"This is incitement to commit an international terrorist act, which is a form of complicity. <...> The lethal stage of freedom, American style." Irina Yarovaya, Deputy Chairperson of the State Duma “We in Russia will regard the lack of an appropriate reaction [from the US authorities] to this article as condoning extremism and terrorism.” Franz Klintsevich, member of the Federation Council Committee on Defense

May 17, 2018, 11:24 am / Business Abramovich's son's company hired former top managers of Bashneft Vedomosti The oil company Zoltav Resources, whose shareholder is the son of businessman Roman Abramovich, Arkady Abramovich, hired former top managers of Bashneft (since 2016 under the control of Rosneft) to develop geological exploration projects. The company's press service reports this.

May 17, 2018, 17:33 / Business Moscow authorities reported massive street closures during the 2018 World Cup Vedomosti Moscow authorities today published a scheme for changing traffic during the FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Russia from June 14 to July 15. In the capital, the changes will affect streets near the Luzhniki and Spartak stadiums, as well as the Vorobyovy Gory area adjacent to the Main Building (GZ) of Moscow State University.

Gazprom according hired security guards to protect workers from bears in the Okha and Nogliki districts of the Sakhalin region, to materials posted on the government procurement portal. the first to draw attention to this .

Over the past few years, we [in Russia] have been dealing with negative trends such as shrinking consumer purchasing power, sanctions, and currency volatility. The industry is forced to work on promotions, and their share has grown very much. We are already talking about a certain “promotional dependence,” from which we, together with our suppliers, are now trying to get out and create a new paradigm for working with the consumer.

Social network tightens requirements for posting plagiarism / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti The social network VKontakte has decided to protect content from copying: from June 15, it will disconnect from the monetization system those communities where the check reveals a large percentage of plagiarism, said Alexander Kruglov, Marketing Director of VKontakte.

Vedomosti presents a rating of government officials' incomes based on their declarations for 2017. At present, declarations of 83 out of 85 regional heads have been published. The first line of the rating of the richest governors is occupied by the head of the Bryansk region Alexander Bogomaz, in second place is the acting head of the Krasnoyarsk region Alexander Uss, appointed to this position in September 2017. He became the leader in personal income.

Almost no one has survived in the footwear market over the past 10 years, footwear companies have gone bankrupt one after another. There is no Centrobuv, no Mattino, Obuvkom has left the market and many other companies. Because it was almost impossible to survive. The market is grey, and I have provided our authorities with some interesting statistics: The Republic of Dagestan, legal production of footwear in 2016 is 50,000 pairs.

Trade is one of the largest sectors of the Russian economy: it provides 16% of Russia's GDP, 10% of all taxes paid to budgets at various levels. 16% of the country's total employed population works here, and 50% of small and medium-sized businesses are also employed in the trade sector. And this is the only industry that does not receive any monetary measures of state support.

This became possible thanks to the Mobile Voter system, which removed the link to place of residence / D. Abramov / Vedomosti Moscow could become a pilot region for voting by voters outside its region, Deputy Mayor of the capital Anastasia Rakova proposed at a meeting of the Central Election Commission on Wednesday.

The UEFA Champions League is a European football tournament founded in 1955. This year's final will be held in Kiev on May 26 / Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters On the day of the UEFA Champions League final, there will be no mention of Gazprom on the streets of Kiev and in the fan zone of the "Festival of Champions" on Khreshchatyk.

PhotoXPress Just a few years ago, many expected that small but flexible and rapidly developing fintech startups would, if not replace classic banking, then certainly force traditional players to make room. But for now, the "guys in jeans" and "gentlemen in suits" are at the forefront of the revolution in finance.

The Moscow City Duma approved a reduction in the profit tax rate from 17% to 12.5% ​​in 2018-2020. for companies producing cars in Moscow. First of all, the Renault concern, whose car assembly plant is located in the capital, will be able to take advantage of the preferential rate, Interfax reports . The bill also proposes to exempt enterprises that produce cars from paying property taxes.

In Moscow, the service of paying for parking and replenishing your parking account using SMS messages was temporarily unavailable. This is stated on the Moscow parking website . “City services are doing everything possible to restore service as quickly as possible,” the message notes. City authorities ask motorists to use other payment methods - through the Moscow Parking mobile application, parking meters or a personal account on the Mosparking website.

Resetting the VAT rate on regional routes to zero could become a key measure to fulfill President Vladimir Putin’s order to double flights bypassing Moscow by 2024. The Ministry of Transport is trying to “determine an algorithm” for solving this problem, Kommersant writes , citing its sources. The Ministry of Transport estimated the costs of the tasks set by Putin for the development of regional aviation at 180 billion rubles, says the publication’s interlocutor. Of these, 100 billion rubles.