Businessman Badri Shengelia was shot dead near St. Petersburg, Fontanka reports . “About an hour ago in the Vsevolozhsk region, at 20 km of the Sortavala highway, he was shot in his car,” the publication clarifies. Information about the murder of the businessman was confirmed to Interfax by a source in law enforcement agencies. “At about 1:30 p.m., a car with the body of a man with gunshot wounds was found on Novopriozerskoye Highway,” he said.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko approved the decision of the country's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to terminate the friendship treaty with Russia. The corresponding decree was published on the website of the President of Ukraine. The Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and Russia was signed on May 31, 1997.

Press Secretary of the Russian Prime Minister Natalya Timakova, who worked with Dmitry Medvedev for 12 years, may move to the position of deputy chairman of Vnesheconombank as early as this week. In her new position, she will oversee relations with government agencies, corporate philanthropy, as well as the urban planning unit. about this She spoke in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper.

September 17, 2018, 19:04 / Business Russia abolished preferential duties on the import of auto components for assembly Other countries of the economic union retained these benefits Vladimir Shtanov The EEC has decided to bring the rates of import customs duties on auto components for industrial assembly in line with Russia’s obligations in the WTO / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has decided to bring the rates of import customs duties on auto components for

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg did not rule out the use of Article 5 of the bloc's charter on collective defense in the event of a cyber attack by Russia against one of the NATO members. Answering a question from Axios, he said that this is possible, but “not automatically,” but “will depend on the nature of the cyberattack.” In each specific case of application of Article 5, the decision will be made separately.

Changing the mechanism for containing prices for gasoline and diesel fuel in the tax maneuver will require an additional 230 billion rubles from the budget in 2019. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Finance Ilya Trunin, TASS reports . “The maximum value of the damping allowance in 2019 is 400 billion rubles. in accordance with the current regulations.

The regional elections held on September 9 showed a noticeable decline in electoral support for the ruling party United Russia: second rounds of gubernatorial elections in four regions, loss of majority in legislative assemblies in a number of regions. The Kremlin assures that the decline is expected, which means that the situation is under control.

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The Kremlin is monitoring the situation with the second round of elections for the head of the Primorsky Territory. This was stated by presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. “We are also observing,” he said (quoted by Interfax). The Kremlin representative, referring to the Central Election Commission, noted that so far there has not been a single official complaint about the voting process.

September 17, 2018, 16:09 / Technologies China and the US are competing for leadership in the deployment of 5G networks New Technology Benefits and National Security at Stake Josh Chin Sarah Crouse Dan Strumpf In China, there are 14.1 cellular base stations for every 10,000 people, while in the United States there are 4.7 / Thomas Peter / Reuters Previously, the pioneers in the creation of cellular networks were mainly American and European companies.

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Gazprom and another state - owned company will allocate less than 50% of net profit under IFRS for dividends for 2018, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov said. “As for Gazprom, the decision has been made - they will pay less than 50%. We also made a non-systemic decision, unprincipled - Gazprom will pay less and another company will pay less,” Siluanov said (he was quoted by TASS).

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) is investigating Samsung's coordination of smartphone prices. This was stated by Deputy Head of the FAS Andrei Tsarikovsky, Interfax reports. A department representative confirmed this. According to him, a decision to initiate a case could be made by the end of this year. Representatives of the FAS do not say which smartphone models Samsung allegedly coordinated prices for. Tsarikovsky only noted that we are talking about not old models.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to terminate the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership with Russia. The corresponding decree was posted on the official website of the president on Monday.

The Presidium of the United Russia faction supported the candidacy of Otari Arshba for the post of head of the commission on ethics and income control. This was announced by the faction leader Sergei Neverov. The second candidate for the post was Natalya Poklonskaya. According to Neverov, Arshba’s candidacy “received more votes in the voting at the presidium” (quote from RIA Novosti).