The history of the secret banking business of high -ranking FSB officers The theme of the day is the investigation of The Bell and the Project publication on the billion banking business employees of the FSB department. The arrest of the former head of the banking department of the special services of Kirill Cherkalin and his predecessor Dmitry Frolov opened the whole system of roofing in the trillion market of the banking market.

The US Federal Reserve cut its key rate by 25 basis points to 2.0 - 2.25%. The decline was the first time since the 2008 financial crisis. Uncertainty in the global economy, trade wars, and "weakened inflationary pressure" were cited as reasons for the decline. The Fed will complete the reduction of investment in securities in August, two months ahead of schedule. Decrease by 0.25 p.p. predicted by most economists, but it may not satisfy President Donald Trump, who insisted on a "big cut".

The US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee approved a bill on sanctions against companies involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Europe along the bottom of the Baltic Sea, Reuters reports. Twenty members of the committee voted in favor, and only two voted against. According to the two senators, the sanctions will hurt "European allies that oppose Russia on other fronts." First of all, we are talking about Germany, where the gas pipeline goes.

Sberbank has significantly improved its forecast for the average annual ruble exchange rate for 2019-2020. In 2019, it will be 64.5 rubles per dollar, in 2020 - 65 rubles. In December 2018, the state bank predicted 68.5 rubles. and 69 rubles. per dollar, respectively. The bank improved its inflation forecast for the end of 2019 to 4.2% from 4.8%, leaving the forecast for 2020-2021 at the level of the Central Bank's target of 4%.

The notorious Yadrovo landfill near Volokolamsk, Moscow Region has a new owner - Skolkovo resident Vesna LLC. 75% of the landfill operator Yadrovo LLC became the property of the company. The previous owner of this share, CMPT LLC, in return received 16% in the capital of Vesna. 25% of Yadrovo remained the property of the Volokolamsk region.

The authorities of Sri Lanka will start issuing free visas to Russians from August 1, 2019 until February 1, 2020, Reuters reports citing official documents. In addition to Russia, free entry to the country will be provided to citizens of another 47 countries, including the UK, Australia, Canada, EU countries, Thailand, China, and South Korea. This measure is associated with a sharp drop in tourist traffic in May by 70% after the terrorist attack in the country.

Sberbank has sold its Turkish subsidiary Denizbank to Emirates NBD in Dubai. The bank now owns 99.85% of Denizbank shares, the parties said in a statement. The parties agreed on a deal in April, agreeing on its amount (15.48 billion Turkish liras, $2.7 billion at the time, $2.78 billion today). Regulators in all three countries approved the deal at the end of June. Sberbank bought Denizbank in 2012 for 2.8 billion euros, based on the growth of foreign business.

Naftogaz Ukrainy asks to recover $5.2 billion from Russia - the company and six of its subsidiaries estimated the losses due to the transfer of the Crimean peninsula under the control of Russia in this amount. With such a statement, they appealed to the tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. The company expects a decision by 2020.

Mikhail Svetov, a member of the leadership of the Libertarian Party of Russia, who the day before refused the venue for the rally on Sakharov Avenue agreed by the Moscow City Hall on August 3 and was immediately detained, received 30 days of arrest. This was reported by Mediazona. The case was opened under Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses on the repeated violation of the rules for holding a rally. Oppositionist Alexei Navalny is in jail on the same charge .

In the case of mass riots (Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, up to 8 years for participation and up to 15 years for organizing), the first person was detained on June 27, said Pavel Chikov, head of the Agora human rights organization. This is a certain Kirill Zhukov. Now he is under interrogation in the TFR on Novokuznetskaya street.

Businesses have no incentives to abandon the dollar in international settlements: the transition to national currencies needs to be coordinated at the government level, told RBC Dmitry Timofeev, head of the Finance Ministry's department for monitoring external restrictions, . His department was specially created a year ago to counter Western sanctions. Why is there still a dollar? Developed billing system.

The Visa payment system has launched a non-cash tip service in Russia: the system is being tested by the Moscow restaurant Khleb Nasushny on Strastnoy (the largest shareholder of the network is the ex-head of Wimm-Bill-Dann Tony Mayer), Vedomosti writes . The service is planned to expand, including not only restaurants, but also beauty salons and hotels. How does it work for the client?

The government has published a decree approving the road map for the development of the state civil service (SCS) in Russia until 2021. the result will be the creation of a closed digital environment for 700 thousand officials, in which they will exchange documents and learn, writes . Kommersant Why is this needed? The state is going to very quickly (during 2020-2021) create a unified and closed information and communication environment for civil servants, Kommersant explains.

The Russians have learned to make money on the export of auto parts through eBay, according to the marketplace data that he collected for Kommersant. In 2018, sales of spare parts through the site grew by almost 50%, to $5.1 million. Why parts. Over the year, sales of auto parts by Russians on eBay grew by 44.1%, to $5.1 million.

Russia headed the HSBC bank rating at the profitability of a taxi compared to a personal car. This makes our country the leader of the world trend Russia was in market conditions that can help her lead the world trend in the refusal of owning a personal car. In the rating of countries, which was compiled by the HSBC bank, it is more profitable for residents to ride a taxi than to own a car, Russia took first place, ahead of Western countries 5–7 times.