In St. Petersburg there will be an enterprise for the production of power plants

In St. Petersburg there will be an enterprise for the production of power plants

The Petersburg Diesel Building Plant of PJSC Zvezda (controlled by the Ekaterinburg holding Sinara) and the power engineering company Zvezda-Energetika announced the creation of a joint venture for the production of autonomous power plants Zvezda-Energokompleks LLC. This was reported in a joint press release.

According to SPARK, 51% of the new enterprise belongs to PJSC Zvezda, another 10% belongs to the investment holding MTV, and 39% belongs to Zvezdy-Energetika. The volume of investment in the new project and the capacity of the enterprise is not announced. According to preliminary data, the new production will be located in St. Petersburg, on the basis of the Zvezdy squares.

"The parties intend to organize the mass production of power plants based on electrical units for backup and continuous autonomous power supply of facilities, as well as the assembly of diesel generator sets of medium and high power," said the press service of PJSC Zvezda. In the production of power plants will be used engines developed by PJSC "Star". PJSC planned to start production of these engines jointly with the Ekaterinburg holding Sinara (investment in this project was estimated at 10 billion rubles).

The new power plants will be used as emergency backup and main sources of power supply for objects of oil and gas producing industries, medical institutions, facilities of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and communications, and construction facilities.

“Cooperation of enterprises is logical; Zvezda-Energetika makes large diesel generators (from 3-4 MW), and Zvezda is small - from 300 kW. There is a demand for the products of the new enterprise on the market, including for use in shipbuilding, at social and other facilities, ”says the head of the Association of Industrial Enterprises of St. Petersburg Valery Radchenko.

“The presence in the portfolio of autonomous power plants will allow the company to increase the volume of orders from Gazprom structures. However, the project may require significant investments - and it is not yet clear where to get the money, ”said one of the market experts.

According to the research company Alto Consulting Group, the last three years, the volume of production of diesel generator sets in Russia is growing (for example, in 2017 it amounted to 591.8 MW - by 4.7% more than last year). The revenue of only the largest St. Petersburg manufacturers of diesel power plants for 2017 exceeded 18 billion rubles. The results for 2018 have not yet been published.

In St. Petersburg, diesel power plants are produced by Zvezda-Energetika, REP-Holding, Alliance Group, NG-Energo and Alfa Balt Engineering. The products of the Kolomna Plant are also represented on our market.

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PJSC "Zvezda" - a major manufacturer of high-speed diesel engines. In 2017, the plant's revenue amounted to 2.1 billion rubles, profit - 14 million rubles. In the middle of last year, Zvezda came under the control of a new owner, Yekaterinburg holding Sinara, Dmitry Pumyansky. The former owner of PJSC Zvezda Pavel Plavnik has lost all posts in the company.

Zvezda-Energetika produces block-modular power plants, as well as high-power diesel generator sets. The company's revenue, according to SPARK, for 2017 exceeded 6 billion rubles, profit - 79 million rubles. The company’s owner is Cypriot LavencoLimited. According to the media, it is controlled by former shareholders of St. Petersburg "Baltinvestbank" Igor Shvidak and Vadim Egiazarov, they are on the board of directors of the company. In 2017, it became known that Zvezda-Energetika could become part of Transmashholding, but the deal did not take place.

Poland bought the US missile systems to strengthen the eastern borders of NATO

Poland bought the US missile systems to strengthen the eastern borders of NATO

On Wednesday, the United States and Poland signed an agreement. Warsaw will buy HIMARS missile systems with an ammunition range of about 300 km

The signing ceremony for the purchase of HIMARS artillery missile systems was held at the military airbase near Warsaw in the presence of the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, and the Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, reports Radio Poland. In accordance with the agreement, the Poles will receive 20 multiple launch rocket systems. The contract value is about $ 414 million.

Duda said in his speech that the signed agreement would help modernize the Polish army and strengthen security on the eastern borders of NATO. At the same time, he noted the growing cooperation between Warsaw and Washington.

In turn, Pence noted the importance of the deal in the conditions of the modern “dangerous world” and thanked the Polish authorities for investing heavily in strengthening the country's defense capability.

The HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) is a multifunctional rocket launcher system. It is able to use both conventional, unguided, and guided munitions, as well as tactical missiles, whose range is about 300 km. The manufacturer of the system is the American company Lockheed Martin.

MLRS HIMARS US Army used in Afghanistan. In 2016, with the help of this system, US troops from the territory of Jordan attacked the positions of the “Islamic state” (banned in Russia) in Syria. Before that, in 2015, systems were used in battles against terrorists in Iraq.

Last year, Poland entered into an agreement with the United States to acquire the Patriot air defense system. The transaction amount was estimated at $ 4.75 billion.

Putin for the first time will deliver a message to the Federal Assembly in Gostiny Dvor

Putin for the first time will deliver a message to the Federal Assembly in Gostiny Dvor

The President’s message to the Federal Assembly this year will be held in Gostiny Dvor, RBC sources told. This is the first time when Gostiny Dvor has been selected for a similar format of the head of state

The presidential address to the Federal Assembly, scheduled for February 20, will be held at Gostiny Dvor. About this, RBC was told by two interlocutors close to the Kremlin.

