The Sberbank Group will optimize and develop the real estate portfolio of JSC Russian Railways , the railway company reported. Representatives of Russian Railways signed such an agreement with a 100% subsidiary of the financial organization - Sberbank Investments LLC. The goal of cooperation is “maximum disclosure of the investment and development potential” of the portfolio, Interfax quotes the bank’s message.

November 22, 2017, 01:12 / Business Skolkovo will invest in agricultural startups Instead of a venture fund for biomedicine, Skolkovo may have a fund for agricultural technologies Anna Kholyavko Ekaterina Burlakova The field for venture investment is still free, although there are startups and prospects / TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED In the summer, Skolkovo and the Russian Venture Company (RVC) agreed to create three venture funds for investments in IT, industrial technologies and biomedicine.

Russian print media and their readers live by roughly the same information agenda: on the one hand, this confirms the generally accepted theory about the significant influence of the media on its formation, on the other hand, it demonstrates the immersion of Russians in issues that have little to do with their private lives, follows from the study by HSE sociologist Anastasia Kazun Agenda-Setting in Russia Media.

November 22, 2017, 10:25 / Business / News Sechin notified the court in the Ulyukaev case of failure to appear for a good reason undefined Vedomosti Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin notified the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow that he would not come to the hearing in the case of former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev for good reason. The judge announced this at the beginning of the hearing on Wednesday, November 22, a Vedomosti correspondent reports.

The share of counterfeit cognac in stores can reach 40%. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin spoke about this. According to him, an investigation is currently underway. Preliminary results will be available by the end of the year. “Colleagues are working, this is a very large layer of work,” Khloponin noted. After checking, there will be an understanding of where similar products are coming from, who the manufacturer is, etc., he added.

November 22, 2017, 11:57 am / Finance The president of the Russian subsidiary of Cyprus Popular Bank was arrested undefined Vedomosti The president of the deprived Rosprombank license, Sergei Salogubov, was arrested on charges of fraud, reported the Investigative Committee of Russia . A criminal case was opened against him based on a statement from the Deposit Insurance Agency about the theft of bank property.

By the end of 2017, the social network Facebook plans to launch a special portal that will allow users of the social network to check whether they are subscribed to (or have “liked”) pages that are allegedly linked to Russian structures suspected in the United States of interfering in the presidential elections. This is stated in the company’s blog .

Opera singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky is expected to be buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery. The corresponding appeal by the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky was supported by the Moscow authorities, Interfax reports, citing the capital's Department of Trade and Services. "The decision was positive. His ashes will be buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery," the department said. Medinsky's appeal was also supported by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

November 22, 2017, 14:13 / Economics Nabiullina found no reason to refrain from structural reforms Vedomosti Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina considers the Russian economy stable and sees no reason to refrain from structural changes.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has identified a cartel among suppliers of products for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This is reported on the FAS website. BLAGO LLC, SOLOMKO LLC and DZSB LLC entered into a conspiracy to maintain prices at auctions. They did not submit price proposals lower than those of the other party to the agreement, the FAS statement noted. In addition, they refused to compete, it is indicated there.

Small and medium-sized businesses account for almost 90% of Cyprus' exports to the EU and more than 80% of imports from there, according to Eurostat data. According to the European Statistics Agency, small and medium-sized businesses account for 98% of all EU companies trading with other countries in the bloc. About 70% of these companies are micro-enterprises with up to nine employees.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the introduction of a new type of ordinary visa. According to the government website, this is a visa for entry into Russia for the purpose of obtaining a temporary residence permit in Russia.

The Kremlin has not yet received information about any emergency situations on Russian territory that could result in the release of ruthenium-106. This was reported to journalists on November 22 by Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of President Putin. He specified that the Kremlin had contacted all relevant departments that might know about possible accidents and the causes of the release of the radioactive isotope. None of the departments confirmed such accidents, the official emphasized.

Following the arrest of Senator Suleiman Kerimov in Nice, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Chargé d'Affaires of France, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Konstantin Kosachev said at a plenary session on November 22. As reported by Interfax, he specified that the ministry took demarches simultaneously in both Moscow and Paris. On Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry sent an official note to the French leadership.

November 22, 2017, 15:26 / Economics The State Duma extended the start of payments on Soviet deposits for a year Vedomosti The State Duma adopted in the third and final reading the law on extending from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2021 the commencement of the law “On the basic cost of the necessary social package.” It provides for full compensation of deposits in Sberbank of the USSR.