The police completed the investigation into the case of an ethnic organized crime group 105 3 min. ... As Kommersant has learned, the police have completed an investigation into the case of organizing illegal migration: the investigation believes that during nine months of last year, a group led by Almazbek Usonov (Almaz) helped foreigners fictitiously legalize themselves in Khabarovsk for a fee of 3-6 thousand rubles. Almaz and his alleged accomplices were charged under Part 2 of Art.

Deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the reform of bodies and audit of cases The merger of investigative bodies (see yesterday's Kommersant) is still only being discussed. “This is a time-consuming process that requires step-by-step detailed study,” said Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Head of the Investigation Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Yuriy Alekseev.

The state accelerates the start of development of the Slobozhanskoye field The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources is in a hurry to attract investors to develop oil and gas fields. Yesterday, the department announced that the competition for the large Slobozhansky oil and gas area will be held in September - three months earlier than previously expected. Market participants predict that the development of the field will increase gas production in the country by a quarter.

The National Bank of Belarus has reduced the refinancing rate to 31% from 32% per annum from July 18, the NBB information department reported. The last time the NBB reduced the refinancing rate was on June 20, 2012 by 2 percentage points - to 32% per annum. Prior to this, the refinancing rate was reduced on May 16. During April-May, the NBB reduced the rate at a rate of 2 percentage points. per month.

The OT council included Sergey Minaev, Alexander Prokhanov and Mintimer Shaimiev By his decree, Vladimir Putin appointed the head of the International Academy of Television and Radio, Anatoly Lysenko, as the general director of Public Television. He was called the most likely figure at the head of the TV channel.

Private Joint Stock Company (PJSC) Nuclear Fuel Production Plant (NPP) will increase its authorized capital by UAH 160 million – from UAH 1.5 million to UAH 161.5 million. According to ZPYAT, the decision to increase the authorized capital by issuing an additional number of shares through additional contributions was made by its shareholders at a meeting on July 16, 2012. A private placement of 16 million shares of PrJSC with the existing par value of 10 UAH is planned.

Belgium managed to sell bonds at negative yields. This occurs when investors purchase securities that are more expensive than their face value. After repayment, creditors will receive back an amount less than the original investment. European analysts considered the situation a great achievement. However, investors most likely simply chose the “lesser evil” and in the future will switch to other financial instruments, experts say. The topic will be continued by Alexey Kiselev.

Public television was headed by Anatoly Lysenko. By presidential decree, he was appointed general director of the new channel. Vladimir Putin also approved the composition of the council. It included 25 people. Kommersant Publishing House columnist Arina Borodina commented on the situation to presenter Oksana Barykina. The list of candidates was previously presented by the Public Chamber.

Taxes calculated for construction company The management of Simbirsk-Stroy CJSC in the Ulyanovsk region is suspected of tax evasion by falsifying reporting documentation, the regional department of the Investigative Committee reported.

The second largest Swiss bank by assets, Credit Suisse, will increase its capital by 15.3 billion francs ($15.6 billion). The actions of the bank's executives were a response to claims from the Swiss National Bank (SNB), which had previously criticized Credit Suisse and UBS for insufficient levels of equity capital. The bank plans to increase capital by 8.7 billion francs immediately, with the remaining funds to be contributed by the end of this year.

Kazan club won the Super Cup On Saturday, the new football season in Russia opened with the Super Cup match in Samara. It was a meeting between the champion of the last two years, Zenit, and the Cup winner, Rubin. The Kazan team, who dominated most of the match, achieved a logical victory - 2:0. Recently, Zenit has become, perhaps, the most important rival for Rubin. In the last championship, which lasted for a year and a half, they met four times.

The relevant committee of the Rada discussed the criminal prosecution of the management of the TVi channel Yesterday an extraordinary meeting of the parliamentary committee on freedom of speech and information took place, the main issue of which was the discussion of the criminal case filed against the management of the TVi channel. The general director of the TV channel, Nikolai Knyazhitsky, insists that by doing so the authorities are putting pressure on the independent channel.

On July 18, the Federation Council approved a law on the creation in Russia of a unified list of domains and sites with illegal content; the register will be created in November 2012, RIA Novosti reports. The law proposes the creation of a “black list” of sites, pages and network addresses with information containing content dangerous to children. First of all, we are talking about child porn, suicide instructions and drug production. In this case, pre-trial closure of sites is possible.

The Novosibirsk branch of Rossiya Insurance Company summed up the results of its work in the first half of 2012. As the company's marketing and development department reported today, the total amount of fees for this period amounted to 57 million rubles, of which approximately a third came from voluntary types of insurance. “Compared to the same period in 2011, the agent channel’s collections almost doubled, and the direct sales channel quadrupled.

The third meeting of the Russian-Turkish cooperation council at the highest level will be held in Turkey in the fall, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed on July 18. “We agreed with Mr. Prime Minister to hold the third meeting of the highest-level cooperation council this fall in Turkey,” he said.