Chairman of the Board of Directors of Forward Media Group Polina Deripaska with her father, the former head of the Russian Presidential Administration Valentin Yumashev. Photo: ITAR-TASS/ Valery Sharifulin The deal of the US Treasury with Oleg Deripaska, which provides for the termination of sanctions in exchange for reducing the share in its key enterprises, does not solve the problem of sanctions for Deripaska itself. But she has other beneficiaries. Who will win the most?

The deal of Oleg Deripaska with the US Ministry of Finance has secret and obvious beneficiaries. Who won the most? The deal of the US Treasury with Oleg Deripaska, which provides for the termination of sanctions in exchange to reduce the share of business in its key enterprises, does not solve the problem of sanctions for Deripaska itself. But she has other beneficiaries.

The Netherlands is dissatisfied with Russia's reaction to the case of the downed Malaysia Airlines airliner in eastern Ukraine in 2014: the country's authorities are studying the possibility of taking this case to an international court, writes the New York Times, citing a letter from Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok to parliament. Details.

From January 1, 2019, Russians will have to pay an additional fee for issuing a multiple-entry visa for business or tourist travel (B-1/B-2 visas) to the United States. Read more . We are talking about a collection of $143. It will be charged in addition to the $160 fee that Russians already pay when obtaining a visa. But additional costs will arise only for those who want to get a multiple-entry visa. The total cost of a multivisa for three years will be $303.

The transaction of Oleg Deripaska with OFAC has one obvious beneficiary. This is the Free business charity fund, which will receive a “small” package of the EN+holding, after the businessman at the request of the American authorities will reduce his share in the company. Since yesterday, the EN+ quotation on the Mosbirzh has already risen by 31%, the cost of the company now exceeds 226 billion rubles. Read more.

More than 400 receipts of individuals for payments for housing and communal services, additional services at schools and for the traffic police department appeared in the Yandex search results. All of them were paid from the mos.ru website, RBC reports . More. Many receipts contain personal data not only of parents, but also, most likely, of their children. Later, the receipts became unavailable in the search engine for viewing.

The incomes of Russians in 2018 will be small, but they will grow, prices will go up at the beginning of the year, but then they will fall, Ukrainian sailors detained in November can be exchanged. The work of the government suits him, he listens to Kudrin's advice, and businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin is not his cook. All this (and not only) the president discussed for almost 4 hours with journalists at the annual Big Press Conference.

Vladimir Putin at the annual press conference answered questions about the death of Russian journalists in the Central African Republic, businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is called the "president's chef", and the activities of the Wagner private military company. Questions were asked by Novaya Gazeta journalist Ilya Azar. Question . “This year my colleagues and friends Alexander Rastorguev, Orkhan Dzhemal and Kirill Radchenko died in the Central African Republic.

The British media regulator Ofcom found RT guilty of violating broadcasting rules on seven episodes, including coverage of the Skripal case. Now the regulator is considering the possibility of imposing sanctions - fines and revocation of the license, writes The Guardian. More. In the spring, Ofcom opened 10 investigations into RT news and documentaries.

President Vladimir Putin explained the increase in VAT by the need to prevent the growth of the non-oil and gas budget deficit. The head of state stated this during a press conference. More. Thus, the president answered the journalist's question about whether the authorities' decisions to raise VAT and introduce a tax on the self-employed create too much burden on Russians.

to the Moscow City Duma A bill has been submitted that doubles the fine for unpaid parking in Moscow - from 2.5 thousand to 5 thousand rubles. More. If the document is adopted, changes will be made to the Capital Code of Administrative Offenses.

Under the terms of the agreement with the US Treasury, VTB will receive approximately 24% of En +, and En + itself, as a result of a deal with Glencore, will receive a stake in UC Rusal of more than 50% (now En +'s share is 48.13%), writes Bloomberg citing its sources . Read more . Under the terms of the deal, Deripaska is to reduce his stake in En+ by more than 25%, from 70% to 44.95%. How will the shareholder structure change: Approximately 24% of En + will receive VTB.

The decision of the US Department of Finance on Deripaska's companies can increase Sberbank's chances and VTB not fall under sanctions The decision of the US Treasury on lifting sanctions from EN+ and Rusal can become a “road map” to lifting sanctions from other Russian companies and increases the chances of Sberbank and VTB to not fall into sanctions lists in 2019, experts say.

On Wednesday evening, the US Treasury announced the lifting of sanctions against several companies Oleg Deripaska - En+, UC Rusal and Eurosibenergo. Although the transaction involves a complete refusal of Deripaska to control assets. Western experts consider it successful for the Russian businessman and call it a “road map” for other companies that want to get out of sanctions.

The US Treasury imposed sanctions against Anatoly Chepiga and Alexander Mishkin. It was they who, according to The Insider and Bellingcat, were hiding under the pseudonyms Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov, whom the British authorities accused of trying to poison double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury in March this year. Read more .