The Ministry of Finance proposes to increase the tax burden on high wages after the 2018 presidential elections, Vedomosti learned. The contribution rate for workers with a salary above 796 thousand can be increased to 30% Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC newspaper The Vedomosti learned the essence of the proposals for social tax reform developed by the Ministry of Finance.

The Earth remote sensing satellite "Resurs-P" No. 3, which previously had one of its two solar panels not fully deployed, was launched from the intermediate orbit into a working orbit. This was reported by the Mission Control Center (MCC). They clarified that the propulsion system of the Resurs-P spacecraft No. 3 was turned on at 17:00. 02 min. 46 sec. Moscow time and worked for about 70 seconds.

More than a dozen American and European oil and gas companies have significantly cut their dividends due to falling oil prices, leaving their shareholders with a loss of more than $7.4 billion in 2016. Photo: Reuters/Pixstream Due to falling energy prices, shareholders of oil and gas companies will lose more than $7.4 billion in dividends this year. At least ten such companies have decided to cut them, reports Bloomberg .

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit the Crimean Federal District on March 18. The Kremlin press service reported this, Interfax reports . As part of the working trip, he will get acquainted with the progress of construction of the bridge across the Kerch Strait on the island of Tuzla and hold an operational meeting on the socio-economic development of Crimea and Sevastopol, the report says.

Photo: Elena Palm/Interpress A bankruptcy claim for Baltic Malt Company LLC (BSK, malt producer) has appeared on the website of the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. A company that cooperates with Baltika, Heineken and Carlsberg is being bankrupted by OKTA LLC. BSK LLC itself could not comment on the essence of the claim. “There are no lawyers dealing with this issue. No comments,” a company representative responded to an RBC St. Petersburg correspondent.

Police personnel “have been given the task of acting decisively and harshly” in the conflict in the village of Plekhanovo, Tula Region. RBC was informed about this by the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. A source in the Tula police said that law enforcement officers detained four people from among the “most active local residents.” They were taken to the department so that “the conflict would not escalate,” the interlocutor noted.

Forensic scientists have identified a new virus with which hackers attacked banks and stole 1.8 billion rubles from them over six months.

Syrian Kurds have declared a federal region in northern Syria. The day before, a representative of the Syrian Kurds in Moscow explained that this decision was due to the non-invitation of the Kurds to inter-Syrian negotiations Syrian Kurds, 2013 (Photo: Reuters/Pixstream) The Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party has declared a federal region in northern Syria, told The Associated Press party spokesman Nawaf Khalil .

Vyacheslav Datsik in the Nevsky District Court. Photo from 2012 (Photo: RIA Novosti) The Center for Combating Extremism detained nationalist Vyacheslav Datsik, who was released from a colony in Krasnoyarsk today. this to Rosbalt Datsik’s mother Svetlana reported . The paddy wagon, according to her, was standing at the exit from the colony; it took Datsik, also known as Red Tarzan, to the prosecutor's office of the Oktyabrsky district of Krasnoyarsk.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the need to create a list of “turbulent” countries, in order to travel to which Russians will have to provide justification for the need for such a trip.

The founder of the Izbenka and VkusVill chains, Andrei Krivenko, accustomed Muscovites to products without preservatives and chemicals. Now he opens stores every day and implements advanced software so as not to lose control over the company Founder of the Izbenka and VkusVill chains Andrey Krivenko (Photo: Yuri Chichkov for RBC) “We don’t have a crisis at all” - Andrei Krivenko repeats this phrase several times during a meeting with RBC.

The prosecution requested 4.5 years in prison for the general director of the Mostovik company, Oleg Shishov, in the case of major embezzlement during the construction of the Primorsky Oceanarium on Russky Island. reports this Interfax from the hall of the Frunzensky District Court of Vladivostok. In addition, the state prosecution asked the court to fine Shishov 900 thousand rubles.

The Moscow Traffic Organization Center (TCO) has launched competitions to select a contractor to install 600 new automatic cameras, of which 500 are planned to be placed within the city and one hundred on the Moscow Ring Road in New Moscow. this . reports The Kommersant newspaper The winner will install the devices, ensure their connection to the data center server and maintain the system for six years. For this, the Moscow authorities will pay the company a rent of 3.6 billion rubles.

Vladimir Putin met with former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi. As presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov explained, the ex-prime minister is in Moscow on a private visit Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, March 17, held a meeting with former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi. This was announced by the press secretary of the Russian head of state, Dmitry Peskov, Interfax reports .

The former head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Valentin Yumashev, was diagnosed with cancer. this to Kommersant . reported Four informed sources According to the publication’s interlocutor, he is now undergoing treatment in the United States and doctors positively assess his progress and count on a successful outcome of treatment. Sources in US government agencies refused to comment on the information. They did not do this at the B.N.