Vnesheconombank incurred a loss while managing pension savings in 2008 The global financial crisis has not spared the pension savings of Russians. As Vnesheconombank, which performs the functions of a state management company, reported yesterday, its loss from managing the pension savings of “silent people” last year amounted to 1.158 billion rubles. A negative result was obtained for the first time since 2004, when the funds of the “silent people” were transferred to VEB.

Moscow helped Washington save $133 million on Afghanistan The two “Afghan” documents signed during Barack Obama’s visit to Moscow can be considered as a prologue to trusting cooperation between Russia and the United States in other areas.

Obama told Medvedev about his meeting with Putin The second day of his stay in Moscow for American President Barack Obama began with an unforgettable Russian flavor - breakfast with a samovar in the lap of nature. The US President arrived in Novo-Ogarevo for a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. For the sake of the guest, he even changed his habits, received the guest early in the morning and on time, and they came to the journalists less than fifteen minutes late.

Leaders of major economies will gather in L'Aquila to discuss the devastation in the global economy Like eight years ago, Italy is hosting the G8 summit under extreme circumstances. In 2001, anti-globalization protests led to a real massacre in Genoa, which killed 23-year-old Carlo Giuliani and caused enormous damage to the city. Now it has been decided to hold the summit in the already destroyed city of L'Aquila, which suffered an earthquake in April that killed more than 300 people.

Large investment banks increase their forecasts for the price of “black gold” Yesterday, several large financial companies published their forecasts regarding changes in the price environment on commodity exchanges. Thus, Bank of America believes that the average annual cost of Russian oil will be $56 per barrel, which is significantly higher than previous estimates. At Morgan Stanley & Co.

The stock market continues to fall The Russian stock market reached new lows yesterday, despite the positive external background. Government measures to counter the crisis and the upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama as US President gave optimism to investors around the world, but falling oil prices and the devaluation of the ruble prevented domestic indices from following global ones. As a result, the RTS index fell by 6.19% to 531.66 points, falling to its lowest level since August 2004.

The state promises banks another $40 billion The measures taken at the end of last year by the government and the Central Bank to increase the capitalization of the banking system were not enough. Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin said at the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong that in the near future the state will allocate another $40 billion to maintain liquidity and increase the capital of banks.

G8 colleagues will ask Russia to help Africa even more Today, in the Italian town of L'Aquila, one hundred kilometers from Rome, the summit of industrialized countries of the G8 begins. Four of the eight leaders had already held separate bilateral negotiations on the eve of this meeting: Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama spoke in Moscow the previous two days, and Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy met in the French town of Evian on Monday.

CONCERTS Diana Arbenina. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater , 19.00. Sergei Manukyan Trio (vocals, percussion, synthesizer). Igor Butman Club , 20.00. Tecora Rogers (vocals). Union of Composers , 20.30. CLASSIC NON-classical saxophone . A. Vivaldi, F. Schubert, G. Betelmann, A. Piazzolla. Ensemble of soloists "Hermitage". Soloists A. Utkin (oboe), L. Drutin (saxophone), I. Norshtein (violin). Museum-estate "Ostankino" as part of the festival "Sheremetev Seasons in Ostankino", 19.00.

The Kaliningrad governor agreed to deliver a message to parliament once every five years The Legislative Assembly of the westernmost Russian region - the Kaliningrad region - adopted in the first reading a new edition of the region's charter, according to which the governor will still address the deputies of the regional Duma with a message. Local parliamentarians have been striving for this for a long time, and their request has finally been heard.

Military exercises in the Caucasus have reached “Soviet proportions” The Caucasus-2009 operational-strategic exercises ended last Monday. They were carried out from June 29 in accordance with the training plan of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The battle was personally led by the Chief of the General Staff, Army General Nikolai Makarov. Combat training took place in two stages.

Russia and Ukraine have concluded a gas peace deal, but Europe will not feel it right away On January 19, the heads of Gazprom and Naftogaz of Ukraine, Alexey Miller and Oleg Dubina, in the presence of the prime ministers of the two countries, Vladimir Putin and Yulia Tymoshenko, signed 10-year contracts for the supply of gas to Ukraine and the transit of Russian blue fuel to Europe.

MOL is ready to abandon production in Russia so as not to cooperate with Surgutneftegaz" The Hungarian oil concern MOL, according to its head Zsolt Hernady (pictured) , will under no circumstances cooperate with Surgutneftegaz, even if it means sacrificing control over the West Malobalykskoye field, the license for which Rosnedra intends to revoke.

Peter Aidu is the leader of today's musical life. Pyotr Aidu, a teacher at the Moscow Conservatory at the Faculty of Historical and Contemporary Art (dean - Professor Alexey Lyubimov), is passionate about the cultural idea. An exquisite connoisseur of ancient music, Peter explores the style of the latest musical culture.

Poland was anxiously awaiting the results of the Russian-American summit in Moscow. Warsaw would not like plans to deploy elements of the US missile defense system in Europe to remain so only on paper. We are talking about ten interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic. Back on August 20, 2008, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and then-US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed the ABM Treaty in Warsaw.