17 August 2016, 16:23 / Lifestyle The head of the EOC was detained in Brazil on suspicion of fraud with tickets to the Olympics Vedomosti Brazilian police have detained the head of the European Olympic Committee (EOC), Patrick Hickey, suspected of fraud with tickets to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian media reported on Wednesday. According to law enforcement, Hickey, 71, tried to escape when officers arrived at his hotel room.

Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych demanded a face-to-face confrontation with current Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko, and Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov via videoconference, the Ukrainska Pravda newspaper writes, citing lawyer Vitaliy Serdyuk.

Rosneft asks the government to once again analyze whether it is necessary to increase the share of purchases from small and medium-sized businesses at special auctions, the company said in a letter (Vedomosti has a copy) to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The company proposes to make a decision after summing up the results of purchases of state-owned companies for the entire 2016, it follows from the letter.

17 August 2016, 12:42 / Auto Ford will release a self-driving car within five years Vedomosti American automaker Ford Motor Company plans to release the first self-driving car, which will not have a steering wheel or pedals, within the next five years, the company said in a press release. The company expects that such a car will be popular with delivery services, as it will help reduce the cost of driver salaries, and car sharing services.

From September 13 to December 11, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts will present eight paintings and three graphic works by Raphael. The museum director Marina Loshak explained the concept of the exhibition: “Eight paintings and three drawings will give an opportunity not only to get an impression, but also a comprehensive idea of ​​Raphael’s capabilities as an artist.

August 16, 2016, 11:57 pm / Finance Hedge fund manager Donald Lathen profited from terminally ill patients, SEC alleges The Securities Commission accuses him of using a fraudulent scheme Tatyana Bochkareva These people received $10,000 at a time and for this agreed to jointly own a brokerage account with Laten or one of his people / E.

About 50 million people have already watched the Olympics using the Snapchat mobile app / E. Razumny / Vedomosti Almost 50 million people have already watched the Rio Olympics broadcasts on the disappearing messaging app Snapchat. That's almost a third of the service's daily audience of more than 150 million people. In the hopes of attracting such a huge audience, broadcasters such as NBC and BBC are broadcasting on Snapchat.

August 17, 2016, 11:54 pm / Opinions More than a partnership Political scientist Vasily Kashin on the development of political and economic relations between Russia and China Vasily Kashin At the beginning of September 2016, we will have an important Russian-Chinese summit meeting, which will take place on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hangzhou.

Rosneftegaz was obliged to prepare recommendations on the privatization of Rosneft by September 1, TASS reports citing a representative of the Ministry of Economic Development. We are talking about recommendations prepared by an investment consultant “on the candidacies of strategic investors, the structure of the transaction for the alienation of Rosneft shares (quantity, terms, price and other conditions), a report on the market value,” he clarified.

17 August 2016, 16:55 / Economics Rosstat recorded zero weekly inflation Vedomosti Over the past week (from August 9 to 15), consumer prices in Russia have not changed. This is stated on the Rosstat website . From July 26 to August 1, deflation of 0.1% was recorded for the first time in five years. From the beginning of August to August 15, consumer prices decreased by 0.1%. From the beginning of 2016 to August 15, inflation gained 3.8%.

The companies Cascade and Sports and Fitness Center Bars submitted applications to participate in the auction for the sale of 100% shares of Lira LLC, which owns the rights to the unfinished Sheraton Rostov-on-Don Hotel & Business Center complex with an area of ​​45,400 square meters. m, follows from the protocol of consideration of applications. The seller is “BM Project” (part of the VTB group ). The results of the auction are due to be announced on August 17.

One gold and two bronze medals won by Russian athletes on the 11th competition day of the 2016 Summer Olympics allowed the Russian team to retain fourth place in the overall medal count, Interfax reports . The team currently has 12 gold, 12 silver and 14 bronze medals. Synchronized swimmers Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina won first place in the duet competition. They became four-time Olympic champions.

August 17, 2016, 10:17 pm / Business Government analysts supported stevedores Experts opposed the regulation of services in ports, as well as the transfer of tariff calculations in rubles for non-residents Anna Zibrova According to the Association of Seaports, cargo transshipment through seaports over the past 10 years has increased 1.6 times to 676.7 million tons / D.

The Ministry of Finance is discussing the possibility of replacing the repeated indexation of pensions with a one-time cash payment. The government's social block claims that the government is discussing indexation, the question is in its figures. The discussion about increasing pensions in the highest echelons of power reflects a situation from which there is hardly a way out that would suit everyone.

August 17, 2016, 16:56 / Economy / News Gref does not see any positive in postponing the privatization of Bashneft undefined Vedomosti The head of Sberbank, German Gref, does not consider the postponement of the privatization of Bashneft a positive signal for the market. Interfax reports this. “To be honest, I haven’t seen any explanations for the reasons yet.