The Communications and Press Ministry has opened a much-anticipated competition for 4G wireless frequencies, with winning telecoms operators to be announced July 12 and licenses to take effect in 2013. The Communications and Press Ministry has opened a much-anticipated competition for 4G wireless frequencies, with winning telecoms operators to be announced July 12 and licenses to take effect in 2013. Operators can now submit applications for the frequencies...
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Pushkin Square Getting a Makeover
... and a gathering point for protesters. City Hall is seeking a developer for the redevelopment and the reconstruction of Pushkin Square, one of the capital's most famous public spaces and a gathering point for protesters. The budget for the tender listed by the authorities on a state tenders' portal last week is 20.3 million rubles ($669,000) and relates to Pushkin Square and New Pushkin Square, RIA-Novosti reported. Both areas lie off Tverskaya Ulitsa, the city's main street. Pushkin Square...
Rotenberg Gets Road Contracts by Decree
... actually signed at the request of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin because it will speed up construction of roads for the G8 summit in Skolkovo in 2014, Medvedev's spokeswoman Natalya Timakova said. A presidential order or decree is needed to avoid holding a tender. The mayor of Moscow cannot appoint a contractor alone, said deputy director of Yakovlev & Partners legal group Tatyana Kormilitsyna. To hold the summit, construction and reconstruction of the transportation infrastructure around Skolkovo has...
New Opportunities for Implementing Infrastructure Projects in Russia
... and content as provided by the state authorities. In international practice, negotiations between the state authorities, the contracting investor and the financial institutions that grant credits to the investor constitute a vital part of the overall tender procedures, a process that enables the parties to resolve difficult issues and establish a balance of risks and benefits that is acceptable for everyone involved. The revised Concessions Law is now in compliance with the international standards...
Ukrainian Shale Results Soon
KIEV — Shell and Chevron are likely to win tenders to explore and develop two potentially large shale gas fields in Ukraine, outbidding Eni, ExxonMobil and TNK-BP, a government source said Thursday. One contract area, Yuzivska, is in the eastern Donetsk and Kharkiv regions with the other, Olesska...
Gazprom May Increase Investment Spending
... capacity Tuesday, after beginning operation in November. The pipeline's first phase can carry 27.5 bcm per year, and the second phase of the same capacity is expected to start in October. The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service said Gazprom's demands for pipe tenders could lead to squeezing competition on the market. Gazprom looks to buy so many pipes in one tender that individual companies can't meet that quantity, Maxim Ovchinnikov, an official at the service, said Tuesday. That often requires middlemen...
Rogozin Could Take Direct Control of Defense Orders
Acting Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin could take defense tenders under personal control in a measure to facilitate the signing of state contracts. Acting Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin could take defense tenders under personal control in a measure to facilitate the signing of state...
Airport Consolidation Moving Forward
The government will announce a tender before the end of the month to select an independent foreign consultant to develop a strategy to consolidate state assets in Moscow's airports. The government will announce a tender before the end of the...
Casino Zone Planned Near Vladivostok
... $2 billion to $7 billion annually when completed. By comparison, Singapore's casino area, which is similar in size, took in more than $5 billion in 2011. Nash Dom Primorye has appointed Las Vegas-based Galaviz & Co as lead strategic adviser for the tender. The tender will be initiated in June, giving potential international operators 60 days to send in a pitch and budget estimates. The government will then enter into discussions with potential investors by the end of October. Marina Lomakina, general...
Moscow Plans to Dismantle Advertisement Stands
... still hasn't received about 7 billion rubles ($224.7 million) in fees accrued by advertisers renting the stands over the past five years. The city is planning to create a new unified system for placing advertisements on banners and billboards using tenders that will make the process competitive, the advertising head said. Chernikov said the city is trying to put a more friendly face on the city. They are even developing new models for city benches borrowed from Prague. "You absolutely cannot...
Russia Buoys VimpelCom's Q1
... billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s Alfa Group, Norway’s Telenor and Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris’s Weather Investments. Lunder said he was hoping VimpelCom would win one of the 4G licenses due to be awarded in Russia. In May, Russia launched a tender for long-awaited licenses on 4G network services, and it is expected to announce the winners on July 12. MTS, MegaFon and VimpelCom, as well as long-distance operator Rostelecom and Sweden’s Tele2, have yet to secure enough spectrum to roll...
