starting from 2019 The Ministry of Finance proposes to abolish the reduced excise tax rate for Russian wines and champagnes with a protected geographical indication (PGI) and a protected designation of origin (PAO) . This is stated in the main directions of budget, tax and customs tariff policies for 2019–2021. It is planned to establish a single excise tax rate for Russian and imported wines.

09 July 2018, 16:27 / Finance The Central Bank will punish banks and financial companies for links to foreign sites People do not suspect that when communicating with brokers, they sign agreements with foreign organizations Daria Borisyak Foreign organizations, their representative offices and branches by law cannot operate as non-credit financial companies in Russia / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti The Central Bank has threatened banks and financial companies with sanctions for intermediary in the

Starbucks, which uses more than 1 billion plastic straws a year, will eliminate them completely by 2020, the company said in a statement. “Not using straws is the best thing we can do for the environment,” Colleen Chapman, vice president of global social impact at Starbucks, is quoted as saying. Company engineer Emily Alexander has already developed a drink lid that will replace the straws in all cold drinks. This lid is made of plastic, but one that can be recycled, Starbucks notes.

The fact that President Vladimir Putin did not attend the Russian national football team's World Cup matches, with the exception of the opening match, "does not change the fact that he was very passionate about our guys and was aware of all the events," he told reporters on Monday presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. He recalled that initially Putin’s schedule included attending only the opening and closing matches of the championship.

The Golden Booker Prize was awarded to Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje for his novel The English Patient. The best work from among the winners of the Booker Prize for Literature over the 50 years of its existence was chosen by the jury yesterday.

First Deputy Head of the Duma Committee on Economic Policy Boris Paikin confirmed the fact of the beating of State Duma deputy from the LDPR Sergei Zhigarev, Interfax reports . According to Paikin, now the parliamentarian who heads the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy is at home. The investigation is trying to establish the identity of the person who committed the attack on Zhigarev, the agency’s interlocutor added.

Former Deputy Minister of Energy Kirill Molodtsov became assistant to the head of the Russian Presidential Administration, RIA Novosti reports . “I have already started working in the presidential administration as an assistant to the head,” Molodtsov told the agency, adding that in the presidential administration he will oversee the work of the presidential commission on the strategic development of the fuel and energy complex. Molodtsov was appointed deputy energy minister in 2013.

09 July 2018, 15:42 / Economics Siluanov named the size of planned external loans for three years Vedomosti Russia plans to borrow $7 billion on the foreign market in 2019 through the placement of Eurobonds, taking into account the exchange of old bond issues, in 2021-2021. loans will be reduced to $3 billion per year. First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov told reporters about this.

Statistics from the Moscow Department's registration and registration activities indicate growth in the capital's real estate market in the first half of 2018. From January to June of this year, the number of transactions for the purchase of secondary housing in Moscow increased by 25%, according to the website of the capital's Rosreestr. According to the department, over six months in Moscow, 68,212 transfers of rights under real estate purchase and sale (exchange) agreements were registered.

President Vladimir Putin verbally approved the reappointment of Vitaly Savelyev as Aeroflot CEO, but there is no official document yet and a struggle may unfold for the post of head of the state-owned company, the Kommersant newspaper writes , citing sources. According to the publication's interlocutors in the industry, former Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov may become Aeroflot's general director.

July 09, 2018, 19:22 / Economy / Photo Photo. Trams, holographic theater, smart traffic lights. Russian innovations at Innoprom The most interesting stands of the Vedomosti industrial exhibition Ekaterina Derbilova / Vedomosti Disco at the stand of the Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant Ekaterina Derbilova / Vedomosti / At the stand of the Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant Ekaterina Derbilova / Vedomosti “Russian Copper Company” has equipped a “holographic theater”.

Yandex is going to issue no more than two columns to one person / Yandex On July 10, the smart speaker " Yandex.Station " goes on sale - it can be purchased in the Yandex store for 9990 rubles. This is the first gadget released by the Internet holding. There is already demand, and " Yandex " is even going to issue no more than two speakers to one person, the company notes. Devices that execute voice commands from their owners appeared on the world market in 2014.

09 July 2018, 00:13 / Finance Insurers are seeking access to pension savings of Russians They want to sell pension capital Danis Yumabaev Insurers have entered the fight for future pensioners / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti The system of individual pension capital (IPC) is being prepared by the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance, and insurers are proposing to allow them to work with the savings of Russians on the same terms as non-state pension funds (NPFs), - the All-Russian Union of

There are now two brands in the world whose value is estimated at more than $300 billion. This is evidenced by the annual rating of world brands BrandZ, compiled by the marketing and consulting agency Kantar Millward Brown, part of the advertising group WPP. These two brands are Google and Apple, which, like last year, occupy 1st and 2nd places respectively. Google's brand value is estimated at $302.063 billion, Apple's at $300.595 billion.

The Russian Ministry of Finance has equalized the minimum price for vodka from 37 to 40 degrees. Now the minimum retail price for 0.5 liters of vodka is 205 rubles. The corresponding order of the Ministry of Finance was registered by the Ministry of Justice on July 5. A copy of the document is posted on the official legal information portal. The order comes into force 45 days from the date of its official publication.