Sberbank stock quotes on Thursday afternoon reached a new all-time high against the backdrop of overall market growth. At 11.50 Moscow time, an ordinary share of Sberbank on the Moscow Exchange cost 185.55 rubles. (+1.12%), the maximum value was 185.85 rubles. By 12.10 Moscow time, the MICEX index rose to 2024.74 points (+0.79%), the RTS index – to 1091.01 points (+0.61%), ruble prices for most major chips on the Moscow Exchange rose within 2.3% .

The vulnerability of pacemakers with access to wireless networks has been discussed for a long time / Steve Marcus / REUTERS A dangerous vulnerability has been discovered in pacemakers widely used in the United States. It allows remote access to the devices, allows the device to be stopped or disrupted, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reports.

bank The reorganization of the Otkritie FC gives rise to a new mechanism for working with problem banks, which in turn will launch the Central Bank’s “printing press” for hundreds of billions of rubles. This statement was made by Russian Business Ombudsman Boris Titov. “We proposed creating a bad debt fund so that the state would not seize banks, but would help them by buying out bad debts, relieving them of the burden created by the crisis.

Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov proposed establishing working contacts between Russian and US Defense Ministers Sergei Shoigu and James Mattis in his first interview since his appointment to the Kommersant newspaper. This was his response to a question about whether Moscow has any specific ideas for normalizing relations with the United States.

Police in Moscow are searching for unknown individuals, one of whom wounded a young man with a traumatic pistol on Turgenevskaya Square, TASS reports, citing the press service of the capital's Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. “At about 00:30 Moscow time, a conflict occurred between a young man and unknown individuals on Turgenevskaya Square, after which one of the unidentified individuals shot the man, presumably with a traumatic pistol,” the agency’s source said.

By his decree, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko reduced the number of deputy ministers of internal affairs from five to four people. This was reported by Interfax, citing the text of the document. Now the minister will have a first deputy minister - head of the criminal police; deputy minister - head of the public security police; deputy minister - commander of the internal troops; deputy minister.

The leader of the Leningrad group, Sergey Shnurov, will become the host of a new entertainment show on Channel One. "The Main Cat of the Country" will be shown on Channel One on Sundays, Interfax reports, citing the organization's press service. The press service specified that Shnurov will appear before the audience in a way that few have seen him - as a domestic cat owner. "Shnurov will open the doors of his apartment to show who is the boss in his house - he or his cat Vaska.

The decision of the Central Bank of Russia to rehabilitate the Otkritie FC bank is a positive factor for the bond ratings of systemically important Russian banks, Interfax reports with reference to a message from the international credit agency Moody's. Moody's analysts also believe that the bank's transfer to the control of the Central Bank may become a reason to remove its ratings from the list for revision with a “negative” outlook.

US Defense Secretary James Mattis said he had signed an order to send additional troops to Afghanistan, Reuters reported on Thursday.

Moscow "considers further strengthening of sanctions against North Korea to be counterproductive and dangerous," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following a telephone conversation between Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. This position was conveyed to Washington.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has not received the document known in the press as the "Tillerson plan" for stabilizing relations between Moscow and Washington. This was stated in an interview with Kommersant by the new Russian ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov. "We have not received any "three-step plan" for normalizing relations from Washington," he said. At the end of June, BuzzFeed wrote about the document developed by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

There is my job, which I do and will do, said Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin in response to a request to comment on a media report that he is President Vladimir Putin's "favorite." Earlier, Bloomberg, citing three officials familiar with Putin's intentions, reported that President Putin's new "favorite" is Maxim Oreshkin.

August 31, 2017, 13:23 / Business / News Medvedev called for protecting Russia from the import of powdered alcohol undefined Vedomosti The sale of powdered alcohol in Russia should be prohibited, says Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Today the government is considering two bills regulating the alcohol market, in particular a ban on the production and sale of powdered alcohol in Russia, as well as fines for violating this restriction.

There is no stronger and more reliable investor in the modern economy than central banks, and I can sincerely congratulate the clients, creditors and depositors of Otkritie Bank on this, said Dmitry Tulin, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank. It is hard to argue with him. The power of central banks, which have unlimited opportunities compared to other investors, has been confirmed more than once in recent years.

Following Moscow, smaller format road signs will begin to be used throughout Russia, said Maxim Liksutov, deputy mayor of the capital for transport issues. “At a meeting of the government commission on road safety, the decision to move from the experiment to the permanent legal use of reduced-format road signs was supported. By the end of the year, appropriate changes to the standards will be adopted,” he told reporters following a meeting of the government commission on Thursday.