08 September 2016, 09:08 / Economics The government has allocated 3.76 billion rubles to compensate elderly people for major repairs. Vedomosti Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the distribution of funds to the constituent entities of the Federation to compensate for contributions for major repairs in an apartment building to certain categories of older citizens, according to the Russian government website.

Banks, management and insurance companies, depositories and brokers, pension funds and trusts will have to transfer data on the accounts of foreign clients to Russian tax authorities, and they will forward the information to colleagues abroad. Such a bill was prepared by the Ministry of Finance and published on regulation.gov. Financiers will have to report to the Federal Tax Service due to an agreement on the automatic exchange of information.

08 September 2016, 11:57 / Finance Sukhov: About 170 banks conducted dubious transactions worth 4.5 trillion rubles Vedomosti About 170 banks that were deprived of their licenses carried out dubious transactions totaling over 4.5 trillion rubles, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Mikhail Sukhov said at the XIV International Banking Forum in Sochi.

08 September 2016, 11:29 / Business Dvorkovich: Russia and Belarus have not yet agreed on gas prices Vedomosti Russia and Belarus continue negotiations on changing the price of Russian gas; information about reaching any agreements does not correspond to reality, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said. “We are negotiating. I can only say that what was written about the fact that we agreed on something is not true, it is all false information,” Dvorkovich said.

Media reports about the “last proposal” of US President Barack Obama to the Russian side on Syria “do not fully correspond to reality,” President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said today. According to him, work on a joint document continues and a compromise is potentially achievable. “This publication is not entirely, not completely true,” Peskov responded to a request to comment on the Washington Post material .

Russia will support the “Normandy format,” Vladimir Putin said at a press conference after the G20 summit in Hangzhou: “For better or worse, there is no other option to at least attempt a settlement.” But a month has not passed since August 10, when Putin, impressed by the capture of “Ukrainian saboteurs” in Crimea, spoke about the meaninglessness of the “Normandy format”: “<...> the people who seized [power] in Kiev and continue to hold it, instead searching for compromises <...> instead of

JPMorgan raised the forecast price of Tinkoff Bank GDR from $6.4 to $7.3, the “hold” recommendation has not changed. Renaissance Capital increased the forecast price of Globaltrans GDR from $5.5 to $6.3; the “buy” recommendation did not change. Deutsche Bank raised its recommendation for Rosneft shares from “sell” to “hold”, the forecast price increased from 300 rubles. up to 365 rub.

“We have stabilized the activities of 28 banks undergoing rehabilitation, and in recent years, since the beginning of 2014, we have increased our business activity in the most reliable market segments,” said Mikhail Sukhov, deputy chairman of the Central Bank, at the XIV International Banking Forum in Sochi. The most noticeable change in the structure of their balance sheet is the increase in investments in securities to an amount of over 630 billion rubles, he said.

Following a meeting on Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) left the interest rate on loans at zero, the bank said in a statement. The ECB also kept the deposit rate at minus 0.4% per annum and the rate on margin loans at 0.25% per annum. The volume of the asset repurchase program was left unchanged - 80 billion euros per month. The ECB's decisions generally coincided with market expectations.

The carrying of the Russian flag by the Belarusian delegate to the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro is a state position and also the position of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, said his press secretary Natalya Eismont. "Carrying out the flag during the opening ceremony is the initiative of the Belarusian delegation. However, I want to emphasize that this is the state position and this is also the position of the country's president and the president of our Paralympic Committee.

Following a meeting on Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) did not change interest rates and the size of the bond purchase program. But he slightly downgraded his forecast for economic growth and inflation for 2017. ECB President Mario Draghi said work was underway to prepare changes to the program if they were needed. The key refinancing rate remained at zero, the deposit rate was minus 0.4%, and the margin loan rate was 0.25%.

University of Rochester (New York) researcher Ehsan Hoque, who studies the role of emotions in human-computer interaction, has developed a computerized communication assistant. The system monitors hand movements, gaze directions, nods, facial expressions and pauses in conversation, responding to signs of friendliness, intonation or excessive use of certain words.

Neither analysts from leading investment banks nor oil traders gathered at the annual Asia-Pacific Oil Conference in Singapore expect a significant increase in oil prices in the next year and a half. Although the market is gradually balancing due to a reduction in supply, the “overhang” in the form of huge reserves of oil and petroleum products remains.

September 08, 2016, 10:05 / Finance / News Household deposits decreased by 0.3% in August undefined Vedomosti Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Mikhail Sukhov said that household deposits, taking into account currency revaluation, in August decreased by 0.3%, in real terms they increased by 0.5%. “Growth indicators, for example, in deposits, in ruble terms, decreased slightly.

Politics Senior US officials on Wednesday issued a warning to Russia over its alleged involvement in hacking attacks on the US Democratic Party. But one of the suspected hackers told the WSJ that his alleged ties to Russia are "nonsense" and promised to release more information as early as next week. Read on WSJ.com Each of the US presidential candidates - Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump - tried to convince voters on Wednesday that they could better ensure the country's security.