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier that this year the message will not be held in the Kremlin, as the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace, where the head of state has read the message in recent years, is currently under repair. Peskov promised to report on the specific location of the message later.

At the request of RBC to comment on whether the message will take place in Gostiny Dvor, the presidential press secretary replied: “We will confirm it in a timely manner.”

The Gostiny Dvor traditionally hosts the annual straight line of the president with citizens. The message to the Federal Assembly will be held in Gostiny Dvor for the first time. Until last year, the president read the message in the Kremlin, in 2018 he spoke at the Manege. Then the president spoke about the newest models of Russian weapons: the Avangard hypersonic missile system, the Dagger hypersonic rocket, the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile. Audiences showed videos demonstrating the capabilities of this weapon.

It was the technological and logistical difficulties of installing screens in the historic St. George Hall of Peskov that explained the transfer of the location of the message from the Kremlin to the Manege. As another reason, the press secretary of the president called an increase in the number of invitees.

On average, the number of people invited to the message fluctuates around 1 thousand people. These are State Duma deputies, members of the Federation Council, the leadership of the presidential administration, members of the government, governors, chief editors of the media, public figures and representatives of major denominations.

The current message of the president to the Federal Assembly, if nothing changes at the last moment, will be of a working nature, two people familiar with the process of preparing the document of the interlocutor of RBC told earlier. Preparation of the message began before the new year, now the document is in a high degree of readiness, sources said.

Matvienko explained the reason for the absence of Putin’s message

Matvienko explained the reason for the absence of Putin’s message

The Speaker of the Federation Council explained that she would not be present at the message of Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly because of a planned trip to Southeast Asia.

Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko will not be present at the announcement of the message to the Federal Assembly of President Vladimir Putin. The reason was a trip to the countries of South-East Asia, planned earlier, the speaker of the Federation Council herself explained in a conversation with journalists, reports TASS.

The Foreign Ministry and the leadership of the presidential administration said that at this stage, a few days before the visit, canceling the visit and postponing <...> was considered inexpedient, ”said Matvienko, noting that canceling the visit would bring“ image losses for the Russian Federation. ” She explained that for this trip it was necessary to agree on many points, including dates for meetings at the leadership level of countries and parliaments. “There is an instruction to convey the President’s message to the leadership of [these countries],” she added.

Matvienko noted that she would have the opportunity to listen online and see Putin’s message online, and then “comment and think about how we can organize the work to fulfill the tasks that will be put in the message”.

Vladimir Putin will deliver a message to the Federal Assembly on February 20. For him, this will be the 15th message in a row. The speech of the head of state is traditionally attended by members of the Council of Federation, State Duma deputies and chairmen of both chambers.

This year the message will not be held in the Kremlin, since the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace is closed for repairs. A new place will be announced later. The source of RBC, close to the presidential administration, clarified that the final location of the event will be chosen after the number of guests has been determined.

Glavred "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Accused Friends of trying to bribe

Glavred "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Accused Friends of trying to bribe

Before filming "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" With the participation of Friends Master "What? Where? When? ”, According to Ilya Bera, I asked to help him win the main prize of 3 million rubles. In exchange for this, Friends, he said, promised to share money

The editor-in-chief of the TV program “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” On Channel One, Ilya Ber, accused the master of the game “What? Where? When? ”(Also aired on television) by Alexander Druze in an attempt to bribe him. Ber told about this on his Facebook and Livejournal pages.

“As many of you know, I’ve been working for ten years as the editor-in-chief of the TV show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” When we came to the program with the editorial group, we had an agreement in principle with [General Director of Channel One] Konstantin Ernst and Ilya Krivitsky, the head of Red Square, that the players, no matter how stellar, important and cool, should not be know questions and answers ", - said Ber. He did not have any problems with this during his work.

However, in November last year, as Ber indicated, “Alexander offered to help him win 3 million rubles.” The program "Who wants to be a millionaire," with the participation of the master and another player, "What? Where? When? ”Victor Sidnev, in question, according to the chief editor of the program, was recorded on November 23. She went on the air in December. On the eve of filming, Druz, as Ber noted, "tried to bribe him." “He offered me to share the money if I won the main prize of the program,” the program’s chief editor explained. Conversation with Druze Behr recorded on the recorder.

In connection with the incident, the editor-in-chief of “Who wants to be a millionaire?” Addressed the board and the ethics committee of the International Club Association (IAC) “What? Where? When?". Representatives of the organization Ber proposed to disqualify Friends as a player in “What? Where? When? ”And as“ tournament organizer and MAK functionary ”. It is noteworthy that, according to the official website of the organization, the chairman of the IAC ethics committee is Druz.