Navalny Debit Card to Give Anti-Corruption Rewards
... Radar in April, the potential number of people seeking such cards could be as high as 4 million, the Vedomosti report said, without elaborating on the nature of Radar's analysis. Navalny's anti-corruption project RosPil, created to track government tenders, has solicited donations through Yandex's online payment service and gathered over 8 million rubles from more than 20,000 people. Navalny is currently serving a 15-day jail sentence for disobeying police orders at a May 6 rally. Socialite Kseniya...
More Choices, Better Prices on Flights to Italy
... governing air transit allowed only Aeroflot and Alitalia to fly between the two countries. An amended agreement signed in February gave both countries the possibility to nominate a second airline to fly certain routes. Transaero subsequently won a tender for 14 flights a week to Rome and Milan. Other Russian beneficiaries were Sibir and Aeroflot subsidiary Rossia, which won rights to fly to Bologna, Verona, Genoa, Naples, Rimini and Palermo. 179742
Tchaikovsky, Bells, and 5,000 Bottles of Champagne for Putin's Inauguration
... bell in the Ivan the Great Bell Tower. The menu at a reception following Putin’s inauguration will be based on Russian cuisine and ingredients, Office of Presidential Affairs spokesman Viktor Khrekov told Interfax. In March, a state tender worth 26 million rubles ($867,000) appeared on Zakupki.gov.ru for a catering service to prepare dishes such as sturgeon with vegetables in champagne sauce, mini- ratatouille, and cocoa cappuccino for the party. But Khrekov said at the...
Mukassian, Anush
... Outlook- calendar and contacts, PO & Invoices processing in the system- process the necessary amount of Purchase Orders on Treasury-MGTR for various types of services ( rating, analytical research, legal fees, tenders etc) Provide timely organization of external meetings, seminars, workshops, client events with rating agencies Interpretation/translation Database electronic maintenance <p><b>Aide to Head of representation...
No Outsourcing — No Future?
... can use the resources of an outsourcing company, which will provide access to a segment of its cloud in accordance with current requirements. The time factor must also be considered since any physical implementation will involve a complete work cycle: tendering, procurement of equipment, design, physical deployment, pre-commissioning, etc. This means that the customer will not be able to have a video conferencing system in place quickly. However, if outsourcing, the whole process will only take 10...
Oganyan, Felix
... of Employment:</b></td><td>Legal</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Employment history:</b></td><td><p><b>Translator </b><br>Shtokman Development AG<br>Translation of tender documents on a short-term project<p><b>Translator Team Leader</b><br>EUROCEMENT Holding AG <br>I managed a two-member translator team, which included receiving, evaluating and distributing translation...
Total Still Expects Lead Foreign Investor Role in Shtokman
... distribution of investor roles in the consortium, Moscow industry sources said. Total, with more equity in the project than Statoil, led much of the design work on the current development scheme for Shtokman. Industry sources in Moscow say all existing tenders have been canceled and the corporate structure, Shtokman Development, downsized, potentially leaving room for a fresh start on determining how the project is run. But de Margerie said he did not expect Total's role to shrink to that of a junior...
Making Money With Today's Retail Model
... federal retail chains and strong anchor tenants. In Russia, however, a potential investor — especially a foreign one — first and foremost looks at whether the mall is located in Moscow or St. Petersburg versus the regions. When we hold a tender for the sale of a retail complex in Moscow, we receive 30 to 40 investors offers. Compare that with the roughly five to seven bids for a regional asset. Undoubtedly, any shopping center in a European capital city will have a premium in price in...
Q&A: Initiative Brings Khamatova Joy and Frustration
... she died last year of cancer — an unbelievably unique person — told us that the only way to fully secure the help that we had received from people was to register a foundation, so that we were not dependent on any particular [government] tenders. We knew that we could rely on the people that we were gathering, and they knew that what we were doing was honest. At first, I had a very negative attitude toward charitable organizations — that they were vehicles for fraud. But in the...