The Ministry of Finance proposed to index the tariffs of Russian Railways in 2016 based on the inflation rate and taking into account the size of profitability, which will allow the company to form an investment program. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to an unnamed federal official. The Ministry of Finance, according to the agency’s source, wants to create such conditions that Russian Railways can become a break -in organization.

At the first meeting of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers of the Donetsk People’s Republic, in the process of developing the Criminal Code of the self -proclaimed state, they introduced the death penalty for especially serious crimes. This was reported on the website of the DPR with reference to the statement of the first deputy chairman of the government of the Republic Vladimir Antyufev. “The demand of the people is to stop criminal activity.

In addition to foreign promotions and bonds, Russian officials will also be banned by various derivatives, for example, options and futures, Kommersant reports . Also, shares in foreign organizations and other assets will be banned. The Ministry of Economic Development has developed a draft report by the President of the Russian Federation, which specifies the concept of “foreign financial instruments”. The document is aimed at approval to the Ministry of Finance.

Russia and Ukraine have agreed on the supply of humanitarian assistance. This is about this, with reference to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, following negotiations with his colleagues from Ukraine, Germany and France, RIA Novosti reports .

Western banks raised the price of guarantees that they provide to Russian banks for MasterCard and Visa payment systems, write Vedomosti. This newspaper was told by banks, which bought such a guarantee in 2014 for 3% of the contract amount. A year ago, such a guarantee cost only 2%. Payment systems require either deposits on their corses or payment guarantees from international banks. This is necessary to ensure uninterrupted operation of equerior and maintenance of maps.

Oil prices in August once again sank , lowering below the psychological mark of $ 105 per barrel, causing a reasonable issue of market participants: what caused this fall, speculation of the players of the neniff market and the general macroeconomic negative or reducing oil prices - is this a long -term established trend?

Applications for participation in the creation of the operator of the gas transportation system (GTS) of Ukraine intend to submit three foreign companies, including the American Chevron. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to unnamed sources familiar with the course of negotiations. What other companies are in question, is not specified. The Chevron news agency said that the organization’s policy does not provide for comments on commercial activities.

According to Forbes, the Federal Agency may be headed by Valery Golubev Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprom OJSC Valery Golubev. Photo: ITAR-TASS/ Stanislav Krasilnikov Valery Golubev, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprom, may become the head of the Federal Agency for State Reserves (Rosterba). It is reported by Forbes with reference to unnamed sources.

Today it became known that the Russian government is discussing the next package of sanctions against the West - it may include a ban on the import of cars from countries that previously imposed sanctions against Russia. Let's see what these measures can lead to. The modern automotive industry is so distributed by regions that companies from the EU, the USA and Japan have many opportunities to supply vehicles made in Russia that are not affected by the war of sanctions.

Catholicism (as well as Protestantism that penetrated a century later) in the eyes of the Koreans from the very beginning became the religion of modernization, the religion of the geocentric system, Euclidean geometry and Newtonian physics True Catholics greet Pope Francis. Photo: Reuters Eight hundred thousand Koreans came on August 16 to Kwangvamun Square, in the very center of Seoul, to welcome Pope Francis, who is now in Korea.

The founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange said that the Ecuador's Embassy in London would soon leave, where he is hiding from the British authorities. He said this during the press conference translated by RT. “I will soon leave the embassy,” said Assange, without specifying whether he was going to surrender to the authorities in this case. He explained that the decision to leave the diplomatic mission is not related to health problems that Sky News previously reported .

Vladimir Putin and his long -time comrade Igor Sechin have something to thank the American investmentbank Morgan Stanley. He helped turn Rosneft, which no one wanted to buy from the state 16 years ago, in one of the largest oil producers, allowed her to maintain independence and gave her loans more than once.

Poet Andrei Rodionov shares with Slon readers to impressions of Crimea in verses and prose Photo: Andrey Rodionov, Ekaterina Troepolskaya 1. Morning The yellow-blue car of the Crimean Railway drags through the territory of the Russian Federation. Behind the back there was a crossing through the Kerch Strait. There are still thirty hours of Russian bath ahead. We return from Crimea by the most innovative route.

The American whiskey Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey, in which Rospotrebnadzor discovered chemicals that are unusual for the composition of whiskey, can be removed from the sale. This was reported by RBC with reference to the representative of the Office of Rospotrebnadzor in the Sverdlovsk Region. “The decision to seize the party of alcoholic beverages will be made in the next few days,” said Natalya Lukyantseva, head of the press service of the department.

Wholesale prices for salmon in the Sakhalin Region rose this year to 100 thousand rubles per ton, that is, more than doubled compared to past years. This was stated by the head of the Fisheries of the region Pavel Kolotushkin, the Finmarket reports . According to Kolotushkin, it is expected that the salmon ton will rise in price to 120 thousand rubles.