In Russia, the emergence of new consolidated groups of taxpayers (CGTs) - holdings that have the right to summarize the profits and losses of their member companies and pay income tax as one person - may be frozen. The initiative comes from deputies and senators, they are supported by the Ministry of Economic Development.

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the Central Bank can punish currency speculators if it holds back some liquidity. The head of state stated this at a meeting with IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde at a meeting as part of the APEC Business Summit (Photo: TASS) “You probably know that recently our national currency, the ruble, has been subject to certain speculative attacks.

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov called the Central Bank's decision to abolish the currency corridor somewhat belated, TASS reports . “It seems to me that this is a slightly belated decision, because when pressure on the ruble increased, there was no need to maintain a currency corridor and sell gold and foreign exchange reserves,” the minister noted.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on the restructuring of Mechel's debt, his press secretary Natalya Timakova told reporters. As Interfax reports, the meeting was attended by deputy prime ministers, ministers, representatives of creditor banks, representatives of Russian Railways and Mechel. Mechel's debt is about $8 billion. Most of the debt is owed to Sberbank ($1.3 billion), VTB ($1.8 billion) and Gazprombank ($2.3 billion).

The party with the participation of the head of the VTB group Andrey Kostin did not cost the company much money, Kostin said in an interview with RIA Novosti. According to him, the video was shot for free, the catering was very ordinary, and the performance of a foreign star was cheaper than the concert of Stas Mikhailov. Andrey Kostin “What appeared in the media about this party is complete nonsense, of course.

On Monday, the Central Bank canceled the currency corridor. At the same time, he reminded the banks that he now has a carrot for them - currency can be borrowed via repo, and threatened speculators with a stick - ruble loans may be limited. The ruble reacted to this by rising. Photo: TASS On November 10, the Central Bank changed the parameters of exchange rate policy - dismantled the currency corridor that had existed since the end of 2008 and canceled regular foreign exchange interventions.

The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, and the rector of Moscow State University, Viktor Sadovnichy, agreed on cooperation in the field of training specialists in the fight against economic crimes. The corresponding message was posted on the UK website. “In addition to the Agreement on cooperation in the field of education, the parties agreed to sign an agreement on cooperation in scientific and expert analytical activities,” the statement says.

The Central Bank refuses to conduct regular foreign exchange interventions. this in an interview with Russia 24 TV channel. The head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, stated “Instead, we will enter the foreign exchange market with interventions at any time and in the volumes that are necessary to bring down the rush, speculative demand,” she explained. In addition, the Central Bank will temporarily limit the provision of ruble liquidity.

The Federation Council proposes to make the production, transportation and sale of counterfeit medicines a separate criminal article with more severe penalties. agency reports this The RIA Novosti . The senators propose to include the manufacture, storage, transportation and sale of counterfeit medicines and medical products in a separate article of the Criminal Code.

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has reduced its forecast for GDP growth in 2015 to zero. This will happen if events develop according to the base scenario with an oil price of $95 per barrel.

The French opposition demanded the resignation of Jean-Pierre Jouyer, assistant to President François Hollande. This was reported Reuters by . The demands emerged after the newspaper Le Monde published information that former Prime Minister François Fillon had asked Jouyer to speed up the investigation into former President Nicolas Sarkozy, thereby increasing pressure on him to return to big politics.

The Bank of Russia has raised its forecast for capital outflow from the Russian Federation for 2014 to $128 billion. The agency announced this in the published today.

The Bank of Russia will temporarily limit the provision of ruble liquidity. This was stated by the head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Elvira Nabiullina, on the Rossiya 24 TV channel . “We will temporarily limit the provision of ruble liquidity, because it is used not only to finance the economy, but also to play on the foreign exchange market,” she said.

The Arbitration Court of the North-Western District published the reasoning part of the cassation decision recognizing the legal payment of remuneration (“golden parachute”) in the amount of 200.88 million rubles to the former CEO of Rostelecom OJSC Alexander Provotorov.

The President of Russia instructed the government to develop amendments to legislation by December to improve security at airports and when servicing aircraft.