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17:14 The West is concerned about the growing economic cooperation between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin and is ready to take retaliatory measures against Ankara if it helps Moscow in the round of sanctions. About this FT was told by six Western officials after the meeting of the heads of the two states in Sochi. One of the interlocutors of the newspaper called Turkey’s behavior “extremely opportunist”: “We are trying to force the Turks to pay attention to our fears.” Another high -ranking official admitted that Western countries can call their companies and banks to partially or completely turn their activities in Turkey if Erdogan begins to fulfill the Sochi agreements on cooperation with Russia in the field of trade and energy.

15:46 Energoatom announced the shelling of the Russian troops of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant on Saturday evening. The shells fell onto the site next to the downtime storage of the spent nuclear fuel (scenes). It contains 174 containers, in each of which 24 assemblies of the spent nuclear fuel. Three radiation monitoring sensors around the site are damaged. The nuclear disaster “miraculously” was avoided, emphasizes in the statement.

Oleg Deripaska, meanwhile, urged to eliminate and ban nuclear weapons. According to the businessman, it hangs with a Damoclam sword over the world and threatens to destroy it "once and for all."

11:22 Roskomnadzor limited access to the pages of online resources Patreon and Grammarly. Patreon, according to Roskomsvoboda, was blocked due to the anti-war statement by DOXA, published on this resource on February 25, Grammarly-due to its own statement about the suspension of work in Russia and Belarus.

The main thing over night and morning:

• Anatoly Chubais was discharged from the hospital in Italy on the morning of August 6, he feels better, according to La Repubblica. There are no results of toxicological analysis yet, but the doctors are sure that they made the diagnosis correctly-the syndrome of Guine-Barre. According to the newspaper, Chubais goes to Frankfurt, where the rehabilitation course should take place.
• Four more vessels with a total load of almost 170 thousand tons of grain came out of Ukrainian ports. It was planned to send 3 million tons of agricultural products monthly. On the eve of Chernomorsk, for the first time from February 24, the ship arrived under the flag of another country, which will participate in the export of Ukrainian grain.
• The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation accused the UN of creating obstacles to monitor the state of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant by the leadership of the IAEA. The head of the organization Rafael Grossy said that the safety of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant is at risk of military operations that are “completely unacceptable” and “should be prevented at all costs”.
• YouTube blocked the Rostec channel in connection with sanctions. It had about 45 thousand subscribers. The state corporations noted that they were “preparing for such a turn” and transferred all the videos to Rutube. There Rostec has a little more than 400 subscribers.

Continuation of online on August 7

19:34 Berkshire Hathaway, the legendary investor Warren Buffete, according to the results of the second quarter, reported on losses of $ 43.8 billion against the backdrop of a decrease in American stock indices. However, its operating profit increased to $ 9.3 billion through the BNSF railway unit and the insurance business. A strong US dollar also allowed us to earn more on debt payments of investment partners from Europe and Japan. At the same time, Berkshire decided to slow down the ransom of shares, including its own, although it has at its disposal a stock of cash by $ 105.4 billion.

Despite the impressive size of a pure loss, the results indicate a stable growth of Berkshire, noted in Edward Jones & Co. Analysts established a recommendation on the company's shares at a “neutral” level.

18:17 At the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, from March occupied by Russia, one power unit has been disconnected, the Ukrainian "Energoatom" said . This happened after the shelling of the station, which “caused serious risk” for its safe functioning. Because of this, emergency defense worked on one of the three power units and it was disconnected. Kyiv assigned the responsibility for shelling to Moscow, Moscow - to Kyiv. At the same time, both sides warn of radioactive danger.

According to Energoatom, the nitrogen-acid station and the auxiliary building of the power plant were damaged. There is a risk of hydrogen leakage and the spread of radioactive particles, there is a high probability of fire. The personnel of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant are trying to ensure nuclear security and calls on the world community to take measures so that the Russian aircraft release the ZAEC.

The fact that the situation “completely got out of control,” said the head of the Magate Rafael Grossy. He turned to the authorities of both Russia and Ukraine with an appeal to allow experts to the station in order to avoid a possible accident. US Secretary of State Anthony Biginen accused the Russian army of using the ZAES as a “nuclear shield”, the EU also condemned Russia's military activity around the station. The office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine announced the beginning of pre -trial proceedings on the fact of violation of the laws and customs of war (part 1 of article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

17:32, prisoners from the Yaroslavl and Tula regions told Mediazone (recognized in Russia by an ino -agent), as Evgeny Prigozhin recruited them in the “Wagner PMC” to participate in the war against Ukraine in exchange for money and pardon.

According to the prisoner from IK-2 of the Yaroslavl region, Prigozhin came to them on August 1. Almost the entire colony was taken to a meeting with him, including the old people, sick from the medical unit and the employees themselves. In his appeal to the convicts, the businessman compared the “Wagner PMC” with a militarized organized crime group, and the willingness to join their ranks - a deal with the devil, recalls the interlocutor of “Mediazones”. “If you come out of here with me, then you will either return a free person, or die. You will be obliged to kill enemies and comply with leadership orders. Those who turn back awaits the execution in place, ”the prisoner speech of a person who called Prigozhin quotes from memory.

The prisoner from IK-4 of the Tula region said that Prigozhin arrived in the colony on July 25 and promised money, pardon, removal of criminal record and even Russian citizenship in the absence of one. “There are no restrictions, except for the age of 50 years. And he does not take the “offended”, everyone else is suitable, ”recalls the interlocutor of Mediazons. He specified that about 100-150 people as a result, of which they wanted to form “assault detachments” of them.

