The genetic material of the avian influenza virus was detected at two of the 24 sites of the Eurodon agricultural holding, one of Russia’s largest industrial producers of turkey meat, Interfax reported, citing the holding’s press service. A Eurodon representative confirmed this information to Vedomosti, clarifying that the outbreak was discovered on Sunday, July 15.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) approved the application of National Media Group CJSC to purchase shares of Channel One JSC. this reports RBC with reference to the deputy head of the service, Andrei Tsarikovsky. RBC does not specify exactly what share of Channel One is being discussed in the petition. The publication also does not name the seller of the shares. In June , RBC wrote that the National Media Group could acquire a 4% stake owned by billionaire Roman Abramovich.

July 16, 2018, 11:08 / Economics Topilin estimated the costs of retraining Russians of pre-retirement age Vedomosti Expenses for the program for advanced training of Russians of pre-retirement age could amount to approximately 5 billion rubles. This was announced by the Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin at a meeting of the Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes on Monday, TASS reports .

At the Russia-US summit in Helsinki, the personal meeting of the presidents of Russia and the United States ended and the meeting of delegations of the countries in an expanded format began. After it, the main political event of the day will take place - a joint press conference between Russian Presidents Vladimir Putin and US Presidents Donald Trump.

Russia has nothing to do with the US elections, has not interfered in the past and does not intend to interfere in them in the future, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Channel One after a summit with US President Donald Trump in Helsinki. “Of course, we talked in detail about what is a serious irritant in our relations - regarding the mythical interference of Russia in the US elections.

Ruben Vardanyan will create a company together with the owner of the Atlanta business community. This business community was founded by a small company, Reforum, owned by serial entrepreneur Mikhail Voronin. In 2016, the company held the first Atlanta business forum, which brought together 3,000 entrepreneurs from different cities of Russia. In 2017, a business club was created under the same name, which has more than 100 entrepreneurs.

British authorities suspect that former or current military intelligence officers may be behind the attempt on the life of ex-GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. about this writes The New York Times with reference to current British and American officials, as well as a former US government employee. London is close to identifying the participants in the operation.

The 2018 World Cup ended, memorable not only for the Russian team’s progress to the quarterfinals, but also for the quality of the organization. The tournament was the best in the entire history of the World Cup, said FIFA President Gianni Infantino. Russia now has “a different reputation,” says Arkady Dvorkovich, chairman of the Russia 2018 organizing committee, and this, from his point of view, is “more important than GDP” (their quotes from Interfax).

July 15, 2018, 11:49 pm / Finance Exclusively by subscription Transcapitalbank did not receive additional money for the rehabilitation of Investtorgbank Instead, the Central Bank extended his preferential deposit for 20 billion rubles, the expiration date of which had long passed Anna Eremina The Central Bank provides cheap funding, and the bank places money in OFZ - this allows you to guarantee a stable cash flow in the form of coupon income with minimal risks / Yaroslav Chingaev for Vedomosti

The hotel booking service Booking.com stopped working in Crimea due to anti-Russian sanctions. this reports The Kryminform agency . Vedomosti is waiting for an official comment from Booking.com. The report states that the online booking system Booking.com supported sanctions against Crimea and prohibited tourists from reserving places in Crimean accommodation facilities.

July 17, 2018, 12:13 / Economics / Blogs Pension reform is an attempt to recognize economic reality But she can't improve it much Natalia Orlova , chief economist at Alfa Bank Pension reform has become the main economic topic in recent weeks (after football, of course). Raising the retirement age is unpleasant news, but behind emotions it is easy to lose touch with economic reality. But the reality is that reform of the pension system looks inevitable.

Personal data of Russians again appeared in the Yandex search results, writes the Kommersant newspaper . Among the documents released are scans of passports, bank payment data, plane and train tickets. This was discovered by search engine expert Pavel Medvedev, the publication clarifies. Medvedev said that using the Yandex search engine , you can obtain personal data of citizens from the websites of Sberbank and VTB , the Moscow Department of Transport and the ticket aggregator Trip.com.

Now that the World Cup in Russia is over, one wonders: what was that and what will happen next? Was it a month of liberties in Potemkin villages, approved by the highest authorities? Or did select Russian cities get new infrastructure and a chance to make a name for themselves, and did the Russian and foreign tourists who came to them get to look at each other and see a Russia they didn’t know? I think it was the latter.

July 16, 2018, 14:56 / Economy / News The State Duma Committee approved the bill on increasing VAT for the second reading undefined Vedomosti The State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes today recommended adopting in the second reading a bill to increase VAT from 18% to 20% starting January 1, 2019, Interfax reported. The government submitted the document to the State Duma on June 16, and it was adopted in the first reading on July 3.

The meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place against the backdrop of extremely strained relations between the two countries, marked by the introduction of sanctions against Russia by the US Congress, the expulsion of diplomats and the closure of consulates, as well as a very high level of propaganda with mutual accusations in the media of both countries.