March 01, 2018, 08:15 / Business / News AliExpress will launch a social network and blogger exchange in Russia undefined Vedomosti From March 1, the Chinese trading platform AliExpress is launching in Russia the international social network “Shopaholics Club” and the blogger exchange AliExpress Connect. about this writes Kommersant with reference to the company. The social network is designed for users to discuss purchases made on the site.

The development of the new weapons presented by President Vladimir Putin in his address to the Federal Assembly has been taken into account in planning Russia's budget, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told journalists. "The President recently approved a new state armament program, and it fits into the budget, our designs. New types of weapons will be prepared.

There are no signs of campaigning in the message of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Interfax agency reports, citing the head of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Ella Pamfilova. Thus, the message of the head of state to the Federal Assembly does not violate the election legislation, she emphasized. "This does not contradict the law, it is all within the law," the head of the CEC said.

This year, construction of 60,000-70,000 apartments for resettlement will begin in Moscow as part of the renovation program, said Deputy Mayor for Urban Development Policy and Construction Marat Khusnullin. “We are launching another 2 million square meters into design and construction this year. That’s roughly 60,000-70,000 apartments,” said Khusnullin (quoted by Vesti FM).

The Board of Directors of AFK Sistema will discuss the resignation of the current president of the corporation, Mikhail Shamolin, as well as the appointment of a new one. This is stated on the Sistema website. The Nomination, Remuneration and Corporate Governance Committee of Sistema JSFC recommended the appointment of Andrey Dubovskov to the position of president of the corporation. He has headed MTS since 2011.

February 28, 2018, 23:49 / Economics Exclusively by subscription The Italian economy has forgotten how to grow Productivity is falling, excessive bureaucracy and ingrained habits are hampering business Marcus Walker Giovanni Legorano Italy doesn't know how to unfreeze the economy / Manuel Silvestri / Reuters As Italian parliamentary elections approach on March 4, politicians are making more populist promises.

net profit Evraz’s at the end of 2017 amounted to $759 million against a loss of $188 million a year earlier, the company’s press release says . Consolidated revenue grew 40.4% to $10.83 billion. Consolidated EBITDA amounted to $2.624 billion, which is 70.2% higher than in 2016. The company's net debt decreased by $0.8 billion to $4 billion.

March 01, 2018, 00:06 / Business X5 Retail Group wants to better understand customers using big data The growth resource due to network expansion and rising prices is gradually disappearing Natalya Ishchenko New sources of growth are needed, since the resource for increasing store space and increasing prices is gradually disappearing / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti The largest Russian retailer X5 Retail Group, which manages Pyaterochka, Perekrestok and Karusel, is betting on projects in the field of

01 March 2018, 12:10 / Real estate The authorities named the number of workers at Moscow metro construction sites undefined Vedomosti About 50,000 people are currently working on all Moscow metro construction sites, said Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Urban Policy and Construction Marat Khusnullin on the Vesti FM radio station.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on Naftogaz to seek the seizure of Gazprom's assets if the Russian company does not comply with the decision of the Stockholm arbitration. The Ukrainian leader stated this during a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. A video clip of the statement was published on Poroshenko’s official Facebook page .

Telegram admits the possibility of abandoning the public initial public offering of its own cryptocurrency. This follows from two presentations for investors, RBC reports . In the materials on behalf of the venture funds iTechCapital and Da Vinci Capital, investors are invited to participate in the second round of the closed sale of cryptocurrency, which is currently underway. Three investors confirmed the authenticity of the documents to the publication.

March 01, 2018, 12:56 / Economy / News Russia will adopt a state program to combat cancer undefined Vedomosti Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his address to the Federal Assembly, called for the implementation of a nationwide program to combat cancer.

The Federal Tax Service (FTS) is asking the court to declare VIM-Avia bankrupt, it follows from the file of arbitration cases. The amount of claims is 250.9 million rubles. Other details have not yet been disclosed. At the end of December 2017, the Federal Air Transport Agency reported that VIM-avia could not pay wage debts due to debt to the Federal Tax Service, which could amount to up to 500 million rubles.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko congratulated Ukrainians on the Stockholm Arbitration Court's decision, which ordered Gazprom to pay Naftogaz an additional $2.56 billion. "Congratulations to all Ukrainians on this historic, convincing victory!" Poroshenko wrote on Twitter.

01 March 2018, 13:01 / Economics Putin instructed the government to clarify the rules for calculating property taxes for individuals undefined Vedomosti The rules for calculating property tax for individuals on real estate must be revised so that the collection is feasible for citizens, President Vladimir Putin said in his message to the Federal Assembly. According to him, the cadastral value of real estate when calculating taxes sometimes significantly exceeds the market value.