July 19, 2016, 23:47 / Economics Developing countries are losing billions due to illegal exports of raw materials UN study reveals major fake invoice scam John Eglionby In many countries, losses exceed foreign direct investment / M. Stulov / Vedomosti Developing countries lose billions of dollars every year due to illegal exports of raw materials through false invoices and delivery notes, according to a UN-commissioned study.

Politics Donald Trump is officially nominated to run for the US presidential election from the Republican Party. He is the most unusual presidential candidate in modern history read on WSJ.com read on FT.com A few weeks before the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the sports world was gripped by a doping scandal linked to Russia. The former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov, who previously fled to the United States and spoke about doping fraud, is now considered enemy No.

July 19, 2016, 23:43 / Economics Avtodor agreed to cooperate with Shandong High-Speed Similar agreements are being prepared with another 20 Chinese companies Ekaterina Mereminskaya Avtodor chooses a project to work with the Chinese Shandong High-Speed ​​/ M. Stulov / Vedomosti Avtodor and the Chinese investment group Shandong High-Speed ​​Group signed a memorandum of understanding and are going to select a project for cooperation, the state-owned company reported.

Clashes between demonstrators and police took place on Wednesday evening near the patrol and guard regiment building seized by the armed group. Police used tear gas and smoke bombs after demonstrators threw rocks and other objects at them. Gunfire was heard. At present, law enforcement officers have taken control of the situation. Several dozen people have been detained. The area is cordoned off by reinforced police officers wearing gas masks and carrying special equipment.

During an unscheduled inspection conducted by the Federal Service for Labor and Employment at the Kuzbass-based Rover LLC, wage arrears to 576 employees totaling more than 6 million rubles were discovered, the press service of Rostrud reports. As a result of the measures taken, the management of the coal mining company fully paid off the debt for wages. The employer was brought to administrative responsibility for violating labor legislation.

July 20, 2016, 18:10 / Auto The European Commission is seeking additional compensation from Volkswagen for “dieselgate” Vedomosti The European Commission is working with consumer groups and regulators across the EU to force Volkswagen to increase payments to European customers affected by the diesel scandal, two sources told Bloomberg. The automaker has set aside up to $10 billion to pay compensation to approximately 500,000 U.S. customers.

July 20, 2016, 18:56 / Economics The European Union is preparing to recognize China as a market economy But in return he wants to protect himself from cheap Chinese imports Arthur Beasley Excess steelmaking capacity in China has led to a significant increase in its exports / Ng Han Guan / AP The European Commission (EC) is developing a plan that would recognize China as a market economy, but only subject to anti-dumping duties and a significant reduction in excess capacity in the iron and steel

July 19, 2016, 23:18 / Finance Help for Monte Paschi is postponed EU countries cannot help weak banks until bondholders share the losses, the European Court reminded Tatyana Bochkareva Italian aid is in no hurry to Monte Paschi / Gregorio Borgia / AP Sharing the losses of shareholders and holders of subordinated bonds as a precondition for providing state aid to banks that lack capital is not contrary to EU law,” the European Court of Justice said in its decision.

July 20, 2016, 18:49 / Business Rusnano sells stake in Novomet Vedomosti Rusnano a is looking for a buyer for a 30.76% stake in the oil engineering company Novomet (Perm) through an open tender, the state corporation said in statement . The minimum package price is RUB 7.5 billion. Novomet Group of Companies specializes in the production of equipment for mechanized oil production, supervision and other services. The company's main products are electric centrifugal submersible pumping units.

Inflation in Russia for the week from July 12 to 18 was 0.1%, the same as the week before, Rosstat reported on Wednesday. The stabilization of this indicator was preceded by a traditional surge in the first week of July associated with the indexation of tariffs for housing and communal services. The last three settlement weeks before the “tariff” (from June 28 to July 4, prices rose by 0.4%) inflation was 0.1%. Since the beginning of July, inflation has been 0.5%.

A homemade explosive device with a capacity of 400 to 600 grams of TNT equivalent went off in the car of journalist Pavel Sheremet, Zoran Shkiryak, an adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, wrote on Facebook. This is reported by UNN. "Preliminary. A shell-less homemade explosive device went off, possibly remotely or with a delay," the agency quotes.

We remember how it was. In the second half of the 1980s and early 1990s, Moscow, which was still supplied with food, was filled with commuter trains on weekends, packed with people from cities that had not had these products for a long time. Products had been purchased in Moscow and Leningrad before, but in the last years of the USSR, sausage commuter trains became one of the most striking examples of the "efficiency" of the Soviet economy. Photo.

July 20, 2016, 19:02 / Economy / News A section of the M4 Don highway in the Moscow and Tula regions will become tolled from August 1 undefined Vedomosti The toll collection regime on the section from 93rd to 211th km of the M4 Don highway in the Moscow and Tula regions will begin at 00.00 Moscow time on August 1, 2016. This is stated in a message from the state company Avtodor. The fare depends on the type of vehicle and time of day.

Subscribers have watched enough Netflix / M. Stulov / Vedomosti American online cinema Netflix reported record low subscriber growth over the past three years. In the second quarter of 2016, their number grew by only 160,000 in the US and by 1.52 million worldwide. Earlier, the company predicted that their number would increase by 500,000 and 2 million, respectively. In total, the service now has 83.2 million subscribers.

Pavel Sheremet died when his wife's car exploded as he was leaving home on Wednesday morning. The explosion occurred in the center of Kyiv. A criminal case of premeditated murder has been opened. According to the preliminary version of the investigation, a homemade explosive device was detonated.