Group In the first six months of this year, Aeroflot suffered a loss of 5.2 billion rubles according to international financial reporting standards. against a profit of 2.9 billion in the first half of last year. This is stated in the group's message. At the same time, Aeroflot’s revenue over the same period increased by 13.2% to RUB 265.8 billion. The key factor influencing operating costs was the increase in prices for aviation kerosene, the group explains in a statement.

August 29, 2018, 19:28 / Business Gazprom's interim financial results turned out to be unexpectedly high The growth of net profit was facilitated by agreements with the Turkish Botas Vitaly Petlevoy The state-owned company Gazprom showed unexpectedly high results according to IFRS in the second quarter of 2018, revenue increased by 31% / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The state-owned company Gazprom showed unexpectedly high results under IFRS in the second quarter of 2018.

Vitaly Savelyev was re-elected CEO of Aeroflot for another five years – until 2023. The corresponding decision was made at a meeting of the air carrier’s board of directors, according to a message on the company’s website. Savelyev’s deputy for Andrey Chikhanchin, who previously held the post of director of the corporate finance department, was appointed commerce and finance . Savelyev has been leading Aeroflot for more than 9 years.

The Fund for the Protection of the Rights of Citizens - Participants in Shared Construction has completed an audit of the financial and economic activities of the Urban Group, as follows from the report published on its website. The document was prepared on behalf of the government. As follows from the audit, developers belonging to the Urban group have not completed the construction of 68 apartment buildings in six residential complexes (with a total area of ​​812,610 sq. m.).

August 29, 2018, 11:37 pm / Opinions Why Putin didn’t solve the pension problem Presidential amendments are symptomatic treatment, not radical correction Vladimir Ruvinsky , editorial writer Pavel Aptekar The discussion about raising the retirement age, which has not really begun, is closed: Vladimir Putin broke the silence and in a televised address to the people supported the government’s idea to immediately raise the retirement age - but with a number of amendments, concessions and

Chairman of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova explained under what conditions the Communists still have time to hold a referendum on pensions. According to her, in total, as of today, election commissions have registered 58 regional subgroups for holding a referendum, of which only two are on the issue formulated by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Registration was denied to 10 subgroups of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

August 29, 2018, 15:59 / Economics The Ministry of Transport has estimated the cost of the highway proposed by Kadyrov to Grozny Vedomosti The cost of the high-speed railway (HSR) from Krasnodar to Grozny will be 1.2 trillion rubles. This is stated in the passport of the federal project “High-Speed ​​Rail Communications,” supervised by the Ministry of Transport. A copy of it is at the disposal of RBC , the authenticity was confirmed by a federal official.

owned by the social network Facebook The Instagram service, , announced strengthening measures to protect users, the main one of which was the ability to verify an account upon the user’s request after providing an identity document. Verified accounts already exist on Instagram, but until now the “tick” was assigned by the network itself. To request verification, the service user must go to the appropriate new tab and enter the username, real name and provide a copy of the identity document.

August 29, 2018, 15:10 / Finance Exclusively by subscription TCS Group Tinkova increased profit by one and a half times in six months By the end of the year, the group plans to earn 24 billion rubles and increase its portfolio by 25%, despite the fact that the Central Bank is tightening regulation of consumer lending Anna Eremina Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti Oleg Tinkov’s TCS Group, which includes Tinkoff Bank and Tinkoff Insurance, increased its net profit by 55% to RUB 11.7 billion in the first

The Ministry of Finance supported the proposal of the Ministry of Economic Development to index tariffs for housing and communal services in two stages: by 1.7% from January 1, 2019 and by 2.4% from July 1, Interfax reports, citing a source in the financial and economic block. government, familiar with the position of the department.

August 29, 2018, 14:32 / Economics / Blogs Where to find 4 trillion rubles for infrastructure projects The state finally managed to agree with the investor on a market concession model Maxim Chernigovsky , partner of the law firm "Infralex" The Ministry of Economic Development (MED) proposed an infrastructure construction plan for six years worth 7 trillion rubles. It is planned to allocate only 3.1 trillion rubles from the budget, the rest should be invested by state and private companies.

Brazilian President Michel Temer signed a decree sending troops to the state of Roraima, bordering Venezuela, for two weeks, Bloomberg writes . More than 70,000 refugees from deep-crisis Venezuela have already crossed into the state, and its infrastructure is no longer able to cope with the influx. “We expect the international community to support tough diplomatic measures on our part,” the agency quotes Temer as saying.

Dozens of accounts and 10 websites of Iranian origin are part of Tehran's project to influence users of Facebook , Instagram, Twitter and YouTube, Reuters has found . previously announced the Iranian campaign online Facebook . Last week, Facebook removed 652 pages associated with Iran and Russia. The social network explained that it was possible to identify suspicious pages thanks to information from FireEye, a cybersecurity company.

President Vladimir Putin remained silent for a long time and did not publicly intervene in the discussion about raising the retirement age. He said his word only on the eve of the start of the political and budget season, indicating to the government how to soften the reform. Read on vedomosti.ru Officials were not surprised at roughly the same instructions they expected from him. The changes were discussed for several months, one of them recalls.

The result of the Moscow mayoral elections is predetermined, according to pro-Kremlin experts / E. Razumny / Vedomosti The lack of competition in gubernatorial elections is predetermined: people elect presidential appointees, the opposition has no worthy candidates, and voters do not demand elections. This is stated in a report by the Civil Society Development Foundation (FoRGO), which is close to the Kremlin.