Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting on the development of the space industry, approved the proposal of the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, to mandatory equip aircraft with the Glonass navigation system. Rogozin noted that since the beginning of the year, all cars sold in Russia have been equipped with the ERA-Glonass system, which makes it possible to track the position of the car and, if necessary, urgently send help to it. “These are hundreds of lives saved,” Rogozin said.

The Russian power engineering company Severgroup, which manages investments in the interests of Alexey Mordashov, became the holder of 100% of the shares of Power Machines PJSC. “The restructuring of assets was carried out taking into account the measures implemented by the state to de-offshorize the economy, as well as with the aim of increasing the transparency of the company’s structure and improving corporate procedures,” Power Machines said in a statement.

Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev signed an order to allocate 3 billion rubles to the Russian Federation. to finance in 2018 the completion of construction of facilities of bankrupt development companies included in the Urban Group. The order was signed on August 6 and published today on the official website of legal information.

08 August 2018, 14:35 / Updated 08 August 2018, 20:12 / Finance The dollar rose to a two-year high Due to the publication of details of the bill on sanctions against Russia, the ruble has weakened sharply Anna Tretyak The dollar rose to a two-year high / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti On Wednesday, the ruble weakens sharply on the Moscow Exchange. By 13.40 Moscow time, the dollar exchange rate increased by 1.15 rubles. up to 64.6 rub.

Sberbank quotes at the close of trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) fell by 7.94%, global depositary receipts (GDR) of most Russian companies fell significantly in price at the close of the trading session. This is evidenced by exchange data . As a result of trading, the cost of Sberbank GDR decreased by 7.94% and amounted to $12.06 per security. According to the trading results, the value of Rosneft GDR dropped by 1.74% to $6.55, Lukoil GDR - by 2.26% to $69.34.

In Moscow, solutions have been found for all problematic long-term construction buildings, said Marat Khusnullin, Deputy Mayor of the capital for urban planning policy and construction. “The mayor of the city, Sergei Sobyanin, made a fundamental decision to complete the construction of the most complex and problematic facilities. Since the beginning of the year, work has resumed on eight of them - 931 shareholders will receive apartments.

The completion of Urban Group facilities in the Moscow region may require about 50 billion rubles. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services Nikita Stasishin, TASS reports . “The deficit is about 50 billion rubles. with a small amount, of which about 30 billion is needed for the completion of houses, preparation of documentation, operating costs, and about 24 billion rubles.

Businessman Kirill Podolsky sold 100% of the online travel agency Anywayanyday, two people who know about the change of shareholders of the company told Vedomosti. Podolsky said he “has had nothing to do with the company for a long time” and declined to comment further. Read on vedomosti.ru Podolsky is known as a grain trader. He was a co-owner of the grain exporter Yugtransitservice, then built one of the largest agricultural companies with revenues of up to $950 million - Valars Group.

The prerequisites for the formation of a mortgage “bubble” in Russia currently do not exist, Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services Vladimir Yakushev told reporters. “If we talk about the percentage of mortgages in the gross domestic product, it is quite low compared to other countries. While we are still stressing that we are creating a “soap bubble” that could collapse the economy, I would be careful,” Yakushev said.

Sberbank will invest 5.6 million rubles. to the Start-up@Check-up service to calculate the profitability of a business based on data about its type, location, type of activity, method of financing and others. This was reported by the bank’s press service following the finals of the first wave of its internal corporate accelerator Sber#Up.

08 August 2018, 13:44 / Real estate The Ministry of Construction reported a significant reduction in the construction of apartment buildings in Russia undefined Vedomosti At the end of the first half of 2018, the volume of industrial housing construction in Russia decreased by 13% compared to the same period last year, Vladimir Yakushev, Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Russia, told reporters.

The new Russia sanctions bill, prepared by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and his colleagues, contains a ban on transactions with new issues of Russian debt securities with a maturity of more than two weeks. about this with reference to the text of the document, which has not yet been published on the congress website. writes Kommersant The draft demands a ban on seven Russian banks, including Sberbank, VTB , VEB and Promsvyazbank, from conducting operations in the United States.

The dollar exceeded 64 rubles for the first time since June 19, according to data from the Moscow Exchange. The euro also rose in price against the ruble: for the first time since July 25, it exceeded 74 rubles. At 12.29 Moscow time, the dollar was worth 64.01 rubles. (+52 kopecks), euro – 74.24 rubles. (+59 kopecks). The official dollar and euro exchange rates, set by the Central Bank of Russia on August 9, increased .

Extending the terms of office in the DPR is, to some extent, an opportunity to extend the peace process and not make decisions / Viktor Drachev / TASS An initiative group consisting of members of the ruling public movement "Donetsk Republic" in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has proposed extending the powers of the head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko and the DPR People's Council for at least one year.

Sberbank quotes at the close of trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) fell by 7.94%, global depositary receipts (GDR) of most Russian companies fell significantly in price at the close of the trading session. This is evidenced by exchange data . As a result of trading, the cost of Sberbank GDR decreased by 7.94% and amounted to $12.06 per security. According to the trading results, the value of Rosneft GDR dropped by 1.74% to $6.55, Lukoil GDR - by 2.26% to $69.34.