February 15, 2018, 16:56 / Economy / News Medvedev instructed Oreshkin and Siluanov to agree on an infrastructure mortgage within a week undefined Vedomosti Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Finance to resolve differences within a week, prepare and present the final version of the Infrastructure Mortgage program.

According to VTsIOM polls, voters did not notice the Central Election Commission posters (pictured) / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti After almost two months of the presidential campaign, the turnout declared by citizens for the elections remains almost the same as at the start, according to data published on Wednesday by VTsIOM.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) does not plan to change its position regarding the deal between the German concern Bayer and Monsanto. This was stated by Deputy Head of the FAS Andrey Tsyganov at the Russian Investment Forum in Sochi, Interfax reports. The combined Bayer-Monsanto company will have "economic power," Tsyganov said. There is no other option to prevent the possibility of abuse of a dominant position in the market, he added.

Russian and Ukrainian Presidents Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko discussed the release of Ukrainian hostages and the introduction of peacekeepers into Donbass in a telephone conversation, Poroshenko himself told journalists. The conversation between the leaders of the two countries took place on Monday, February 12, on the third anniversary of the Minsk agreements. According to Poroshenko, peacekeepers are needed in Donbass "like air".

A joint venture between AFK Sistema and Rostec has already been created and includes 22 microelectronic enterprises. This was stated by the main owner of Sistema, Vladimir Yevtushenkov, at the investment forum in Sochi, Interfax reports. In particular, from Sistema’s side, seven enterprises entered the joint venture, and from Rostec’s side - 15. The creation of the enterprise has been completed, technical procedures remain, Yevtushenkov clarified.

Today, the main indicator of the work of Russian defense enterprises is the unconditional fulfillment of their obligations under the state defense order: management in the defense industry is aimed primarily at implementing the tasks set within the framework of the management system, which can be compared with the state plan.

February 15, 2018, 15:52 / Finance / News Kostin named the conditions for VTB to start working with cryptocurrencies undefined Vedomosti VTB may begin working with cryptocurrencies after the appearance of strict regulation in this area, said the president and chairman of the board of the bank, Andrei Kostin. “I'm being careful for now. I am not an opponent, but I am not a supporter of this either.

Representatives of the Russian regions where the World Cup matches will be held have proposed creating a federal stadium operator that will manage them after the tournament, RNS reports . The proposal was put forward at a meeting of the Federation Council dedicated to preparations for the 2018 World Cup. “We see it as logical to create a unified federal management company that would centrally deal with the loading and maintenance of stadiums.

The share of Yandex search queries on Android devices in Russia in Q4 2017 increased by 8 percentage points year-on-year and amounted to 45%. In Q4 2016, it was 41.2%. This is stated in the Internet company's report. In 2015, Yandex filed a complaint against the American corporation Google to the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). Three smartphone manufacturers (Fly, Explay and Prestigio) based on the Google Android operating system refused to pre-install the Yandex application.

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Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Yuriy Shvytkin commented on the words of the former Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Koval regarding the return of the Ukrainian fleet located in Crimea. According to Shvytkin, Russia "does not owe anything to anyone", Moscow does not intend to repair the equipment abandoned by the Ukrainian military and then return it to Kyiv, RIA Novosti reports. The deputy elected from Crimea Ruslan Balbek supports this approach.

Varvara Grankova Recently, the Ministry of Labor proposed increasing the lifting allowance for migrants to the Far East from 225,000 rubles to 1 million. We are talking about regional labor mobility programs that have been in effect since 2015 in 16 regions with labor shortages, including seven regions in the Far East. Over the past 20 years, 2 million people have left the Far Eastern District, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev reported last August. Labor is needed.

The Chairman of the Council of the Center for Strategic Research (CSR), former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin named his main mistakes in the government as the failure of administrative reform, attempts to raise the retirement age and implement a budget maneuver. "The first, biggest structural failure is the failure of administrative reform.

The prototype of the Russian “Fast Payment System” may be transferred to banks for testing as early as March. This was stated by the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank Olga Skorobogatova, Interfax reports. According to her, the regulator is now studying the technical readiness of this prototype in order to transfer it to banks for testing. First, you need to make sure that the prototype works, you can connect to it and test operations, Skorobogatova explained.

The program for issuing federal loan bonds (OFZ) for the population can be increased to 100 billion rubles, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at the Russian Investment Forum in Sochi. According to him, the Ministry of Finance has been instructed to study this issue. Regions can also issue their own bonds to finance infrastructure projects. “A good example of long-term investment instruments is the issue of federal loan bonds for individuals. Their sale started last spring.