The Bank of Russia estimates the possible effect on inflation from the return of the sales tax to be 1-1.5 percentage points, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said at a press conference on Friday. “The introduction of a sales tax, in our opinion, may cause a short-term reaction, and then, on the contrary, this reaction will slow down,” Interfax quotes Nabiullina .

photo by RIA Novosti The deterioration of relations, oddly enough, is forcing Russia and the United States to pay more attention to Cold War agreements On September 11, consultations between the Russian and American foreign ministries were held in Moscow on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty).

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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko (No. 1284 in the global ranking of billionaires according to Forbes, fortune - $1.3 billion) put up for sale his Sevastopol Marine Plant, RIA Novosti reports on Friday, September 12, with reference to the acting. city ​​governor Sergei Menyailo. And about.

Commissioner of the Texas State Railroad Commission, Republican Party member David Porter accused Gazprom of trying to “destroy the gas industry of Europe and the United States” and called on US Secretary of State John Kerry to tighten sanctions against Russia. Porter's appeal to Kerry was published on the website of the commission, which regulates the state's oil and gas industry.

The Investigative Committee of Russia opened criminal cases of fraud against two travel companies from St. Petersburg, Atlas Travel and Solvex Tour, and the travel company Southern Cross Travel, the press reported on Friday. service of the Investigative Committee The Main Investigation Department (GID) of the Investigative Committee for St. Petersburg conducted pre-investigation checks on the facts of the suspension of activities of these two travel companies.

The Austrian oil and gas company OMV recorded a decrease in Russian gas supplies by 10-15%, Reuters reports citing a statement by OMV representative Robert Lechner. “According to the information we have received, supplies remain slightly below the originally agreed level, fluctuating between 10% and 15%, which is normal for this season,” Lechner told ORF radio on Friday. He added that OMV's underground storage facilities are more than 90% full.

Russia's response to the sanctions imposed on September 12 by the European Union and the United States, along with restrictions on the import of used cars and light industrial goods, may affect refrigerators and petrochemical products, the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Alexey Ulyukaev, said on Friday. The minister noted that it is too early to say whether these measures will be introduced, since they require elaboration.

Rosneft can sell more than 80 gas stations in Central Russia, which it must get rid of according to FAS orders, to the Swiss trader Trafigura, writes on Friday, September 12. Kommersant At the moment, the company is negotiating with Trafigura about the sale of gas stations in the Kostroma, Oryol, Samara, Saratov, Smolensk and Tambov regions, sources familiar with the progress of the negotiations told the newspaper.

The Russian subsidiary of the American company Hewlett-Packard, Hewlett-Packard CJSC (HP Russia), by court decision, will pay a fine of $58.8 million in the case of bribing Russian officials in order to conclude a large contract for the supply of computer equipment to the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia, follows from the message , published on the website of the US Department of Justice on September 11.

The first deputy head of the capital's transport department, Gamid Bulatov, announced an increase in fares on the Moscow metro in 2015 by an average of 4-5%, RIA Novosti reported on Friday, September 12 . “We will index exactly below inflation and below the level of actually available wages. The planned option is still being considered, from what period to index next year. The growth will definitely not exceed 4-5%,” Bulatov said.

Russia will impose retaliatory sanctions only if they benefit the Russian economy, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. He said that the government of Dmitry Medvedev is now really thinking about preparing proposals for retaliatory sanctions. And if the Cabinet of Ministers comes to the conclusion that some such steps are in line with the interests of the Russian economy, then sanctions will be imposed. we will do this.

The Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia, at a meeting on Friday, September 12, decided to maintain the key rate at the level of 8% per annum, set at the end of July, according to the regulator’s website. The Central Bank noted that the annual consumer price index increased again in August and early September.

Troops of the Eastern Military District (EMD), as part of a sudden combat readiness check announced on Thursday, September 11, by order of President Vladimir Putin, moved to the training areas and began large-scale regrouping, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reported on Friday, September 12. The redeployment of more than 100 planes and helicopters is planned within 24 hours.

Lawyers for the Russian Presidential Administration are going to appeal the decision of the bailiff service and the results of the auction for the sale of a residential building of the Russian trade mission in Sweden, Interfax reports on Friday, September 12, citing the press service of the Administration. The press secretary of the Administration of the President of Russia also noted that at the moment the buyer has not paid the full amount - he is given one month to do this.