The interaction between the ministries of Russia and Belarus in the field of agriculture is very constructive, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich. “There are many problematic issues in our relations with Belarus. But I would like to emphasize that interaction at the working level, at the level of the ministries of agriculture, services that deal with sanitary control, is being carried out very constructively.

Vnesheconombank (VEB) and the Ministry of Finance have amended the memorandum on the financial policy of the state corporation, which will allow it to finance innovation in a new way. This was told to Vedomosti by two people close to VEB, a federal official, and confirmed by a representative of the bank. Until now, the memorandum allowed VEB to finance any investment projects aimed at developing innovation.

"System" follows Indian fashion / E. Razumny / Vedomosti AFK Sistema's venture fund Sistema Asia Fund has invested in the Indian startup Wooplr, which has developed a mobile platform dedicated to women's fashion. This was reported to Vedomosti by a source close to the fund, and confirmed by Sistema representative Sergey Kopytov. In addition to Sistema's fund, the investment round included the Indian fund Helion Ventures and the Singaporean fund Amereus.

The police are searching for two men who stole 10 million rubles from an unemployed Muscovite in the Khovrino district of Moscow, TASS reports, citing the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the police, two unknown people attacked a man near his home on Zelenogradskaya Street after midnight and, threatening him with a gun, stole his bag with 10 million rubles, after which they fled in a car.

06 February 2017, 23:39 / Finance Raiffeisenbank launches car loans for automakers The bank closed its own car loan program in 2015 Daria Borisyak Anna Eremina Raiffeisenbank launched car loans / M. Stulov / Vedomosti Raiffeisenbank , which decided to curtail car lending in 2015, has maintained an indirect presence in this market and plans to develop it. According to a person close to the bank, it cooperates with banks of automakers, including Volkswagen Bank Rus and BMW Bank.

The former owner of the restoration company Intarsia, Viktor Smirnov from London, complained to President Vladimir Putin and Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika about the pressure from the security forces. According to Kommersant , which obtained the businessman’s letters, he complains about the actions of the St. Petersburg department of the Investigative Committee. The Investigative Committee accuses Smirnov of embezzling 320 million rubles. during the reconstruction in St.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered amendments to be submitted to the State Duma to increase administrative liability for failure to give way to pedestrians. The bill proposes to establish an administrative fine of 1,500 to 2,500 rubles for failure to comply with the requirement of the Road Traffic Regulations to give way to pedestrians, cyclists or other road users (except for drivers of vehicles) enjoying the right-of-way, the government website says.

06 February 2017, 23:29 / Business Exclusively by subscription Investments in thermal power engineering need to be increased by 3 times Otherwise, heat tariffs will rise, and the reliability of heat supply will fall, says the Ministry of Energy Ivan Peschinsky The heat market reform will affect the population, since the population is the main consumer of heat / M. Stulov / Vedomosti The heat supply industry's need for investment is estimated at approximately 250 billion rubles.

Young member of the LDPR party Vladimir Smirnov has decided to organize a youth movement in support of the party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky. This was reported to the agency "Moscow" by the president of the First Patent Company Anatoly Aronov. He advises the party on issues of brand registration. The youth movement will be called "Zhiriki", he added, an application for registration of such a brand has already been submitted to Rospatent.

February 07, 2017, 00:46 / Economics Vnesheconombank will earn on government guarantees The Ministry of Finance proposes to make state guarantees paid, the money will go to the agent - VEB Alexander Prokopenko State guarantees are provided free of charge, although the state as a guarantor bears the costs / E.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will stand trial on suspicion of financial fraud during the 2012 presidential campaign, Le Figaro reports, citing a judicial source. According to these reports, the judge handling the case, which the press has dubbed the "Bigmalion case", has ruled that the former leader of the country will have to stand trial along with 13 other defendants. The Bigmalion affair concerns the financing of Sarkozy's 2012 election campaign.

06 February 2017, 23:52 / Business Exclusively by subscription Yota founder Sergey Adoniev left a large greenhouse project This business could cost about 6.7 billion rubles Ekaterina Burlakova To stop importing tomatoes and cucumbers, Russia should introduce 1.5 times more greenhouses annually / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti Businessman Sergei Rukin became the sole owner of the management company "Greenhouse Growth Technologies" (GTR), having bought 80% of the shares of this company from his

The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has been criticised for refusing to allow US President Donald Trump to address parliament during his visit to the UK. Bercow told the BBC that his remark sparked a wave of anger, with some calling it "utterly outrageous" and others saying he should be impartial.

The European Court of Human Rights, after examining 15 complaints from groups of applicants and individual Russian citizens, awarded the plaintiffs a total of 183,500 euros for violating their rights to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly. The decision was published on the court's website. The plaintiffs included residents of Moscow, St.

06 February 2017, 23:38 / Finance Exclusively by subscription Six largest US banks will be able to return more than $100 billion to investors If the Donald Trump administration weakens banking regulation Tatyana Bochkareva If Trump fulfills his promise to ease regulation, banks will be able to return this money to shareholders / A.