosti Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev proposed an increase of 50 billion rubles. preferential lending program for small businesses at 6.5%.

Transparency International has found signs of conflict of interest in some Defense Ministry contracts / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The current practice of the Russian Defense Ministry in preventing conflicts of interest requires changes, according to a report published on Thursday by Transparency International – R (TIR, included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of NGOs – foreign agents).

February 27, 2017, 09:29 / Finance Brent is trading at $56.4 per barrel Vedomosti By 9.22 Moscow time on February 27, April Brent futures were trading in London at $56.4 per barrel; last Friday, the contract price decreased by $0.59 (1.04%) to $55.99 per barrel, recalls Interfax . On Monday morning, April futures for WTI in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) were trading at $54.35 per barrel; on Friday they fell by $0.46 (0.84%) to $53.99 per barrel.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, speaking at a forum in Sochi, partially revealed the content of the government’s comprehensive action plan for the period from 2017 to 2025, aimed at increasing economic growth. President Vladimir Putin ordered its development six months ago, during his annual address. Should we loosen the reins? “Let’s loosen the reins—that’s the thesis,” David Yakobashvili answered the presenter’s question about the possibility of an investment boom in Russia.

An assessment of Rosneft's Chechen oil assets, the main one of which is 51% in Grozneftegaz, which annually produces 300,000 tons of oil, was carried out by PwC for their sale to Chechnya, writes Kommersant . At the end of January, the state-owned company presented it to the Ministry of Economy. The market price of assets is 11.8 billion rubles. The report also names the costs of the oil refinery project in the republic – 725 million rubles.

See also: PHOTO: Oscar Surprises and Winners British accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which has been counting votes for the Oscars for 83 years, has taken responsibility for the error in announcing the best picture. According to CNBC, the company apologized to Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, who announced the winner in this category, as well as to all viewers.

February 26, 2017, 11:34 pm / Finance Exclusively by subscription Viktor Pichugov sold his stake in Bank Vozrozhdenie The ex-senator is no longer a partner of the Ananyev brothers in the banking business Daria Borisyak Viktor Pichugov left the shareholders of Bank Vozrozhdenie / E. Razumny / Vedomosti Pichugov got rid of his stake in Promsvyazbank in early February of this year - he also owned 10%. did not disclose to whom he transferred his share when leaving the capital Promsvyazbank .

February 27, 2017, 00:52 / Finance / Economics Exclusively by subscription The National Bank of Ukraine will be able to refuse the transfer of funds to Russia But the regulator has made it easier to invest funds received abroad Ilya Usov The Central Bank of Ukraine will be able to refuse transactions with Russia / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has given itself the right to refuse the transfer of funds from Ukraine to Russia, the regulator’s press service reported.

February 27, 2017, 00:16 / Business How to fashionably avoid taxes The Federal Tax Service assessed additional taxes to Lamoda and Yandex for inflating advertising costs Natalya Ishchenko The Federal Tax Service assessed hundreds of millions of additional taxes to the online retailer Lamoda and Yandex / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The third largest online seller of clothes and shoes in RuNet, Lamoda, has been trying to challenge additional taxes and a fine of 134 million rubles since last fall.

VimpelCom's revenue at the end of the fourth quarter of 2016 decreased by 1.8% to 70.1 billion rubles, and at the end of the year - by 1.5% to 273 billion rubles, the operator said in a statement. The operator explains the drop in income by the persistence of difficult market conditions and the high level of competition in Russia.

Fort Group Managing Partner Maxim Levchenko / Interpress / PhotoXPress Fort Group is exiting a project called Delovoy Peterburg (DP), Fort Group managing partner Maxim Levchenko announced this morning on his Facebook page. “99% of our share package is being sold to the editor-in-chief of DP in installments,” he said, without disclosing the terms of the deal. 20% of JSC DP Business Press (formerly Bonnier Business Press (BBP)) remain with the Swedish Bonnier Group.