In the main details of the history of both prisoners are almost identical.

14:22 Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke about some agreements after yesterday's meeting with Vladimir Putin:

• Türkiye and Russia intend to bring trade to $ 100 billion;
• There are “serious progress” in that Turkish banks begin to accept Mir cards;
• Türkiye is ready to become a platform for meeting Putin and Zelensky.

13:06 In the first half of the year, sales of premium real estate in Moscow grew by 18%, to 98.5 billion rubles, Kommersant writes with reference to the results of the Savills study. The reason for the experts called an increase in housing prices the number of transactions with elite new buildings was reduced by 3%. In the fall, Savills expect to see revitalization on the market and predict the increase in demand by 10%.

The main thing over night and morning:

• The European Commission has developed a new project to assist Ukraine for € 8 billion. Of these, up to € 5 billion are allocated in the form of long -term loans under warranty, about € 3 billion will be sent in the form of irretrievable grants, Two European officials told Politico. Reuters also reported on the plans of the US administration on August 8 to announce the next package of assistance to Ukraine for $ 1 billion.
• Vladimir Zelensky announced the confiscation of 28 billion hryvnias (about $ 765 million) of Russian assets in Ukraine. It is planned to confiscate more than 900 objects belonging to the Russian state. The funds will be directed to compensation for damage caused due to hostilities.
• Hungary and Poland refused to support the EU plan to reduce gas consumption by 15% in the coming winter, Reuters reports with reference to the protocol document. Voting took place according to the principle of the simple majority, so the disagreement of the two countries did not affect the adoption of the plan.
• Mosbirzha postponed the opening of the stock market for non -residents from the "friendly" countries planned on August 8. The trading platform connected its decision with the new presidential decree, which limited the transactions with the shares of Russian legal entities to foreigners from the "unfriendly" countries.

Continuation of online on August 6

20:29 The main thing from the joint statement of Putin and Erdogan. They agreed:

• develop Russian-Turkish relations “on the basis of respect, recognition of mutual interests and in accordance with their international obligations”;
• increase the volume of bilateral trade on a balanced basis;
• "Make towards the expectations of the opposite side in the areas of the economy and energy."

The presidents also discussed a grain deal, Syria and Libya.

20:12 According to Novak, Putin and Erdogan agreed on the beginning of a partial payment in rubles of Russian gas supplies to Turkey.

19:41 negotiations between Putin and Erdogan in Sochi ended . They lasted a little more than 4 hours. As a result of the meeting, the presidents accepted a joint statement.

16:31 Unemployment in the United States in July sank to 3.5%, the country's labor market added 528 thousand jobs (which is almost twice as many forecasts).

The share of the unemployed again at a long minimum reached in front of the pandemia itself, and the number of jobs in the economy last month recovered to the dopandemic level, WSJ notes . Despite the strong labor statistics, the indexes at the opening of the market in the United States were moderately decreased.

14:34 Putin signed a decree on special economic measures in the financial and fuel and energy spheres in connection with the unfriendly actions of “some foreign states”. It actually prohibits by the end of 2022 any transactions of foreign shareholders with shares of strategic enterprises and products sharing agreements.

Separately, the decree mentioned transactions with shares in Sakhalin-1 (30% with Exxon Neftegaz) and the Kharyaginsky deposit.

The government has been instructed to prepare a list of fuel and energy complex companies and banks within 10 days, transactions with the shares of which will be prohibited. It was expected that in the financial sphere, restrictions would affect the Russian "daughters" of foreign banks.

14:10 International reserves fighting with Turkey inflation last week jumped at $ 3 billion, of which $ 1.4 billion in foreign currency, and the rest in gold. The reason is in Russia, writes Bloomberg with reference to Turkish sources: Rosatom continued to transfer money to the construction of Akkui NPP, and Turkish banks could hold a swap with the country's Central Bank. Rosatom claimed that he did not carry out transfers of such sizes.

Now Turkey has $ 61.1 billion reserves in currency and $ 40.2 billion in gold. According to Bloomberg Economics, the country's authorities since the beginning of the year have spent about $ 66 billion to support Lyra. Today, the Turkish Presidents Recep Erdogan and Russia Vladimir Putin have a meeting in Sochi.

13:33 Russia sends 14 Bulgarian diplomats. This is a response to the expulsion of 70 diplomats and employees of Russian diplomations from Bulgaria, after which the consular services of Russia in the country were forced to stop work due to lack of staff. The Russian Foreign Ministry entrusted the responsibility “for the consequences of these counter -productive steps” to the Bulgarian government at the head of “with the Lord [Cyril] Petkov”.

12:52 World markets are again turning away from shares, writes Bank of America. After a weak tributary last week, funds of shares in the week by August 3 lost $ 2.6 billion.

11:32 China imposes sanctions against the speaker of the House of US representatives Nancy Peloshi and her family members after her trip to Taiwan. The wording is an intervention in internal affairs, the threat of territorial integrity during the "reckless provocation, undermining the" policy of one China "and pursuing a serious threat to the world and stability in the Taiwan Strait."

