The increased VAT will start working only from January 1, 2019, money from raising the retirement age will appear even later - but Vladimir Putin’s May decree requires money now. Who will pay for it? Of course, business. To do this, it is not even necessary to introduce any new taxes, decided presidential aide Andrei Belousov - he proposes to simply withdraw “excess profits” of more than 500 billion rubles from metallurgical and chemical companies, received due to high prices.

Business will have to give more than 500 billion rubles for May decrees - without any taxes, just like that. Details - in the evening newsletter The Bell. The current tax system does not just allow you to remove 513 billion rubles from metallurgists and chemists, the presidential assistant Andrei Belousov complains. But it is not too late to develop such mechanisms.

The owner of the hotel in the Lazarevsky district of Sochi admitted that he remade the storm ditch in which the child died, in the 2000s, RIA Novosti was told in the prosecutor's office of the Krasnodar Territory. But we are not talking about the fact that it was he who is guilty of the death of the child, explained The Bell in the prosecutor's office of the region.

Russia has promised to respond to new US sanctions. And although the Kremlin is advising that it is too early to talk about specific measures, Bloomberg, citing representatives of the Russian authorities, allows the use of the counter-sanctions law adopted in the spring and the imposition of a ban on the export of Russian rocket engines.

Announced by the US State Department, anti-Russian sanctions due to the poisoning of Skripals could cause "significant damage" to oil production in Russia, Bloomberg writes , citing Fitch analysts. Another bill on sanctions against the Russian Federation, which was prepared by US senators, also jeopardizes all major Russian foreign energy projects and, in general, investments in the oil industry of the Russian Federation, Kommersant .

The Trump administration is preparing an executive order that would allow the president to impose sanctions for meddling in US elections, according to The Washington Post. Trump's critics have been skeptical of the order, saying it looks more like an attempt by the White House to halt other, tougher sanctions against Russia and silence opponents of the president who accuse him of relying too much on President Vladimir Putin's statements.

The Central Bank set official dollar and euros on August 10, over the past day they have grown by almost 3 rubles. Details On August 9, Thursday, the dollar rate was 63.5 rubles./$, Euro - 73.8 rubles/€. On Friday, August 10, the dollar exchange rate is 66.2 rubles/$, euro - 76.8 rubles/€. Source: Official website of the Central Bank At the opening of the auction on Thursday, the dollar rate rose above 66 rubles, the euro - 77 rubles.

At the opening of trading on the Moscow Exchange on Thursday, the dollar and euro rose by more than a ruble, exceeding 66 and 77 rubles, respectively. According to experts interviewed by The Bell, the reason is the sanctions in the Skripal case, which the market learned about the day before, and this news could become the main driver of the weakening of the Russian currency on Wednesday as well.

Reading complaints (or, conversely, proud statements) about working around the clock on social networks, it's hard to believe - but there are few people who really work more than 60 hours a week. In the USA there are only 6.6% of them , in Russia, according to general statistics, there should be more - but not by much. Most people who make sure they work 70 hours a week just keep thinking about working in their spare time, and as a result, their brain starts believing in those numbers.

The most unpleasant in the new sanctions of the United States is three months of uncertainty. The ruble has already felt this. Details - in the morning mailing of The Bell. Since August 22, the United States has again imposed new sanctions against Russia - this time for the poisoning of Sergei and Julia Skripaley.

At the opening of trading on the Moscow Exchange on Thursday, the dollar and euro rose by more than a ruble. The reason is the new sanctions imposed on Russia by the Donald Trump administration the day before. Details At 10:10, the US currency was trading at 66.6 rubles, and the euro - at 77.23 rubles. Later there was a correction. At 10:45 am the American currency cost 66.2 rubles, and the European one - 76.75 rubles. The decline is also observed in the stock market.

Elon Musk's unprecedented tweet announcement of the largest Tesla buyout in history, as everyone expected, raised questions from US regulators. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) began checking the accuracy of the businessman's messages about his intention to make Tesla a private company. If it turns out that Musk misled shareholders with his statements, an investigation could be launched against him and his company, reports the WSJ.