UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has no intention of retracting his words about Russia, which he said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum ( SPIEF ), said his spokesman Stephane Dujarric. "We are not going to take back our words," Associated Press quotes him as saying. We are talking about the words of Ban Ki-moon, which appeared in the text prepared for the speech at the SPIEF and distributed in the corridors of the UN.

June 17, 2016, 12:11 / Finance Banks may pay more to the Deposit Insurance Fund DIA again increases the contribution rate Daria Borisyak General Director of DIA Yuri Isaev / Sergey Savostyanov / TASS The Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) continues to increase the rates at which banks pay contributions to the deposit insurance fund (DIF).

Russian President Vladimir Putin is upset that the European Football Championship is taking place amid scandals involving fans, TASS reports. According to him, fans from all countries should bear equal responsibility for their actions. Read also: St. Petersburg Forum – broadcast "In my opinion, less attention is paid to football than to fights between fans. It is very sad. And I regret it," the head of state said at a meeting of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

The Volkswagen automobile concern on Thursday approved the company's development strategy until 2025, which includes, in particular, the introduction of about 30 models of cars with electric engines, the company reported. VW plans to reach the level of sales of electric cars of about 2-3 million units per year. According to the company's forecasts, in nine years about a quarter of cars sold in the world will be equipped with electric motors.

June 17, 2016, 12:39 / Economics Ulyukaev on budget policy: Devastation is not in toilets, but in heads Vedomosti Previously on the topic: St. Petersburg Forum – broadcast Minister of Economy Alexey Ulyukaev, commenting on budget policy proposals at a Sberbank business breakfast, said that the real devastation is in the heads, not in the toilets. This was reported by Fontanka.ru.

Hyperloop One plans to have a full-fledged transportation system by 2020 / John Locher / AP The Moscow government, Ziyavudin Magomedov’s Summa Group, and Hyperloop Technologies signed a memorandum at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

President Vladimir Putin and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker did not discuss sanctions as such at their meeting on Thursday, TASS reports , citing Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov on Friday morning.

June 16, 2016, 23:11 / Finance Sberbank and VTB will oblige to lend to small and medium-sized businesses Without a whip, banks will not make financing available to entrepreneurs Maria Kaverina Daria Borisyak German Gref and Andrey Kostin no longer argue about the prospects of lending to small businesses / Vladimir Rodionov / RIA Novosti The government intends to introduce KPIs for Sberbank and VTB for issuing loans to small and medium-sized enterprises ( SMEs ) by the end of June, said First

“Of course, the banking crisis continues,” says Sberbank President German Gref. - This year we are seeing the same rate of banks exiting the market and license revocation. We see that the profitability of the banking sector continues to suffer. But if we compare 2015 with 2016, the situation is an order of magnitude higher. Last year was critical for this area.” His statement at the St. Petersburg forum is quoted by Fontanka.ru.

June 17, 2016, 20:43 / Economy / News To finance the 2017 budget deficit, 1–2 trillion rubles from the National Welfare Fund can be used undefined Vedomosti Funds in the amount of 1-2 trillion rubles. from the National Welfare Fund (NWF) can be used to finance the budget deficit in 2017, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in an interview with the RBC TV channel at SPIEF-2016. “I don’t see any risks if part of the NWF funds can be used to finance the budget deficit.

June 16, 2016, 11:14 pm / Finance How Wall Street Gets Information from Washington Insider trading charges brought against government employee Arun Viswanath Christopher Matthews Partner at hedge fund Visium Asset Management Sanjay Valwani / Lucas Jackson / Reuters Manhattan prosecutors have accused Visium Asset Management hedge fund partner Sanjay Valwani of trading stocks using non-public information about regulatory approval of a generic drug.

June 16, 2016, 23:04 / Auto The cab frame plant in Tatarstan will cost Kamaz and Daimler 400 million euros But the launch of new production may be delayed by a year - until 2020 Vladimir Shtanov The plant of cabin frames in Tatarstan will cost Kamaz and Daimler 400 million euros / E.

Alexander Konovalov “We have our own position on the decisions of the ECHR <...> I do not rule out that there may be an appeal to the Constitutional Court, but I am not ready to say for sure yet.” The Minister of Justice admits that the issue of the enforceability of the ECHR decision to pay 1.9 billion euros to former Yukos shareholders will be decided by the Constitutional Court. (Interfax) Vladimir Fortov "We have a positive attitude towards the activities of Dissernet.

Read also: US may supply air defense systems to Syria – WSJ US policy in Syria has outraged dozens of State Department officials. According to The Wall Street Journal, 51 State Department officials have signed an internal document calling for “targeted military strikes” against the Syrian government given that the ceasefire is close to collapse.

President Vladimir Putin's speech at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum will contain "a message for our business and for foreign investors, all of this will be harmoniously combined," said Dmitry Peskov, the president's press secretary, on the morning of June 17. "It will contain answers to expectations regarding structural reforms, and so on. The speech is very rich in content, so it will be the main event today," TASS quotes the official as saying.