The government of Sevastopol plans to contribute money allocated for the development of the civil sector of the local Belbek airport as a federal subsidy to the authorized capital of Simferopol International Airport JSC and receive a share in this enterprise.

August 21, 2017, 12:37 pm / Finance The board of directors has changed at Peresvet Bank undefined Vedomosti The new board of Peresvet Bank includes former top managers of BFA Bank and AMT Bank. This is reported by Interfax with reference to materials from the credit institution. The board was replaced by decision of the board of directors on August 15.

OJSC Russian Railways, if a decision is made to sell a stake in TransContainer, considers it advisable to sell the entire stake (50%) at auction. “This issue was considered by the strategy committee of the board of directors of Russian Railways . The position of the company and the strategy committee is that, if you decide to sell, the priority is to sell the full package and, possibly, attract the widest possible range of investors,” said Russian Railways Vice President Andrei Starkov.

Ministry of Justice against mobile phones / D. Grishkin / Vedomosti The Ministry of Justice has decided to toughen the penalties for the transfer and attempted transfer of prohibited items to prisoners in colonies and pre-trial detention centers. The toughening will affect lawyers and employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service - fines for them may be increased by 10 times, according to the draft amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses, published on the information disclosure portal.

The leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov called the decision of the US Embassy to limit the issuance of non-immigrant visas for Russians expected. As reported by TASS, he believes that there is no need to be upset about this. Since August 21, the US Embassy began to cancel previously scheduled interviews, and stopped all work on issuing visas until September 1.

August 21, 2017, 11:51 am / Business 80 outbreaks of ASF have been registered in Russia since the beginning of the year undefined Vedomosti Since the beginning of the year, 80 outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) have been registered in Russia, and there is a threat of the virus being introduced from Ukraine, Rosselkhozkhnadzor reports, citing data from the International Epizootic Office (OIE).

August 21, 2017, 00:09 / Business Vitaly Vantsev's airline will begin flights in September Azimuth Airlines is ready to fly the Sukhoi Superjet 100 more often than other operators - seven hours a day Alexander Vorobyov Sukhoi took "Azimuth" / Azimuth Airline “This is not a charity, not a political action - he wants to make money from this.

The US Embassy will not refund the consular fee to those who applied for a visa and paid this money. The diplomatic mission reminded that the fee is valid for one year from the date of payment. The Moscow embassy will resume processing non-migrant visas from September 1. Those who applied for a visa in other cities were promised to be informed about the cancellation of the interview scheduled at the consulate by e-mail.

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree transforming the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “VO Almazyuvelirexport” into a joint-stock company. This will happen within 18 months, 100% of the company's shares will be in federal ownership. The document was published on the official legal information portal.

August 20, 2017, 11:48 pm / Business Exclusively by subscription California faces power shortages due to solar eclipse A state where up to 40% of its needs are provided by solar stations will lose thousands of megawatts of energy Gregory Meyer On Monday there will be no sun in California from 9 am to noon / Pixabay In California, the grid operator is installing additional line from gas and hydroelectric power plants to cover the decline in solar power generation.

The local arbitration court (AC) of Dagestan has issued a decision in the amount of 18.2 million rubles against Hyundai . The Dagestan panel of the Federal Arbitration Court (FATC) is not aware of such a dispute, and the judge who issued the decision has never worked in this court, Kommersant reports . In April 2016, Nadim Apaev bought a Hyundai Equus for 1.3 million rubles, but a few months later it was found to have defects.

The wife of the French President, Brigitte Macron, has officially received the duties of this role, but has not received the status of first lady or separate funding. The Elysee Palace has published for the first time a "charter" outlining the duties of the president's wife. Her work will be financed from the budget allocated for the work of the president. She is not entitled to a separate staff of subordinates.

August 20, 2017, 11:49 pm / Business Exclusively by subscription Metal trading goes online To increase efficiency, rental manufacturers want to get even small customers and are opening online stores Polina Trifonova It is expected that the share of the Internet platform will account for up to 5% of sales of the Russian division, said TMK Deputy General Director Vladimir Shmatovich / TMK Metal trading, with which many Russian businessmen began to build their empires, is becoming a thing of the

Outflow of deposits from Otkritie beats all ratings / M. Stulov / Vedomosti The Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) has put the national rating of FC Otkritie Bank under review with a "negative" outlook. The agency explains its decision by a significant outflow of client resources in June-July 2017 and the bank's increasing dependence on the Central Bank's refinancing operations. Moody's May Downgrade Otkritie's Ratings Finance / Banks ACRA is doing this following international agencies.

Due to a fire in the center of Rostov-on-Don, a state of emergency has been declared throughout the region. This was announced by the Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov. "We are introducing a state of emergency throughout the Rostov Region. This is a federal emergency," he said during a meeting of the working group of the government commission for the prevention and elimination of emergency situations. Previously, the state of emergency was introduced only in Rostov-on-Don.