January 15, 2018, 12:04 / Economics Oil export duty will rise to $120 per ton from February undefined Vedomosti The oil export duty in Russia will increase by $8.7 to $120.1 per ton from February 1, 2018, the Ministry of Finance reports. The current duty is $111.4 per ton. The duty on high-viscosity oil will increase from $17.9 to $19.5.

January 15, 2018, 19:32 / Auto NAMI spoke about the timing of the transfer of vehicles of the “Cortege” project into operation Vedomosti The first vehicles of the Cortege project were put into operation at the end of December 2017, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a representative of the project developer - FSUE NAMI. Earlier, information appeared in the media about possible delivery dates for the first vehicles of the project. “The information is not true.

Goznak has developed an application for mobile devices called Banknotes 2017. Using it, you can determine the authenticity of new banknotes in denominations of 200 and 2000 rubles, TASS reports with reference to the press service of the organization. In addition to determining the authenticity of banknotes, the application will provide detailed information about the type and features of banknotes. It will be available to download from January 18 through the AppStore and GooglePlay.

January 15, 2018, 10:20 / Finance / News Sberbank increased annual profit by 30% undefined Vedomosti At the end of 2017, Sberbank increased its net profit under RAS by 30.4% to 674 billion rubles, according to a press release from the credit institution. In December, the bank earned 49.9 billion rubles. net profit and issued a record amount of loans - about 1.8 trillion rubles. legal entities and 270 billion rubles. for individuals.

According to estimates by Mobile Research Group lead analyst Eldar Murtazin, about 3 million used devices were sold in Russia last year / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti In 2017, Avito sold 1.6 million used phones, according to a company statement. Almost all of them were smartphones, the marketplace representative clarified. Smartphones account for 50% of all consumer electronics sold on Avito, the statement said. Almost half (46.6%) of the devices sold on Avito were iPhones.

The Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit in the Meshchansky Court of Moscow to liquidate the Pyatoe Vremya Goda foundation, which is the operating legal entity of the election campaign of politician Alexei Navalny. This is stated in the court materials. The court will hear the claim next Monday, January 22, Interfax reports. The Justice Ministry wants to prevent the voters' strike, wrote Leonid Volkov, head of Navalny's federal headquarters, on his Facebook page.

Harsh revolutionary songs still sound appropriate today if they were written by Dmitry Shostakovich / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti As always, the Rachmaninov Hall of the Conservatory is packed to the brim – not only in the rows, but also behind the scenes: there are several dozen festival participants, and among them there are still those who, 20 years ago, having studied in Europe, returned (hence the name of the festival) to play chamber music in their native places together with their

The Finnish company Wartsila refused to supply diesel generators for the rescue vessel, which is being built at the Kerch Zaliv plant, reported RBC , citing a source familiar with the materials of the Ministry of Transport. Information about this was confirmed to the publication by a partner of several Russian shipbuilding companies and a representative of a Finnish company. A Wärtsil representative clarified that the company refused to supply generators due to EU sanctions.

The presidential election campaign has essentially acquired its final contours – the list of candidates is closed and can now only be reduced. Citizens observing this landscape (which, in general, hardly arouses political interest in anyone, despite all attempts to “refresh it a little” in a controlled manner) naturally ask: what to do next?

Two British Eurofighter Typhoon fighters on duty were scrambled from Lossiemouth airbase in northern Scotland on Monday to intercept Russian Tu-160 strategic missile-carrying bombers approaching British airspace. According to Airlive.net, at 14.15 Moscow time (11.15 UTC) a pair of Tu-160 Russian Aerospace Forces was over the North Sea.

The Cyprus Traffic Police will receive a drug testing device on January 25, its chief, Spyros Spyrou, announced at a press conference. According to him, the police have undergone a course in drug testing. The test will take about five minutes, and disposable devices will be used. If the test result is positive, the driver will be sent to a state laboratory for additional samples, which must provide a conclusion within 15 days.

The Central Election Commission has approved the form of the ballot paper for the presidential elections, Interfax reports. The candidates' names will be listed in alphabetical order. This is a requirement of federal law; there will be no draws on this matter, noted Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission Nikolai Bulaev. In addition, each candidate on the list will be separated from the others by a black line.

Goznak has developed an application for mobile devices called Banknotes 2017. Using it, you can determine the authenticity of new banknotes in denominations of 200 and 2000 rubles, TASS reports with reference to the press service of the organization. In addition to determining the authenticity of banknotes, the application will provide detailed information about the type and features of banknotes. It will be available to download from January 18 through the AppStore and GooglePlay.

January 15, 2018, 18:13 / Business Interfax announced the timing of the resumption of flights to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh undefined Vedomosti Flights between Russian cities and the Egyptian resorts of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh, subject to Moscow's safety requirements, will resume no earlier than the second half of 2018, Interfax reports , citing a source familiar with the situation. “The technical parameters of the resumption of direct flights between Moscow and Cairo are being discussed.

Russia's international reserves increased by $55 billion in 2017 - from $377.741 billion in December last year to $432.742 billion as of January 1, 2018. This is stated in the materials of the Bank of Russia. In December 2017, Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves increased by $1.106 billion. International reserves are highly liquid foreign assets at the disposal of the Central Bank and the government.