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In Russia, suppliers of non standard masks are prosecuted
Natalia Ledyaeva ex head of the Ministry of Health in Irkutsk is suspected of fraud. According to the investigation, she helped to conclude a state contract, according to which the hospitals were supplied with protective masks that did not meet the requirements of GOST …
The court left the mayor of Tomsk Ivan Klein in jail
The regional court dismissed the appeals of the lawyers of the mayor of Tomsk Ivan Klein, who asked the court to change the measure of restraint for his client.
Combined-cycle power plant starts up
The Tutaevskaya combined-cycle thermal power plant with a capacity of 52 megawatts was put into operation. The launch of the station has increased the reliability of heat supply to housing and industrial enterprises. The commissioning of the CCGT unit made it possible to increase the production of electrical energy by 390 thousand megawatt-hours per year, which is very important for Tutaev as a territory of priority social and economic development. Starting July 2019, the station has been commissioning. Today it is operating normally.
p> Tutaevskaya combined-cycle power plant with a capacity of 52 megawatts was put into operation.
The launch of the station increased reliability
1,500 new Pyaterochek will open in 2021
X5 Retail Group (managing retail chains Pyaterochka, Perekrestok and Karusel) plans to launch 1,500 new Pyaterochek in 2021. The retailer also intends to upgrade another 1,700 existing stores. Andrey Vasin, Head of Investor Relations at X5, spoke about the plans for the development of the network during an online conference. The retailer plans to renew the entire network in five years. The X5 management estimates the reconstruction of one outlet at 15 million rubles. Earlier ABN reported that Pyaterochka will open 50 stores without staff in 2021. Up to half of them will be launched in the capital, and the rest will appear in large cities with a population of one million.
Pharmaceutical projects received most of the preferential loans from IDF
The Industrial Development Fund provides cheap loans for firms with import substitution potential, particularly in agriculture, food processing, pharmaceuticals and electronics. In practice, most of the preferential loans from IDF were received by pharmaceutical projects
Peasant private farms continue to be the main supplier of vegetables
Dachas and other subsidiary farms in five years will lose their status as the main supplier of potatoes and carrots for the table. Vegetables from their own garden are displaced by the products of agricultural holdings, which increased production after the introduction of Russian counter sanctions ...
EEC approved the first volume of the EAEU Pharmacopoeia
EEC approved the first volume of the EAEU Pharmacopoeia
"Volgogradneftemash" began production of poles for wind power plants
The company is actively involved in modern alternative energy projects. The plant produced the first support for a wind power plant, which will become part of the construction of one of the wind power plants. For the successful production of new products, the technical re-equipment of the production workshop was carried out, namely, 4 new welding tractors were purchased, and the targeted training of employees involved in production. These supports represent the closing (top) part of the wind turbine used as a source of renewable wind energy.
More than 200 companies agree to tax monitoring from 2021
The Federal Tax Service (FTS) of Russia will conduct tax monitoring in relation to 209 companies from 2021, the ministry said in a statement.
"From January 1, 2021, tax authorities will conduct tax monitoring in respect of 209 companies - 116 new and 95 existing members", - reports the Federal Tax Service.
It is noted that the majority of participants (93%) provide remote access to their credentials or to data marts that are integrated with the information management system of enterprises with built-in control procedures. This allows the tax authorities to use the possibility of remote control and reduce the volume of document retrieval.
So, since 2021, 10 companies of the Rosneft group, including PJSC NK Rosneft, 17 subsidiaries of the Gazprom group, have joined tax monitoring ", five subsidiaries of the Novatek group, four subsidiaries of the Lukoil group, Norilsk Nickel and Moskovskaya
Production of goods for diabetics will be expanded in Russia
The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov visited a plant in Irkutsk that produces test strips for measuring blood sugar. Such production is planned to be expanded. For this, the laws will be amended
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