29-9 September the biennial Moscow International Automobile Salon (MIAS) is held in Moscow at Crocus –Expo. This year 23 world, 21 European and 85 Russian premiers are expected at the MIAS.

The German auto giant Volkswagen plans to invest 250 million Euro into construction of auto mobile engine plant in Kaluga.

The Russian car producer AvtoVAZ intends to cut a period of a new car development from 64 to 39 months, reports Interfax. Up to 2017 the company is going to invest 5.58 billion Rubles into development of the necessary technologies.

World famous restaurant McDonald’s is going to enter the Siberia market in the end 2013- the start of 2014. The first restaurant will be opened in Krasnoyarsk.

The Dutch company Carlsberg Group has increased its ownership of the Russian Baltika Breweries by 12.05% to 96.77% through a voluntary offer that expired on 9 August.

On-line bank ZAO Tinkoff Credit Systems is estimated $625 million by investors. The cost of the business has increased seven times for less than five years.

The number of outdoor advertisement will be reduced 35% after coming into force the new rules of outdoor ads placement, worked out by the Moscow Department of Mass Media and Advertisement.

Starbucks tends to open its first coffeehouses in St. Petersburg this autumn. The coffeehouses may be opened in the shopping centers Gallery, Peterland and Mega Dybenko.

Nando’s-branded South-African restaurant net will open its restaurant in Russia by 2014.

The notorious punk band defense admitted that in April 2012 they have filed papers to make "Pussy Riot" a registered trademark.