The organisers of the press conference of the writer George Martin in St Petersburg did not translate a question about Russian President Vladimir Putin. Martin is the author of the fantasy saga "A Song of Ice and Fire", on which the popular series "Game of Thrones" is based. A Fontanka journalist asked what clan Putin would belong to if he were in Westeros. "We don't have an answer to that question," translator Nikolai Kudryavtsev replied.

The victim in the case of the seizure of the Citibank branch on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street in Moscow filed a civil lawsuit against the accused for 50,000 rubles. to Interfax This was reported by the lawyer of the accused, businessman Aram Petrov, Stanislav Maltsev. He clarified that only one of the victims filed a civil lawsuit. The plaintiff is seeking compensation for moral damages.

August 16, 2017, 09:08 / Business The former head of the oil company Pemex was summoned to the Mexican Attorney General's Office for questioning. undefined Vedomosti The Mexican Prosecutor General's Office has summoned for questioning the former head of the Mexican oil company Pemex, Emilio Lozoya, who is suspected of involvement in a corruption scheme organized by the Brazilian company Odebrecht. This was reported by Prime with reference to the Telesur TV channel.

August 16, 2017, 19:16 / Business Global Ports sold a terminal to TransContainer for 1.9 billion rubles The operator only needs one dry port in St. Petersburg Dmitry Gorshenin Transcontainer is a vertically integrated container operator / D. Grishkin / Vedomosti Global Ports signed an agreement with PJSC Transcontainer to sell 100% of CJSC Logistics-Terminal, a dry port in the south of St. Petersburg, for RUB 1.9 billion, Global Ports reported.

The outflow of funds from individuals from Otkritie Bank in July amounted to 36 billion rubles, as follows from the monthly reporting of the credit institution on the Bank of Russia website. The outflow of funds from legal entities amounted to RUB 319 billion. At the same time, the bank increased its debt to the Central Bank 67 times - from 5 billion to 338 billion rubles. Read also: Alfa Bank denies the existence of problems in large banks Read also: Alfa Capital names risky banks

August 16, 2017, 10:33 / Business Dixy reduced its net profit by five times in the second quarter undefined Vedomosti reduced Group In the second quarter of 2017, the Dixy its net profit under IFRS by 5.4 times (by 81.4%), to 199 million rubles. from 1.07 billion rubles. a year earlier, the company said. EBITDA decreased by 22% to RUB 3.69 billion, the profitability of this indicator was 5.2% compared to 5.6% in the second quarter of last year.

The video of the rap battle between Oxxxymiron and Gnoyny (aka Slava KPSS, Sonya Marmeladova, etc.), posted on YouTube on the night of August 14, had gained more than 11.5 million views by the evening of August 15, was covered in official media, and caused a heated discussion online.

The British Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has fined PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) a record amount in its history due to errors the company made in its audit of financial firm RSM Tenon Group Plc. Read on vedomosti.ru The regulator issued a “severe reprimand” and imposed a fine of £6 million, which was reduced to £5.1 million through cash discounts, after examining the 2011 accounts of RSM Tenon, which collapsed in 2013.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has decided to end two business advisory boards under his administration. "Instead of pressuring the businessmen at the Industrial Council and the Strategy and Policy Forum, I am shutting them down. Thanks everyone," he wrote on Twitter. The decision followed a number of members of those bodies' decisions to leave them in protest against Trump's comments on the Charlottesville unrest.

The scandal associated with the supply of Siemens gas turbines to Crimea will not affect the cooperation of the German company with Russian Railways ( Russian Railways ), First Vice President of Russian Railways Alexander Misharin said at the “Territory of Meanings” forum. “Moreover, we plan to increase (the number of) Sapsan-type trains,” Misharin said.

It won't be easy for Russia to climb out of the economic hole / Andrey Gordeyev / Vedomosti The Russian economy will not even reach 2% growth rates until 2023 inclusive – this is the consensus forecast of Russian and foreign analysts surveyed in early August by the HSE Development Center.

On the night of August 16, the oldest actress of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre, People's Artist of the RSFSR Kira Golovko died. This was reported to TASS by the Moscow Art Theatre's press attaché Maria Malkina. The farewell to Golovko will take place on August 18 in the theatre's portrait foyer, and the funeral will take place at the Novodevichy Cemetery. TASS recalls the confusion with the actress's year of birth.

August 16, 2017, 20:33 / Auto / News FCA will join BMW and Intel in developing self-driving cars undefined Vedomosti Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will join the consortium to develop self-driving cars created by BMW and Intel in 2016, the companies announced . The creators of the consortium have previously said that it is open to other participants, inviting automakers and technology companies to cooperate. Automotive components supplier Delphi joined this year.

In August, the Committee for Architecture and Urban Development announced 20 finalists of the "Renovation of Residential Quarters of Moscow" competition, who will develop concepts for the development of five experimental renovation sites.

August 16, 2017, 11:26 am / Business Gett shareholder valued business service in Russia at $700 million Vedomosti The Swedish investment fund Vostok New Ventures (VNV), which owns 3.6% in the Gett service, has valued the service’s business in Russia at $700 million. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the fund’s materials.