August 16, 2015, 23:29 / Auto Daimler wants to share the risk of building a passenger car plant with Russia The company asks for free land and guarantees of return on investment Vladimir Shtanov Dmitry Gorshenin Daimler asked Georgy Poltavchenko (foreground) to guarantee its investment in the construction of a plant for the assembly of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars / Interpress / PhotoXPress Daimler asked the Governor of St.

On Friday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was unable to promptly prepare a response to Vedomosti’s request / A.

The death toll from the explosion that rocked central Bangkok on Monday evening has risen to 27, Interfax reported , citing Thai television. According to the local channel, four foreigners were among the dead, but the channel did not specify their nationalities. According to the Bangkok Post, one Chinese citizen and one Filipino are among the dead. The publication also emphasizes that many Chinese are among those injured.

18 August 2015, 00:48 Aras Agalarov received a ring Yuri Nekhaychuk Avtodor found a builder for section 1 of the Central Ring Road / A. Astakhova / Vedomosti Obligations for the construction of the first launch section of the Central Ring Road were transferred from Stroygazconsulting to Crocus International company Aras Agalarov, Avtodor reported on Monday.

In the first half of 2015 , Home Credit and Finance Bank reduced the average number of employees by 41.4% to 18,324 people, according to the bank’s quarterly reporting data. Few banks charge high rates About 40 banks are offering inflated interest rates on deposits, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Mikhail Sukhov said on air at the Vesti FM radio station. "The system of increased insurance premiums has been in effect since mid-year, and we are seeing the first effect.

August 17, 2015, 20:02 / Economy / News The Ministry of Economic Development predicts the start of economic recovery in the fourth quarter undefined Vedomosti The Ministry of Economic Development believes that the “bottom” of economic development in Russia will occur in the second and third quarters of 2015, and a gradual recovery will begin in the fourth quarter. this on Monday, August 17, Interfax reported citing a statement from the department.

August 16, 2015, 10:34 pm / Finance The Ministry of Finance will determine the criteria for the reliability of banks The Central Bank is concerned that money from government agencies is stuck in problem banks Maria Kaverina Daria Borisyak The Central Bank asks the Ministry of Finance to make sure that public money does not cry / M. Stulov / Vedomosti For example, in Investbank (the license was revoked in December 2013) 150 million rubles were stuck.

The film stars Emma Watson (pictured) / Steven Senne / AP The Spanish film Regression directed by Alejandro Amenábar will open the 63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival, TASS reports. This thriller tells the story of a man who was accused of violence against his own daughter, but he himself does not remember the circumstances of the incident. The hero goes to see a doctor, but soon realizes that he is in the center of someone's conspiracy.

August 16, 2015, 23:52 / Business Kazakhstan has closed the entry of empty carriages from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan Russian operators are afraid that this will affect them Milan Chelpanov There is no ban on the entry of empty cars from Russia, but Russian railway operators believe that the ban will also affect their cars / E.

The heads of NGOs involved in helping the sick, including Vera, Podari Zhizn and Starost v Radost, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev asking him not to expand the list of foreign medical products prohibited for government procurement. As Kommersant reports , the appeal was delivered to the White House on August 14, three days before the end of public discussion of the corresponding draft government resolution developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Russian smartphone market will shrink by 14% in real terms by the end of 2015, according to forecasts from the research company GfK. As reported, 26 million smartphones were sold in Russia in 2014, which is 39% more than in 2013. Thus, by the end of 2015, smartphone sales could amount to 22.4 million devices. According to the results of the second quarter of 2015, the decline was 11% compared to the same period last year, GfK reported.

The villages of Lebedynskoye and Sartana near Mariupol were shelled from self-propelled artillery units on the night of August 17, the city portal 0629 reports , citing the press officer of the sector "M" Yaroslav Chepurny. He noted the attempt of the rebels to enter Lebedynskoye, which was unsuccessful. The secretary of the city council Andrey Feday reported that two people were killed during the shelling. Chepurny says there were three dead.

August 17, 2015, 00:42 / Business Gennady Timchenko managed to move to Khrushchev’s residence before the sanctions was sanctioned for his connections with a Russian businessman. An acquaintance of his, Finnish Kai Paananen Roman Shleinov, Gennady Timchenko settled in the former residence of Nikita Khrushchev on Vorobyovy Gory, securely hidden from outsiders behind a fence and trees / M.

The fall in Russia's GDP in 2015 may exceed the official forecast. This statement was made on Monday, August 17, by Russian Presidential Aide Andrei Belousov. In his opinion, the decline could be 3.5-4%, reports . RIA Novosti “At the end of the year... there are different assessments... The estimate currently given by the Ministry of Economic Development is a 2.8% decline,” Belousov said. “I think that in reality the decline will be around 3.5-4% of GDP,” he added.

Meanwhile, the situation in the conflict zone continues to deteriorate / Mikhail Sokolov / TASS German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier suggested that his Ukrainian and Russian counterparts hold an urgent meeting of representatives of Kyiv and the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics with the participation of the OSCE, he said in an interview with Bild am Sonntag.