From the moment the new government was appointed, no one had any doubts about raising the retirement age, but the intrigue around which taxes the government would eventually decide to raise remained until the very end. Today it turned out that the choice fell on VAT. We analyzed all the delights of this reform in detail in our morning newsletter , and by the evening we found out that not even the entire government supports this measure.

Today, the first, and probably the last major reforms of the new government were announced today: money for the implementation of Vladimir Putin's "May decree" will be raised by raising the retirement age (up to 63 years for women and up to 65 for men) and VAT (from 18 up to 20%). The first measure was inevitable, the second is considered frankly harmful even by some officials.

In the opening match of the 2018 World Cup, Russia won Saudi Arabia with a score of 5: 0. Congratulations to everyone who was sick (and we remind you that the victory in the first match over one of the weakest national teams of the tournament is not talking about), but we continue to count the money of the championship. Who will work on it the most? The answer to this question is actually unequivocal: the International Football Federation (FIFA) will work the most.

Answers to the main questions about pension reform - in the evening newsletter The Bell Future pensioners promise a more fun life than the current one. But it will begin later. Photo: AGN "Moscow" Today it was announced the first, and, probably, the latest large reforms of the new government in the near future: the money for the execution of the May Decree Vladimir Putin will be collected by raising the retirement age (up to 63 years for women and up to 65 for men) and VAT (from 18 to 20%).

President Donald Trump told G-7 leaders that Crimea is Russian because everyone who lives there speaks Russian, told Buzzfeed. two diplomatic sources Details Trump made the remarks during a discussion on international relations at last Friday's G7 summit dinner, one source said. During the dinner, Trump also reportedly asked why the G7 leaders had sided with Ukraine. The US president told other leaders that "Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world," the source said.

Forbes magazine published an annual ranking of the richest wives of Russian officials - out of 22 women, 16 are the spouses of United Russia representatives. In total, the richest wives of officials earned almost 6 billion rubles. Details Despite the clear advantage of United Russia, the richest wife for the second year in a row was Elena Nekrasova, the wife of Alexander Nekrasov, a deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

The FIFA World Cup kicked off today in Russia. In the first match, the Russian team plays with Saudi Arabia. Earnings of the International Football Association (FIFA) at the tournament will be record, ticket speculators will also get rich. For legal Russian business and Russia as a whole, everything will be worse with profit, but the state will benefit from the tournament - Russia has the opportunity to reduce the country's international isolation, writes Bloomberg.

The Swedish Court of Appeal granted Gazprom's petition and ordered the suspension of the execution of the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration Court in the dispute between Gazprom and Naftogaz on gas transit, reported . Gazprom Details “The Court of Appeal agreed that there are sufficient grounds to suspend the execution of the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration. The issuance of the order deprives Naftogaz, among other things, of grounds for trying to seize Gazprom's assets abroad.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has proposed raising the value added tax (VAT) from 18% to 20%. this He said at a government meeting on Thursday. Details Medvedev clarified that the government is not going to shift the tax burden on the poor and therefore will retain all tax breaks on basic socially significant goods and basic services. “These are reduced rates for food, children's goods, medical goods, and zero rates for domestic interregional air transportation,” Medvedev said.

The government has approved a gradual increase in the retirement age for women to 63 and for men to 65. this Dmitry Medvedev announced at a government meeting on Thursday. Quote: “It is proposed to introduce a sufficiently long transition period. It is proposed to start from 2019 in order to step by step reach a retirement age of 65 for men in 2028 and 63 for women in 2034,” the Prime Minister said. Details: Starting in 2019, the retirement age will be raised by one year each year.

President Donald Trump's administration plans to impose trade duties on Chinese goods worth tens of billions of dollars within a week, the WSJ reports , citing sources. According to them, the decision has already been agreed upon by representatives of American departments, it remains only to get the approval of President Trump.

Stanislav Govorukhin. Photo from the Kremlin website Director Stanislav Govorukhin died at the 83rd year of his life, said the State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin. “At 10:37, in the sanatorium of Barvikh, after a serious and prolonged illness, he died, and Stanislav Sergeyevich Govorukhin passed away. He fought to the end with the disease, but she defeated him, ”said the chairman of the State Duma. Yesterday there was an erroneous information about the death of the director.

The government determined: VAT - 20%. Details - in the morning newsletter The Bell The authorities have decided on the “setting up” of the tax system - already today, simultaneously with the bill on raising the retirement age, a document on increasing VAT from 18% to 20% can be included in the State Duma, “statements” write . The only concession to business is to maintain a preferential tax rate of 10%.

The authorities have decided on the “tuning” of the tax system - already today, simultaneously with the bill on raising the retirement age, a document on increasing VAT from 18% to 20% may be submitted to the State Duma, Vedomosti writes . The only concession to business is maintaining the preferential tax rate of 10%. Details A bill to increase VAT could be submitted to the State Duma as early as June 14, says one of Vedomosti’s interlocutors.