June 15, 2016, 12:11 / Business / News Mark Kurtser became CEO of MD Medical Group undefined Vedomosti The founder of the company, Mark Kurtser, became the CEO of MD Medical Group (MDMG), which owns the network of Mother and Child clinics . As Interfax reports, citing a company press release, he will replace Elena Mladova in this position, who will leave the post due to the birth of a child. Kurtser will leave his position as chairman of the company's board of directors.

Sberbank : Small Business Lending Recovers Sberbank is recording a recovery in lending to small and medium-sized businesses, said Andrey Sharov, Vice President and Head of Small Business Development at Sberbank. According to him, Sberbank currently issues loans to small businesses for 5 billion rubles weekly, and to medium-sized businesses for 15-17 billion rubles.

Russia's role in Syria and the freezing of the conflict in Ukraine are the two main reasons why Russia was able to get into the rating this year, according to the analyst / E. Razumny / Vedomosti Russia was ranked 27th out of 30 in the ranking of the most influential countries based on soft power criteria compiled by the British PR agency Portland Communications.

Public Chamber member Georgy Fyodorov sent letters to the State Duma and the government proposing to establish the position of commissioner for the protection of pensioners' rights, Interfax reports .

The Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending (AHML) is reducing rates on agency loans for finished and under construction housing outside the mortgage support program. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the press release of the state corporation. Taking into account a deduction for certain social categories in the amount of 0.5 percentage points, the minimum rate for both finished and under construction housing will be 11.9%.

Yuri Chaika's candidacy for the post of Prosecutor General was approved by the Federation Council. This was reported on Wednesday, June 15, in a broadcast from the website of the upper house of the Russian parliament. Senators voted unanimously (152 votes in favor) to adopt the corresponding decision at a plenary session, Interfax writes . Speaking at the Federation Council, Chaika said that the investigation into his family was also being carried out by international financier William Browder.

June 14, 2016, 23:30 / Business Simferopol Airport will be built by Rossiya Bank The investor ready to finance the construction of the new terminal turned out to be Yuri Kovalchuk's bank, which came under sanctions, Alexander Vorobyov. The new passenger terminal at Simferopol airport will be operational in two years / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The FAS reported that Rossiya Bank submitted an application on June 10 to purchase 40% of Accord Holding LLC; it will be considered within 30 days.

On average, only 92,000 people in Russia use the Google News service per day, according to TNS data (hereinafter, statistics for April of this year for residents of the country aged 12–64 years). This data only counts people who access the Internet on desktops and laptops, not mobile users. Even if we assume that another 100,000 people use the Google news aggregator from smartphones, this is still less than 1 million.

June 15, 2016, 13:23 / Business / News 70% of purchases by state-owned companies come from five customers undefined Vedomosti Rosneft carry out 70% of the , Gazprom , Rosseti , Russian Railways and Rosatom purchases of state-owned companies and companies with state participation.

From June 15, the comprehensive improvement of the Kremlin Embankment and Borovitskaya Square will begin in accordance with the My Street program. This is reported by the portal of the mayor and government of Moscow. For these works, traffic on Borovitskaya Square will be partially restricted on the outer lane on the even side. On the Kremlin Embankment, the lane will be closed alternately on one side of the street, then on the other, four lanes will remain for motorists.

The Russian football team was conditionally disqualified until the end of the European Championship and fined 150,000 euros for a fight between its fans and the British in the stadium stands after the match with England, the use of pyrotechnics and racist remarks. The conditional disqualification may become real, which means Russia will be barred from further participation in the championship if the fight at the stadium is repeated.

The Russian National Guard (Rosgvardia) will take part in ensuring security at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. This was reported to Interfax by an employee of the temporary information center of the Rosgvardia. "Army General Viktor Zolotov focused the attention of generals and officers on the fulfillment of tasks by troops to ensure law and order during the 20th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum from June 16 to 18," the agency's source said.

June 15, 2016, 12:35 / Business / Photo Meeting of Rosneft shareholders Shareholders approved a number of major transactions at the meeting View / 10 photos

June 15, 2016, 11:45 / Finance MSCI again excludes Chinese stocks from emerging markets index Vedomosti Index provider MSCI, like a year ago, did not include yuan-denominated stocks traded on China's mainland exchanges in the MSCI Emerging Markets index. The decision was unexpected, notes The Wall Street Journal, since investors and analysts in different countries expected this to happen.

The State Duma has adopted in the third reading the Ministry of Labor's bill on increasing the liability of employers for violating the law on wages, the ministry's press service reports. As explained by the Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin, under the new bill, partial or full failure to pay wages on time will be singled out as a separate set of administrative offenses.