The Bank of Russia revoked the license of the Moscow bank Master Capital as of February 20, the regulator said in a statement . The bank ranked 302nd in the Russian banking system in terms of assets as of February 1, as follows from its reporting data.

February 20, 2018, 18:14 / Auto Tesla has outsold luxury Mercedes and BMW models in Europe Vedomosti The American electric sedan Tesla Model S has outsold luxury sedans from German Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi in Europe, writes Automotive News Europe . The Model S has been more popular than German brands in the United States for several years, but this is the first time it has won in its competitors' home market.

Children's playground near a new building on 5th Parkovaya Street, where 80 apartments are up for sale / Maksim Stulov / Vedomosti The Moscow City Hall has determined the procedure for buying out the first apartments and their cost for participants in the renovation program who want to increase their housing. The Mosstroykompleks website has 80 apartments available for purchase for an additional fee in the first renovation building in the Izmailovo district (5th Parkovaya Street).

Conductor Maxim Yemelyanychev / Ira Polyarnaya The Opera A Priori festival opened with a program of rare music by Beethoven and Meyerbeer, which turned out to be not so easy to perform. The independent vocal festival, where each concert usually becomes an event, often offers ready-made programs of European stars. But sometimes it is different, as now: producer Elena Kharakidzyan found rarities and found musicians to perform them.

The entire year 2017 in Russia was marked by the digital economy, the development program of which was adopted by the government last summer. But even before the program implementation plan was approved, the project "NTI University 20.35" was launched in St. Petersburg. According to Dmitry Peskov, Head of the "Young Professionals" Department of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), it should become one of the main projects of the digital economy program.

Tomas Maier, creative director of Bottega Veneta and designer of his own brand Tomas Maier, will create a limited collection for the Japanese mass-market brand Uniqlo. It will include clothing for men and women, as well as a line of accessories. The collection will go on sale this summer. Uniqlo has previously collaborated with designers Jill Sander and Jonathan Anderson, model Ines de la Fressange, and journalist and stylist Carine Roitfeld.

The concentration of meldonium found in the sample indicates that the drug is not used in medical practice for a single use and is absolutely meaningless from the point of view of achieving any therapeutic effect on the human body / Vladimir Pesnya / RIA Novosti The B doping sample of Russian curler and bronze medalist at the Pyeongchang Olympic Games, Alexander Krushelnitsky, has tested positive, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) reported .

The festival's competition program has started and is gaining momentum. The winners will be announced on April 15. In the Opera category, they may be performances that are events of the 2016/17 season. "Billy Budd" Nominees for the Golden Mask National Theatre Award Announced Lifestyle / Leisure There is not a single female role in Benjamin Britten's opera. The stage depicts the closed male world of a warship, torn apart by passions, and the music expands it to the size of the Universe.

Temporary surge The unexpectedly high growth rates in the manufacturing industries recorded by Rosstat in January (4.7% year-on-year) are due to temporary factors, as was the previous decline, the Ministry of Economic Development believes. Indicators cleared of volatile components continue to grow moderately, the ministry's review says; the median growth rate, which allows excluding the influence of local factors, in January, according to its estimates, was 2% year-on-year.

The priority in defending Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky may be the version of "doping terrorism," Kommersant writes , citing sources involved in developing the line of conduct. That is, Russia will insist that someone deliberately slipped the athlete a banned substance. Earlier it became known that Krushelnitsky's doping test at the Olympics in Pyeongchang was positive.

February 20, 2018, 10:37 / Business / News The Board of Directors of Gazprom will discuss the prospects for the buyback of shares and GDRs undefined Vedomosti On March 5, the Board of Directors of Gazprom will consider in absentia the prospects for the share repurchase program and global depositary receipts (GDR), the company said in a statement .

February 20, 2018, 13:22 / Business Luzhkov is going to supply buckwheat to Moscow Vedomosti The Kaliningrad state farm of former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov may begin supplying buckwheat to Moscow. about this Luzhkov told RIA Novosti . He added that last year his enterprise harvested 10,000 tons of grain, and the buckwheat harvest can meet two-thirds of the total needs of the Kaliningrad region.

Rector of the Saint Petersburg Mining University Vladimir Litvinenko filed a lawsuit to protect his honor, dignity and business reputation against Transparency International – Russia, the Delovoy Peterburg newspaper and the Offshore-net.ru website in September 2017 / Sergei Vdovin / Interpress / TASS The Vasileostrovsky Court of St. Petersburg will hold the entire trial in closed session on the lawsuit filed by the rector of the St.

February 20, 2018, 01:32 / Real estate Why did the owners of construction companies actively reshuffle management? The residential real estate segment is experiencing the most dramatic personnel transitions Anna Khrustaleva , managing partner of Gravity Recruitment The year 2017 was remembered by the real estate market for the active migration of top managers from company to company. Over the past five years, this has been the most productive year in terms of top reshuffles.

8% of signed agreements are at risk of termination / Ekaterina Kuzmina / Vedomosti Having analyzed concessions in the housing and utilities sector, the Ministry of Construction found agreements that do not oblige investors to invest in projects and threatened to terminate them.