17 August 2018, 10:24 / Business The Board of Directors of UC Rusal approved the transfer of the company to Russia Vedomosti The board of directors of the world's second largest aluminum producer, UC Rusal, approved preparations for the transfer of the company to Russian jurisdiction. It is now registered on the island of Jersey. This was said in a statement. The company's board of directors instructed management to prepare a detailed action plan for changing jurisdiction.

On the day of the launch, many users began to complain that they could not register on TNT-Premier / Natalia Sharapova / Vedomosti The number of users connected to the TNT-Premier video service exceeded the forecast by hundreds of times, Gazprom-Media holding reported, citing Huawei's press service. This Chinese company developed the technological platform for the service. Due to such loads, Huawei had to immediately scale the platform and expand access channels, the holding said in a statement.

One of Ingosstrakh's shareholders may change. Pavel Ezubov is selling his 16.03% stake in the insurer, Interfax reports, citing a source in the insurance market. “The deal is in the final stage,” says the agency’s interlocutor. He did not specify who is buying this share.

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The Moscow City Court recognized the arrest of Left Front coordinator Sergei Udaltsov as legal, Interfax reports. “The Meshchansky Court’s decision regarding Udaltsov is left unchanged, and the defense’s appeal is not satisfied,” the court’s decision says.

The Odnoklassniki social network will show matches of the Italian Football Championship in the new 2018/19 season. The company has agreed with Telesport on free broadcasts of Serie A matches. This is stated in a press release from Odnoklassniki. Broadcasts of the games will be available in the group of the Sila TV channel on the social network. The financial terms of the contract are not provided in the message.

According to the Federal Penitentiary Service, more than 110,000 people serving prison terms and about 7,500 more under house arrest are subject to the “one year in two” law, which changes the rules for counting time spent in pre-trial detention centers.

August 17, 2018, 09:25 / Economics The Ministry of Finance proposed easing foreign exchange controls Money can be left in bank accounts from countries that are members of the OECD or FATF Anna Kholyavko The Ministry of Finance proposes to expand the grounds for non-repatriation of money received from non-residents / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti Russians may be allowed to transfer money received from non-residents to accounts in foreign banks without restrictions.

The radio station "Sport FM", which is part of the European Media Group (EMG), must maintain the sports broadcast format. This was stated by Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov, Interfax reports. Kolobkov emphasized that “Sport FM” is a brand and sports radio, which has always been associated with high professionalism, excellent coverage of sporting events, and professional commentary. “I am sure that the radio station should be preserved as a sports station.

On Friday, Russian writer and Russian Booker Prize laureate Vladimir Sharov died at the age of 66, the non-profit organization Translation Institute reported , citing the prose writer’s wife Olga Dunaevskaya. Farewell to the writer will take place on Monday, August 20, at the ritual department of the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. The cause of death is not known. Sharov has been “struggling with a serious illness” for the past year and a half, according to the Year of Literature website.

Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl must resign immediately for inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to her wedding. This was stated by Member of the European Parliament from the Greens - European Free Alliance faction Michel Reymond on his Twitter. “Vladimir Putin is the most aggressive foreign policy opponent of the EU. It is completely unacceptable for Kneissl to invite him privately to a party,” Ramon wrote.

NPF Lukoil-Garant announced the completion of the merger of NPF Electric Power Industry and NPF RGS into it. Their activities were terminated, and the rights and obligations of these two funds were completely transferred to Lukoil-Garant, his message says (available to Vedomosti). Clients of affiliated funds do not need to re-sign contracts on compulsory pension insurance and non-state pension provision, notes NPF Lukoil-Garant. They can simply use the services of the pooled fund.

Amid non-competitive gubernatorial campaigns, authorities have encountered problems with a number of parliamentary elections. The most problematic ones are in the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk Region. Read on vedomosti.ru Threat on the left In this region, United Russia may lose first place to the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in party lists, say an interlocutor in United Russia and a person close to the presidential administration.

August 16, 2018, 11:45 pm / Technology Russians may lose control over their personal data The digital economy proposes to allow companies to transfer them without the knowledge of the owners Svetlana Yastrebova Companies may receive new rights in handling personal data / E. Egorov / Vedomosti Companies may gain new rights in handling personal data.

The Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) of Alexei Navalny demanded that Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika take prosecutorial response measures and submit a proposal to the State Duma about the early termination of the parliamentary powers of the chairman of the chamber, Vyacheslav Volodin. The organization sent a corresponding statement signed by FBK director Roman Rubanov to the Prosecutor General's Office (Vedomosti has read it).