Ekaterina Chesnokova / RIA Novosti Sports.ru editor-in-chief and video blogger Yuri Dud has become an ambassador for Alfa Bank , the bank reported. The bank's representative did not disclose the terms of the contract or its amount. The contract is concluded until the end of 2018. It was not possible to contact Dud. The New Face of Tinkoff Bank The bank will use Dud's image in advertising and will also integrate its advertising into the journalist's YouTube channel.

If amendments to the law on the reintegration of Donbass, which the Verkhovna Rada is considering, are indeed made to sever diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Russia, this will be “another exercise in political madness and irresponsibility,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin told Interfax.

Handicraft tax On the news “Putin ordered to come up with a tax on mining” ( www.vedomosti.ru from 10/24/2017) Well, let's also impose a special tax on handicrafts on handicrafts, a special tax on drawing on drawing, a special tax on reading on reading, etc. The profit for the miner <...> potentially only occurs at the moment of selling [cryptocurrency] to another person, all the necessary taxes for such a transaction have long been invented.

Former CEO of Russian Post Dmitry Strashnov will not appeal the seizure of 95 million in his account, his lawyer Victoria Burkovskaya told Business FM. “We withdrew the complaint from the court because we don’t see any point in it,” says Burkovskaya. Last week, on November 2, it became known that the Basmanny Court had seized more than 95 million rubles in Strashnov's accounts.

08 November 2017, 18:53 / Economics Deputies approved in the first reading a project to increase the minimum wage to the subsistence level Vedomosti The State Duma approved in the first reading a draft law on increasing the minimum wage to the subsistence level. The document was submitted for consideration by the government at the end of September this year.

The US authorities are expanding sanctions against Cuba from November 9. This was reported in a press release from the country's Treasury Department. Restrictive measures will be expanded to avoid "economic interaction with the Cuban military." US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that US authorities are calling on the Cuban government to give more political and economic freedom to the people. The new restrictions will affect financial transactions, trade, tourism, etc.

The cost of American gas must decrease by at least three times in order for LNG supplies from the United States to Europe to become justified, says Gazprom Export CEO Elena Burmistrova. “Don’t be surprised by this figure - in order for American LNG to be competitive in the European market, today it should cost about $1/MBTU at the Henry Hub site, and preferably less.

08 November 2017, 09:25 / Business A native of the FSB became the director for special assignments of Rostec Vedomosti Former first deputy head of the scientific and technical service of the FSB, Nikolai Andrianov, has been appointed director for special assignments of Rostec, Kommersant writes , citing top managers of defense industry enterprises. This happened in early November.

Lenin neither unites nor divides. The dividing lines in society were and are drawn by Stalin and Stalinism. In connection with the centennial anniversary of the revolution, there is so much nothing to talk about and nothing to celebrate it with that the entire "historical" discussion has been reduced to a dispute about whether Lenin's body should be buried. For example, Ksenia Sobchak, Ekaterina Gordon, Natalia Poklonskaya, Ramzan Kadyrov spoke out in a united front "for".

08 November 2017, 08:42 / Finance In Russia they proposed creating a unified database of car owners undefined Vedomosti Government amendments to the law “On the Organization of Insurance Business” envisage the creation of a unified automated database of car owners in the country, which will be held by the Russian Union of Auto Insurers (RUA). about this writes Kommersant with reference to the text of the document. It is expected that the innovation will help in the fight against fraudsters.

The daughter of artist Lyudmila Gurchenko died due to heart problems, RIA Novosti reports, citing her lawyer Shota Gorgadze. “As far as I know, the death was sudden,” he clarified. At the time of her death, Maria Koroleva was 58 years old. According to him, he will try to ensure that she is buried next to the actress at the Vagankovskoye Cemetery. Gorgadze did not disclose the date of the funeral.

The Solomensky District Court of Kyiv has seized the apartment of the son of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Oleksandr Avakov. This was reported by Ukrainian media, citing a statement by the deputy head of the specialized anti-corruption prosecutor's office, Vladislav Krivenko. According to him, the property of other defendants has also been seized as part of the previously opened criminal case.

The administration of US President Donald Trump marked the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917 with a special statement published on the White House website. It calls November 7 National Victims of Communism Day. "The Bolshevik Revolution gave birth to the Soviet Union and its dark decades of oppressive Communism, a political philosophy incompatible with freedom, prosperity, and the dignity of human life," the statement said.

08 November 2017, 15:47 / Politics Turchak answered Narusova’s question about the Kashin case undefined Vedomosti The ex-governor of the Pskov region, Andrei Turchak, who was elected today as vice-speaker of the Federation Council, said that he had already given all comments on the “Kashin case”, and invited those interested to familiarize themselves with them in the original sources. This is how Turchak responded to the request of Senator Lyudmila Narusova - the widow of the first mayor of St.

A bill on toughening penalties for animal abuse that results in death or injury has been submitted to the Duma for consideration. The authors of the document are United Russia deputies Vladimir Burmatov and Sergei Vostretsov and Socialist Revolutionaries Elena Drapeko and Oleg Shein. They propose increasing the penalty for cruelty to animals to five years' imprisonment. This is cruelty (resulting in the death or injury of an animal) for hooligan or selfish reasons or using sadistic methods.