August 16, 2016, 19:02 / Business Sponsors have moderated advertising activity at the Rio Games Some are even returning tickets to sporting events Rebecca Davis O'Brien Sponsorship spots at some events remain unfilled / Alexey Kudenko / RIA Novosti The advertising activity of large companies, traditionally sponsors of the Olympic movement, is less noticeable at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro than at previous Games.

Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Kazakhstan's leader Nursultan Nazarbayev for mediating in restoring relations with Turkey. "You mentioned the restoration of Russian-Turkish relations. In this regard, I would like to thank you for the efforts you have made, I mean your mediation mission. As we see, it was successful," Putin said at a meeting with Nazarbayev in Sochi.

August 15, 2016, 23:59 / Business Retailer Target is struggling to sell perishables They are bought too rarely Khadija Safdar Buyers do not come often enough for fresh meat, fruits and vegetables / E. Razumny / Vedomosti One of the largest retailers in the world, Target, has a problem with food sales: customers do not come often enough to buy fresh meat, fruits and vegetables for the company to sell them before the expiration date.

August 16, 2016, 00:03 / Business Gazprom may set a new anti-record for production The concern admits for the first time that its production will continue to fall this year Galina Starinskaya Alexandra Terentyeva Gazprom cannot yet raise production from historical lows / M. Stulov / Vedomosti In 2016, Gazprom’s production may drop to a new anti-record – 417.2 billion cubic meters. m. The concern gave this forecast in its RAS report for the second quarter.

Politics Russian bombers carried out airstrikes on targets in Syria, taking off from an airbase in Iran. This indicates increased cooperation between Moscow and Tehran, which support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad read on WSJ.com US presidential candidate Donald Trump has proposed tightening immigration policies to combat terrorism.

In the first half of 2016, Sberbank of Russia paid members of the board a total of 571.3 million rubles. versus RUB 378.7 million. a year earlier. this with reference to the quarterly report of the credit institution. reports Interfax A new system for paying remuneration to top managers was approved by the bank in the second half of 2015.

On August 25, Aeroflot's board of directors will consider a deal to assign the rights to purchase 22 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, the company announced on Tuesday. The planes were ordered directly from the Boeing Corporation, the right to purchase them will be assigned to Rostec structures, most likely to its company Aviacapital Service (engaged in aircraft leasing), according to two people close to the Aeroflot group .

Deliveries of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) to Iran will be completed in 2017, the head of the Rostec state corporation, Sergei Chemezov, told Interfax. “For next year,” Chemezov said, answering the agency’s question on the matter. In June, Chemezov reported that Russia would deliver four divisions of S-300 air defense systems to Iran by the end of 2016.

Long-range bomber Tu-22M3 / Russian Ministry of Defense Kalibr cruise missiles will fly over Iraq and Iran, Vesti.ru reported . The portal added that ships equipped with these missiles are participating in Russian Navy exercises that began on August 15 in the Caspian and Mediterranean Seas. Vesti also recalled that the Russian Defense Ministry sent requests to Iraq and Iran to use their airspace for the flight of these cruise missiles.

In the second quarter, Soros Fund Management reduced investments in Barrick Gold from 19.4 million to 1.07 million shares ($22.9 million), according to the fund’s reporting, which it provides to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Soros' hedge fund bought shares of Barrick Gold in the first quarter. In the first half of the year they rose in price by 169%, but in August they began to become cheaper.

August 16, 2016, 16:10 / Business OZK wants to buy out shares of the largest grain transshipment terminal from minority shareholders Among them is the owner of Summa Ziyavudin Magomedov Ekaterina Burlakova In 2015, NKHP’s revenue amounted to 10.1 billion rubles. / D.

August 16, 2016, 16:22 / Economy / News The Ministry of Economic Development considers it expedient to consider unfreezing pension savings - Interfax undefined Vedomosti The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia considers it advisable, when developing proposals for the development of the funded element of pensions, to consider the possibility of unfreezing pension savings, but temporarily reducing the rate of insurance contributions for funded pensions, a source familiar with the position

16 August 2016, 14:58 / Finance Morgan Stanley analysts expect oil prices to fall to $40 per barrel Vedomosti Morgan Stanley does not believe in the duration of the recent rise in oil prices. this reports Prime . The rally in the oil market began unexpectedly after IEA and OPEC reports prompted traders to cover short positions, bank analysts say. In the medium term, they believe fundamental factors will become more important and prices may decline in the coming months.

A. Taranin The intensity of work is growing day by day, says Elena Varshavskaya, professor of the Department of Human Resource Management at the Higher School of Economics. After mass layoffs, companies have far fewer workers than before, and in 2016, the problem of planning vacations became especially acute, the expert explains.

Crocus Group President Aras Agalarov did not receive any prior written notices about the closure of the Myakinino metro station, in whose construction the company was an investor. He told TASS about this. The Moscow Metro press service reported today that the Myakinino station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line will be closed from August 22.