Subscribers call via messengers to save money or not want to be wiretapped / Andrey Gordeyev / Vedomosti In February of this year, EY surveyed Russians on how they use mobile communications. EY data is based on a survey of 1,500 people, 30% of whom live in Moscow, the rest - in cities with a population of more than 100,000 people. It turned out that 8% of respondents use instant messengers for calls more often than traditional telephony (dial-up connection, which involves dialing a number).

March 12, 2018, 10:28 / Business / News Lenta increased profit in 2017 by 18% undefined Vedomosti retail chain of stores The net profit of the Lenta in 2017 increased by 18.4% compared to the previous year, to 13.3 billion rubles. according to IFRS, the company reports . The retail chain's revenue increased by 19.2%, to RUB 365.2 billion, with adjusted EBITDA increasing by 11.8%, to RUB 35.5 billion, and profitability by 9.7%.

Russia's involvement in the incident is 'very likely', May said / Alastair Grant / AP British Prime Minister Theresa May today briefed members of the country's parliament on the interim results of the investigation into the March 5 poisoning of former GRU colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury. Russia's involvement in the incident is "very likely," May said.

March 12, 2018, 00:44 / Business Mikhail Fridman's Dea is ready to invest more than 1 billion euros Projects in Norway and Egypt require increased funding Galina Starinskaya In 2017, Dea Group oil and gas production amounted to 125,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day / Dea Group / Vedomosti In 2017, capital investments of the oil and gas company Dea Group of Mikhail Fridman and his partners increased by 30% to 838 million euros, according to the company’s presentation for the annual report.

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In the United States, one of the richest people in Germany, Erivan Haub, died at the age of 85. The billionaire's death was confirmed by the press service of the German retailer Tengelmann Group, which Haub led for more than 13 years (1969-2000). He and his family were co-owners of the Tengelmann Group. Tengelmann Group owns the OBI, Plus, Kaiser's and KiK networks.

Election night will be eventful / Andrey Gordeyev / Vedomosti Putin's public election headquarters is planning something like an "election marathon" for the night after the March 18 elections, a person in the headquarters told Vedomosti.

The presidential candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Pavel Grudinin became the undisputed hero of the penultimate election week. Moreover, the story about the alleged discovery of unclosed accounts in a Swiss bank quickly reached the level of political generalizations and apocalyptic forecasts. The discussion unfolded on three main questions, each of which already has two opposing answers. Question one: how to evaluate Grudinin’s election campaign as a whole?

The founder of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, announced the timing of testing a ship for a flight to Mars. The first “short round-trip flights” could occur in the first half of 2019, . Fortune reports “We're building a ship right now, the first interplanetary ship to go to Mars,” he said at the annual technology fair in Austin. Read on vedomosti.ru Musk noted that SpaceX will pave the way for humanity to Mars. “As soon as we succeed in this (flight to Mars) ...

March 12, 2018, 14:55 / Economics Peskov refused to link the increase in public sector salaries with the presidential election undefined Vedomosti The increase in salaries of public sector workers has been planned over the past years, stressed the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, answering a journalist’s question whether the sharp increase in salaries in some government agencies is connected with the upcoming presidential elections.

Varvara Grankova It has also been proven that the level of motivation depends not only on remuneration, but also on non-material factors – respect and attention from management, the right to make decisions independently, the nobility of goals. One of the least studied factors influencing motivation is the degree of openness of the company to its employees.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed orders to appoint new deputy ministers of health, energy and economic development, the government press service reported . The report specifies that the position of Deputy Minister of Healthcare was taken by Oleg Salagai, Deputy Minister of Economic Development by Ilya Torosov, and Deputy Minister of Energy by Pavel Sorokin.

The key theme of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum ( SPIEF ) this year will be called "Creating an Economy of Trust," its website reports . This reflects one of the most important tasks facing the authorities, the report quotes Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin as saying. President Vladimir Putin has set a goal of bringing the growth rate of the Russian economy to a level above the world average, Oreshkin recalled.

The presentation of the latest nuclear weapons, which was made during Russian President Vladimir Putin's address to the Federal Assembly in early March, was "disappointing but not surprising" for the Pentagon, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters, The Washington Post reports . "Regardless of how much money they (the Russians) want to invest in this arms race with themselves," the US approach remains the same, Mattis noted. It will be focused on containing Russia.

Danny Perekalsky has been appointed managing director of products at Alfa Bank . He will be responsible for the development of Alfa Bank products for both individuals and small and medium-sized business clients. This is stated in the bank's message. Before joining Alfa Bank, Perekalsky from 2014 to 2017 headed the Ozon Group, which owns the online store Ozon.ru.