Republican U.S. Congress members Mark Walker and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen have asked Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to consider adding Russian billionaire Vladimir Yevtushenkov (ranked 49th in the Russian Forbes rating, with an estimated net worth of $2 billion) and his AFK Sistema and MTS to the sanctions list. The letter was published on Ros-Lehtinen's website.

June 22, 2018, 00:07 / Economics Exclusively by subscription The government has come up with new benefits for investors But the rules of special investment contracts are still being agreed upon Olga Adamchuk Subsidies for speakers, two officials say, could come from the development fund / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti In the spring, the government differed in its assessments of a new way to attract investment.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov congratulated Abubakar Edelgeriev on his appointment as an adviser to the Russian president. " He is an exceptionally responsible, capable, talented statesman," Kadyrov wrote on his Telegram channel. Edelgeriev has extensive experience in high-ranking positions in Chechnya. For the past six years, he headed the Chechen government, Kadyrov noted.

Yuri Voronin has been appointed advisor to Central Bank Chairman Elvira Nabiullina since June 25, the regulator reports . Voronin will deal with issues related to the concept of individual pension capital (a system of voluntary co-financing of pensions that the government plans to introduce) and the development of the insurance market, Interfax clarifies with reference to the Central Bank. Voronin until recently worked as the head of the apparatus of the Accounts Chamber.

The reorganization of the Gorbushkin Dvor shopping center under the renovation program is postponed indefinitely, its managing director Vladimir Isaev said: it is necessary to finalize the urban planning plan of the land plot (GPZU). The mayor's office believed that housing and offices should be built on the site of Gorbushkina Dvor and the Filit plant - 300,000 square meters. m, reported an employee of the Moscow City Hall.

The Chinese corporation Baidu tested two of its unmanned vehicles on a highway on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported , citing the company. In March, she received permission from the authorities to conduct tests. Baidu smart cars drove 33 km along the Tangshan-Langfang Expressway in Tianjin. The section of the road where the tests were carried out has not yet been put into operation, the agency notes. Until recently, testing of self-driving cars was prohibited in China.

June 22, 2018, 15:37 / Business The Ministry of Industry and Trade revealed the size of Hyundai's investment in the engine plant in St. Petersburg undefined Vedomosti South Korean automaker Hyundai is investing about 27 billion rubles. in the creation of an automobile engine plant near St. Petersburg. This amount is indicated in the application for a special investment contract submitted by the company to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Interfax reported.

The Ural Investigation Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) confirmed the death of the Mi-2 pilot who made a hard landing in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (KhMAO) near the village of Langepas. The helicopter belongs to Helix Airlines. “The pilot died as a result of the accident. On this fact... a pre-investigation check is being carried out,” the message says . An investigative team went to the scene of the incident to clarify the circumstances.

Based on the results of the offer , Promsvyazbank will buy back Eurobonds maturing in 2019 with a nominal volume of $109.9 million, Interfax reported. The securities will be purchased by their issuer - SPV company PSB Finance SA Last week, the credit institution announced that it was ready to fully redeem the balance of the 2019 Eurobonds. Before the redemption, debt securities worth $188.4 million were in circulation. The redemption price is $970 per security with a par value of $1,000.

22 June 2018, 13:15 / Business Deripaska was invited to negotiations with the participation of the presidents of Russia and South Korea Vedomosti Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska was invited to negotiations with the participation of the presidents of Russia and South Korea, Vladimir Putin and Moon Jae-in. Deripaska is stated in the materials for the meeting as the chairman of the supervisory board of Basic Element, a Vedomosti correspondent reports.

Valentin Yumashev has been an adviser to the president until today, said Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov. “It was before,” he answered Vedomosti’s question. “18 years,” the Kremlin spokesman added. on the Kremlin website Today, an order appeared appointing Yumashev, who headed the presidential administration under Boris Yeltsin in 1997-1998, as an advisor to President Vladimir Putin on a voluntary basis.

Rospotrebnadzor conducted unscheduled inspections of hotels in Russian cities where the World Cup matches are taking place. The inspections revealed 832 cases of overpricing of hotel rooms (32 cases in the last week) and 237 cases of hotels not having certificates of classification. The relevant information is posted on the official website of the service.

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree reappointing Nikolai Patrushev to the post of Secretary of the Security Council. The document was published on the Kremlin website. “Appoint Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev as Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation,” the text of the decree states. Putin also signed a decree appointing Yuri Averyanov as the first deputy secretary of the Security Council.

The government approved the completion of the tax maneuver in the oil industry. Oil export duties will be reduced from 30% to zero by 2024, and the mineral extraction tax will increase proportionally. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expects the State Duma to approve the bill before the end of the spring session. Additional budget revenues from the maneuver are estimated at 1.3–1.6 trillion rubles. in six years, said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak.

The Dozhd TV channel filed 80 lawsuits against Moscow Tax Inspectorate No. 15 to declare decisions imposing administrative punishment illegal. This follows from the file of arbitration cases. The general director of the TV channel, Natalya Sindeeva , explained to Interfax that Dozhd wants to challenge fines in the amount of 2 million rubles. According to her, they were extradited for procedural violations. This is a significant amount for the TV channel, she added.