Representatives of the Red Cross have accepted all humanitarian aid from Kharkov, which was delivered to Starobilsk, said the Ukrainian president's authorized representative for the settlement of the situation in Donbass, Irina Gerashchenko. "The Red Cross has fully accepted this entire cargo, and it has come under the full jurisdiction of the Red Cross," she said at a briefing on Friday in Kyiv.

The European Union and the European Union have actually closed access to the capital market for five of the largest Russian banks, which has already resulted in an increase in rates, they state ( see inset). Moreover, since the beginning of the year, ÷S has already raised the rate three times - to 8%. “First of all, rates are rising for small and medium-sized businesses,” says a member of the board of a medium-sized bank, especially for trading enterprises.

The defense appealed the sentence of the former commander of the Swifts aerobatic team, Valery Morozov, who was sentenced by the Odintsovo Garrison Court to a fine of 775,000 rubles for attempting to take a bribe of 31,000 rubles from a subordinate, ITAR-TASS reports.

Bloomberg The new board of directors of the Armada company, which develops and implements software, was unable to begin performing its duties due to the lack of personnel, reporting, a seal, and a chief accountant in the company, Oleg Tekhmenev, a representative of Arsenal Advisors Ltd. (which owns 13.96% of Armada), told Vedomosti.

Usmanov's managers and long-time associates, Ivan Streshinsky, CEO of USM Advisors, and Ivan Tavrin, CEO of Megafon, received 3% each. 2% will be distributed between USM managers, "who helped create the group," and the management of USM Holdings Ltd and its subsidiaries. Another 1% each was received by "two long-time friends and partners" of Usmanov, who "owned an indirect economic stake of 2% each" in Usmanov's personal holding company and have now converted these shares into USM capital.

Hannelore Foerster /Bloomberg The European Union would not like to continue the sanctions policy towards Russia and does not rule out the withdrawal of the current measures, provided that the situation in eastern Ukraine stabilizes.

A. Makhonin / Vedomosti The Russian Ministry of Finance has published a revised draft government resolution on reducing the duty-free threshold for imports of goods from abroad to Russia by carriers for individuals on the government information disclosure website. The revised document contains the same provisions as the original version: it is proposed to reduce the duty-free threshold for single imports of purchases from foreign online stores to 150 euros and a weight of 10 kg.

The Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) and the All-Russian Union of Insurers (VSS) propose creating a fund of funds that will be used to evacuate clients of problematic tour operators, and to replenish the fund with the tourists' own money. The ATOR website reports on this proposal of the working group.

The profit of the 30 largest banks in Russia in the first half of 2014 decreased by 6.6% The profit of the 30 largest banks in Russia in the first half of 2014 amounted to 368.5 billion rubles, which is 6.6% lower than the same figure for 2013 (394.7 billion rubles).

German retailer Metro Cash & Carry, which operates small wholesale centres, hopes to persuade suppliers to abandon plans to raise prices and hopes to find a replacement in Switzerland for elite cheeses from the European Union that have fallen under the Russian food embargo.

The involvement of a US citizen in projects to finance Russian non-profit organizations (NPOs) became the reason for her expulsion from Russia. This was revealed in court on the complaint of American Jennifer Gaspar, who is challenging the decision of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) to cancel the residence permit issued to her in 2010. On August 5, Gaspar (she is married to Ivan Pavlov, a lawyer from St.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has called the appearance of fake letters online, attributed to the official representative of the Russian diplomatic department, Alexander Lukashevich, a provocation. The letters talk about accreditation of journalists to cover events "related to the delivery of humanitarian aid to representatives of the LPR-DPR." This was reported on the official page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Facebook.

Vitamins were included in the list of products, the supply of which from the EU, the USA, Australia, Canada and Norway was banned by Russia, according to a government decree published on the website of legal information. The list includes some vitamins that are registered in Russia as biologically active additives (BAA) and medicines, according to a statement released today by Bayer.

August 15, 2014, 10:26 am / Business Russian oil exports to Asia hit a record due to Western sanctions Due to deteriorating relations with the West, Russia is increasing supplies to Asia, and especially to China Marie Mesropyan Bloomberg Due to deteriorating relations with the West, the Russian energy sector is reorienting towards Asia. Russian oil exports to Asian countries have already reached a record this year and will continue to grow, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing analyst data.

Andrey Makhonin / Vedomosti The price paid by Sogaz for these buildings is adequate, according to Alla Glazkova, deputy head of the sales and acquisitions department at the consulting company JLL, and Marina Morgunova, deputy director of the office premises department at the consulting firm CBRE. The technical condition of these premises is unlikely to allow them to be sold at a higher price, adds Morgunova.