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Yuzhny Krest, which started operating in Russia in 1998, said Wednesday in an online statement that the company had suspended its activities, blaming the decision on the major drop in demand for tours.
A spokeswoman for Russia's travel watchdog said about 10,000 Yuzhny Krest clients are currently overseas, while the country's Tourism Industry Union placed the number at closer to 6,000, Interfax reported Wednesday.
The law allows for restrictions on Russian businesses in Ukraine, and could target the activities of Russia's biggest mobile phone operator, MTS, which along with VimpelCom, the owner of Ukrainian telecommunications major Kyivstar accounts for 80 percent of Ukraine's wireless market, the report said.
The law is intended to help local governments overburdened by social spending obligations. The Financial Ministry has estimated that the regions' total budget deficit will reach 857 billion rubles ($25 billion) in 2014 33.5 percent higher than in 2013.
Rogozin on Tuesday said the government was looking into relaunching the construction of Ilyushin Il-114 turboprop airliners two years after production was stopped to reduce the nation's dependence on Boeing and Airbus aircraft.
Rogozin explained the government's decision to push for a return to domestic airplane manufacturing on Facebook: It's time to finally make up our minds to produce our own airplanes. It is a shame when a great aviation power becomes radically dependent on imports of foreign aircraft. (MT)
The EU halted an aid plan for fruit and vegetable growers hit by a Russian import ban after Polish farmers claimed far more compensation than EU officials reckon the entire bloc exports to Russia in a year.
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Verofarm, one of Russia's leading pharmaceuticals producers, said Thursday it had called an extraordinary general meeting for Dec. 11 to discuss the possibility of dismissing its board and delisting its shares from the Moscow exchange.
She also said that Polish authorities had informed the European Commission of a reduction in gas flows from Russia. We have also been informed that the Polish authorities are now looking into the cause, whether it is of a commercial nature or of a technical nature, she said.
Russia's second-largest oil producer LUKoil has launched a bid to buy a diesel pipeline which runs through Ukraine to Hungary, Vedomosti reported on Thursday citing a letter from the company's head to President Vladimir Putin.
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The glut of criminal cases Russia's Investigative Committee has launched over incidents that occurred on Ukrainian territory in recent months is more of a political ploy than an impartial legal procedure.
A report being prepared by Nemtsov supporters claims Moscow has started discharging soldiers from the army before sending them to Ukraine and then denying compensation in order to cover up Russia's involvement.
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