11:23 Startup Arrival suspenses the development of a bus and a car on its platform and focuses only on a rebellious electrofurgation to start receiving revenue, writes Financial Times. Since the accommodation in March 2021, Arrival, founded by the Russian businessman (and not long - official) Denis Sverdlov, has lost 90% of capitalization, and the latest news about the company has been mainly associated with personnel reduction and reduction of costs. The company hopes to start to execute an order of 20 thousand van from the American UPS in the third quarter.

10:18 The Central Bank recommended that large retail banks “in the conditions of sanctions restrictions” bring information about changing the service rules for at least 15 days to customers. Recently, prohibitive commissions for storing dollars and euros, which the Central Bank itself recognized as “toxic” currencies were the most discussed.

The main thing over night and morning:

• The ECB published a study on the export and import of Russia after sanctions. From it, in particular, it follows that the import of Russia collapsed by 15% after the first wave of sanctions, as well as that the EU gas import from Russia fell to 35% of last year at the end of June. Direct data has recently been inaccessible.
• The National Payment Card System (NSPK) - the operator of the Mir payment cards - stopped paying banks for their promotion, writes RBC. The sources of the publication say that the need for shares has disappeared because the market and MasterCard also disappeared on the market.
• BlackRock begins the liquidation of the exchange fund of Russian securities Russia ETF. At the peak of 2018, it cost $ 800 million, but in March was reset. This is the first large ETF with Russian papers to be closed in the United States.
• Tesla shareholders approved the shapes of three shares to one, the company's quotes have grown.
• Sales of half -wires slowed down in June by May, the sector reduces the dynamics for six months. Investors see in this one more sign of an approaching recession.
• The Ukrainian branch of Amnesty International claims that the report issued the day before is published without its consent. The main conclusion of the report is that the tactics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine include the distribution of troops in civilian facilities, including schools and hospitals, as well as the attacks of fire funds from residential buildings. The organization emphasizes that this "does not justify the illegible attacks of Russia of the civilian population." The report criticized the leadership of Ukraine up to Vladimir Zelensky.

Continuation of online on August 5

17:54 The court recognized the American basketball player Britney Grainer, guilty of drug smuggling. The accusation requires her 9.5 years in prison.

UPD: The court sentenced Grainer to 9 years in a general regime colony. The athlete was also a fine of 1 million rubles for “drug smuggling”. Protection will appeal.

17:10 The Ministry of Justice proposed to release the business in Russia from criminal punishment for entrepreneurship without registration.

From the Criminal Code, it is also recommended to remove three economic articles: 170 (registration of illegal real estate transactions), 170.2 (entering false information into the land plan) and 185.1 (malicious evasion of information on the rules on securities).

16:02 Despite the confession, the court left Marina Rakov in jail.

15:48 The ex-Zamglava of the Ministry of Education and the former vice-president of Sberbank Marina Rakova, according to her lawyer, pleaded guilty to fraud and is ready to compensate for the damage. In this regard, the defense asks to transfer her under house arrest.

The day before, it became known that another person involved in the case, the rector of Shaninka Sergey Zuev, pleaded guilty of fraud and compensated for the damage. After that, the court transferred him from the pre -trial detention center under house arrest. Another defendant - the rector of the RANEPA Vladimir Mau - was released under the recognizance not to leave.

15:06 Ozon said that the fire that happened in his warehouse in the suburbs does not entail risks for the liquidity and operating activity of the company. Responsibility of the marketplace for the consequences of the fire in the warehouse is insured for 12 billion rubles.

The fire could not extinguish for almost a day, the warehouse building burned almost completely. 11 people were injured, two were hospitalized, two are considered missing. The main versions of what happened are arson and a malfunction of electrical equipment. The insurers previously estimated the damage from the fire at 10 billion rubles.

14:58 The charge requested 9.5 years in a colony for the American basketball player Britney Griner. She was detained at Sheremetyevo Airport in February and accused of drug smuggling. Grainer is one of the two Americans prisoners in Russia, whom the White House invites the Kremlin to exchange for Viktor Buta, who was convicted in the United States for 25 years for weapons trafficking.

14:36 ​​Bank of England increased the key rate by 0.5 percentage point at once - to 1.75% from 1.25%. This is the maximum step in 1995. In the explanation, the regulator indicates rapidly worsening economic indicators. Inflation in June reached 9.4%, and by the end of the year it could grow to 13%(in the previous forecast there were 11%). In the fourth quarter, the Bank of England is waiting for a recession.

13:10 Huawei since August 1 closed the online store in Russia-but this does not mean that the company is going to leave the Russian market. We explain what happened:

• Huawei had two online stores in Russia. Sales are stopped through vmall shop.huawei.ru (this is stated on the main page of the site) and through the Huawei Vmall application. Already executed orders will be delivered, and warranty service will continue to operate.
• Another manufacturer’s site - Consumer.huawei.com - continues to work, you can place an order on it. Chinese companies often create two parallel to working units so that they compete with each other, expert explained to Kommersant. Apparently, Huawei simply closed not the most profitable online store, thereby optimizing its sales channels.
• There are no prerequisites for Huawei departure from the Russian market, experts believe. True, the company has almost no equipment to Russia for almost five months, but small parties still fall into the market, the sources of Kommersant say.
• In early June, Huawei closed four of its monobrand salons in Russia out of nineteen. The causes were a lack of products in warehouses, as well as a drop in demand for smartphones. The share of Huawei in the Russian smartphone market in piece terms in the first half of the year decreased from 2.5% to 1.2%.

