February 16, 2017, 00:37 / Economics Exclusively by subscription Europe wants to protect its companies from Chinese takeovers Berlin, Paris and Rome ask Brussels for permission to block suspicious transactions Guy Chazan France has joined Germany's initiative to create EU rules to better counter Chinese investment / Philippe Wojazer / Reuters The three governments have contacted European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström to open a debate on the issue, Germany's economics ministry said.

Chairperson of the Committee for Economic Development of St. Petersburg Elena Ulyanova is leaving Smolny / E. Kuzmina / Vedomosti The Chairperson of the Committee on Economic Policy and Strategic Planning of St. Petersburg Elena Ulyanova has resigned. Her deputy Valery Moskalenko, who oversees the areas of budget regulation, program-target planning, and administrative management, has become the acting chairperson. Ulyanova is 40 years old.

The large supply of dollars on the Russian foreign exchange market in recent days may be due to the repurchase of Bashneft shares from minority shareholders, according to an analytical review by Sberbank CIB experts . He is quoted by TASS. “As part of the offer put out to investors, Rosneft must pay them before February 16. The repurchase of shares may require up to 64 billion rubles if all minority shareholders (except for the Republic of Bashkortostan) take advantage of the offer.

78% of Russians support the return of the visa regime with Belarus after the country abolished visas for citizens of 80 countries, 56% are against discounts on oil and gas for allied states, even in exchange for support from them, a VTsIOM poll showed . “Taking into account the information about the Belarusian side’s debt to Gazprom (at the beginning of January – about $340 million), the share of opponents of the supply of energy resources at reduced prices increases to 69%,” the report says.

Almost a third of survey participants admitted that their colleagues spend more time talking about politics than working / Created by Pressfoto / Freepik The US presidential election is over, but employees at American companies spend a significant portion of their work time reading, discussing and arguing with colleagues about politics, a recent study has found.

The manufacturer of Arkhyz mineral water, CJSC Visma, declared bankrupt, is appealing the court decision, Ali Baterbiev, head of the company's legal department, told TASS. “We do not agree with the decision of the KCR Arbitration Court and will appeal it to the Sixteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal in the city of Essentuki. The relevant documents will be submitted by March 13 this year.

Polina Badasen has been appointed as the new director of the macroeconomic forecasting department of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, the press service of the ministry reported. In accordance with the order of the head of the ministry, Maxim Oreshkin, the consolidated department of macroeconomic forecasting of the Ministry of Economic Development, which was headed by Kirill Tremasov, was reorganized into the department of macroeconomic forecasting.

Yandex's revenue in 2016 increased by 27% to 75.9 billion rubles, the company reported. In the fourth quarter alone, the search engine’s revenue increased by 22% compared to the same period in 2015. Adjusted EBITDA increased by 25% to RUB 26.1 billion, adjusted net profit by 16% to RUB 14.1 billion. It turns out that in 2016, Yandex 's revenue grew noticeably faster than in 2015 - then it increased by 18%.

February 16, 2017, 01:03 / Business Exclusively by subscription Gazprombank withdrew from the project of a medical center in the Leningrad region The hospital will be reconstructed and managed by the XXI Century Medical Center Maria Buravtseva The investor will pay only for the equipment, the rest will be covered by the budget / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti The Leningrad region administration plans to sign a concession agreement on the reconstruction of the former city hospital in the city of

Based on the results of a recheck of doping samples taken before the Olympic Games in Beijing (2008) and London (2012), 19 Russian athletes were found guilty of violating anti-doping rules, the reports All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) . The Disciplinary Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided that violators must surrender Olympic medals and other paraphernalia won at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

Experts of the All-Russian Civil Forum (ACF), held by the Civil Initiatives Committee (CIC) of Alexei Kudrin, have recognized the activities of the Public Chamber as ineffective / A. Gordeev / Vedomosti Experts of the All-Russian Civil Forum (ACF), conducted by the Civil Initiatives Committee (CIC) of Alexei Kudrin, have recognized the activities of the Public Chamber as ineffective.

February 16, 2017, 00:41 / Economics Exclusively by subscription Tax officials can gain access to audit confidentiality They still have enough resources to obtain information, fears business Elizaveta Bazanova Tax officers can gain access to audit confidentiality / Artem Geodakyan / TASS Tax risks for business may increase - a bill allowing tax authorities to gain access to audit secrets was submitted by the government to the State Duma and accepted for consideration by the Budget and Tax

Rosreestr reviewed about 2.4 million applications for the provision of services for registration of rights and cadastral registration in a month, the agency reports. Among the applications, 378,000 were for cadastral registration and 2 million applications were for registration of rights. At the same time, 24,000 applications were considered under a single procedure, according to which cadastral registration and registration of rights are carried out simultaneously.

The Committee of Civil Initiatives (CCI) of Alexei Kudrin has published its proposals for improving the work of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation (COP), which are designed to transform it from a decorative detail into a functioning instrument of public control and influence on government.

February 16, 2017, 19:52 / Opinions / Personal account Exclusively by subscription Investors remembered Sharia law Index investments according to the rules of Islam are fundamentally different from ordinary ones only in approaches, but in results - not much Vladimir Savenok , CEO of the consulting group “Personal Capital” Recently, our clients have begun to more often ask for help in organizing investments abroad that do not contradict the principles of Islam.