01 August 2018, 23:52 / Economics Russians' debts to banks are growing twice as fast as their salaries The Central Bank and the Ministry of Economic Development plan to reduce banks' interest in lending to the population Tatyana Lomskaya Emma Terchenko It turned out that it was much more profitable for banks to lend to the population than to business / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti Consumer loans to the population are growing faster than wages and savings, the Ministry of Economic Development

A group of US senators today released an expanded proposal for new sanctions against Russia.

August 02, 2018, 00:38 / Technology / Finance Exclusively by subscription The tech giants have gone their separate ways.

The Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) has completed the investigation into the criminal case of the terrorist attack that occurred in the St. Petersburg metro on April 3, 2017. This was reported by official representative of the department Svetlana Petrenko. “The Main Directorate for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Committee of Russia has completed a preliminary investigation into the criminal case of a terrorist attack in the St.

The Russian mission for military training of local personnel in the Central African Republic (CAR) was the subject of study by a group of UN experts, who described it in great detail in a report sent on July 23, 2018 to the President of the UN Security Council. The document was published on the website of the American NGO Security Council Report.

In trading on August 2, Apple shares rose 2.8% to $207.05, which corresponds to a market capitalization of $1 trillion. The day before, Apple shares jumped 5.9% to $201.5 after the publication of quarterly reports: investors were inspired by strong demand for the iPhone, including the most expensive one, and record sales of the services division.

WhatsApp, which has about 1.5 billion users, has introduced a paid messaging feature for businesses in its WhatsApp Business app, according to its corporate blog. As Reuters reports with reference to the messenger, the cost of a message will vary from 0.5 to 9 cents depending on the country. The innovations are based on requests from users to make it easier for them to communicate with companies. Many customers prefer to chat with product and service providers instead of calling or emailing.

August 02, 2018, 18:23 / Business / News Pobeda hired Heinrich Padva to defend him in a case involving hand luggage undefined Vedomosti Pobeda Airlines (part of the Aeroflot group ) hired lawyer Genrikh Padva to defend him in the Supreme Court in a case regarding the transportation of hand luggage, reports .

The TNT-Premier video platform will begin operating on August 16, the Gazprom-Media holding announced. On this service, users will be able to watch serials and shows of the holding’s entertainment channels - TNT, TV3, TNT4, 2x2 and Super, by subscription, without advertising, the message states. The site will also show sports broadcasts that are broadcast on Match TV and the football channel Match!

All scientific journals in Russia must be translated into English and distributed free of charge throughout the world. Such measures were discussed at a meeting between Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and the rectors of Russia’s leading universities on July 4, Rector of the Higher School of Economics Yaroslav Kuzminov told Interfax. Previously, the details of this meeting were not disclosed.

02 August 2018, 00:39 / Media Dmitry Ananyev's printing house declared bankrupt Bankruptcy will follow a simplified procedure and should be completed in six months Ksenia Boletskaya Ananyev’s representatives hired external appraisers who valued the printing house at 700 million rubles, one of Vedomosti’s interlocutors knows / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti On August 1, the Arbitration Court of the Moscow Region declared JSC Printing Complex Extra-M bankrupt.

Student theses, similar to master's theses, may be required to begin checking for plagiarism. This proposal was made by Rosobrnadzor, said the rector of the Higher School of Economics Yaroslav Kuzminov. “We go through [ the text borrowing detection system ] “anti-plagiarism” and we will see [copied text], we know how to do this with dissertations, let’s do it with diplomas,” said Kuzminov (quotes from RIA Novosti).

Russian authorities paid Alexei Navalny more than 4 million rubles. compensation in the Yves Rocher case, which was awarded to the politician by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). this Navalny reported on his blog. “Three weeks ago, by the way, the Russian government paid me compensation - more than 4 million rubles. – for the fabricated Yves Rocher case and illegal criminal prosecution,” Navalny wrote.

Business / Industry Abramovich and Abramov are selling a field in Chukotka to the Kazakhs for $900 million The Baimskoye copper deposit was one of the reasons for the disagreement among Norilsk Nickel shareholders August 2 , 15:44 Vitaly Petlevoy / Vedomosti Listen to this material Loading. Please wait Pause Continue listening Share this article with your friends! This material is available only to paid subscribers of Vedomosti.

02 August 2018, 14:41 / Economy / News Rectors of MGIMO and HSE offered to return educational loans undefined Vedomosti Rectors of MGIMO Anatoly Torkunov and HSE Yaroslav Kuzminov will appeal to Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, who oversees the social block, with a request to return the educational loan programs. Torkunov and Kuzminov stated this at a press conference dedicated to summing up the results of the admissions campaign to universities, reports .