12:48 The Central Bank determined its priorities in the near future. Among them:

• Acceleration of the devalization process, including the introduction of additional measures aimed at reducing banking operations in dollars and euros. The use of these currencies in the conditions of sanctions creates risks for citizens and business, the Central Bank believes.
• Solving the problem with blocked assets. Different approaches are considered, including special accounting of such assets and obligations on the balance sheet of financial organizations, as well as the allocation of these assets into separate special companies. If necessary, banks will be able to combine such companies into special funds in order to jointly defend their interests, writes the Central Bank. The purchase option of blocked assets from banks is not considered.
• Restoring the stability of banks and their participation in the modernization of the economy, a return to the publication of financial statements.

12:02 In Russia, the incidence of coronavirus continues to grow: over the past day, more than 17 thousand cases have been revealed for the first time since April.

11:55 The Karabakh situation aggravated again. In Yerevan, they hope that Russian peacekeepers will be resolved, but, according to experts, their capabilities in this case are very limited. What happened and what is the cause of the exacerbation - read in our material.

8:48 The main thing over night and morning:

- The government allocated Yandex, VK and Ozon a preferential loan in conjunction for 130 billion rubles, and Kommersant found out . These funds will go to fulfill the obligations of companies to holders of their Eurobonds. The Yandex, VK and Ozon issued convertible bonds - $ 1.25 billion, $ 400 million and $ 750 million, respectively. After the start of hostilities in Ukraine, foreign exchanges suspended the trade of shares and global depository receipts of these companies. As a result, bond holders had the right to demand the redemption of all issues. Yandex, for example, this threatened with default. Analysts call the direct state support of private issuers of bonds of an unprecedented but explained measure: Yandex, VK and Ozon have high systemic significance for the Russian economy.

- The fire in the Ozon warehouse in the suburbs managed to put out only by the morning of Thursday - after almost a day. The building was almost completely burned out: the fire area was 55 thousand squares, part of the roof collapsed. 11 people were injured, two were hospitalized, two are considered missing. The main versions of what happened are arson and a malfunction of electrical equipment. The damage from the fire was previously estimated at 10 billion rubles.

- Russian investors, after the abolition of VAT, when buying gold ingots, increased investments in gold, writes Kommersant. According to him, the account is already on tens of tons: only Sberbank customers in five months acquired almost 11 tons of gold ingreds. In demand, ingots of all sizes are in demand - from 1 g to 12.5 kg. Moreover, a significant proportion of the sold gold fell on large ingots, from 1 kg (even 100 kg was sold in VTB). Experts warn that gold bullion is a long -term investment. It is possible to count on the increase in value in a short time only taking into account the depreciation of the Russian currency. In addition, it is necessary to ensure the perfect state of the ingot: even a small scratch radically depreciates it.

- The American Senate approved the entry of Finland and Sweden to NATO. Now Joe Biden should ratify the protocols on the accession of two countries to the Alliance. The protocols were signed in Brussels on July 5, they should ratify all 30 NATO countries. 23 of them have already approved ratification, several countries ratified the entry of Finland and Sweden. Typically, the ratification process takes 8-12 months, but this time the Alliance plans to act faster.

- Since February, almost every fourth company (24%) of small and medium -sized businesses has been forced to reduce personnel in a crisis, RBC reports citing a survey data. Another 13% are going to do this before the end of the year. Almost a fifth of the companies (19%) decided to give some types of work for outsources, every seventh (14%) - send workers to paid or unpaid leave. Many, in order to save on the end of the year, plan to optimize business processes (30%) or abandon the office (11%).

Continuation of online on August 4.

19:14 Gazprom announced that sanctions and the “mismatch of the situation by Siemens” make it impossible to supply the turbine for the Northern Stream. Today, the turbine came to inspect Germany's Chancellor Olaf Sholts, who said that she was ready to supply. The Nord Stream - 1 continues to work at 20% of the capacity. What this threatens Europe, we told here .

18:22 In Russia, closed shops for foreign diplomats and employees of international organizations will appear again in Russia, as Birch in Soviet times. The government adopted a resolution on the opening of special duty-free shops for them, so far in Moscow and St. Petersburg. It will be possible to get there only by certificate, and paid - not only in rubles, but also in dollars and euros.

16:48 Arson is considered as the main version of the fire in the Ozon warehouse in the suburbs, RIA Novosti reports with reference to emergency services. According to the agency, the number of victims increased to 13, one person died.

16:22 The cause of the fire in the Ozon warehouse, according to preliminary data, was non -compliance with safety precautions. The large area of ​​fire in the Ministry of Emergencies is explained by high loading of the warehouse and the fact that the message about the fire came late.

16:08 The fire area in the Ozon warehouse in the Moscow Region grew to 50 thousand squares. Two helicopters were attracted to its extinguishing and the third is prepared. 11 people were injured, two were hospitalized.

The damage from the fire, according to preliminary data, exceeds 10 billion rubles, the insurers say - this is one of the largest losses in recent years. The warehouse and its contents are insured for 17 billion rubles: the building itself is 6 billion rubles in Alfastrakhovanie, its contents are 11 billion rubles.

15:00 Chubais finally confirmed the diagnosis of “Guinen -Barre Syndrome”, Ksenia Sobchak said with reference to the spouse of the politician. The state of Chubais stabilized, but it still remains in intensive care, "legs and hands work poorly, eyes do not close, he has partial paralysis of his face."

“Some media outlets write this to coronavirus - however, he was ill with them two years ago, and he had the last vaccination six months ago,” Sobchak noted.

