A list of $200 billion worth of Chinese imports that will be subject to new 10% tariffs has been published on the US Trade Representative website. In the coming days it will be published in the government newsletter Federal Register. The duties themselves could be introduced in two months. This time is allocated for public discussion of the White House initiative. About 6,000 product items will be subject to new duties.

345 families from the Western District of Moscow and 241 families from the North-Eastern District have given their consent to move from five-story buildings to new housing under the renovation program, the city property department reports.

July 11, 2018, 12:02 / Economics / Blogs What awaits Russia as a result of pension reform? Economic results - growth in labor force, consumption, budget savings - will not be as high as at first glance Ivan Chakarov , chief economist at Citigroup in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan The text was co-authored with Artem Zaigrin, Citi economist in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan The recently proposed reform of the pension system, as one might expect, has caused a mixed reaction in Russian society.

Russky Island to Become a Special Administrative Region / Yuri Smityuk / TASS A letter with such proposals from experts from the Ministry of Economic Development was sent to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Interfax reported and a federal official confirmed to Vedomosti. Bills on the creation of special administrative regions (SAR) on the islands of Russky in the Far East and Oktyabrsky in the Kaliningrad region were introduced to the State Duma by deputies in mid-June.

Igor Chuyan was relieved of his post as head of the Federal Service for Regulation of the Alcohol Market (Rosalkogolregulirovanie) at his own request. Igor Aleshin was appointed to his place. The corresponding orders of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev were published on the government website. Chuyan led Rosalkogolregulirovanie for more than nine years, since the service was founded in January 2009.

By 2024, the share of internal RuNet traffic routed through foreign servers should not exceed 5%. This proposal is contained in the draft national program “Digital Economy”, which was prepared by the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications. about this writes Kommersant with reference to the document. In the plan, which was approved in January 2018, this figure was 10%.

at the site of the explosion at the Udachny mining and processing plant of the Alrosa An investigative check has been launched this with reference to Nadezhda Dvoretskaya, senior assistant to the head of the investigative department for the region. reports company in Yakutia. Prime An unauthorized explosion occurred on the night of July 11 during preparation for tunneling work. At that moment there were 174 people in the mine.

In the State Duma on Wednesday evening, as part of the “Parliamentary Film Club”, a screening of the film “Summer” directed by Kirill Serebrennikov will take place, Interfax reports. Serebrennikov's film tells about the beginning of the creative journey of musician Viktor Tsoi and the Kino group. The film participated in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The film received an award for best soundtrack.

July 11, 2018, 14:47 / Finance / Blogs How effectively do banks work with mortgage borrowers? The speed of making a credit decision varies significantly Ivan Gavrilov , partner at Oliver Wyman The text was written jointly with Dmitry Lukin, manager of Oliver Wyman Mortgage lending has great potential in Russia due to the still high share of unsatisfied demand for housing, a reduced level of credit risk and capital requirements compared to other lending segments.

11 July 2018, 13:24 / Economics The Chairman of the Human Rights Council proposed linking the retirement age with the amount of income Vedomosti Chairman of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC), Mikhail Fedotov, proposed linking the retirement age with the income level of citizens. “Those who earn little can retire earlier, but you need to understand that their pension will be very small.

July 11, 2018, 10:15 pm / Finance The price of a barrel of Brent oil fell by almost 6% undefined Vedomosti The price of September futures for Brent oil during trading on the London Stock Exchange at 22.10 Moscow time fell by 5.98% and amounted to $74.25 per barrel. This is evidenced by trading data. The last time the price of Brent fell below $75 per barrel was on June 26 of this year. By this time, the price of August futures for WTI oil fell by 4.25% to $70.96 per barrel.

The leaders of NATO countries at the summit of the military alliance in Brussels officially invited Macedonia to begin negotiations on joining the alliance, which will take place only if the country’s name is changed. “Upon completion of all procedures for a national name change agreement, the country will join NATO as the thirtieth member,” the summit declaration said. “The door to NATO is and will remain open,” AFP quoted NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as saying.

The former head of the Roscosmos state corporation, Igor Komarov, received a post in the new Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Minnauki) - he was appointed deputy minister. The order of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was published on the government website. Komarov headed Roscosmos in 2015. In May of this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed former Deputy Prime Minister and curator of the defense industry Dmitry Rogozin to the post of General Director of Roscosmos.

Buyers of new cars from official dealers will be able to register their vehicles without visiting the traffic police. This initiative is contained in the final version of the bill “On State Registration of Vehicles,” which the State Duma Committee on Transport recommended for adoption in the second reading. about this writes Kommersant with reference to the text of the document. The second reading is scheduled for July 17, but the final decision rests with the Duma Council.

Trump demands NATO countries spend 4% of GDP on defense / Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP US President Donald Trump proposed at a NATO summit that alliance members increase military spending from 2% to 4% of GDP, Bloomberg reports, citing a statement by Bulgarian President Rumen Radev. Two NATO officials familiar with the discussions confirmed the information, saying it was unclear whether the American leader’s proposal was official.