For Russian President Vladimir Putin, transparency and fairness of elections are more important than the candidate he supports, said his press secretary Dmitry Peskov. Interfax reports this. “The president has repeatedly said that what is more important to him is not the candidate he supports, but the legitimacy, purity, transparency and fairness of the elections,” Peskov said. According to him, the Kremlin is closely monitoring developments in Primorye.

The draft law “On the renovation of housing stock in the Russian Federation” has been submitted to the State Duma for consideration. The authors of the project are the leader of the “A Just Russia” faction, Sergei Mironov, and the head of the State Duma Committee on Housing and Communal Services, Galina Khovanskaya. The bill was published on the website of the lower house of parliament.

September 18, 2018, 11:21 pm / Economics Exclusively by subscription State-owned companies do not have time to spend budget money They lack the skill of preparing projects, says expert Olga Adamchuk The Accounts Chamber found 155 billion rubles. free funds from state-owned companies / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti Officials and the Accounts Chamber have been dissatisfied for many years with the way state-owned companies and state corporations spend subsidies and accumulate free money.

The Singapore cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global has become a resident of the Center for Digital Transformations of Vnesheconombank (VEB Innovations Fund), the fund said in a statement received by the editors of Vedomosti. Huobi is not the only foreign company that is a resident of the center; they also include the Ethereum company (developer of the blockchain of the same name), consulting companies PwC and E&Y. But Huobi will be the first cryptocurrency exchange among residents.

The Ministry of Economic Development predicted an increase in the number of people employed after the pension reform. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the draft forecast of socio-economic development of the Ministry of Economic Development for the period until 2024. According to department estimates, the increase in employment in the labor market in 2019 will be 137,000 people, in 2024 - 1.8 million people.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) received a court order to shut down a financial pyramid scheme, the creators of which raised more than $345 million from 230 investors. This is stated in the SEC report. Maryland prosecutors have filed charges against pyramid scheme creators Kevin Merrill, Jay Ledford and Cameron Jezirski.

The GV Foundation, owned by Alphabet (the parent company of Google), participated in a round of financing for the platform for developers GitLab, reports Bloomberg. In total, the startup raised $100 million at a valuation of $1.1 billion. The round was led by the Iconiq Capital fund, which manages also in it. Mark Zuckerberg’s money.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, when making decisions regarding the situation with the Russian Il-20 in Syria, is guided by information from the Ministry of Defense. Data from the Israeli side have not yet been received in Moscow, Interfax reports , citing a statement by the press secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov.

The governor of the Vladimir region, Svetlana Orlova, who failed to win in the first round of elections on September 9 against her opponent from the LDPR, today turned to residents of the region for support. The second round of elections in the Vladimir region will take place in three days - on Sunday, September 23. “To be honest, I didn’t expect the first round to go the way it did. And, of course, I’m worried,” Orlova said in a video message.

Danske Bank, which found itself at the center of a money laundering scandal, knew back in April 2013 that its Estonian division was working with suspicious clients from Russia. This is evidenced by an email from Niels Thor Mikkelsen, who was then in charge of combating money laundering at the bank, which was obtained by The Wall Street Journal. This contradicts Danske, which claimed in July that it only became aware of serious problems at the Estonian unit in December 2013.

September 19, 2018, 00:24 / Technologies Russia will have a cellular network for officials and security forces may become its operator Tele2 Valery Kodachigov Tele2 plans to participate in the project and is regularly discussing this with the relevant departments / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti By 2024, a wireless communication network should be created in Russia for socially significant objects and special consumers, according to the passport of the Digital Economy program, which was generally

The Accounts Chamber in the North Caucasus found 4,038 unfinished objects, in which a total of 160.7 billion rubles were invested. This is stated on the department's website. It notes that the data is presented at the beginning of 2018. Of the total number of unfinished projects, 88.3 billion rubles were invested in 1,531 objects. including from the federal budget.

The Primorsky Territory Election Commission has canceled the results of the second round of gubernatorial elections, reports Interfax . 12 out of 13 commission members voted for this decision, 1 against. “The election results cannot be considered reliable.

The military operation in Idlib has been removed from the agenda – this was a worthy finale and the central topic of the meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Erdogan on September 17 in Sochi, which was preceded by a trilateral summit (Russia, Iran, Turkey) on September 7 in Tehran. This decision currently meets the interests of both Moscow and Ankara.

Acting Governor of the Primorsky Territory Andrei Tarasenko (United Russia) changed his mind about participating in the third round of gubernatorial elections: he decided to participate in them. RIA Novosti reports this. “I honestly want to say, I don’t know, I’ll go to the third round, I won’t go... Let’s think again,” Tarasenko said earlier.