Guine -Barre syndrome is an autoimmune disease in which the human immune system affects its own peripheral nerves. It can cause respiratory failure, damage to the cardiovascular system, a partial failure of the motor system.

14:55 Due to the gas war, the oil and gas revenues of the Russian federal budget in July collapsed-compared to June, they fell by 22.5% in annual terms, up to 770.5 billion rubles (in July 2021 there were 994 billion rubles). These figures are given in statistics published today by the Ministry of Finance (if you are not in Russia, VPN will need access). The first MMI telegram channel drew attention to this.

A particularly significant failure is in the dynamics of export duties on gas. The receipts under this article fell by 31%, to 57.3 billion rubles (in July 2021 there were 83 billion rubles). At the same time, oil continues to maintain a positive dynamics of personal income tax revenues (an increase of almost 16%).

14:12 In the Ozon warehouse in the suburbs there was a large fire - the area of ​​fire reached 20 thousand square meters. m. About a thousand employees were evacuated, according to preliminary data, no one was injured. Ozon shares are cheaper on the exchange.

13:05 Pelosi left Taiwan. Her plane flew to Seoul.

13:04 The court released the rector of Shaninka Zuev from the pre -trial detention center.

12:18 The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroider gave an interview to the German media, in which he spoke about a recent visit to Moscow and his attitude to Putin. Main:

• Schroeder said that during a trip to Moscow, in July, he met with Putin. During the visit, the politician claimed that he came to Russia on vacation. The Kremlin said that negotiations were not planned, but the meeting is possible.
• Schroeder said that he was not going to apologize for not breaking off relations with Putin: “Maybe I can be useful again. So why should I apologize? " According to the politician, the conflict in Ukraine can be resolved through negotiations: "The good news is that the Kremlin wants a diplomatic decision."
• Germany and France, according to Schroder, should take a more active part in the negotiations about Ukraine: "It will not do without conversations." He praised Turkey for participating in the negotiation process, calling the agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain successful.
• The politician explained the withdrawal of the Directors of Rosneft and the refusal to nominate the directors of Gazprom to the Board of Directors with the desire to protect his family from sanctions.
• The idea that the President of Ukraine Zelensky will return Crimea by military means, according to Schroder, is absurd: "Who seriously believes that the Russian president can ever give Crimea?"
• Ex-Chancellor advocated the commissioning of the Northern Stream-2. According to him, the launch of the gas pipeline is the simplest solution to the problem of lack of gas in Germany.

11:37 Rector "Shaninka" Zuev pleaded guilty of the fraud case and spoke about accomplices, the investigator in court said . According to him, Zuev compensated the amount of damage and testified that contributing to the investigation of the case.

10:39 Promotions of the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plant (MMK) are almost 9% cheaper (in the moment the fall was 12%) after it fell under US sanctions. The restrictions against the MMK and its main shareholder Viktor Rashnikov were introduced yesterday. In the justification, the plant is called a source of significant income for the Russian budget.

10:31 Due to the aggravation of the situation in the Taiwanese Strait, Australia will check the combat readiness of its armed forces for the first time in 10 years, SBS reports . The ex-Minister of Defense of the country called the current situation in the field of safety of the worst for the entire time of his work.

10:24 China limited flights around Taiwan during military exercises and warned the airline about the need to avoid moving in the area of ​​the island, reports Bloomberg. According to him, the notification was sent to carriers on Tuesday in the evening, in it six areas of airspace were called dangerous zones. Flights in them are closed from August 4 to 7.

8:52 The main thing per night and morning:

- The organizer of TOEFL revised his rules, and from August 4, Russians and Belarusians will again have the opportunity to take an exam in English remotely. The day before it became known that it is impossible to register for an exam with Russian citizenship. TOEFL is handed over for study or work in English -speaking countries, it is most often chosen for moving to the USA or Canada.

- Nancy Pelosi, who arrived last night on Taiwan, visited the parliament of a partially recognized state and met with the head of the administration of the island. She called Taiwan “one of the most free societies in the world” and stated that Washington would like to activate the inter -parliamentary dialogue with Taibe. According to Pelosi, she came to the island to express the support of the “bright and dynamic” democracy of Taiwan. Against the background of the visit, China continues to pour threats to the USA and Taiwan, promising the island “Accelerated Collapse” and “Big Disaster”. In addition to threats, the first sanctions followed : China banned the supply of sand to Taiwan, stopped the import of citrus and two types of fish products from the island and introduced restrictions against two Taiwanese funds.

-The rector of the RANEPA, Vladimir Mau, accused of embezzlement of 21 million rubles, was canceled a preventive measure in the form of house arrest and released on a recognizance not to leave, the New Times and the BBC said with reference to sources. Mau was detained and sent under house arrest on June 30. He passes in one case together the rector of Shaninka Sergey Zuev and the ex-minister of education Marina Rakakova. He is accused of a major embezzlement of budget funds by fictitious employment at a university of more than a dozen people.

- Russia is preparing to sign an agreement on avoiding double taxation with Oman, and learned Vedomosti. The draft document has already received the approval of Mikhail Mishustin. Now the Ministry of Finance must negotiate with the Oman and, upon reaching an agreement, sign an agreement. The document, in particular, provides for the tax tax rate of 10%, provided that the company has 20% of capital for 365 days, in other cases, the rate will be 15%, for interest and royalties - 10%. Separate benefits will receive Rusnano, Rosatom and Roscosmos.

