“ T2 RTK Holding ” (Tele2 brand) valued its cellular towers at more than 20 billion rubles in negotiations with investors, a person close to one of the potential buyers of the asset told Vedomosti. The operator wants to earn at least 25 billion rubles for its towers, says a person close to the company. A Tele2 representative declined to comment. The fact that Tele2 intends to sell almost all of the towers - about 10,000 - became known in February 2016.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko will not receive accreditation for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as a person mentioned in the report of the independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). This was confirmed to TASS by the press service of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

American company Cheniere Energy is increasing gas supplies abroad via the Sabine Pass LNG terminal / Lindsey Janies / Bloomberg It may seem strange for the Americans to sell gas to the energy-rich Middle East, given that supplies have traditionally gone in the opposite direction. But it is a reality thanks to the U.S. shale revolution, which is changing the world’s energy flows.

The Philippines' Supreme Court has dropped grand theft charges against former President Gloria Arroyo due to insufficient evidence. According to AP, the court ordered Arroyo's release from her multi-year detention. The politician had been serving her sentence in a hospital since 2012. In 2012, the former president was arrested on charges of embezzling 366 million pesos ($7.8 million) from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), a state-run charity fund.

July 19, 2016, 20:38 / Finance Several Turkish banks refused to issue Eurobonds due to the coup attempt Investors will sell $3.2 billion in sovereign bonds if the country loses its rating Tatyana Bochkareva Yapi Kredi canceled the placement of seven-year Eurobonds worth $550 million / Murad Sezer / Reuters Yapi Kredi Bank (4th by assets in Turkey; one of the owners is UniCredit) canceled the placement of seven-year Eurobonds worth $550 million, the order book for which was closed on July 12, WSJ

25% of Russian citizens have thought about emigrating, Kommersant reports , citing data from the Levada Center. 19% of Russians would go abroad, outside the former USSR for permanent residence. Since 2015, the number of those wishing to leave the country has grown by 7%. 28% would “rather” not want to leave Russia, 47% “definitely” do not want to leave, and another 6% found it difficult to answer.

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) learned of the planned military coup several hours before it began, the Turkish Armed Forces website reported . It is noted that the intelligence service informed the General Staff leadership about this in advance.

MAN reported the violations to the antitrust authorities and was therefore not punished / Fabian Bimmer / AP The five largest truck makers – Iveco, DAF, Volvo /Renault, Daimler and MAN – have agreed to fix prices for their vehicles and jointly block the introduction of technologies to reduce harmful emissions, said European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager.

Hero of Russia Colonel Alexander Margelov, who was the first to parachute from an An-12 aircraft inside a BMD-1 tracked armored combat vehicle, has died at the age of 71. His funeral may take place on Thursday, Russian Airborne Forces Commander Vladimir Shamanov told TASS. Margelov was the son of Hero of the Soviet Union, Airborne Forces Commander General of the Army Vasily Filippovich Margelov. "I was informed of the death of Alexander Margelov just an hour ago.

In Bavaria, a teenage migrant attacked passengers on a regional express train with a knife and an axe. According to the press service of the Bavarian police, he was shot to death by police special forces. Five people were injured. The motive for the attack is unclear. The attacker turned out to be a 17-year-old Afghan. Information about the attack on passengers was received by the police at around 9:15 p.m. on July 18 local time.

Mass purges escalate in Turkey after failed coup / Emrah Gurel / AP The European Union (EU) on Monday criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's purge following the coup attempt in Turkey on Friday night. "The lists [of people detained on suspicion of involvement in the coup] are now available and it seems that they were compiled in advance to be used at a certain stage.

July 19, 2016, 19:41 / Business Mutko: Ministry of Sports supports IOC decisions on WADA report Vedomosti The Russian Ministry of Sports supports the decisions of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), adopted after the report of the independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and is fully ready to cooperate with this organization. Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko announced this today.

Group VTB placed a deposit worth 8.7 billion euros in the Cyprus bank RCB, as follows from RCB’s reporting for 2015. It also follows that this deposit became collateral for loans to customers issued by RCB for 8.6 billion euros. Moreover, the VTB Group has doubled the amount of funds it stores in RCB compared to 2014. Loans to customers, for which a deposit is used as collateral, have also grown proportionally.

Oil is trading below $47 per barrel due to concerns about rising supply of raw materials. Brent oil futures fell by 0.11% to $46.91 per barrel by 8.31 Moscow time. WTI also fell 0.11% to $45.19 per barrel. Oil fell 1.5% on Monday after fears of possible disruptions in oil transportation due to an attempted military coup in Turkey were dispelled.

Retail trade turnover in Russia in June 2016 decreased by 5.9% compared to last year, to 2.262 trillion rubles, Rosstat reported. Compared to the dynamics of May (minus 6.1%), the decline in the Russian retail market slowed down last month. At the same time, the June figure turned out to be worse than economists’ expectations: the Interfax consensus forecast suggested a drop in Russian retail turnover by 5% last month.