An agreement on the terms of creating a joint venture for the construction and operation of a network of automobile gas filling compressor stations (CNG filling stations) in Russia was signed by Rosneft and Beijing Gas Group Company Limited as part of the Eastern Economic Forum. This was reported in a Rosneft press release. The companies intend to build more than 160 CNG filling stations in Russia. The parties are discussing the possibility of using LNG as fuel.

September 12, 2018, 11:29 pm / Politics United Russia lost control of the parliaments of four regions To get a majority, United Russia will have to negotiate with the opposition Anastasia Kornya Elena Mukhametshina “United Russia” will have to negotiate / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti United Russia will not have an absolute majority in the four regional parliaments, according to the preliminary results of the September 9 elections.

Energy Minister Alexander Novak did not rule out a reduction in oil prices this year. This was reported by TASS with reference to the minister’s statement on the Rossiya 24 TV channel on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum. Gasoline prices in Russia, according to Novak, should not exceed the inflation rate. “We expect that in the long term [gasoline] prices, as in previous years, should not change above the inflation rate. All measures are being taken for this,” he emphasized.

President VTB Andrei Kostin did not agree with the recommendation of Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin to sell dollars and buy rubles. “I wouldn’t be so sure,” Kostin said in an interview with Business FM radio station in response to a request to comment on Oreshkin’s words. Earlier, Oreshkin, also in an interview with Business FM, when asked whether, given the current market situation, it is worth selling dollars and buying rubles, he answered in the affirmative.

September 12, 2018, 14:54 / Business "36.6" can increase by 3.5 times The pharmacy chain is preparing an additional issue of shares Irina Sinitsyna The board of directors of Pharmacy Chain 36.6 approved an additional issue of shares of the company / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti A large drug seller, Pharmacy Chain 36.6, wants to conduct an additional issue of shares. Based on current stock exchange quotations, the company can raise over 30 billion rubles.

September 12, 2018, 00:27 / Politics 30% of votes for United Russia are proposed to be considered an obvious victory Experts close to the party analyzed the failures in the regional elections Elena Mukhametshina Before the elections they said that if the party can reach the 30% level, then this will already be a success in the conditions of political struggle / Dmitry Astakhov / TASS In the context of the deteriorating socio-economic situation in Russia and an unfavorable agenda, the criteria

Russia has always responded to Britain’s attempts to obtain an explanation in the case of the poisoning of ex-GRU colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, England, with deception and lies, and this position of Moscow has not changed, said a representative of Prime Minister Theresa May. On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow knows the real identities of the two men Britain has accused of poisoning the Skripals. According to him, we are talking about civilians.

September 12, 2018, 00:32 / Economics Exclusively by subscription Deputies approved criminal liability for businesses for dismissal 5 years before retirement The first reading of the draft will take place tomorrow Anna Kholyavko Business will be ordered to grow old / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti Business is getting closer to criminal liability for dismissal and refusal to hire Russians of pre-retirement age (i.e. five years before retirement).

Sberbank's subsidiary, Sberbank Investments LLC, and the investment group RVM Capital, announced that they will jointly conduct investment projects in the field of commercial real estate in Russia. Parties, it said, can choose to invest through a closed-end mutual fund or directly. The share of Sberbank Investments in such projects will not exceed 50% of the total investment in each project.

12 September 2018, 10:42 / Economics Oreshkin named the equilibrium exchange rate of the ruble Vedomosti The equilibrium exchange rate of the ruble at the current oil price of $78 per barrel and the condition that there are no foreign currency purchases for the Ministry of Finance within the framework of the budget rule is about 50 rubles. per dollar, said Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Increased volatility in the Russian market due to external factors may persist for 6-12 months, says Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin. this He said in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel at the Eastern Economic Forum. The volatility that “comes from the markets of emerging economies” is partly due to “sanction stories,” the minister said.

There are no alternatives to raising the retirement age for macroeconomic reasons, Sberbank President German Gref said today. “I see no alternatives to raising the retirement age,” Gref said at the Eastern Economic Forum. “The alternatives are not in terms of political populism, but in terms of increasing the ratio of the average pension to the average wage,” he explained.

New York has overtaken London to become the leader in the ranking of international financial centers. This follows from the results of a study by the analytical company Z/Yen. Third and fourth places, as in last year's ranking, were taken by Hong Kong and Singapore. Shanghai came in fifth place, displacing Tokyo. Beijing, Zurich and Frankfurt made the top 10 on the list, displacing Toronto, Boston and San Francisco. St. Petersburg showed strong growth in the ranking.

The Senate Banking Committee is currently holding hearings on measures that can be taken to counter what Committee Chairman Mike Crapo called "malicious actions by the Russian Federation against the United States, its allies and spheres of influence." During the first two days of hearings, the committee heard from representatives first of the administration and then of the establishment (for example, former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul).

September 12, 2018, 00:37 / Finance Binbank reported a failure in the operation of cards and the website undefined Vedomosti Binbank's clients could encounter problems when using payment cards, the bank's website and remote services, the credit institution warned. The cause of the failure was an incorrect software update, told TASS. the bank’s press service “Some clients may have encountered unstable operation of cards, website and remote service channels,” B&N Bank said .