05 July 2016, 12:42 / Business / News Roman Abramovich increased his stake in Velocys, a waste-to-fuel waste-to-fuel startup undefined Vedomosti Russian businessman Roman Abramovich increased his stake in Velocys, which has developed a technology for converting methane gas from household waste into liquid fuel, from 21.3 to 24.04%. This was said in a statement. The holding company Ervington Investment, owned by Abramovich, increased its stake in Velocys.

Rambler & Co President Alexander Mamut did not renew the contract with Gazeta.ru editor-in-chief Svetlana Babaeva / PhotoXPress Olga Alekseeva, who has been responsible for the Business section of the editorial board since 2013, has become the editor-in-chief of the online publication Gazeta.ru. This was reported to the editorial board by the co-owner and president of Rambler & Co (which includes Gazeta.ru) Aleksandr Mamut, two employees of the publication told Vedomosti.

04 July 2016, 22:30 / Business Real wages in St. Petersburg are declining In April it decreased by 3.1%, and retail turnover by 0.3% Maria Buravtseva Nadezhda Zaitseva Incomes are declining, buyers have become more careful in spending money / A. Gordeev / Vedomosti According to Petrostat, real wages, calculated taking into account the consumer price index, in April 2016 in St. Petersburg decreased by 3.1% compared to March 2016 and by 1.8% compared to April 2015.

05 July 2016, 00:30 / Economics S&P: Russia's rating may remain in the speculative category for decades It is necessary to resume replenishment of the funded part of the pension and raise the retirement age Olga Kuvshinova Due to the aging of the population, leading to an increase in pension costs, Russia’s rating may remain stuck in the speculative zone for a long time, Standard & Poor’s warned / A.

We have long forgotten about the profit in this asset [ UC Rusal ]. The package undoubtedly has limited liquidity. But there may be buyers for it,” said Dmitry Razumov, CEO of the Onexim group, in an interview with Kommersant in 2013. Last year, UC Rusal paid the first dividends in history – $250 million in interim payments. But Prokhorov’s group is selling an asset that has finally begun to make a profit.

05 July 2016, 13:10 / Business The Ministry of Agriculture predicts a record grain harvest The harvest could reach 110 million tons, Russia intends to remain the largest exporter of wheat Irina Skrynnik M. Stulov / Vedomosti The Russian Ministry of Agriculture has raised the forecast for the grain harvest in 2016 to 110 million tons, according to the materials for the meeting of the government commission on agricultural issues, scheduled for July 5.

05 July 2016, 00:23 / Economics Freeze of budget expenditures until 2020 approved Now the money has to be divided between lobbyists Margarita Papchenkova Alexandra Prokopenko Olga Kuvshinova Ministries and departments will have to curtail spending activity / Anastasia Zakharova / for Vedomosti At $60 per barrel and a freeze, economic growth will be 1.5%, estimates BCS senior economist Vladimir Tikhomirov.

The suspects were detained on July 1 by FSB officers, the regional police department and the prosecutor's office in the village of Saninskaya in the Babayevsky district. The detainees are followers of radical Islam and are suspected of having ties to militants in Syria. Three of them are from Dagestan, the fourth is Russian, Interfax reports. The FSB opened a dozen criminal cases against the detainees, including for aiding terrorism and illegal arms trafficking.

The searches at the Ekho Moskvy office were conducted in connection with the investigation of a criminal case regarding the publication of an article on the radio station’s website, TASS reports, citing the FSB Public Relations Center. The Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia is investigating a criminal case on the grounds of crimes under Articles 280.1 and 280.2 of the Criminal Code of Russia.

05 July 2016, 17:00 / Economy / News Medvedev: no decisions have been made on importing Turkish vegetables to Russia yet undefined Vedomosti No decisions have yet been made on resuming supplies of Turkish vegetables to Russia; the issue will be discussed with partners from Turkey, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said during an inspection of the greenhouses for growing vegetables at the Matveevskoye agricultural enterprise.

05 July 2016, 00:07 / Finance MAX insurance company has figured out how to deal with motor vehicle lawyers in OSAGO Her new policies provide clients with a fine of 30,000 rubles for transferring claims Maria Kaverina It may now be unprofitable to entrust communication with the insurer to an intermediary / E.

British Eurosceptic leader Nigel Farage on Monday announced his decision to resign as leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). After the referendum on Britain's exit from the European Union (Brexit), the politician considered his job done. Farage will remain an MP and will actively support the party, which, in his opinion, now has a strong position in the country.

The administration of the Black Dolphin prison in the Orenburg region confirmed that former YUKOS security officer Alexei Pichugin had been transferred. This was reported to Interfax by his lawyer Ksenia Kostromina. The day before, former YUKOS director Mikhail Khodorkovsky reported, also citing Pichugin's defense, that he had been taken from the prison to an unknown location and that pressure was being exerted on him, demanding testimony needed for the investigation.

The European Central Bank (ECB) introduced an updated 50 euro note. It will be put into circulation on April 4, 2017. When updating the banknote, the regulator first of all wanted to improve the security elements. The new banknotes will feature a portrait of the heroine of ancient Greek mythology - Europa. The number 50 on the bill, located in the lower left corner, will change color from blue to dark green depending on the angle of inclination.

The Growth Party of business ombudsman Boris Titov held an election congress on Monday. In addition to Titov and State Duma deputy Oksana Dmitrieva, the federal top ten included United Russia deputies Natalya Burykina and Viktor Zvagelsky, ex-Minister of Economy Andrei Nechaev, associate of the “people's mayor” of Sevastopol Alexei Chaly, businessman Oleg Nikolaev, and journalist Ksenia Sokolova.