After the scandal surrounding the declaration of amnesty for the capital of businessman Valery Izrailit reached Vladimir Putin, the authorities devoted all their efforts to extinguishing it. Today, a panel of the Supreme Court published a clarification on the “absolute prohibition” of using voluntary declarations to prove any, not just tax crimes. But this does not mean that businessmen who have submitted voluntary declarations can sleep peacefully.

The US Federal Reserve reduced the base rate for the third time in a row - by 0.25 percentage points, to 1.5-1.75%. Prior to that, the Fed cut rates in July and September. The rate cut is in line with most analysts' expectations. It led to a slight decrease in securities indices and a slight strengthening of the dollar. The yield on two-year US government bonds rose from 1.61% to 1.64%, notes .

The Supreme Court forbade the use of the amnesty of capital in criminal cases against the business. But not everything is so simple Photo: kremlin.ru After the scandal around the declaration of the amnesty of the capital of businessman Valery Israilit reached Vladimir Putin, the authorities threw all his strength to extinguish him.

Yevgeny Prigozhin's Concord group of companies stated that the African accounts deleted by the Facebook social network are not connected with the businessman's structures. Quote. "This information is not true. We consider it inappropriate to trust Facebook's statements, since, in our opinion, they are engaged in self-PR" (quoted by Interfax).

MSU Rector Viktor Sadovnichy will remain in office for now, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said today. Quote: "Plans for the further development of Moscow State University were discussed. Sadovnichy continues to lead the university," Peskov said on the air of the radio station "Moscow Speaks." This is how he answered a question about the topic of today's meeting between the rector and Vladimir Putin.

The Ministry of Finance proposed starting a tax regime for the self-employed in 19 more regions from the beginning of 2020. These are St. Petersburg, Voronezh, Volgograd, Leningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Rostov, Samara, Sakhalin, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen and Chelyabinsk regions; Krasnoyarsk and Perm Territories, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, YNAO, Bashkiria.

VEB.RF finally managed to attach one of the most problematic assets - the former largest turkey producer Eurodon. The head of VEB, Igor Shuvalov, announced this today. Eurodon was sold to a specialized investor “at a discount to the nominal price of the debt,” but 2 billion rubles more than the current estimate, Interfax quotes Shuvalov. The debt to VEB for the creation of this project exceeds 30 billion rubles, said the head of VEB.

Chilean President Sebastian Piñera has decided to cancel the APEC summit on November 16-17 and the UN climate conference.

Chilean President Sebastian Piñera has decided to abandon the APEC summit on November 16-17 and the UN climate conference.

President Chili Sebastian Pigner decided to refuse the APEC summit on November 16-17 and the UN conference on climate.

Denmark, 2 years after the request, issued a permit for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Gazprom's €9.5 billion export project bypassing Ukraine was under threat: Denmark was delaying the decision under the pretext of doubts about environmental friendliness and safety. The release of the Danish Energy Agency can be read here . Quote. “The Danish Energy Agency has approved the shortest route (of the gas pipeline.

After the judge of the Supreme Court (SC) overturned the decision on the legality of the FSB’s seizure of the capital amnesty declaration, businesses were instructed to explain this “at the highest level,” Vedomosti writes .

The Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President (RANEPA) denied participation in a joint study with CEFIR of the loss of Russians from the food embargo. It follows from the message that the co-author of the study, Senior Researcher at RANEPA Polina Kuznetsova, worked on it before moving to the academy.

on criminal liability for drug propaganda has been submitted to the State Duma A draft law . A new article is being introduced into the Criminal Code: simple propaganda or advertising of drugs, including precursors, will be punished for up to 5 years, propaganda through the media and the Internet - up to 7 years.

The newest heavy intercontinental missile "Sarmat", which President Vladimir Putin presented during his famous address to the Federal Assembly in 2018, will begin flight tests in 2020, and should be put into service in 2021, Vedomosti writes . This means that Russia will receive the most real of the "wonder weapons" revealed by the president, after a two-year delay. Read also : Putin-Trump meeting brings bad news for latest nuclear deal Details.