American company Walmart Stores Inc. has signed a binding agreement to purchase Jet.com. The deal will be worth about $3 billion, according to a press release from the retailer. As part of the deal, Jet.com shareholders will receive Walmart shares worth a total of $300 million. Walmart expects to strengthen its position in online commerce through the deal. The parties are awaiting regulatory approval of the deal, and the companies expect to close the deal by the end of 2016.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree expanding the list of state and municipal services provided on the “one window” principle on the basis of multifunctional centers (MFCs), according to the government website.

Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev said that investors are showing great interest in both the privatization of Bashneft and the privatization of Rosneft, Interfax reports. “There will probably be a different range of participants. There is great demand for Russian assets. As for the risk, it exists. But I think that if we are talking about sales to strategic investors, then there is sufficient demand,” he said.

The idea of ​​the creator of the Olympic movement, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, was to form a new philosophy of sports brotherhood in an atmosphere of friendship and cooperation between nations. Disputes about the possibility of separating sports from politics have accompanied the Olympics throughout their recent history. The Olympian philosophy called for “healing” political differences through sports, but it seems that in sports these differences were further manifested.

August 08, 2016, 09:01 / Finance / News Kudrin: The Russian banking system faces more serious challenges than 10 years ago undefined Vedomosti Now the Russian banking system faces more serious challenges than 10 years ago, says Alexey Kudrin, deputy chairman of the Economic Council under the President, head of the Center for Strategic Research. He told this to Interfax.

08 August 2016, 23:50 / Opinions Tomorrow never comes Sociologist Denis Volkov says that Russians do not see the future of their country Denis Volkov The unenviable economic situation and the inability to maintain the status quo are forcing people to increasingly start talking about different scenarios for the country’s development. “Siloviki” and “system liberals”, supporters of “Kudrin’s plan” and supporters of “Glazyev’s proposals” are arguing about the future of the country.

Russian athlete Yulia Efimova reached the final of the 100m breaststroke swimming competition at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, TASS reports . She covered the distance in 1:05.72 and took second place after two semi-finals. American Lilly King showed the first time (1:05.70). The final in this type of program will take place on August 9. To date, the Russian team has won five medals at the Rio Olympics.

(MMK) bought shares of Fortescue Metals Group Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works 10 years ago. At first 4.71% for $130 million, in 2007 he increased the package to 5.37%. Magnitogorsk, which, unlike other Russian metallurgists, did not have its own coal and iron ore, expected to increase its stake in Fortescue to 20% in order to have the right to 9 million tons of mined ore. But the crisis got in the way.

The Russian Ministry of Energy has not received official proposals from Bulgaria regarding working groups to discuss the prospects for joint energy projects. to Prime This was reported by the department’s press service on August 8 afternoon. On August 6, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced that an agreement had been reached on the creation of such bilateral groups. He agreed on this during a telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin on August 5.

During the second quarter, the average monthly bill of a VimpelCom wired Internet user (ARPU) decreased compared to the previous quarter by approximately 7.3%, and year-on-year by 13% to RUB 391, follows from the VimpelCom report. The decline accelerated – in the first quarter of 2016 it was 2.5 and 8% quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year, respectively.

07 August 2016, 22:50 / Auto The tax authorities won a case against Suzuki Motor Rus regarding inflated losses The court decided not to take into account the data of other distributors when calculating the market price of a car Polina Gritsenko The tax authorities won a case against Suzuki Motor Rus regarding overstatement of losses / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The Russian division of the Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Corp.

The presidents of Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan discussed the situation in Syria. In their opinion, the danger of uncontrolled development of the Islamic State, a terrorist group banned in Russia, remains. The militants must be fought with a united front, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said following the meeting of the leaders of the three countries.

07 August 2016, 21:01 / Finance Constance Bank lost its license Almost all of the bank’s assets were in the cash register Zaitseva Nadezhda Evgeniy Fedorov Two days before the license was revoked, the bank’s operations were limited / L. Vereshchagina / for Vedomosti On August 5, the Bank of Russia revoked the license of JSC JSCB Constance Bank and appointed a temporary administration.

The Moscow Exchange is changing the tariff system on the derivatives market - now the commission will again be calculated as a percentage of the transaction amount. Now a fixed amount is charged per contract - for example, 0.5 rubles. for futures dollar - ruble and 1 rub. for Brent oil futures. The new tariffs are described in the exchange presentation (Vedomosti has a copy).

The head coach of the Moscow football club Lokomotiv, Igor Cherevchenko, has decided to resign, TASS reports, citing a source familiar with the situation. "Cherevchenko has decided to resign," he said. Last week it became known that Spartak head coach Dmitry Alenichev decided to end his work at the Moscow football club.