The resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe is postponed An emergency meeting of EU energy ministers dedicated to the Russian-Ukrainian gas war will take place today in Brussels. For five days now, Europe has not received the lion's share of the Russian gas it has contracted.

Oil production decreased in Russia For the first time in ten years, the level of oil production in Russia has decreased. As stated in the report of the state enterprise “CDU TEK” published yesterday, in 2008 oil production was 0.7% less than in 2007. In 1998, when the decline was recorded, production decreased by 1%, to 303 million tons. Over the past ten years, annual production has increased to 488 million tons.

The annual North American International Auto Show opened yesterday in the automotive capital of the United States, Detroit. By tradition, during the first week it will be open only to representatives of the press and specialists. Access to the auto show will be open to the general public from January 17. The work of one of the most prestigious car dealerships in the world will last until January 25 of this year. The global economic crisis has seriously affected automakers.

The corporation is still selling its brokerage division The first significant transaction in the financial market in the new year, it seems, will be the sale of another asset included in the Citigroup corporation. This time we are talking about the brokerage division of Smith Barney. According to unofficial data, 51% of the broker will be acquired by one of the largest financial corporations in the United States, Morgan Stanley, which will pay about $3 billion for a controlling stake.

Russian stock exchanges had no one to look at On the first trading day of the new year, the main Russian stock exchanges moved in different directions. As a result, the RTS index lost 0.8%, and the MICEX index added 2.56%. During the long holidays in Russia, world indices and oil prices managed to both rise and fall. Yesterday, Western and Russian markets missed each other again due to a day off, so trading was sluggish.

The general director of Sukhoi headed MiG The new general director of Russian Aircraft Corporation (RSC) MiG OJSC, Mikhail Pogosyan, started work yesterday. The first meeting of RSK managers, which was chaired by Mr. Pogosyan, was attended by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of RSK MiG OJSC, President of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) OJSC Alexey Fedorov. He said that Mr.

In the new year, the dollar immediately gained one and a half rubles The first day of trading on the foreign exchange market in the new year was marked by a sharp increase in dollar quotations in Russia. The American currency rose in price against the ruble by 3.8% - from 29.39 to 30.53 rubles. The euro, on the contrary, fell in price by 0.7%, from 41.42 to 41.13 rubles. The ruble weakened by 1.5% against the bi-currency basket.