The US Senate Banking Committee held its third hearing on sanctions against Russia. The only measure that all participants agreed to was a ban on foreign investment in Russian public debt. Also, judging by the questions of senators, new sanctions await the oligarchs. And to search for the assets of Vladimir Putin personally, experts advised involving the FATF, the main intergovernmental organization for combating money laundering.

Apple introduced the new generation of iPhone-models XS, XS Max and budget XR, as well as the Apple Watch Series 4 Watches with a built-in ECG sensor. The first iPhone of the new line will arrive in Russia at the end of September, and the XR will be sold only a month after the XS release. The official cost of the new iPhone reaches 127,990 rubles. In addition, Apple has stopped sales of the iPhone X, iPhone Se and iPhone 6s.

The head of VTB Andrei Kostin warned that in case of strict sanctions, foreign exchange deposits in state banks could be forcibly transferred to rubles. What will be the losses and how to protect yourself? Photo: Wikimedia Commons VTB President Andrei Kostin today seriously scared the owners of foreign currency accounts. If the United States is banned by Russian state -owned banks to make dollar payments, then currency deposits can be returned in rubles, he warned.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that allows sanctions against foreign individuals and companies accused of interfering in U.S. elections. Details Sanctions may apply to individuals or companies accused of interfering in US elections.

LDPR deputy Sergei Ivanov, who submitted a draft Dueling Code to the State Duma on Wednesday, explained his initiative with a desire to stop the practice in which officials do unclear things. Details Quote: “It was all day yesterday in all the news tops. Instead of discussing issues about pension reform, which affects millions of citizens, our officials are doing who knows what, ”Ivanov told The Bell.

Approximately 49% of Russians are convinced that residential real estate is a profitable investment. They buy apartments in the budget segment for subsequent rental, premium square meters are purchased to profitably sell them in the future. However, such investments often do not pay off: according to Professor REU named after G.V. Plekhanov Gennady Sternik in Moscow The profitability of renting an apartment does not exceed 3%, which is on average lower than the profitability of a bank deposit.

The Kiev Court of Appeal decided to arrest the shares of Ukrainian subsidiaries of Russian banks with state participation - VTB, Sberbank and Prominvestbank (owned by VEB), writes Interfax-Ukraine with reference to the court ruling dated September 5. Details The decision to seize the shares was made as an interim measure to recover compensation from Russia for assets in Crimea.

In the case of sanctions against the bank, VTB’s foreign exchange contributions can be returned to their holders in the national currency at the current rate, said the head of VTB Andrei Kostin. For depositors, this does not promise anything good, experts surveyed by The Bell are sure: citizens and companies will remain without additional protection against foreign exchange risks and lose on the difference in courses. Other state -owned banks can take Kostin’s strategy.

Novaya Gazeta published a video footage of plots in Barvikha owned by the son and son-in-law of the head of the National Guard, Viktor Zolotov. According to the publication, the total value of the holdings is about 1.5 billion rubles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dhJHbMV_2s Details Since the mid-2000s, the son of the head of the Russian Guard, Viktor Zolotov, Roman has owned almost 1 hectare of land in Barvikha on Rublevsky Highway with a house of almost 700 square meters. m.

Alexander Petrov, whom the UK names as one of the two poisoners of double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, promised a Rossiya 24 correspondent to comment to the press next week. Thus, he responded to the President's request to contact the media. Details Quote : "No comment yet. Maybe later. Next week, I think,” said Alexander, who is an employee of the Tomsk pharmaceutical NPO Virion. As Rossiya 24 clarifies, this is a person who previously commented on RT.

On Wednesday evening, September 12, Apple will begin the presentation of new gadgets and software, which is expected to show the new iPhone line up, updated Apple Watch and iPad Pro. Probably, the company will also announce a cheap version of MacBook, present AirPods 2 and AirPower wireless charging unit. The presentation at the Steve Jobs Theater will begin at 20:00 Moscow time, the broadcast can be viewed on the Apple website and on the company's twitter .

The head of VTB, Andrei Kostin, in an interview with Business FM, spoke about what will happen to clients’ dollar accounts if the bank falls under American sanctions. Details Quote: “We have a lot of dollars. If people run to withdraw dollars, then we will give the money to everyone...

The American astronauts deliberately drilled a hole in the lining of the Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS to quickly deliver one of their sick colleagues to Earth. Such a version of the depressurization of the ship as a priority is considered by the Roscosmos Commission, Kommersant writes with reference to a “high -ranking interlocutor”. Details We are talking about the ISS incident on the night of August 30: at the Soyuz MS-09 ship, the pressure began to fall on the Ship station.

In August, the contribution of the weakening ruble to inflation was only 0.1 percentage points, but in the future the dynamics of the Russian currency will be the main inflation risk, according to the Ministry of Economic Development.

President Vladimir Putin said that the Kremlin knows who Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov are, whom the UK has officially accused of poisoning the Skripals. They were found, there is nothing criminal there, the president specified. Details “In principle, of course, we looked at what kind of people they are. We know who they are, we found them,” Putin said at the Eastern Economic Forum. There is nothing special or criminal about them, they are ordinary civilians, the President specified.