The Ministry of Finance is against introducing a “frontal ban” on bitcoins; the corresponding bill will be adjusted based on the results of an upcoming series of meetings with experts. Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia Alexey Moiseev told reporters about this. “The bill, of course, is ready, but we will not rush into it, and, most likely, it will change along the way. I now want to hold a series of meetings with experts and think again about what we need to do.

August 26, 2016, 00:41 / Opinions Miracles of Retirement Savings How much will pensioners receive less from replacing indexation with a one-time New Year's payment? Olga Kuvshinova Instead of indexing pensions in the second half of 2016, the government promised to pay 5,000 rubles. to each of the nearly 43 million pensioners in January 2017.

August 26, 2016, 14:20 / Finance Sberbank overtook Gazprom in market capitalization Vedomosti The results are positive due to the growth of net interest income and create the potential for an increase in consensus forecasts and share prices, note analysts from FG BCS . Within the next corridor, Sberbank’s quotes may reach the 150 ruble mark in the foreseeable future, Alfa Bank analysts believe .

August 26, 2016, 08:47 / Finance Brent is trading at $49.5 per barrel Vedomosti By 8.42 Moscow time on Friday, October futures for Brent on the London ICE Futures exchange were trading at $49.5 per barrel, quotes for October futures for WTI in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange were at $47.27 per barrel.

August 26, 2016, 00:09 / Business Iran may have reached peak oil production Now he can join the agreement on freezing production Ivan Peschinsky Iran's oil production may have peaked / Vahid Salemi / AP Iran's oil production in August amounted to 3.85 million barrels per day, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) writes. This is almost at the level of June – 3.8 million barrels per day.

President Vladimir Putin has issued an order to retain former Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov as head of the working group on monitoring and analyzing law enforcement practices in the sphere of entrepreneurship. This was reported by Interfax, citing the corresponding order, which was published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

The demolition of all illegally constructed buildings from the second list, which the Moscow mayor's office published on June 28, will take place on the night of August 29, Sergei Shogurov, head of the State Inspectorate for Real Estate in Moscow, told RIA Novosti in an interview.

August 26, 2016, 15:37 / Finance / Politics Ukrainian Oschadbank filed a lawsuit against Russia for $1 billion over Crimean assets Vedomosti The state-owned Ukrainian Oschadbank filed a claim for $1 billion in International Arbitration against Russia for the loss of assets in Crimea, the reports .

The death toll from the earthquake in Italy has risen to 267, ANSA reports , citing the civil protection department. About 400 people were injured. The day before, 250 people were reported dead. The earthquake in the central regions of the country began early in the morning of August 24, and aftershocks are still ongoing, complicating the search for survivors. A 4.7 magnitude tremor was recorded early on Friday morning.

Since the Yarovaya-Ozerov anti-terrorism amendments came into force in June, four cases of application of new norms against representatives of religious minorities – Baptists and Pentecostals – have already been reported. The most publicized decision of the court of the city of Orel to fine him 40,000 rubles. Baptist Donald Ossewaarde for organizing a home Bible reading circle.

August 26, 2016, 07:00 / Business The price of Russian gas for Belarus will be calculated using the ruble formula - Kommersant Vedomosti Belarus will purchase gas from Gazprom at prices calculated using the ruble formula based on the average price for the Unified Gas Supply System (UGSS) of Russia with an increasing coefficient, reports Kommersant , citing sources familiar with the progress of the approvals.

August 26, 2016, 14:53 / Finance Sberbank has become more expensive than Gazprom State Bank with a capitalization of 3.22 trillion rubles took second place among Russian companies Tatyana Voronova Daria Borisyak Maria Kaverina Sberbank has become more expensive than Gazprom / A. Makhonin / Vedomosti The most expensive company in Russia so far is Rosneft – 3.6 trillion rubles. “It seems that this is a new fact that Gazprom will have to put up with.

August 26, 2016, 12:59 / Economics / Politics In Bolivia, striking miners beat a deputy minister to death The government has not yet achieved the release of the body of the murdered deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Rodolfo Illanes Natalya Raibman Miners demand changes to recently passed mining laws / Juan Karita / AP The Bolivian government has confirmed the abduction and murder of deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Rodolfo Illanes by striking miners.

The death toll from the earthquake in Italy has risen to 278 people. This was reported on Friday, August 26, by RIA Novosti, citing the RaiNews24 TV channel . Earlier, the media reported 268 deaths and 387 injuries, who are in hospitals. On Friday, it became known that the Italian government declared a state of emergency in the affected areas and allocated 50 million euros to eliminate the consequences of the disaster. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi exempted residents of these areas from taxes.

The Russian Football Union (RFU) Committee on Players' Status has granted Krasnodar's application to recognize the lack of "foreign player" status for the club's Brazilian midfielder Joaozinho. This was reported on the organization's official website. On the website of the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL), Joãozinho's profile states "Russia" in the citizenship column.