VTB-24 voluntarily reported to the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) about agreements with insurance companies that restrict competition, and refused to participate in these agreements. In particular, the bank reported participation in agreements with 17 insurance companies. The voluntary refusal of agreements with VTB-24 on borrower insurance was confirmed by the Russkiy Mir company.

Golden Mask nominees announced The festival, which will take place from March 27 to April 14, 2008 (although these time limits are quite arbitrary - for example, most of the ballet program will be presented in February), will be the largest in the history of the Golden Mask. 52 performances will be shown in Moscow, and two juries (dramatic, headed by theater expert Alexey Bartoshevich, and musical, led by composer Leonid Desyatnikov) will have to make decisions on thirty nominations.

Today at midnight a moratorium on Russia's implementation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) comes into force.

CLUBS Punk TV. Electro-rock from Novosibirsk. Before the start of the European-American tour, the Siberians, known abroad more than at home, perform in Moscow with their latest album Music for The Broken Keys. Also at the concert you will be able to hear new songs that will be included in the third studio album. "B2" , 20.00. CONCERTS "White snow is falling..." Premiere of a romantic rock opera (play-poetry) based on the works of Yevgeny Yevtushenko, dedicated to the poet’s 75th anniversary.

Evraz Group is ready for new deals . On Monday, the company announced its readiness to buy the American Claymont Steel (and thereby expand its presence in the North American market), and yesterday it announced the acquisition of five mining and metallurgical assets in Ukraine. She does not disclose the seller; according to some sources, these assets are part of the Privat group, owned by the main shareholders of the largest Privatbank in Ukraine, Gennady Bogolyubov and Igor Kolomoisky.

The Russian National Center for Nuclear Risk Reduction monitors the implementation of international military treaties An agreement between the USSR and the USA on the establishment of two national centers for nuclear risk reduction (NTCUN) in Moscow and Washington was signed on September 15, 1987. It states that the centers act on behalf and under the control of their governments. This agreement is still in effect today. On December 14 of the same 1987, the centers began work.

Special economic zones in Russia may again go out of fashion The growing process of creating state corporations , which are now assigned the role of the main “locomotives of the economy” and which, in a purely applied sense, allow their creators to remove state property from state control, has pushed into the background other, once very popular ideas of stimulating economic growth and the transition to innovation. economy.

On the European territory of Russia, the weather will be formed under the influence of two cyclonic eddies. One of them from the north Atlantic is on its way to the northern waters of the Barents Sea, and its influence will affect only the Far North. Another, more active cyclone from northern Italy is moving into the Black Earth Region. It will determine the weather mainly in the central zone of European Russia, including the Middle Volga.

Russians will share their experience in privatization and development of oil fields Russian companies, although cautiously, are returning to Iraq . “Three of our companies already operate in the north of the country, four in the south, another has an office in Baghdad and a staff of approximately 80 specialists,” Russian Ambassador to Iraq Vladimir Chamov said yesterday.

Milan and Boca Juniors enter the fight in Japan Milan intends to begin its main task for the season tomorrow. Carlo Ancelotti's team plans to become not only the best club in Europe, but also in the world. On November 13, the “red-blacks” will meet the local team “Urawa Red Diamonds” in the semi-finals of the Club World Championship, which is taking place these days in Japan. And if everything goes as planned, on Sunday Milan will face Argentine Boca Juniors in the final of the tournament.

The Nalchik court stood up for the rights of the “Russian Taliban” A new scandal is breaking out in Kabardino-Balkaria surrounding the investigation into the militant attack on Nalchik in the fall of 2005. Earlier, as the Vremya Novostei newspaper reported, a local court declared illegal the investigation's decision to cremate the murdered participants in those events .

The First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation is ready to employ Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin, who left his post in the spring, received his first official job offer. Without even becoming an official presidential candidate, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev proposed that the still head of state and future “national leader” become prime minister after the 2008 presidential elections.

Sergei Molozhavoy’s company postpones its IPO for at least a year or two The government has stepped up its efforts to develop a privatization plan for next year. As you know, in the spring the Ministry of Economic Development decided to include 100% of the shares of Technopromexport, a power engineering company that builds turnkey power plants abroad and in Russia.

Sergei Ivanov wants to become the supreme arbiter of the military-industrial complex Yesterday, two possible answers were given to the question that arose in connection with the potential presidency of Dmitry Medvedev : who will “steer” the security component of the state under the new Supreme Commander-in-Chief, who is disproportionately soft for this position? One answer to this question was given by Mr.

Rome has been listening to Moscow for 70 years Exactly in a week - December 19 - Italy, as the current chairman of the UN Security Council, will take a difficult exam. She will have to discuss the hot Kosovo problem, on which the positions of the leading powers are diametrically opposed. For Russia, the Italian presidency will turn out to be quite favorable. Our countries are linked by close economic, scientific and cultural ties.