The head of VTB Andrey Kostin came to the reception of the participants of the investment forum "Russia is calling!" in the image of the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi - one of the main characters in the movie "Star Wars", reports . RBC https://twitter.com/ru_rbc/status/1067859001671540736 Details . Together with Kostin, the first deputy chairman of the board of VTB, Yuri Solovyov, appeared on stage in the guise of a young Luke Skywalker.

The UK intends to change the rules for the operation and registration of limited partnerships (LP), learned the Financial Times. It is through such companies that money is laundered. In particular, LPs were one of the main cashing tools in the largest money laundering scheme with Danske Bank. What will change. As follows from a letter from business secretary Greg Clark, the reform will force partnerships to remain connected to the UK, as well as introduce oversight of their activities.

The fate of the “Belousov list,” whose participants were supposed to donate 500 billion rubles of excess income to implement Putin’s “May decree,” turned out to be the opposite of the plan of its author. The result of the discussion was a list of projects worth 10 trillion rubles that are important for the state, in which private business is ready to invest. The list includes projects developed by the companies themselves for their investment programs, but ultimately not included in them.

The presidential administration wanted to seize 500 billion rubles from large companies. Now instead they will receive benefits Andrei Belousov (left) and Anton Siluanov parted in the views on super -profits of the business. Photo: The fate of the “List of Belousov”, whose participants were supposed to donate 500 billion rubles of overprovers to fulfill the “May Decree” of Putin, turned out to be the opposite plan of its author.

The head of VTB Andrey Kostin said that the state bank does not plan to buy Alfa-Bank in the next three years. Quote : “We will not buy Alfa-Bank. We have neither appetite nor capital. Alfa-Bank is needed as the only private bank in Russia. I can honestly say that we are not buying Alfa-Bank in the next three years for sure, ” said the head of the state bank.

The first cable car in Moscow broke on the second day of work, the Radio Says Moscow radio station reports . The first cable car in Moscow. Photo: Agency "Moscow" What's happened? Employees serving vehicles dropped out passengers from the booths, saying that today the road is unlikely to work. Cause. A failure in the operation of the cableway occurred due to cyber attacks on the computer systems of the enterprise, Interfax told in the press service of the Moscow Cable Road.

Vladimir Putin on the forum "Russia calls!" President Vladimir Putin for the first time commented on the clash of Russian and Ukrainian ships in the Sea of ​​Azov - the Russian leader found the incident “a small incident” and a provocation organized by Peter Poroshenko on the eve of the elections in Ukraine. Quote : “This is a provocation that is organized by the acting power.

The debt of $12 billion to VTB, which the bank erroneously attributed to the CAR account in its quarterly report , actually belongs to Cyprus, as follows from the corrected statements published by the bank, writes RBC. Details. The total liabilities of Cypriot residents to VTB amounted to 1.036 trillion rubles. The previous version of the reporting stated that Cyprus received loans in the amount of 234 billion rubles, and the Central African Republic - 802 billion rubles.

A debt of $ 12 billion in front of VTB, which the bank in its quarterly report was mistakenly recorded in the CAR account, actually belongs to Cyprus, follows from the corrected reports published by the bank, writes RBC. Details. The total obligations of Cyprus residents to VTB amounted to 1.036 trillion rubles. The previous reporting version stated that Cyprus was issued loans worth 234 billion rubles, and the TsAI was 802 billion rubles.

The debt of $ 12 billion to VTB, which the bank in its quarterly report erroneously wrote down to the CAR account, actually belongs to Cyprus, follows from the corrected statements published by the bank, RBC writes. Details. The total liabilities of Cypriot residents to VTB amounted to 1.036 trillion rubles. In the previous version of the reporting, it was said that loans were issued to Cyprus in the amount of 234 billion rubles, and the Central African Republic - 802 billion rubles.

President Vladimir Putin commented on the de-dollarization of the Russian economy due to sanctions. Quote: “We do not have a goal to move away from the dollar. The dollar is leaving us.

Up to 14 shopping centers in Moscow were evacuated after calls about mining, according to reports from Interfax, TASS and RIA Novosti. According to them, about 6 thousand people were taken out of the buildings. Details . Among the evacuated shopping centers are Capitol, Evropeisky, Gorod, Megapolis, Tsvetnoy, Gorbushkin Dvor, Zvezdochka and Atrium. In addition, the Kyiv railway station was evacuated. Context.

At a secret meeting of the Committee on Politics and Security of the EU (the structure responsible for the foreign policy of the union), France and Germany opposed the tightening of anti-Russian sanctions, writes the German edition Die Welt, citing unnamed European diplomats. Details.

At the turn of 2016-2017, the Kremlin began to spend hundreds of millions of rubles on promoting its agenda in Telegram and thus formed a whole empire of channels related to power, the investigation of the online publication “Project” says. How the Kremlin "went" in Telegram. Until 2017, “at the dawn” of anonymous telegram channels, they were nervous in the Kremlin that they did not control them.

After several defeats in the gubernatorial elections, the Kremlin is preoccupied with controlling WhatsApp and Viber, writes the online publication Proekt, citing its sources. Details. The presidential administration believes that public groups in instant messengers could negatively affect the mood of people in the regions.