Kazakhstan has changed the route of export flows due to Russian sanctions against Turkey, the country’s Foreign Minister Erlan Idrisov said at a briefing in Astana, answering a question from RBC. “Of course it did. The very fact of rerouting export and foreign trade flows between our countries (Kazakhstan and Turkey) affects our businessmen, so we are fundamentally against sanctions as such; sanctions are not the most effective method of solving problems.

The Supreme Court made a precedent ruling in favor of business on the issue of whether it is necessary to withhold tax on interest on loans between sister Russian companies if they are reclassified as dividends Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC On March 16, the judicial panel for economic cases of the Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of the New Tobacco Company, which for a year and nine months tried to challenge the decision on additional taxes, and sided with business.

The operators of Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo proposed to develop the Moscow aviation hub through a new fee from airlines, which will be introduced for five years Photo: "RIA Novosti" Funds for the development of airports in the Moscow aviation hub can be obtained through a new infrastructure fee from airlines. This, as Kommersant writes with reference to informed sources, was agreed upon by the operators of Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo airports.

Discussing the defense budget for 2017, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter named five global threats to US security, putting Russia in first place. The draft budget proposes spending $582.7 billion on the army US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (center) (Photo: Global Look Press) Currently, there are five global threats to America's security in the world, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said. He put Russia in first place, followed by China, North Korea, Iran and international terrorism.

Governor of the Primorsky Territory Vladimir Miklushevsky ordered to check the condition of all bridges in the region after the partial collapse of a bridge structure near the village of Yakonovka. This was reported on the official website of the Primorye administration. “Currently, on behalf of the regional governor Vladimir Miklushevsky, an additional examination of artificial structures is being carried out in Primorye.

The common goal of the EU countries is to create conditions for the lifting of anti-Russian sanctions by the summer of 2016. This was stated by the Minister of Economics and Energy of Germany Sigmar Gabriel The Minister of Economy and Energy, Vice-Chancellor of Germany Sigmar Gabriel called on the European Union to create conditions for the lifting of sanctions imposed against Russia by the summer, Reuters reports . “This should be our common goal,” the minister emphasized.

Shareholders are on hunger strike in the reception room of Legislative Assembly deputy Olga Galkina (Photo: Svetlana Kholyavchuk/Interpress) Shareholders of the construction company SU-155 in St. Petersburg stopped their hunger strike. This was reported to RBC St. Petersburg by the press secretary of the Smolny construction committee, Natalya Nemchenko. Deputy Olga Galkina clarified that shareholders made this decision after a meeting with the city’s vice-governor Igor Albin.

Foreign investors are yearning for high-quality Russian borrowers: markets are ready to buy not only the debts of high-quality issuers, but also lend to second-tier companies Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC Western markets may open up not only to first-tier companies. “International markets, despite the sanctions, are now very positive about new placements.

Short track speed skater Semyon Elistratov (Photo: Mikhail Metzel/TASS) Doping tests B of three Russian athletes previously found to have used meldonium turned out to be positive. This is stated in a statement by the International Skating Union (ISU). We are talking about the tests of short track speed skaters Semyon Elistratov and Ekaterina Konstantinova, as well as speed skater Pavel Kulizhnikov.

The Moscow bank Garant-Invest denied the fact that 400 million rubles were stolen. as a result of a hacker attack. RBC has a corresponding statement from the management of the credit institution. “The management of CB Garant-Invest officially declares that no kidnapping occurred,” the statement says. However, the bank confirmed that on the evening of March 17, unknown persons attempted to introduce and activate the virus, but it failed.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, at a rally-concert in honor of the second anniversary of the annexation of Crimea to Russia, made a proposal to return the peninsula to its historical name - Tavrida LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky at the “We Are Together” rally-concert dedicated to the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea to Russia (Photo: Mikhail Metzel/TASS) LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed returning Crimea to its historical name - Tavrida.

Rosneft, Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz may receive tax breaks for four new fields Photo: Sergey Bobylev/TASS Three oil companies - Rosneft, Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz - may receive new tax breaks for four large fields in Eastern Siberia and Yamal. newspaper writes about this The Vedomosti with reference to two federal officials.

Moscow has withdrawn most of its aircraft from Syria, a spokesman for the US military central command said. Only artillery strikes are carried out against the Islamists, including those who captured Palmyra. Aviation does not apply Aerospace Forces aircraft before taking off from Khmeimim airbase, March 15, 2016 (Photo: Vadim Grishankin/Press Service of the Russian Ministry of Defense/TASS) Russia has withdrawn most of its strike aircraft from Syria.

Rosselkhoznadzor will not allow the re-export of products from the EU that are subject to the Russian embargo through San Marino. Assistant to the head of the department Alexey Alekseenko stated this to the TASS agency. Photo: DPA/TASS A representative of Rosselkhoznadzor commented on the information from Rossiyskaya Gazeta about the possible start of supplies through San Marino .

French authorities will demand the extradition of the alleged organizer of the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, who was detained today in Belgium. This was stated by French President Francois Hollande, reports Reuters . He emphasized that Abdeslam was directly involved in the attacks in Paris. The French authorities know that the participants in the terrorist attack are connected with Syria and the Islamic State (an organization banned in Russia), Hollande noted.