The State Council of Crimea is preparing legislative amendments to postpone the introduction of the regional resort fee to 2019, Aleksey Chernyak, chairman of the republic’s parliamentary committee on sanatorium-resort complex and tourism, told RIA Novosti. Previously, the State Council of Crimea adopted a law on the introduction of a resort tax in the region from May 1, 2018, according to which a payment of 10 rubles.

December 19, 2017, 13:55 / Finance The Central Bank does not expect banks to increase demand for foreign currency at the end of the year undefined Vedomosti Unlike December last year, in the remaining days of 2017 there will be no increased demand for foreign currency from Russian banks, the acting governor told reporters. O. Director of the Financial Stability Department of the Bank of Russia Elizaveta Danilova.

Russia must become a leader in knowledge, intelligence, social and cultural development, Putin urged / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti Vladimir Putin, who has announced his candidacy for a fourth presidential term, delivered his first policy speech. Addressing activists at the ONF forum, he promised to make Russia a global intellectual leader in all spheres, without ceasing the fight against poverty and social inequality.

December 19, 2017, 08:24 / Economics The State Council of Crimea will prepare amendments to postpone the introduction of resort fees undefined Vedomosti The State Council of Crimea is preparing legislative amendments to postpone the introduction of the regional resort fee to 2019, Aleksey Chernyak, chairman of the republic’s parliamentary committee on sanatorium-resort complex and tourism, told RIA Novosti.

December 19, 2017, 21:49 / Finance A bank for the defense industry could be created on the basis of Globex undefined Vedomosti The basis for the creation of a specialized bank to service defense enterprises and contracts may not be Svyaz-Bank, but another VEB subsidiary, Globex, Interfax reported, citing several sources in the financial market. In this case, bank clients will be asked to switch to services at Svyaz-Bank.

Former head of YUKOS Mikhail Khodorkovsky called on the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Ella Pamfilova to refuse Vladimir Putin’s registration as a presidential candidate. Khodorkovsky wrote about this in a letter (Vedomosti has read its contents) to the Central Election Commission.

December 19, 2017, 17:26 / Economics The Ministry of Economic Development recalculated the decline in the manufacturing industry into growth Economists do not agree with this calculation procedure Elizaveta Bazanova The Ministry of Economic Development was able to achieve an increase in manufacturing production by 2.8% / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti After a record decline in industry for six years in November, the Ministry of Economic Development recalculated the data in its own way and found not

“We must specifically warn Kyiv against any attempts to use the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Center to resolve the Donbass problem by force.” Franz Klintsevich, member of the Federation Council "All the Kremlin's actions are aimed at starting negotiations with their protégés. But in a puppet theater, you can only talk to the puppeteers." Pavlo Klimkin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Lawyers for former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, who was found guilty of receiving a $2 million bribe, have filed an appeal against the decision of the Zamoskvoretsky District Court. “The court received an appeal against the verdict from lawyer Daredzhan Kveidze, who represents the interests of Alexei Ulyukaev,” the Zamoskvoretsky Court told TASS.

Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko called the nesting dolls she saw at a fair in central Moscow primitive and announced her intention to instruct each senator to register one regional brand within a year / Andrey Gordeyev / Vedomosti Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko called the nesting dolls she saw at a fair in central Moscow primitive and announced her intention to instruct senators to register one regional brand each within a year.

December 19, 2017, 00:59 / Business Exclusively by subscription Russians are waiting for last-minute tours for the New Year holidays They are not ready to buy expensive trips - tour operators have to make discounts Anastasia Ivanova Early bookings in winter help you save, but not as much as in summer / Andrey Makhonin / Vedomosti Sales of package tours abroad for the New Year increased by 20%, said Maya Lomidze, executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR).

The Chinese embassy examined the US national security strategy, which names Russia and China as the main threats, and noted that such assessments cannot contribute to global development. “Preaching rivalry and confrontation runs counter to global trends and will lead to failures... It is completely selfish for a country to claim that its own interests are superior to those of other countries and the common interests of the international community.

December 19, 2017, 07:46 / Finance / News The media learned about the first theft of money from a Russian bank through the SWIFT system undefined Vedomosti For the first time in the financial history of Russia, hackers managed to steal money from a bank through the SWIFT financial information transfer system. about this writes Kommersant with reference to information security specialists. The attack took place on December 15.

Foreign agent media outlets operating in Russia will have to distribute the materials they publish through a Russian legal entity they have established, TASS reports, citing the text of the draft law. Such a legal entity must be established within a month of the entry into force of the relevant law. Access to materials from foreign agent media without appropriate marking will be blocked, the document specifies.

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