President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on optimizing the structure of the Kremlin administration. This was announced by his press secretary Dmitry Peskov. According to him, this is an “internal adjustment.” Later on Thursday, the decree was published on the Kremlin website. According to the document, some administration departments have been assigned new functions. In addition, Putin signed a decree amending some presidential acts, Peskov added.

Specialists from the Russian Space Systems holding (RSS, part of the Roscosmos state corporation) used satellites to monitor the construction of stadiums for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the holding’s website reports . The RKS website has posted photographs of stadiums during construction and after its completion. Satellites photographed the construction of stadiums in Rostov-on-Don, Moscow, Sochi, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Yekaterinburg and Volgograd.

The Moscow Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service opened a case against the Magnolia chain of stores for distributing advertisements for Marlboro cigarettes. This is stated in the message of the antimonopoly service. Advertising of tobacco, tobacco products, products and smoking accessories is prohibited in Russia, reminds the FAS. Now Magnolia will have to explain why such advertising appeared in its grocery stores, the report said. The case will be considered in two weeks - June 28.

Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti The Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the Tagansky District Court to block the Telegram messenger in Russia, a Vedomosti correspondent reports from the courtroom. Telegram will challenge this decision, Telegram representative Ramil Akhmetgaliev told journalists . In addition, the messenger's representatives intend to file a lawsuit in the European Court of Human Rights, but to do this, they need to go through all the courts in Russia, he noted.

14 June 2018, 13:45 / Opinions Which investments to choose in difficult economic conditions? Crisis phenomena in developing countries, trade wars and high prices for stocks make it difficult to choose Oleg Chikhladze , Managing Director of the consulting brokerage department "BCS Broker" There are three questions that retail investors raise most frequently these days when discussing investments. The first is problems in debt markets.

Companies sometimes hire stars with the promise of great responsibilities, but that doesn't turn out to be the case. Employers try to attract people by exaggerating the importance of the work they'll be doing or by not disclosing the challenges ahead, says Dan Smith, chief operating officer of recruiting firm Raines International. What should employees do? Face reality and adapt or run away? It all depends on the specific circumstances.

The largest shareholder of the gold mining company Petropavlovsk, Kenes Rakishev, invested $2 million in the production of combat robots. A representative of the businessman spoke about this. Rakishev's venture fund Singulariteam is a key investor in the Israeli General Robotics, which specializes in developing robotic solutions for the military. The development of the ultra-light Pitbull AD remote module is a response to the growing global threats posed by combat drones, Rakishev believes.

The first deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank, Maxim Poletaev, plans to resign, Reuters reports , citing sources. According to the agency, the resignation will be officially announced this week. Reuters does not name the reasons for Poletaev’s departure. A spokesman for Sberbank declined to comment to the agency. An acquaintance of Poletaev confirmed to Vedomosti that the manager was leaving Sberbank of his own free will.

Economy Medvedev revealed the parameters of pension reform By 2028, the retirement age will increase for men to 65 years, and by 2034 for women - to 63 years. 06/14/2018 Georgy Yashunsky, Elizaveta Bazanova The government proposes to increase the retirement age by eight years for women and by five years for men Photo: Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti At a meeting on Thursday, the government approved a bill to raise the retirement age.

In March, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) published draft amendments to the law “On Protection of Competition,” called the “fifth antimonopoly package.” Its goal is to optimize antitrust regulation in the digital sphere. One of the clauses of this bill proposed to prohibit discriminatory access to data (to which data, the FAS did not specify), which was opposed by large technology companies.

June 14, 2018, 16:54 / Business IKEA decided to increase online sales to 15–20% of turnover in Russia undefined Vedomosti The share of IKEA sales through the online store may grow from the current 7% to 15-20% of the chain’s turnover in Russia in the next 2-3 years. Deputy General Director of IKEA in Russia Gerhard Moritz told reporters about this, writes TASS.

Chicago authorities have chosen Elon Musk's Boring Company to build high-speed underground transport. The company confirmed the news on Twitter Wednesday evening. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to announce the victory of Boring's bid on Thursday, the Financial Times writes .

The Basmanny Court of Moscow granted the request of the Investigative Committee of Russia to arrest the head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow region, Alexander Shestun, court press secretary Yuno Tsareva told Vedomosti. “This preventive measure was chosen for a period of two months, that is, until August 13, 2018,” she clarified. The investigation believes that from 2008 to 2014, Shestun illegally allocated four land plots in the Serpukhov district of the Moscow region.

Russian culture, following the global culture, has taken a course towards decentralization. Operating with the traditional categories of “metropolitan” and “provincial” is becoming more and more difficult every year. Fresh confirmation is the program of the Platonov Festival, which opened in Voronezh, composed entirely of performances by world theater stars of the first magnitude - from Pippo Delbono to Angelin Preljocaj and from Wayne McGregor to Anatoly Vasiliev.

The Central Bank obliged banks from July 1 to report incidents related to violations of information security during the transfer of funds, and the economic consequences of cyber attacks. This is stated in the regulator's message . “In particular, operators will report to the Bank of Russia about what sums were attempted by the attackers during the reporting period, and what sums were stolen.