This landscape will come to life, you just have to wait / MAXIM STULOV / Vedomosti The Blue Soup group is deservedly loved by fans and figures of our contemporary art. The artists' works are impressive and memorable, they have been nominated for prizes and awarded the Innovation award more than once, they are constantly exhibited and included in combined exhibitions - from video art to national ones.

Investigators have brought charges against Viktor Kudrin, the former CEO of OAO GSK, the contractor for the construction of the pretrial detention facility in Kolpino known as Kresty-2. This was reported by the Investigative Committee's St. Petersburg office. "He has been charged under Article 160 of the Criminal Code ("Embezzlement")," a representative of the office said. Kudrin was previously arrested by the court for two months.

Italy's Eni has discovered what it calls "significant" oil reserves off the coast of Mexico. It became the first foreign company to drill a well in the country since the government opened the energy sector to private investors in 2013.

March 26, 2017, 11:17 pm / Business Passengers on late flights may receive more compensation The State Duma adopted a law on accession to the Montreal Convention Alexander Vorobyov Now flight delays may cost airlines more / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti The convention will determine the maximum limit of compensation in the event of the death of passengers on an international flight; for domestic flights, Russian legislation will still apply, the minimum payments under it are 2 million rubles,

PhosAgro 's EBITDA Declines PhosAgro managed to keep the decline in EBITDA for 2016 at 12% in rubles, to RUB 72.4 billion, and 20% in dollars, to $1.08 billion, despite the fact that fertilizer prices last year reached their lowest levels since the 2009 crisis. EBITDA margin was 39%, compared to 43% a year earlier. Revenue for 2016 decreased by 1% to RUB 187.7 billion ($2.8 billion), while net profit increased by 64% to RUB 59.9 billion ($893 million).

Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Konstantin Eliseev spoke about preparations for the meeting between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and US President Donald Trump. "Of course, all opportunities are being used to prepare the main and key meeting – the Ukrainian-American summit.

The dollar/ruble exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange at the opening of trading increased by 15 kopecks compared to the closing level of previous trading. and reached 57.03 rubles. The MICEX index at the opening of trading on the Moscow Exchange decreased compared to the closing level of previous trading by 0.6% and amounted to 2026.68 points, the RTS index - by 0.3% to 1121.21 points.

March 27, 2017, 19:39 / Economics Inflation rates in developed and developing countries are almost equal This makes the latter more attractive to international investors Steve Johnson Recent strengthening of the Russian ruble, Brazilian real and Indian rupee offset rising prices for imported goods / Aijaz Rahi / AP The difference between inflation rates in developed and developing countries has narrowed to its lowest level since at least 1997.

subscribers MTS who have subscribed to the “Smart Unlimited” tariff since March 27, 2017 will no longer receive an unlimited mobile Internet package. Now the standard package size for the tariff is 10 GB, the operator reports this on its website. The tariff fee has decreased to 550 rubles. per month, it includes 350 minutes and the same number of SMS to all Russian numbers.

As part of its exit from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) , the PIK Group of Companies is offering to buy back GDRs from owners at $5,101 per share, the company said in a statement . The buyback price represents a premium of 13% to the volume weighted average price of the GDRs over the previous three months and a premium of 3% to the closing price of trading on the LSE on 10 March 2017.

The President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, said that they wanted to set him up. “They wanted to remove me, but they couldn’t do it. I didn’t sign anything and I’m not resigning. I think this is the work of the Americans, and this is called a setup,” he explained. Read on vedomosti.ru appeared on the official FIDE website Earlier, information that the day before, at a meeting of the organization’s council in Athens, Ilyumzhinov announced his resignation.

March 27, 2017, 11:02 / Business X5 Retail Group increased net profit by 1.6 times in 2016 Vedomosti The net profit of X5 Retail Group according to IFRS in 2016 increased by 1.6 times compared to the previous year and amounted to 22.291 billion rubles, as follows from the company’s annual reports. Revenue for the reporting period increased by 27.8% to RUB 1.034 trillion. EBITDA increased 1.4 times, reaching 76.267 billion rubles, profitability on the indicator was 7.4% against 6.8% in 2015.

March 27, 2017, 13:26 / Business / News Planes, helicopters and real estate of Buryat Airlines were arrested for debts undefined Vedomosti Bailiffs seized planes, helicopters and real estate of Buryat Airlines due to a debt of 36 million rubles. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Buryat department of the Federal Bailiff Service. Six planes (An-2 and An-24), four helicopters (Mi-2 and Mi-8) and 14 real estate objects were arrested, the press service clarifies.

March 27, 2017, 09:29 / Real estate / News In Moscow, more than a quarter of the monthly rainfall fell overnight undefined Vedomosti It snowed all night in Moscow, and light snowfall continues in the morning. At the airports of the capital's air hub, 17 flights were delayed and cancelled, reports the Moscow agency with reference to the Yandex.Scheduling service .

March 26, 2017, 11:27 pm / Finance Exclusively by subscription Collectors have become worse at collecting debts Collections fell by 15–20% after the new law on debtors came into force Olga Adamchuk Collectors are afraid to call debtors - by law they can only do this once a day / Ekaterina Kuzmina / Vedomosti After the debtor protection law went into effect earlier this year, it has become more difficult for debt collectors to collect debts.