May 24, 2018, 19:48 / Economics Exclusively by subscription Turkish President Erdogan scared investors The Central Bank cannot stop the fall of the lira because the market doubts its independence Alexey Nevelsky Pool / AP The depreciation of the Turkish lira continued on Thursday, despite an emergency increase in the key interest rate the day before. According to experts, Turkey's central bank must do more to stop the devaluation of the national currency.

Novatek and Total entered into an agreement on the participation of the French company in the Arctic LNG-2 project. The agreement was signed following negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. The document was signed in the presence of the presidents by the heads of Novatek and Total, Leonid Mikhelson and Patrick Pouyanne, respectively . The agreement between the companies was signed on the sidelines of the St.

Google informed Roskomnadzor that it has stopped providing to the Telegram messenger its IP addresses to bypass blocking in Russia. The head of the department, Alexander Zharov, spoke about this, Interfax reports. “ Microsoft has stopped providing Telegram with the ability to use the Microsoft Download service configuration file, Google has informed us that the provision of IP addresses to Telegram is currently suspended. That is, the process is underway,” he noted.

International investigators may turn to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for help in investigating the reasons for the crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Donbass. Dutch prosecutor Fred Westerbeke spoke about this. “That could be the next step,” he said, noting that such requests are usually made through the courts. “The usual way of exchanging information between countries is from prosecutor to prosecutor,” Westerbeke said at a briefing (quoted by TASS).

Russia proposes to develop, under the auspices of the UN, an international legal instrument that would spell out measures for the disposal of seized assets. This was stated by the Ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Special Assignments for International Anti-Corruption Cooperation Andrei Avetisyan at a meeting of the UN General Assembly, TASS reports.

May 24, 2018, 16:19 / Business / News The Ministry of Agriculture plans to create an “agricultural Yandex” undefined Vedomosti The Ministry of Agriculture intends to create an information system for agricultural producers to access big data and new technologies. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ivan Lebedev at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

May 23, 2018, 23:31 / Personal account Exclusively by subscription Russians have only a week left to report on foreign accounts Whom are tax authorities waiting for with a report on the movement of personal money abroad Lyudmila Koval Ordinary citizens of Russia, regardless of residence, are now not required to inform the Federal Tax Service about any other foreign property, except for that recorded in bank accounts / VALERY HACHE / AFP Since 2015, Russian citizens who own accounts and deposits

The candidacy of the former governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Novosibirsk Region, ex-presidential envoy to the Siberian Federal District Viktor Tolokonsky was withdrawn by the government from the list of candidates for the board of directors of Russian Railways, two people close to the presidential administration told Vedomosti, and was confirmed by the prime minister’s press secretary Natalya Timakova.

Not a single Russian air defense system has ever crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border, RIA Novosti reports , citing a statement by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The bank will return 20% with “Thank you” bonuses when paying with new cards in sports stores, 5% in cafes and restaurants, 0.5% for other expenses. The monthly return limit in the “sports” category is 3,000 bonuses, “cafes and restaurants” – 2,000. However, the bank promises to award increased bonuses only until the end of the current year. In the future, “Thank you” will be accrued as standard - 0.5%.

Sberbank will send its proposals to the Central Bank to introduce relaxations when risk ratios for foreign currency loans increase. Senior Vice President of Sberbank Alexander Vedyakhin told reporters about this at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “We will approach the regulator with our proposals to weaken this regulation,” Vedyakhin said (quoted by Interfax). Now the bank is studying the draft document published by the Central Bank.

Otkritie Bank redistributed its stake in VTB among credit institutions under the control of the Central Bank. Interfax reports this with reference to the Otkritie press service. “As part of the management of capital adequacy indicators, Otkritie Bank redistributed ownership interests in voting shares of VTB Bank between banks under the control of the Bank of Russia,” Otkritie said in a statement.

May 24, 2018, 00:08 / Economics / Interview Exclusively by subscription The St. Petersburg Forum is a glossy story; it cannot be held at the end of November Chairman of the St. Petersburg Tourism Development Committee Andrey Mushkarev talks about the importance of SPIEF and the FIFA World Cup Anna Shcherbakova For Vedomosti Head of the St. Petersburg Tourism Committee / Evgeny Egorov / Vedomosti St.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the conclusions of international experts about Russia's involvement in the MH17 crash "unfounded accusations." The Russian department's statement was published on its website. This version "makes us regret," the statement said. No evidence was presented, it also noted. The Russian Foreign Ministry also draws attention to the fact that the investigation ignored information provided by Russia.

French President Emmanuel Macron, who is visiting Russia for the first time, hopes to visit the country again during the World Cup if the French team reaches the final. "I hope to come in a few weeks and support our team," Macron said, answering questions from reporters. He also said he was counting on new talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Since I am an optimist by nature, I can say with confidence that I will come... and then we will be able to meet with President Putin again.