The Assay Office will provide information to the tax service The state, having declared assistance in the development of gold mining and operations with gold, decided to simultaneously strengthen control over the circulation of gold and operations with precious metals.

Gazprom told foreign investors the story of war and peace As soon as Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with Angela Merkel, complained that Russia had failed to timely and clearly explain to its Western partners the essence of the gas conflict with Ukraine, Gazprom had already worked on the mistakes.

The dollar is falling in price again Statements by the head of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, about the need to vigilantly monitor inflation in EU countries provoked another fall in the dollar exchange rate on world markets, including in Russia. Yesterday the American currency fell in price by 17 kopecks. The official dollar exchange rate set by the Central Bank decreased by 0.6% - from 28.47 to 28.3 rubles.

Alexander Korsik refused to work with Gazprom and moved to Renaissance Capital Key top managers continue to leave Sibneft after Gazprom began to own the company. Yesterday it became known that First Vice President Alexander Korsik left the oil industry. He quit on December 30 and recently starts working at Renaissance Capital. It is still unknown who will take Mr. Corsica’s position at Sibneft - neither the company nor Gazprom are talking about this.

Evraz Group approved the regulations on insiders The Russian metallurgical giant Evraz Group, which placed GDRs in London in the middle of last year, decided to fight against insiders and adopted a corresponding position, Interfax reported. At the same time, the company considered potential insiders not just unnamed persons who own securities, but 500 of its specific employees.

The RTS index may reach 1,300 points this week The main indicator of the Russian stock market - the RTS index - is breaking records. Yesterday, it once again updated its historical maximum, rising during the day by exactly 3%, to 1276.9. The MICEX index also did not lag behind - it grew by 3.24%, to 1150.34 points. The trading volume on the MICEX exceeded 1.49 billion rubles, on the classic RTS market - $87.5 million.

Unexpectedly for the government, the import of capital into Russia exceeded its export It turned out that last year the long-time dream of Russian officials came true: for the first time in the history of modern Russia, the inflow of private capital into the country exceeded the outflow. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov shared this good news with Vladimir Putin yesterday at the traditional meeting of the head of state with members of the cabinet of ministers.