July 22, 2015, 17:55 / Economics Belarus requested a $3 billion loan from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development Vedomosti Belarus asked to allocate $3 billion to the country from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD), and not directly from Russia, said Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak. “Belarus wanted to receive ($3 billion) from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development, renew relations and agree on a new program.

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The death toll in the road accident in the Vedensky District of Chechnya has reached ten. Eight more people were injured, including a two-year-old child, a source in the region's emergency services told Interfax. Six of the injured are in stable-serious condition. Four of the wounded were hospitalized in Grozny, one in Shali, and two more in a hospital in Dagestan.

July 22, 2015, 18:17 / Business / Economics UAE becomes the first in the Gulf to abolish fuel subsidies Vedomosti The country ranking third in terms of production in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has decided to become the first among the Gulf states to abandon fuel subsidies. The reason for this decision was the fall in oil prices on world markets. this on Wednesday, July 22 .

In the first half of 2015, Alrosa’s net profit under RAS increased 1.6 times year-on-year to RUB 37.5 billion. TASS reports this with reference to the company’s reporting. Revenue for the reporting period increased by 37% to RUB 111.5 billion. Sales profit increased by 50% to RUB 56.3 billion. It was previously reported that the company increased diamond production in January - June compared to the same period in 2014 by 13% to 18 million carats.

The study showed that the labor market uses the most accessible tools / A. Makhonin / Vedomosti In June, HeadHunter conducted a survey of 1,203 Russian employers to find out what tools they use to evaluate candidates when hiring. It turned out that the most popular are the simplest and least effective tools. Most often, employers use interviews based on work experience (80% of respondents chose this answer), structured interviews (68%), as well as cases and tests (51%) to evaluate candidates.

American writer Edgar Lawrence Doctorow, author of the novels Ragtime and Billy Bathgate, died on July 21 at his home in Manhattan, New York, The New York Times reports . According to the 84-year-old writer's son, the cause of death was complications from lung cancer. Doctorow was the recipient of numerous professional awards, including the National Book Critics Circle for his novels Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, and March.

Bashneft and Tatneft also have high chances (their preferred shares exceed the $150 million limit by about 3 times), writes VTB Capital analyst Ilya Pitersky / E.

Mostotrest has created a joint venture with the French infrastructure company Vinci to manage toll roads, Interfax reports . The Mostotrest press release states that the company has transferred control over 50% of the authorized capital of the operator company OOO United Toll Collection Systems (OSSP, a subsidiary of Mostotrest) to Vinci. 100% of OSPP was acquired by a joint venture (50%/50%) Russian Highway Operations BV.

Traffic has been closed again on the section of the Tyumen-Khanty-Mansiysk highway that washed out several days ago. "The water level in the Nyurym stream, which washed out the road, is rising again," the press service of the Tyumen Region Traffic Police Department told TASS. There are about 250 trucks and 70 cars on both sides of the washout. The regional traffic police department told Interfax that traffic has been closed for three days.

On Wednesday at 4:00 Moscow time, Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov inspected the OMON base for combat readiness. As TASS reports , the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, wrote about this on social networks. Also, according to him, the minister declared combat alert at the deployment point of the special police regiment of the Hero of Russia Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov's estate.

US President Barack Obama, who is scheduled to begin his African tour from July 23-28, will become the first president in the country's history to visit Kenya and Ethiopia and to address the African Union (AU), US National Security Advisor Susan Rice said on Wednesday, July 22. “President Obama will travel to Kenya and Ethiopia tomorrow evening for bilateral and AU meetings,” Rice said. “He will also attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit,” the presidential aide noted.

On Wednesday, July 22, the Intellectual Property Court (IPC) upheld the decisions of lower courts that rejected the claim of the Russian company SBA Music Publishing, which is part of Warner Music, to recover 4 million rubles for the use of the song Song 2 by the British group Blur in an advertising video for the portal zabava.ru. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to court materials.

July 22, 2015, 01:37 / Finance The deposit-raising champion gives away almost all of its interest income to depositors The net interest margin of Ugra Bank in the first half of the year was only 1.2% Maria Kaverina Depositors take almost all of Ugra’s interest income / M. Stulov / Vedomosti Bank Ugra became the leader in the rate of attracting funds from individuals: in January–June it increased deposits by 93% (or by 62.4 billion rubles), to almost 130 billion rubles.

Housing in Europe has become more expensive due to low interest rates and returns on investments in other assets / A. Astakhova / Vedomosti The European Central Bank's monetary stimulus program, which is buying up €60 billion in bonds, including mortgages, every month, and rising prices in European real estate markets have created the risk of bubbles, according to a study by Moody's Analytics.