December 18, 2017, 01:13 / Economics Brexit reaches a new level In 2018, negotiations should begin on the most difficult thing - trade in the future Elizaveta Bazanova Negotiations on the future trade relationship between the UK and the EU should begin next year / Olivier Matthys / AP The leaders of the EU countries approved the transition from the first stage of Brexit to the second, said President of the European Council Donald Tusk (quoted by Reuters).

The Russian division of the Fiat Chrysler concern, the official representative of Jeep on the Russian market, Efsiay Rus LLC, is recalling more than 10,300 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles in Russia, Rosstandart reported . The recall is subject to 10,355 vehicles sold from November 2011 to September 2014. The brake booster splash guard is not installed correctly on them, Rosstandart points out, which can lead to less efficient drainage of water from the brake booster.

December 14, 2017, 02:02 / Auto Exclusively by subscription The St. Petersburg auto industry is recovering from the crisis The production of passenger cars, which had been falling since 2013, began to grow this year Vladimir Shtanov The St. Petersburg auto industry is recovering from the crisis / Evgeniy Egorov / Vedomosti The current year has become a turning point for the St. Petersburg automobile industry.

December 18, 2017, 16:49 / Business / News Hershey and Campbell will buy two large chip manufacturers undefined Vedomosti Two American food industry giants - Campbell Soup and Hershey - on the same day announced the purchase of two large manufacturers of chips and dry snacks in order to expand brand packages.

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has confirmed the demand for the extradition of Magomed Dukuzov, a suspect in the murder of American journalist Paul Klebnikov. This was reported by Interfax. On May 29, the Russian supervisory agency already sent a request to the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine to extradite Dukuzov to bring him to criminal responsibility.

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to consider the proposal of the Kaluga Region Human Rights Commissioner Yuri Zelnikov, who asked for a large-scale amnesty, RIA Novosti reports . On Monday, December 18, the president presented state awards for outstanding achievements in human rights and charity work in the Kremlin. After the official part, Zelnikov approached the president and asked: "Elections are coming. Maybe we could think about a large-scale amnesty on election day?

Human rights activist Lyudmila Alekseyeva has appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to take the charity foundation of the deceased Elizaveta Glinka under his personal patronage. This was reported by a Vedomosti correspondent. Alekseyeva began her speech at the award ceremony of state prizes for human rights activities and charity with this request. According to Alekseyeva, this request comes not only from her, but also from Glinka's assistants.

December 18, 2017, 14:27 / Economy / News Russian regions will exceed the income plan in 2017 by 750 billion rubles undefined Vedomosti Russian regions will earn 750 billion rubles in 2017. in excess of the budgeted income, said the head of the Ministry of Finance Anton Siluanov during a speech in the State Duma. “This year we see a better situation with regional budgets. This year alone, we expect the regions to receive 750 billion rubles in excess of the planned income.

The law on direct contracts between consumers and resource supplying organizations may be adopted at the beginning of next year, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation Andrei Chibis said on Monday at a meeting of the public council. "The bill was adopted in the first reading. We had long discussions both at the Duma and government levels.

Former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, who held this position from 2010 to 2014, won the second round of the presidential elections, gaining, according to preliminary information, 54.58% of the vote, Reuters reports. Conservative Pinera was nominated by the party "Chile, Forza Horizonte". His opponent, a former television and radio journalist, sociologist, current senator Alejandro Guiller, nominated by the center-left coalition, but gained only 45.42%, admitted his "severe defeat".

Vnesheconombank (VEB) decided to place bonds of the PBO-001R-11 series for 30 billion rubles. This is stated in the bank's message. The collection of applications took place on December 18 from 11 to 12 Moscow time. Technical placement will take place on December 21st. The organizers of the issue are Gazprombank , BC Region, Rosselkhozbank and Sovcombank . The securities are placed by open subscription within the framework of a program that the Moscow Exchange registered in May 2015.

Electricity has been restored to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, USA, Mayor Kasim Reed said on Twitter. This happened almost eight hours after the airport lost power. The airport was left without power at 3:30 p.m. local time due to a fire in underground Georgia Power equipment. As a result, two substations serving the airport were damaged, including its backup power supply system. The cause of the fire is not yet known.

Yashin demands that the actions of the Moscow authorities that are preventing the holding of Free Elections Day on December 24 be declared illegal / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti The head of the Krasnoselsky municipal district, Ilya Yashin, filed a lawsuit in the Tagansky Court against Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, as well as against the head of the Moscow Department of Regional Security and Anti-Corruption Vladimir Chernikov and the deputy prefect of the Central Administrative District Sergei

Group-IB specializes in combating cybercrime / Group-IB Altera Capital has increased its stake in Group-IB (combatting cybercrime) from 10 to 25%, Interfax reports, citing the fund's managing partner, Kirill Androsov. This is confirmed by Group-IB founder Ilya Sachkov. The fund bought 15% of the company from one of the shareholders, an Altera representative said, declining to name him. In addition, neither he nor Sachkov disclosed the amount of the deal.

70% of the funds – 299 billion rubles – are proposed to be spent on creating a group of communications satellites covering the entire world (in the photo, a photograph of the Earth taken from the ISS) / Roscosmos The costs of implementing the Digital Economy program may amount to 520 billion rubles, the government website quotes the Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov. This follows from the action plans approved by the government, the minister explained.