MTS has changed its forecast for the costs of implementing the Yarovaya Law: now the operator expects to spend 50 billion rubles instead of 60 billion rubles over five years, according to its report. MTS held the first tenders and purchases of systems to implement the Yarovaya Law, said MTS President Alexey Kornya. As a result of these procedures and subsequent technical clarifications, the cost estimate was reduced, Kornya explained.

March 19, 2019, 20:02 / Business Applications for the first selection of modernization of old thermal power plants almost three times exceeded the limit undefined Vedomosti To participate in the selection of projects for the modernization of thermal power plants (TPPs) in 2022–2024. 380 technical applications were submitted.

Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti Yandex has signed a cooperation agreement with Hyundai Mobis, a subsidiary of the South Korean automaker, Yandex reported. Together, the companies will create platforms for unmanned vehicles – both completely autonomous (level five) and those that move autonomously under certain conditions (for example, if there is a high-resolution map of the area, this is a level four unmanned vehicle), a Yandex representative explained.

Russian director, People's Artist of the USSR, and screenwriter Marlen Khutsiev has died in Moscow at the age of 94, TASS reports, citing the Union of Cinematographers. "Marlen Martynovich passed away today at seven o'clock in the morning," a representative of the union said . On Saturday, March 16, Khutsiev was taken to the intensive care unit of the Botkin Hospital, Channel Five reported earlier. Khutsiev was born in Tbilisi on October 4, 1925.

March 19, 2019, 16:49 / Technologies Apple introduced new iMac models for the first time in two years undefined Vedomosti Apple has introduced new iMac models for the first time in two years, the company said in a statement. The devices in the new version are twice as productive as the previous generation, Apple says. The base 21.5-inch iMac features an 8th-generation quad-core Intel processor, with an optional six-core chip available.

Varvara Grankova A visionary leader does not simply set strategic direction, but communicates why change is necessary and inspires people to embrace it. Visionary leadership is considered an essential leadership competency. But our research shows that visionary management is ineffective if middle managers do not share the strategic vision of top management. As a result, the implementation of strategic change is slow or even fails.

March 19, 2019, 6:14 pm / Updated March 19, 2019, 9:13 pm / Business The FSB and FAS conducted searches in the office of a fuel trader pointed out by Rosneft Then the security forces removed data from the servers of the St. Petersburg Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange, which led to the suspension of trading Vitaly Petlevoy Alexey Nikolsky Arthur Toporkov Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti The office of Russia's largest fuel trader was searched.

On March 19, Nursultan Nazarbayev announced his resignation from the post of president of Kazakhstan, which he had held since 1991. However, he will remain chairman of the republic's Security Council, chairman of the ruling Nur Otan party and a member of the Constitutional Council. His longtime ally, Senate Speaker Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, became president until new elections will be held in 2020.

March 19, 2019, 11:07 am / Finance / Blogs What interesting ideas are there in emerging bond markets? Markets in developing countries are combined into one whole, but the situation in them can vary greatly Oleg Fedorovich , senior analyst at Sberbank Asset Management After the softening of the tone in the statements of the leaders of the US Federal Reserve, the mood in global markets changed: greed quickly replaced fear, prices rushed up.

In the center of Moscow, premium real estate costs 490,000 rubles per 1 sq. m. / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti Premium real estate is a location-sensitive segment. During the period of active market development, Moscow developers made several aggressive attempts to expand the geography of elite areas in the western, northwestern and southwestern directions from the center.

Russian journalist Inna Karpushina has been appointed head of the information department – ​​head of the press service of the administration of the governor of St. Petersburg. Information about this appeared on the Smolny website. Fontanka reported , citing sources, that Karpushina could become the press secretary of the acting mayor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov. Previously, Karpushina was a presenter on various TV channels: TV-6, RTR-Petersburg, TRK-Petersburg, TV100.

March 19, 2019, 13:48 / Business Vice President of Evraz explained the decline in Abramovich's share as protection from sanctions undefined Vedomosti The reduction in the combined share of businessmen Roman Abramovich and Alexander Abramov in Evraz following the SPO makes the company less vulnerable to possible sanctions, said Evraz Vice President for Finance Nikolai Ivanov. His words are quoted by Interfax.

March 19, 2019, 10:57 / Business Lukoil decided to buy 20% in the Absheron gas project in Azerbaijan undefined Vedomosti Lukoil of plans to acquire 20% in the Absheron gas project, Interfax reports, citing co-owner and president the company Vagit Alekperov. “Both Total and SOCAR (the state oil company of Azerbaijan) have 10% each. Not yet [the memorandum has not been signed]. We have already submitted an appeal,” the businessman explained.

March 19, 2019, 20:04 / Economics Rosstat will calculate real incomes of Russians in a new way will publish them not monthly, but quarterly And from April , Tatyana Lomskaya According to the current Rosstat methodology, Russians’ incomes have fallen for five years in a row / Natasha Sharapova / Vedomosti In April, Rosstat will present a new methodology for calculating monetary income and expenses of the population, said the head of the service, Pavel Malkov (hereinafter, quotes from Interfax).

March 19, 2019, 22:44 / Economics It will be more difficult for companies to avoid responsibility for the cartel FAS issued clarifications that narrowed the concept of a group of persons Ekaterina Mereminskaya The cartel is recognized by its face / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) explained who cannot be punished for a cartel.