- The antisancation closure of data on the part of the procurement of state -owned companies greatly distorted the statistics on them - now even the Ministry of Finance does not see all the information, Kommersant found out . As a result, it follows from the procurement monitoring of procurement for the first half of the year that the state -owned company has more than half the volume of their volume. In reality, the data on half of these purchases simply turned out to be temporarily invisible to the state. The Ministry of Finance promises to straighten the situation and return this information to a closed contour of the monitoring system - but only from April 2023.

- MTS complained about the FAS on the advertising of Megafon, the Vedomosti write . The reason was an advertising slogan in which Megafon is called “Operator No. 1”. The disputed advertising campaign started in early July. Advertising posters call for: “Go to operator No. 1”. And in small print it is indicated: "By speed and coating."

Continuation of online on August 3.

21:35 Aeroflot in a crisis on Russian aircraft market since June reduced the salaries of its top managers by 30–40%, RBC found out . In addition, they were deprived of the right to use service cars.

19:58 ETS, which is testing the English language TOEFL, banned Russian citizens registration for the exam. Attention to this was drawn by the publication of the Mediazon (recognized in Russia by the media-foreigner). Representatives of the ETS refer to the relentless demands of the US Treasury.

19:13 The United States imposed sanctions against Alina Kabaeva, co -owner of the “Fosagro” Guryevs (Andrey Grigoryevich and Andrey Andreyevich), chairman of the board of directors of the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plant (ICC) Viktor Rashnikov, billionaire Andrei Melnichenko (former co -owner of Suek and Eurochem), and the co -owner of the airport Sheremetyevo Alexander Ponomarenko, the founder of the tube metallurgical company Dmitry Pumpyansky, etc. The MKK itself, as well as the Fund, Technopark and the Skolkovo Institute, also fell under the restrictions.

18:17 The PRC Foreign Ministry protested due to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and stated that he seriously violated the principle of “one China”.

18 : 07 Pelosi stated that her visit is evidence of the support of Taiwanese democracy by the United States and does not contradict Washington’s policy in relation to China. The United States, according to her, opens against unilateral attempts to change the status of Taiwan.

17:59 Now for sure: Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan. Local television channels show how she leaves the plane.

17:45 A plane allegedly with Pelosi on board landed at Taibay Airport.

17:29 China sent Su-35 fighters to the Taiwan Strait. The board on which Pelosi is supposedly is supposed to be reduced.

17:25 China, before the visit of Pelosi to Taiwan, closed the airspace in the province of Fujian, which is closest to the island. The measure was explained by the military exercises that are held in the region. At the airports of several cities of Fujian, all flights on August 2 have been canceled.

16:46 The Flightradar24 service is overloaded due to the fact that everyone is following the Nancy Pelosi aircraft, which is approaching Taiwan. The service puts users without paid subscription in the virtual “waiting room”, the waiting time is now - 17 minutes.

The plane, on board which is supposedly located the speaker of the House of US representatives, should sit on the island after 17:00 Moscow time.

15:41 Taiwan is being prepared to arrive at the speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States: combat readiness in response to the military exercises of China has been increased, a red carpet was laid on the steps of the Taiwanese legislative organ, and a LED poster with greeting appeared at a busy crossroads in the center of Taibay.

15:35 The plane, on board which is supposedly Nancy Pelosi, is heading to Taiwanese Sunshan airport, Intelwalrus reports , specializing in searching for data. About 300 thousand users are watching the flight on Flightradar24, the service website was temporarily not available due to increased load.

15:20 Raiffeisenbank in the second quarter received a record profit in Russia - € 534 million. This is more than the entire last year. This is partly due to the growth of bets in Russia, the strengthening of the ruble and financial restrictions that the Central Bank introduced in the spring. Read more in our news .

13:43 The Nancy Pelosi delegation booked a whole floor of 48 numbers in Grand Hyatt in Taibe, Taiwanese media reported . According to updated data, the speaker of the House of US representatives will arrive at Taiwan at about 21:20 local time (16:20 Moscow time) - an hour earlier than some editions previously wrote . The numbers are booked for one night, it is assumed that on August 3, the American delegation will leave Taiwan. In the hotel and on the territory adjacent to it, security measures have been strengthened.

13:28 The Supreme Court of Russia recognized the Ukrainian battalion "Azov" with a terrorist organization.

11:40 The main thing per night and morning:

- The Ministry of Justice explained to judges, investigators and experts on how to distinguish the “offenses” of Russians under the articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses and the Criminal Code of the “fakes” about the actions of the Russian army (punishment - up to 15 years of the colony) and for its “discrediting” (up to 5 years in case of re -violation). The explanation is predictable: according to the first article of the actions of citizens, it is proposed to qualify if they submitted information in the form of “statements about facts and events”, according to the second - if they expressed an “opinion about the fact of using the armed forces or assessment of this fact”.

- Nancy Pelosi seems to not retreat and today will fly to Taiwan - at about 17:30, as the local media promised . China, in anticipation of the visit, began military exercises 150 kilometers from the island, the United States holds near the island of the Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier and a large landing ship. The White House is openly unhappy with a risky visit, but they could not abolish Pelosi to be abolished, and now they make every effort to smooth out the consequences.

- The Ministry of Finance did not support the request of the hotel business about the exemption of tourist infrastructure facilities from VAT, the provision of federal property tax benefits, to reject income tax and reduce personal income tax and insurance premiums for Russians engaged in tourism. The Ministry of Finance provides a characteristic explanation of its decision in a letter: the provision of benefits of the hotel industry will not only lead to a decrease in budget revenues, but also create a precedent - since taxpayers can also apply to other sectors of the economy with similar requests.

