Kommersant Russia features the harshly aggravated situation in Libya

The Congress of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry scheduled for March 4 will elect its new head: Yevgeny Primakov, who served for nine years, has announced his resignation. Kommersant Russia features the harshly aggravated situation in Libya on Feb. 21 when the regime of Muammar Gaddafi decided to drown the anti-gvt uprising in blood. The slaughter in Tripoli, however, will hardly save Gaddafi. The started breakdown country threatens to the projects of foreign companies, including RZD, Tatneft, Rosoboronexport and Gazprom. In these conditions President Dmitry Medvedev instructed them to prepare their employees for evacuation. Dmitry Medvedev on Feb. 21 interfered into the conflict between the Investigative Committee and the FSB with the Prosecutor General's Office was caused by a scandalous criminal case connected with illegal gambling business. That business was supported by the heads regional Prosecutor's Office read full story by Kommersant Russia. The Federal Assembly needs effective instruments of control, including over executive power - such a conclusion was made by participants in the Duma hearings on the role of parliamentary control the crackdown on corruption. Deputies, however, are in no hurry to expand the rights federal Assembly. The Legislative Assembly of Primorye on Feb. 21 passed the bill concerning the public events in Primorye. The bill establishes the procedure of holding rallies and auto races facilities transport infrastructure. Kommersant Russia comments on the bill, saying how the opposition assesses it. Vladimir Putin signed a directive, according to which the gvt list of candidates to the Board of Directors of TV Channel One has included two new persons - Communications Minister Igor Shchegolev and famous musician Andrei Makarevich. Dmitry Medvedev when speaking at the first all-Russian Coordinating Session of heads of law-enforcement bodies warned them against a formal attitude to security tasks. The president also threatened to dismiss those who announce before court those guilty of crimes and pressure on the investigators through mass media, article in Kommersant Russia.
In Kommersant Russia interview Oleg Mironov, Professor at the Contemporary Humanities Academy and ombudsman in Russia in 1998-2004, says the public associations should be given full freedom and the system of party arbitration should protect individual part members from arbitrariness. In Kommersant Russia interview ex-judge Constitutional Court Tamara Morshchakova states that court control over the activity of party and public associations is necessary. The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has instituted a case against ZAO Domodedovo Asset Management servicing parkings in Airport Domodedovo. In FAS opinion, the company has set unjustifiably high prices of parking the absence of any other alternative places for airport clients' parking. The Control-Audit Chamber submitted to the City Duma an accounting report about applying in the city program-purpose method ob budgeting, part of which is devoted to the Genplan for Moscow's Development through 2025. The auditors recommend to revise the Genplan since it is "incompetent, incomplete and inconcrete" and should not be used as a document of strategic planning. The gvt has obliged the oil companies to register in exchanges all large deals with oil and oil products including inner-corporate sales. Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin at the session Federal Tax Service (FNS) continued to formulate the basic provisions discussion concerning the correction gvt economic course in his opinion is inevitable. What are these basic provisions outlined by Kudrin. Belgium has launched a final stage of the preparation economic mission to Russia, the largest one in history of relations between the two countries. Representatives of over 300 Belgian companies and also several federal and regional ministers in early April visit St. Petersburg. The delegation will be headed by Belgian Crown Prince Philipp. In Kommersant Russia interview Belgium's Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Steven Vanakere ( Sp? ) says what Brussels expects from this visit. The new Sollers-Ford joint venture that was announced double the market share American concern in the next five years.The joint venture assemble six models, two of which - the off-road vehicle Explorer and the Transit van - Sollers begin to assemble in Tataria starting next year. Another quite new model - sedan size B+ - has not been represented at any market of ford presence.The investment plan of the partners is estimated at $1.4 billion.
The Austrian Raiffaizen Bank International has estimated the growth of its assets in 2011 at 15-20 percent. It hopes to reach all this thanks to the departure from Russia of several of his large competitors. Kommersant Russia reported Carlsberg owning Russian Baltika in 2010 cut its sales by 4 percent.
Former Deputy Minister of Regional Development Vladimir Blank is returning to business. He has headed the Baltic bottom- deepening (?) company belonging to Andrei Kobzar, co-owner First Quantum Ltd company. Vladimir Blank at the same time will monitor the projects of First Quantum on building the transportation infrastructure. The gvt made public the lists of candidates to the boards of directors of leading controlled companies. Kommersant Russia says the conflicts that took place board of directors of Aeroflot and RZD were noticed by the gvt, and therefore, the most noticeable changes boards are expected precisely in these companies. The deal to buy by the MICEX exchange holding the RTS exchanges will allow the shareholders of both grounds to receive unprecedented dividends, the maximum size of which is 13.5 billion rubles. Such conditions are envisaged in the agreements on intentions was signed by the leading shareholders of MICEX and RTS. Riots in Libya, a leading oil and gas producer, have contributed to oil price rises up to many-year maximums. The cost of North-American Brent oil for the first time since September of 2008 has exceeded the $104 per barrel mark, and Russian Urals has reached $102 per barrel. Kommersantru says Gazprom has found one more method of convincing Ukraine usefulness of its merger with NAK Naftogaz. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller reported after the merger the prices for all consumers in Ukraine will drop prices level. BP signed a frame agreement on creating an alliance with Indian Reliance Industries. The British company agreed on acquiring 30 percent of shares of a participation in 23 oil and gas blocks of Reliance on the shelf near the eastern coast of India for $7.2 billion,the BP press-release says. The American Hines developer on Pulkovskoye Shosse in St. Petersburg build its first outlet ( a specialized trading center) that sell collections of past seasons with a large discount. The British Fashion House Jimmy Choo is opening its first boutique in Russia.