Russia will ban the import of crop products from Moldova via Belarus from March 14, Rosselkhoznadzor reported . The import of such products into Russia will be possible only through Russian checkpoints in the Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions. In addition, products must be accompanied by Moldovan phytosanitary certificates issued to recipients registered in Russia.

Politics Experts doubt that the ceasefire in Syria will help unite the conflicting parties in the fight against the Islamic State (banned in Russia). In their opinion, this is more likely to lead to a de facto division of the country read on WSJ.com Brazilian police detained former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and raided his home.

04 March 2016, 10:24 / Finance 71 billion rubles will be allocated to create a national reinsurer - Kommersant Vedomosti The Central Bank plans to allocate 71 billion rubles. as the authorized capital of the National Reinsurance Company (RPC), writes Kommersant. This was discussed at a meeting with Central Bank Chairman Elvira Nabiullina, which was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economy, the Federal Antimonopoly Service and insurers.

In Moscow, the head of the Kazansky railway station, Sergei Donetsky, was detained in a corruption case, Interfax reports , citing a source in law enforcement agencies. “Donetsk was detained as part of a corruption case, and soon a preventive measure will be chosen for him,” the source said. “I don’t know how much they charge me with, I didn’t see the money,” Donetsky told RIA Novosti .

Supervisory Board The VTB included Deputy Minister of Finance Alexey Moiseev in the list of candidates for the new composition of the bank's Supervisory Board. Now the official is not a member of this council, but he was a member before - in 2013 and 2014. The list will be approved at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2016. According to Interfax , citing the bank's materials, changes in the current composition of the supervisory board will be minimal.

The government instructed the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Health and Roszdravnadzor to develop a draft resolution excluding immunobiological drugs (see inset) from the list of products for mandatory certification. This follows from the minutes of the meeting, which took place on February 20 with Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government Nelly Naygovzina (Vedomosti has a copy of the document). also reported this earlier RBC .

The Russian Football Union (RFU) has reached an agreement with businessman Alisher Usmanov on debt restructuring. This was announced at an RFU conference by the organization's CEO Alexander Alaev. "Following the negotiations held by RFU President Vitaly Mutko, we managed to restructure the debt to Alisher Usmanov," Alaev said. Usmanov has previously provided financial support to the RFU on numerous occasions.

04 March 2016, 18:45 / Finance Ex-Barclays CEO wants to buy bank assets in Africa Once upon a time, Bob Diamond, who left the bank in scandal in 2012, himself developed its business on the continent Martin Arnold After leaving Barclays in 2012 due to the LIBOR rate manipulation scandal, Bob Diamond now wants to buy the bank's business in Africa / Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Bob Diamond, the former chief executive of Barclays, is seeking investors to buy part of the bank's Africa business, which he

March 04, 2016, 16:25 / Economy / News Inflation in Russia in February amounted to 0.6% undefined Vedomosti Inflation in Russia in February 2016 slowed down significantly - to 0.6% versus 1% in January, Rosstat reported on Friday. Inflation turned out to be lower than analysts' expectations - the economists' consensus forecast for inflation for February, prepared by Interfax at the end of the month, was 0.8%. Weekly inflation data also pointed to higher price growth in February, up 0.7%.

In Moscow, the Interior Ministry investigation closed the criminal case against the former chairman of the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC) under the Ministry of Education and Science, Felix Shamkhalov, due to the absence of a crime. This was reported by Kommersant, citing a source in the Main Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Interior Ministry of Moscow. Shamkhalov was accused of embezzling a $178.4 million loan from Vnesheconombank.

Key positions in the UAC were given to people from Sukhoi / M. Stulov / Vedomosti President of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yuri Slyusar appointed Igor Ozar, CEO of PJSC Sukhoi, as UAC vice president for military aviation, and Sergey Korotkov, CEO and general designer of PJSC RAC MiG, as UAC general designer and vice president for innovation, according to a UAC press release. Both of them will retain their positions at Sukhoi and RAC MiG.

March 04, 2016, 13:11 / Economy / News Shuvalov: A healthy economy is impossible without serious small business undefined Vedomosti A healthy economy in Russia is impossible without the development of small businesses, says First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.

Shareholders of the largest Russian automaker, AvtoVAZ, are preparing to fire the company’s president, The Wall Street Journal reported . The board of directors of AvtoVAZ will relieve Bo Andersson from the post of president of the company at a meeting on March 9 or 10, said the head of the Rostec Group of Companies, Sergei Chemezov, in an interview with the publication. "Now we need to change the person. That's all," he said.

The Like City residential complex near Odintsovo, which Urban Group is completing instead of SU-155, may be 60% wider than planned / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The Moscow Region authorities may allow Urban Group to build about 850,000 square meters of real estate under the Like City residential complex project near the village of Laikovo in the Odintsovo district, one of the participants in the meeting on the completion of the SU-155 facilities told Vedomosti.

The dispute over the Volga region cellular group SMARTS is over / D. Abramov / Vedomosti Three people close to different parties told Vedomosti about the settlement agreement between Angentro Trading & Investments Ltd. of Gennady Kiryushin and Sigma Capital Partners (SKP) of Leonid Maevsky. Control over SKP passed to Kiryushin, say people close to SMARTS and Maevsky. The change of creditor in the bankruptcy case of SKP is also evidenced by court materials.