Photo Kommersant The ex-shareholder of YUKOS is ready to bargain with Russia: a reduction in the amount of payments for the claim lost by the Russian Federation in exchange for the cessation of criminal prosecution of former employees of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s company Former Yukos shareholders, who celebrated their victory over Russia in the Hague court on July 28, may make concessions to the losing side.

Deputy Chairman of VEB, former Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development Andrei Klepach, in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel, criticized the Bank of Russia’s decision to raise the key rate from 7.5% to 8%, saying that it could hit the positive developments in the Russian economy. “It is important that the industry somewhat revived in May, although June slowed down. Investments began to grow, which is important, and we expected this turn. But it is still not strong enough.

The Tashkent Regional Economic Court seized the property and bank accounts of Akhangarantsement OJSC, controlled by the Eurocement Group of billionaire Filaret Galchev , in connection with a claim to invalidate the privatization of the enterprise, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday, citing a source. According to the source, funds in the amount of 414 billion soums ($180 million) were seized. “Akhangarantsement” was forced to suspend the shipment of products, the agency’s interlocutor said.

The European Union plans to adopt financial sanctions that will sharply limit the ability of the largest Russian banks, including Sberbank and VTB Group, to receive financing from the EU, The Wall Street Journal wrote on Monday, July 28, citing European diplomats. According to the publication's interlocutors, the EU plans to blacklist at least two organizations and five people who are believed in Europe to support or benefit from the continued violence in Ukraine.

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced new economic sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy - energy, financial sector and weapons, the Associated Press reports . The sanctions will also affect large Russian banks, Obama warned. "Today Russia is once again isolating itself from the international community," Obama said. He added that the new sanctions “bite harder” because they were developed in cooperation with European partners, the Washington Examiner reports .

in photo Lev Leviev Coub will spend money from Leviev and Mirilashvili on international expansion The Vaizra Capital fund, owned by the co-founders and former shareholders of the social network VKontakte Lev Leviev and Vyacheslav Mirilashvili , invested $2.5 million in the Russian video hosting Coub, according to a press release received by Forbes on Tuesday.

Photo by Reuters The founder of YUKOS in an interview with Forbes talks about the successes of the company's shareholders in the ECHR and the Hague Arbitration, Western sanctions against Russia, the Ukrainian crisis and his plans On July 31, the European Court of Human Rights will issue a decision in the case “YUKOS Shareholders v.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that at his request, the regional public fund (RPF) named after the first president of Chechnya, Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov, will provide assistance to the eastern regions of Ukraine in the amount of $7.5 million. “The Regional Public Fund named after the Hero of Russia Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov, at my request, decided to provide assistance to the eastern regions of Ukraine, where military operations are ongoing, there are casualties and victims.

Pavel Khodorkovsky, the son of former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky, raised $700,000 for his US startup Enertiv Inc., which develops and produces energy-saving equipment, reports . The Wall Street Journal Khodorkovsky Jr. is a co-owner of Enertiv and also holds the position of technical director in the company. The second co-founder of the company is his Connell McGill. Enertiv was founded in 2010 and is a graduate of the R/GA accelerator in partnership with TechStars.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia opened a case against the Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo) on grounds of violation of antimonopoly legislation, according to the FAS website. Antimonopoly claims were caused by the decision of Rosrybolovstvo to transfer to FSUE "Natsrybresurs" the authority to distribute quotas for catching aquatic biological resources in the exclusive economic zone of the Kingdom of Morocco.

The head of the Russian Ministry of Culture, Vladimir Medinsky, proposed banning the works of writers Mikhail Bulgakov, Nikolai Gogol and Taras Shevchenko in Ukraine. about this Medinsky wrote on Tuesday on his Twitter, commenting on the refusal to issue distribution certificates to the Russian films “The White Guard” and “Poddubny” in Ukraine. “To Ukraine’s ban on the distribution of “Poddubny/White Guard”: the main thing is no half measures!

photo ITAR-TASS The regulator acts as a catalyst from the “peace party”, in fact threatening the domestic economy with “sanctions” no less painful than Western ones The head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, is not a member of the Security Council, but it seems that she is no less aware of the intricacies of Russian tactics towards Ukraine than Sergei Lavrov or Sergei Shoigu.

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov said that the working group at the Central Bank to create a national payment card system (NSCP) considered it appropriate to create a system “on its own basis” and not on the basis of existing systems, reports on Tuesday, July 29, “ Interfax" .

The Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has charged former President Mikheil Saakashvili and a number of other former high-ranking officials in absentia on charges of abuse of power with humiliation of personal dignity, Saakashvili's lawyer Otar Kakhidze told reporters on Tuesday. “I have received the case materials and intend to familiarize myself with them,” RIA Novosti quotes Kakhidze .

Photo by Diomedia The Russian side in the Hague court in the Yukos case was ruined by arrogance and reluctance to tinker with evidence and witnesses According to paragraph 252 of the Permanent Arbitration Award in The Hague, the Russian Federation wanted the YUKOS shareholders who acted as plaintiffs to invite several former employees of the company as witnesses to the court. My name was called first.