The law provides for a penalty for those who fail to report to the credit bureau in the form of a fine of up to 50,000 rubles / D. Novozhilov / Vedomosti Amendments to the Law on Credit Histories came into force on March 1, 2015, requiring collection agencies (which purchased the debt rather than collecting it through an agency scheme) to transfer information to at least one credit history bureau within five days. Previously, only banks and microfinance organizations had to do this.

Foreigners with HIV will not be deported from Russia if they have family members living here / M. Stulov / Vedomosti Foreign citizens infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) will not be deported from Russia if they have family members legally residing here. The relevant draft law, prepared by the Federal Migration Service (FMS), has been published on the information disclosure portal. The amendments were developed in pursuance of the Constitutional Court ruling of 12 March 2015.

04 May 2015, 22:25 / Economics Investors will be able to launch public-private projects without competition Business is ready to take advantage of the new mechanism, but sees risks Margarita Lyutova The state is waiting for initiatives from business / M. Stulov / Vedomosti On May 1, a new procedure for concluding concession agreements came into force: now investors themselves can come up with an initiative for a public-private project (PPP) and launch a project without a competition.

May 05, 2015, 22:06 / Business / News Sberbank still insists on basic offer for Mechel - Interfax undefined Vedomosti One of Mechel's largest creditors, Sberbank of Russia, still insists on its basic proposal to restructure the mining and metals company's debt. Interfax reported this on Tuesday, May 5, citing a source familiar with the progress of the negotiations.

SMP Bank may receive another 55 billion rubles for the rehabilitation of Mosoblbank and its subsidiaries / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The Rotenberg brothers' SMP Bank may receive an additional 55 billion rubles for the rehabilitation of Mosoblbank and its two subsidiaries, Finance Business Bank and Inresbank, according to SMP Bank's IFRS financial statements for 2014.

Deputy head of the Moscow branch of the Zhukovsky Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) Alexander Anisimov, former head of the department of the territorial administration of the Federal Property Management Agency in the Moscow region Marat Belorusov and head of OOO Tsentrmediastroy Dmitry Sergeyev are accused of fraud on an especially large scale, Kommersant writes . Investigators from the Moscow region police department Vlasikha have completed the procedure for filing charges.

The heads of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky, have decided not to take part in the meeting of the contact group on settling the situation in southeastern Ukraine on May 6 in Minsk. "The heads of the LPR and DPR will not come to the meeting in Minsk. They will send authorized representatives instead," Interfax reports, citing an article in Rossiyskaya Gazeta that will be published on Wednesday.

05 May 2015, 23:55 Rosneft named the price for the president Galina Starinskaya Igor Sechin does not receive as much as he could if he were in the place of the head of ExxonMobil / Ramil Sitdikov / RIA Novosti The monthly salary of Igor Sechin, whose new five-year contract as president of Rosneft was approved by the board of directors on April 30, will range from 15 million to 20 million rubles, the company announced yesterday. In annual terms it comes out to 180–240 million rubles.

A selection of the most interesting publications in the publications co-founders of Vedomosti dated May 5, 2014. Politics In Russia, Victory Day is used to unite the nation and revive a sense of national pride read on FT.com On Monday, during preparations for the parade dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, samples of Russian advanced weapons drove through the streets of Moscow.

05 May 2015, 18:18 / Economics China's economic miracle is coming to an end Cheap labor resources have dried up, the share of the working-age population begins to decline Gabriel Wildau China's industrial and construction sectors have flourished due to the influx of cheap labor from rural areas, but this process is ending / Alexander F. Yuan / AP China's labor force will soon begin to shrink as the flow of rural migrants that fueled the country's industrial boom has all but stopped.

On the part of Kiev, "exclusively units of the armed forces, military units and law enforcement agencies of the state and other entities involved in the fight against terrorism" are participating in the special operation in Donbass, the press center of the anti-terrorist operation said in a statement.

05 May 2015, 13:49 / Business Rosneft revealed the salary of Igor Sechin The President of Rosneft can receive 600 million rubles a year, not counting options Galina Starinskaya Vitaly Petlevoy Igor Sechin / Ilya Arkhipov / Bloomberg The Board of Directors of Rosneft has extended the powers of Igor Sechin for five years, the company announced today. In accordance with the government directive, a decision was made on his appointment from May 24, 2015.

May 05, 2015, 13:40 / Business / News The Investigative Committee lifted the arrest of all monetary assets of Ural-invest transferred to AFK Sistema undefined Vedomosti The Investigative Committee lifted the seizure of all monetary assets that Ural-invest transferred to AFK Sistema under a settlement agreement. Interfax about this .

The defense of Ukrainian MP pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is under arrest in Russia, reports that the Russian Investigative Committee has extended the investigation period in her case until November. "The Investigative Committee has extended the investigation period in Nadezhda Savchenko's case until 11/13/2015. For 6 months," the pilot's lawyer Nikolai Polozov wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.

The Swiss National Bank suffered losses of 29.3 billion francs (28.6 billion euros) in the first quarter of 2015, the financial institution said in a report. According to Deutsche Welle, the Swiss Central Bank is suffering losses due to the strengthening of the Swiss franc against the euro. In 2014, the Central Bank intervened for 25.8 billion francs ($26.9 billion) to protect the franc exchange rate ceiling and prevent it from strengthening above the introduced limit.