-After February 24, European financial institutions limited work with Russians, not only because of sanctions, but also of their own free will. As a result, the foreign asset management industry was forced to rebuild her infrastructure. About how to invest in the global market through safe jurisdictions, what to pay attention to when choosing a money manager, The Bell was told by Andrei Movchan, founder of the Movchan's Group group of companies.

- On the page of Dmitry Medvedev VKontakte, about midnight on Tuesday night, a post appeared , radical even for the deputy secretary of the Security Council. In it, the author argued that Kazakhstan is an “artificial state”, which includes “former Russian territories”, and the actions of the country's authorities “can be classified as Russians genocide”. And also that Georgia as a single state did not exist before joining Russia, and again the country will be able to unite with Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia only as part of Russia. 9 minutes after the publication, the post was removed, and in the morning the assistant Medvedev stated that his account was hacked.

-US President Joe Biden announced the murder of Az-Zavakhiri as a result of a drone of the drone of Al-Qaeda leader in Kabul. Az-Zavakhiri headed the group after the destruction of Osama Ben Laden in 2011, the United States announced the $ 25 million award for the information about him. The Taliban government condemned the blow.

- The production of elevators in Russia in the first half of 2022 decreased by 40%, Kommersant writes . There are two reasons: the departure of Western manufacturers OTIS, KONE, ThYSSENKRUPP Elevator, Schindler and Kleemann, which occupied 22% of the market, and a decrease during the crisis of construction of housing.

Continuation of online on August 2.

22:11 The former managing director of Yandex Tigran Khudardyan in June disputed in the court of Luxembourg personal EU sanctions. The lawsuit found the RTVI TV channel.

Khudardyan in the lawsuit claims that the EU Council has not given sufficient justifications for imposing sanctions against him, and denies the role of Yandex described by European officials as “a key element in concealing information about the war in Ukraine for Russians” and “a significant source of income for the Government of the Russian Federation”.

The ex-head of Yandex also states that it does not support the "actions of the Government of the Russian Federation related to interference in Ukraine."

20:26 The British court refused to defrost the accounts of the co-owner of Alfa-Bank Peter Aven in the amount of £ 1.5 million, which, according to British law enforcement officers, the billionaire used sanctions. The judge at the trial said that after the introduction of sanctions against Aven, on March 15, his expenses for £ 140,000 per month were paid by the wife of Catherine Kozin - but the court has no reason to believe that she has an independent source of income for such amounts. This situation will also become the subject of the investigation, the judge said.

18:04 Central Bank predicted the recession of GDP by 7% in the third quarter

The Bank of Russia published another report on monetary policy. It has the first forecast of GDP and inflation for the third quarter of 2022 and several other important points. Main:

1. According to the Central Bank, the Russian GDP in the third quarter of 2022 will fall by 7%, inflation will be 14.6%. The forecast according to the results of the year corresponds to the announced Elvira Nabiullina after the last decrease in the rate on July 22: the decline in GDP by 4-6%, inflation of 12-15%.

1. The Central Bank does not expect new serious sanctions. “The basic scenario does not imply a significant change in geopolitical conditions to the end of the forecast horizon,” the report says.

2. The Central Bank does not believe in the inevitability of a world recession and did not laid it in the basic script.

17:48 Taiwanese Setn TV channel claims that Nancy Pelosi will fly to Taiwan tomorrow at 22:30 local time (17:30 in Moscow) and gives a detailed schedule for the head of the House of Congress in Taibea. According to Sent, Pelosi will stop at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, at 8:00 on August 3, he will meet with Taiwan President Tsay Inven and at 10:00 the same day will leave the island.

16:06 The largest movie network in the country came up with how to show the audience films of foreign film companies that left Russia.

The United Cinema Sinema Park and Formula Kino from August 1 introduces a new service - a film product, the general director of this network Alexei Vasyasin told Vedomosti. The film product will include a Russian film and foreign video materials. The first film product of the network includes cartoons - the Russian “Koschey. Beginning ”and“ Minions: Gruvitation ”from Universal Pictures. Vasasin did not specify where the film network would take a copy of the foreign cartoon, which did not go out in Russia. In the future, according to him, “any film of a foreign studio that has left Russia” can be included in the film products. ”

In March, Universal Pictures, like other Hollywood studios, such as Disney, Warner Bros., Sony, Paramount, suspended her work in Russia. The film "Minions: Gruvitation" does not have a rental certificate in a show in the country.

From the point of view of law, this is an illegal show of the film, experts surveyed by Vedomosti converge. The display of a foreign film without the permission of the copyright holder, no matter what it is called - “Video materials”, “Films” - this is a violation of copyright, and the studio can achieve compensation in the amount of up to 5 million rubles, lawyers say.

С другой стороны из-за отсутствия западных премьер российские кинотеатры теряют гораздо больше: по итогам 2021 года на сборы зарубежных кинолент пришлось 74,4% от всего бокс-офиса страны, составившего 40,7 млрд рублей.

UPD: Акция отменяется, «кинопродукта» не будет, сообщила объединенная киносеть «Синема парк» и «Формула кино». По словам ее гендиректора, совет директоров компании не согласовал идею из-за ущерба правообладателям. Все билеты, купленные по акции, были возвращены.

