Kommersant news says European Parliament observing the laws and human rights

The European Parliament today intends to endorse a tough resolution on observing the laws and human rights in Russia. In Kommersant news opinion, courts there are not independent; siloviki go unpunished and the country is authoritarian. All this makes Europarliament deputies apply sanctions against Russian bureaucrats.The possibility of endorsing such a tough resolution has shocked State Duma deputies, who stated Russian opposition activists have contributed to this. The Presidium of the Supreme Arbitration Court for the first time considered the case concerning a recovery of losses from the road accident culprit. Kommersant news comments on the court's decision. Rosprirodonadzor has confirmed the rightfulness of remarks by ecologists from WWF and NK "Prozrachny Mir" (Transparent World) concerning the allotment of geological-surveying plots to Rosneft and BP in the Kara Sea. Also Kommersant news says Rosprirodonadzor stated the licensed plots allotted by the gvt to the oil companies may overlap the territories in a specially guarded natural zones - the Russkaya Arktika National Park and the Yamal game reserve. As a matter of fact, such a surveying and oil and gas extraction on the guarded territories are categorically banned by the federal law. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with economic analysts, whom he proposed to work out a strategy of economic policy. The gvt has decided to create its own analytical unit of the best country economists. Putin did not conceal that this was directly connected with the parliamentary and presidential elections-2012, Kommersant news reported. Dmitry Medvedev submitted Duma amendments to the Criminal Code and Code of Administrative Offence that by many times increase the fines and prison sentences for commercial graft and for receiving and giving the bribe.
The Constitutional Court (KS) considered a complaint from several entrepreneurs connected with the uncertainty Criminal Code's norm about the responsibility for illegal productions, sale or acquiring special appliances for a secret receiving of information. Kommersant news reveals the essence of conflict was revealed during the court process in applying the Constitution. The public opinion poll conducted by VTsIOM has shown United Russia every week loses 1 percent of electors. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin will become head of Moscow branch United Russia - such was a decision the Presidium party General Council that violated the party policy to ban such a combination of posts. Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on appointing Police Major-General Vladimir Vinevsky chief of the Interior Department in Krasnodarsky Krai He has deserved a reputation of a successful fighter against organized crime. The leadership Movement Against Illegal Immigration on Wednesday was handed in a decision Moscow Prosecutor's Office on suspending its activity since "its aims and actions are extremist". The scandal around the underground gambling business in the Moscow region was protected by highly-placed employees from the regional Prosecutor's Office and the Interior Department is expanding. Kommersant news gives concrete facts to illustrate the point. The gvt made public its decree, according to which the Russian agrarian-production complex will be able to count on purchases of fuel from the oil companies at the prices of Nov. 1, 2010 with a 10 percent discount. Such a measure will cost nothing to the budget - its burden will lie on the oil companies. The size of Russia's reserve fund as of Feb. 1, 2010 amounted to 0.77 trillion rubles, the Finance Ministry reported. Kommersant news comments on results of President Dmitry Medvedev's negotiations with the leadership of Italy on his first day of the visit to that country. Kommersant news describes how President Dmitry Medvedev can contribute to the first meeting in history between the pontiff and the patriarch of Moscow and all Russia. The Kremlin believes that now it is real as never before.
The US authorities view the freedom of excess to the Internet as one of their main priorities in their foreign policy and are willing this year to allocate $25 million on supporting bloggers and Internet-activists in the countries with authoritarian regimes. What did State Secretary Hillary Clinton on the issue see in Kommersant news. The Federal Tax Service (FNS) on its site on Wednesday posted its order as of Feb. 9 concerning the organization of work to present the interests of the tax bodies in courts. Oleg Deripaska has no intention to agree on GMK Norilsk Nickel 's proposal to sell 20 percent of shares of GMK belonging to Rusal for $12.8 billion, a businessman reported to CNBC. The Russian subsidiaries of Societe Generale have cut their net loss by 5.6 times in 2010, with a positive financial result in the fourth quarter, the French group reported on Wednesday in their accounting report, story in Kommersant news. Sberbank Capital in 2010 increased its assets by 23 percent - up to 88.4 billion rubles, the company's Director-General Ashot Khachaturyants reported. Trader Trafigura that has recently become a shareholder of Norilsk Nickel may acquire its own nickel projects in Russia. The company got interested in ZAO Polyarny Nikel put up for sale and it owns several nickel deposits in the Murmansk region with huge reserves. The restructuring of the Mirax Group bond debt (over $390 million ) may again be delayed. Several creditors on Tuesday, including Uralsib Capital, announced to Mirax they were displeased at the appointment of Alfa-Bank to be an agent in charge of restructuring. Restaurator Mikhail Zelman and UGML and Transmashholding owner Iskander Makhmudov will feed the passengers of OAO Russian Railways (RZD). Kommersant news says the Unified Network of Nutrition belonging to the entrepreneurs is already delivering food to Sapsans, and now RZD plans to launch a joint venture with it will receive all dining-cars of the state monopoly. Bank of Moscow that is expected to be bought by VTB received in January the first loss of 277 million rubles over the past months. What are its other financial results in January?
State-controlled banks are gradually winning back their leading positions in the retail market, particularly on the market of credit cards, Kommersant news reported. The traditional leaders of this segment were private banks now do not make progress in increasing their credit portfolios at such a speed as the state banks. Alexander Lebedev, the National Reserve Bank (NRB) main owner, has sold part of bank's shares to his son Yevgeny. This deal passed against the background criminal case instituted on the fact of an allegedly illegal use money of state support that was allocated to NRB on the reorganization Rossiisky Capital bank. Russians late last year bought $2.8 billion in cash and 1.7 billion euros, which became the maximum indicators for the whole last year. The demand for currency is urged on by inflation and by the lowering of attractiveness of banking deposits. Kommersant news says the price dispute between Severstal and AvtoVAZ has caused Severstal's intention to cut the metal deliveries to the auto plant by 4 times.In reply, AvtoVAZ has promised to find an alternative to Severstal's deliveries in Russia. The Inter RAO UES state-run energy holding has registered the subsidiary OOO Inter RAO - Board of Electro -Generation. The new company will be in charge of generating assets holding in Russia. Kommersant news report the gvt of Belarus and the state-controlled Russian Technologies corporation can found the Rosbelavto holding that will receive the shares Minsk auto plant and Kamaz. X5 Retail Group is revising the agreement on buying the network of pharmacies A5: before May the retailer will receive the additional issuance of A5 - 5 percent-8percent in exchange for part of area in its premises. Transtelecom already this year intends to launch a virtual operator (MVNO) on the basis network of one of the operators of "Big Troika". Kommersant newspaper examines the project. The Svyazinvest shareholders at their extraordinary meeting on Feb. 10 elected a new Board of Directors, the holding press release says. The Supplement "Dom" is devoted to several new projects of housing construction in Moscow and to the market of housing realty.