VimpelCom CEO becomes defendant in bribery case / A. Gordeev / Vedomosti The Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) reported that the third identified defendant in the criminal case of the company T Plus (Renova Group) on the giving of bribes in especially large amounts to the leadership of Komi in 2007-2014 is Mikhail Slobodin. We are talking about the general director of VimpelCom, Mikhail Slobodin: from December 2002 to 2010, he headed KES Holding, which also figures in the case.

The G20 summit looks very successful for Vladimir Putin so far. The abundance of meetings is an important evidence for Moscow of the significance of its role in the club of world powers. Putin is promoting the concept of achieving bilateral agreements on “increasing trust” and, against the backdrop of crisis processes in different parts of the world, he is quite successful. On Friday, at the Eastern Forum, Putin discussed with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the fate of the Kuril Islands.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry failed to reach an agreement on resolving the situation in Syria on Sunday; They will meet again on Monday morning on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China, after consulting with their governments.

04 September 2016, 23:12 / Finance The MICEX index remained at its peak The most unexpected growth was shown by VTB quotes Marie Mesropyan The growth leader was unexpectedly VTB shares / M. Stulov / Vedomosti The MICEX index exceeded 2,000 points for the first time in history, as follows from data from the Moscow Exchange: on Friday, the MICEX added 1.36% and amounted to 2,003 points. By that time, the RTS dollar index was growing by 2.64% to 969 points.

The European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs heard a report on visa liberalization with Ukraine today, September 5, and proposed to approve the proposal to include Ukraine in the list of countries with which the EU introduces a visa-free regime. "Ukraine has made the necessary progress and met all the necessary criteria," Bulgarian MEP Mariya Gabriel (European People's Party) said in her report on Ukraine.

05 September 2016, 11:37 / Business Saudi Arabia sharply raises oil prices for Asia for October Vedomosti As a result, in October the price of Arab Light oil for Asian buyers will be 20 cents below the regional benchmark - the average price of oil from Oman and Dubai, and Arab Super Light - $3.45 higher. Saudi Arabia raised prices for oil supplies to Asia and the United States in October due to growing demand, the state corporation Saudi Arabian Oil Co. reported. (Saudi Aramco).

Sales of luxury new buildings in Moscow have grown by 13% in eight months, to 315 properties, according to a joint report by Contact Real Estate and Savills. Since the beginning of the year, luxury housing worth $316.8 million has been sold in the capital, which is 13% lower than the same figure for the previous year.

The Levada Center was included by the Ministry of Justice in the list of NGOs - foreign agents since September 5. The Levada Center has not yet been included in the register of NGOs - foreign agents on the website of the Ministry of Justice, dated September 2. "The autonomous non-profit organization "Yuri Levada Analytical Center" has been included in the register of non-profit organizations performing the functions of a foreign agent," the website of the Ministry of Justice reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Bloomberg (the transcript was published on the Kremlin website) that his daughters are involved in science and other activities that are “very noble and useful to people.” He expressed the opinion that he has no right to want something for his daughters, noting that they are young, but still adults and they themselves must determine their future.

A court in the German city of Bonn has rejected a lawsuit filed by 10 Russian Paralympians who tried to appeal the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) decision to bar them from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the Associated Press reports.

The Yuri Levada Analytical Center (Levada Center) was included in the register of non-profit organizations (NPOs) performing the functions of a foreign agent, the Ministry of Justice announced on Tuesday. The presence of signs of an agent in the NPO (financing from abroad and political activity) was established during an unscheduled documentary check, according to a message on the department’s website.

Negative interest rates are a growing problem for the European Central Bank. Experience shows that such a monetary policy measure can be successful under some conditions and ineffective under others. The ECB has to offer one instrument to countries with different sets of determining factors. Bankers, especially in Germany, are already complaining that negative rates are eroding their profit margins.

Business Searches at Renova Investigative actions were carried out as part of the case of bribes to the former leadership of Komi 09/05/2016 E. Razumny / Vedomosti Investigative actions carried out in the Renova office in connection with the work of the company... E. Razumny / Vedomosti Law enforcement officers in the office of the company E. Razumny / Vedomosti An announcement was made over the loudspeaker about a fire in building with a request for everything... E.

04 September 2016, 23:14 / Finance Rostec gives Novikombank another 1 billion rubles The state corporation planned to actually double the bank’s capital, but for now it is used to create reserves for loans Daria Borisyak Novikombank again receives additional capital from its shareholder - the Rostec state corporation / A.

On Monday, the Moscow City Court lifted the seizure of the property of the wife and father of former RusHydro CEO Evgeny Dod, who is accused of large-scale embezzlement of the organization's funds. This was reported on Monday, September 5, by Interfax. “The decision of the Basmanny Court is overturned and the case is sent for a new trial,” the judge announced the decision. For his part, the investigator asked to postpone the hearing.