The Central Bank of Russia revoked the license to carry out banking operations from Moscow's Intrustbank as of September 16, reported on Tuesday. the regulator's press service The Bank of Russia informs about the decision taken to revoke the license for banking operations from the credit institution Intrustbank from September 16, 2014, the statement says.

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The Russian government has approved a draft agreement to provide Belarus with a state loan in 2014 in an amount equivalent to $1.55 billion, according to a document published on Tuesday, September 16, on the official Internet portal of legal information. This decree instructs the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia to sign the agreement without making fundamental changes to it.

The Russian Ministry of Defense staged a surprise inspection of the troops and forces of the Eastern Military District, during which ships of the Pacific Fleet conducted a naval exercise in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, RIA Novosti reported , citing a press release from the military department.

Photo by RIA Novosti The founder of AFK Sistema is accused of money laundering in the case of the privatization of assets of the Bashkir fuel and energy complex Vladimir Yevtushenkov , the main owner of AFK Sistema (No. 15 on the Forbes list, fortune $9 billion), on Tuesday, September 16, was placed under house arrest by the Basmanny Court on the recommendation of the Investigative Committee of Russia (IC) until mid-November 2014.

reports on Tuesday, September 16 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a law on the ratification of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, Interfax-Ukraine . Previously, the agreement was ratified by the Verkhovna Rada, after which it was signed by the Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament, Alexander Turchynov. Ratification of this agreement also took place simultaneously in the European Parliament at a plenary session in Strasbourg .

The Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for St. Petersburg suspected a scam in the closure of the Versa tour operator and began a set of verification measures to establish all the circumstances of the incident, the reported on Tuesday.

Photo by RIA Novosti An increase in the tax burden in 2015 is almost inevitable. But even raising VAT would be a more reasonable step than introducing a sales tax The economic situation in Russia has not been as tense as it is today for a long time. The model of economic growth based on high oil prices has been completely exhausted. The problems that hampered economic development before the aggravation of the geopolitical situation remained unresolved.

One of the most influential Russian billionaires found himself under house arrest. Forbes recalls the striking statements of the founder of AFK Sistema On September 16, the Investigative Committee of Russia brought charges of money laundering against the founder and chairman of the board of directors of AFK Sistema, Vladimir Yevtushenkov .

The Russian government has generally approved Rosneft's investment program, which allows the company to consider the National Welfare Fund (NWF) as one of the sources of financing, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said on Tuesday. “Rosneft’s investment program was discussed at a meeting with the prime minister and was generally approved,” the Interfax agency quotes him as saying.

The euro exchange rate exceeded 50 rubles on Tuesday morning for the first time since April 28, 2014, and in “tomorrow” calculations it reached 50.05, according to data from the Moscow Exchange. As of 10:11 Moscow time, the euro exchange rate for “tomorrow” settlements increased by 40 kopecks compared to the close of trading on Monday and amounted to 50.95 rubles. During trading, the euro exchange rate reached 50.104 rubles.

The Transneft company may postpone the commissioning of the Zapolyarye-Purpe and Kuyumba-Taishet oil pipelines for two or three years due to the lack of supply guarantees from oil companies, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday, September 16 . “They (oil companies) did not have time to present us with an adjusted schedule for oil supplies to the pipelines.

reported on Tuesday, September 16 Deputy Head of the Ministry of Finance Alexey Moiseev said that the deadline for the transfer of Visa and MasterCard processing will be extended, ITAR-TASS . “We see a high probability that the deadline will need to be extended. Now we can say that it is not possible to completely transfer transactions to Russian operators before October 31,” the deputy head of the Ministry of Finance emphasized.

reported on Tuesday, September 16 The head of the Ministry of Energy, Alexander Novak, said that a trilateral meeting on gas issues in the Russia-Ukraine-EU format will take place on September 22, ITAR-TASS . At the negotiations, the parties must resolve the issue of ensuring continuous gas supplies through Ukrainian territory to the EU for the coming winter, as well as agree on the resumption of Russian gas supplies to Naftogaz of Ukraine.

Attempts to compare the situation around the founder and chairman of the board of directors of AFK Sistema Vladimir Yevtushenkov with the YUKOS case are “baseless and inappropriate,” Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, told Interfax on the evening of September 16.