The employees of Yekaterinburg-based Bank24.ru are now being subject to Polygraph testing because over 20 million RUR has been stolen from the bank customer’s account, says Sverdlovsk Region division of the Internal Affairs Ministry’s press officer Valery Gorelykh. According to the press officer, the main suspect is a woman who used some forged ID in the name of a Ms Zelertseva to steal over 21.5 million RUR from the bank in November 2010. The theft was detected when the customer who had the account in the bank, an advertising business executive, went abroad and asked for the money to be

Using one’s VISA card to pay for products and services is getting not only convenient but also economically expedient: VISA makes a unique offer to the Russian cardholders between April 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011; the offer is dubbed, ‘Try It – You’ll Love It.’ Bank Koltso Urala’s Payment Systems & Cards Department’s experts explain that any VISA cardholder, including the holders of cards issued by Koltso Urala, can pay for any products and services by his or her VISA card, spending any amount of money, in any place. The bank’s Payment Systems & Cards Director Olga Sharafeyeva

It has recently been detected that a number of Russian air carriers have been selling tickets for the flights not sanctioned by the aviation authorities. Sky Express, for example, signed chartered flights agreements to take its passengers to Pardubice, the Czech Republic, even though the permission to do this was not procured. Avianova started selling tickets for Moscow-Simferopol flight without obtaining the permission of the Ukrainian authorities o do so as well, RBC daily reports. Rosaviation’s spokesperson says the airline actually contracted for operating flights which it has no legal

The French retail hypermarket chain Auchan is planning to open four Auchan stores in Russia and one Raduga discount store, the Management Control Director of Auchan Russia Ludovic Holinier told the reporters during the Adam Smith Institute Russian Retail Trade Forum. ‘This is the minimum figure we are heading for, as we used to intend to set up at least six hypermarkets in Russia,’ Retail.ru quotes the executive as saying. The Director explained that fewer stores would be opened as it is hard to find suitable land allotments: the economic recession of 2008-2009 caused most construction sites