In the commentary to RBC, Ber stated that he had warned the master that he would publish a post about an attempted bribe. “I had exactly the requirements for him that became the requirements of the appeal to the International Association of Clubs“ What? Where? When? ”[MAC],” added the chief editor. According to them, Druz was supposed to "go everywhere." In this case, Ber "would not have published it."

"I scandal as a scandal is completely unnecessary, I have a very specific goal," - said the interlocutor of RBC. According to him, he appealed to the IAC because “this structure works in the ecosystem in which it exists and which interests him”. “And the Russian penitentiary system is not at all interested in me, so I’m not going to go there,” said Ber. According to him, so far no reaction has followed from the appearance of the post.

The press service of Channel One told RBC that they had learned about this story from the media and that they had “a lot of questions” about it. “We have to check the accuracy of the telephone records and find out whether Ilya Bera’s interlocutor was Alexander Druz, and ask a number of questions to Ilya Beru himself, the main one of which is: why, if such a situation did occur, he made public these facts only now, although The program was shot in November last year. Having received answers to all these questions, we, together with the producers of the programs “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” And “What? Where? When? ”We take decisions and inform them,” said the press service.

“We understand this situation. Our comment will be later ", - told RBC in the press service of" I-TV ", the manufacturer of" What? Where? When?". RBC sent a request to the press service of the Igra-TV company for a detailed comment. RBC was not promptly contacted by Viktor Sidnev.

The court arrested the property of the former owner of the Russian Forbes

The court arrested the property of the former owner of the Russian Forbes

The court seized the property of the former Forbes owner Alexander Fedotov of Russia. Such a decision is interim measures in the framework of the claim for 170 million rubles. about the debt to billionaire Igor Rybakov not returned


On January 31, the Gagarinsky Court of Moscow issued a decision on the arrest of the property of the former owner of the Russian version of Forbes magazine Alexander Fedotov, follows from the data bank of the enforcement proceedings of the Federal Bailiff Service and was confirmed to RBC in the court’s press service. Thus, the court granted the application of Sergei Amendment to take interim measures on his claim to Fedotov, LLC A-Media and LLC A-Media Distributor for 170 million rubles. The suit itself was filed on December 18, follows from the court file. Type of property is not specified, said the representative of the court.

Sergei Amendment - CEO of Security-TV, one of the companies of billionaire Igor Rybakov. It was Rybakov, as Vedomosti wrote earlier, that he gave the former head of Forbes Russian a loan of 150 million rubles. But Fedotov, within the prescribed period of six months, returned only a portion of the funds, the source said. As a result, the billionaire transferred the rights of claim under the Debt Amendment, which previously worked for the consulting company Penny Lane Realty, where he specialized in debt recovery. In addition to the principal amount of 150 million rubles. another 20 million rubles. - interest for the use of the loan and penalties for late payments.

In August of this year, Alexander Fedotov sold the company - publisher of the Russian Forbes and “OK!” JSC “AS Rus Media” to the president of the Global Venture Alliance Fund, Magomed Musayev. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The sale of Forbes to a businessman from Dagestan was preceded by a months-long conflict between Fedotov and the editors. Last June, Fedotov dismissed Forbes chief editor Nikolai Uskov because of the “dissatisfaction with the quality” of his work. At the end of July, the editorial staff filed a lawsuit against the owner of the publication because of an article about businessmen Ziyavudin brothers and Magomed Magomedovs who were removed from the number of the article.

According to SPARK, Fedotov is now the sole owner of three companies - Art Trading Portfolio JSC, Trading Contract LLC, FAF Media LLC, and co-owner of Zhalyu Media Group LLC and other companies.

Alexander Fedotov and Sergey Amendments failed to get comments at the time of publication.

In Norway, announced the development of the Russian Aerospace Force strike on its radar

In Norway, announced the development of the Russian Aerospace Force strike on its radar

Morten Haga Lunde, Director of the Norwegian Intelligence Service, reported that Russian aircraft simulated an attack on a military radar stationed at the border.

Speaking to members of the military community in Oslo, Lieutenant General Morten Haga Lunde said that on February 14 last year, 11 Russian Su-24s flew from the airfield in Monchegorsk in the Murmansk region, flew to the Barents Sea and simulated an attack on a military radar in the area populated Verde Point. After that, they, without crossing the state border, turned back, reports the Barents Observer.

Lunde recalled that last March he told the same story about how Russian aircraft rehearsed the attack on the radar on March 24, 2017. However, the difference, according to him, in the number of aircraft. If in 2017, according to his estimates, nine aircraft were involved in such maneuvers, then this time - 11.

The general noted that Russian rhetoric against Norway has become tougher. “And there are no signals that Russia's relations with the West will improve this year,” said Lunde.

In the city of Verde, on the shores of the Barents Sea, is the American Globus II radar, which should in theory track the flight of Russian ballistic missiles. According to the Barents Observer, Russia has repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction with the fact of the presence of the radar, fearing that it could become part of the US missile defense system on the very border with the Kola Peninsula.