14:45 Чубайс был госпитализирован на Сардинии, первые симптомы недомогания он почувствовал во время отдыха на курорте Коста Смеральда , пишут итальянские СМИ. По данным La Nuova, Чубайс попал в отделение неотложной помощи сардинской больницы, его жизни ничего не угрожает. Corriere della Sera уточняет , что политика отвезли в больницу в городе Ольбия. Чубайс уже несколько недель находился на Сардинии, отмечает La Repubblica.

Версия об отравлении, которая возникла после сообщения в телеграм-канале Ксении Собчак о том, что «комнату, где находился Чубайс, когда почувствовал себя плохо, обследовали специалисты в костюмах химической защиты», подтверждения не нашла. Reuters пишет , что политик проходит курс интенсивной терапии в связи с редким иммунным заболеванием, поражающим нервную систему. «Я не думаю, что это отравление», — сказал один из собеседников агентства.

13:28 Состояние Чубайса улучшилось, пишут ТАСС и «Медуза» (признана иноагентом) со ссылкой на источники. Накануне сообщалось , что политик попал в реанимацию одной из клиник в Европе с синдромом Гийена-Барре.

In the Kremlin, Chubais wished a speedy recovery. Песков назвал сообщение о болезни политика «печальной новостью» и отметил, что за помощью тот не обращался.

13:19 Исход зарубежных компаний из России продолжается: пивоваренный концерн Heineken планирует до конца года достичь соглашения о продаже российского бизнеса, следует из отчета компании. She estimated her assets in Russia at 475 million euros.

Ранее сегодня «Ведомости» сообщили , что OBI закрыла сделку по продаже российского бизнеса за символический 1 евро. Контрольный пакет сети, по данным источников издания, получил бизнесмен Йозеф Лиокумович.

13:11 Средняя цена российской нефти Urals в январе–июле составила $83,3 за баррель, сообщил Минфин. Это на 28,7% больше, чем за первые семь месяцев прошлого года — $64,7 за баррель. В июле Urals торговалась ниже средней цены — в среднем по $78,4 за баррель. Это на 10% ниже, чем в июне.

12:39 Спикер палаты представителей США Нэнси Пелоси может посетить Тайвань во вторник, сообщает японское агентство Kyodo со ссылкой на тайваньские СМИ. Власти Тайваня и США не подтверждают, но и не опровергают информацию. Визит Пелоси непременно вызовет гнев Китая, который считает Тайвань своей территорией, отмечает Kyodo.

Пелоси в субботу отправилась в поездку по Индо-Тихоокеанскому региону. Details of the tour were not disclosed. It is only known that the program includes a visit to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan - but in what order and on what dates are not specified. The main intrigue is whether Pelosi will visit Taiwan during his trip. If such a visit will take place, it will become the first in a quarter century: before that, the speaker of the House of US representatives visited Taiwan in 1997. Then Beijing was limited only to statements condemning a visit. This time, Xi Jinping has already hinted Joe Biden that the consequences would be more serious.

12:02 ЦБ продлил ограничения на снятие наличной валюты на полгода — до 9 марта 2023 года. Сохраняются и ограничения на покупку долларов и евро.

9:06 Из порта Одессы вышло первое судно с зерном в рамках зерновой сделки. According to the Turkish media, a dry carrier loaded with corn under the flag of Sierra Leone at 8:30 Moscow time sailed to Lebanon.

8:47 Главное за ночь и утро 1 августа:

— Конфликт между Косово и Сербией на время урегулирован: косовские власти до 1 сентября отложили вступление в силу решения о прекращении действия сербских документов на территории республики. В воскресенье из-за планов правительства Косово прекратить действие сербских документов с 1 августа произошла эскалация на границе с Сербией. Протестующие сербы выставили баррикады и заблокировали дороги. До сентября отложена и обязательная перерегистрация автомобилей с сербскими номерами на номера Косово. При этом в правительстве республики подчеркнули, что отложат введение новых правил, только если все сербские баррикады будут разобраны, а свобода передвижения восстановлена.

— Великобритания, где находится крупнейший рынок страхования, решила отложить введение запрета своим компаниям страховать суда с российской нефтью, сообщает Financial Times со ссылкой на источники. London previously introduced a ban on tankers insurance, which are being taken by Russian oil to Britain, this measure will begin to operate in 2023. But insurance companies are still allowed to provide services if oil is transported to third countries. One of the interlocutors FT said that London plans to return to the issue of prohibition of insurance of vessels with Russian oil after an agreement on limiting prices for it is reached.

— Импорт в Россию крепких алкогольных напитков, как и прогнозировали участники рынка, значительно упал: по итогам первого полугодия их ввоз в страну сократился почти на 35%, пишет «Коммерсант». The import of whiskey fell by almost 50%. The reasons are sanctions and refusal to supply the largest manufacturers. Now the assortment will be replenished at the expense of new Russian drinks, as well as the import of Roma, on the import of which the crisis almost did not affect.

— Банки на фоне кризиса продолжают ухудшать условия для клиентов. The reduction of benefits and privileges even affected premium programs - commissions are introduced for premium customers, benefits are cut, and monetary qualifications are being increased, Kommersant found out . At the same time, the publication reports that banks began to more often refuse customers to provide credit holidays or restructuring loans. The number of complaints from citizens has increased from April by at least 10-15%since April. Experts note that it is unprofitable for banks to restructure loans, as this can adversely affect reserves and capital.

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