Ilya Moskovets / TASS Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the resettlement of a building in Magnitogorsk damaged by an explosion in December 2018. He announced this at a meeting with members of the government, which was also attended by Chelyabinsk Region Governor Boris Dubrovsky. According to the president, residents of this building approached him with this request. "The house needs to be resettled," Putin said.

The Russian subsidiary of Auchan, Auchan Retail Russia, refused to develop its Lillapois retail chain of cosmetics and household chemicals stores. this reports RBC with reference to the company’s director of corporate communications, Maria Kurnosova. The company's management will focus on the hypermarket network and will work to improve the assortment and service, the publication's interlocutor explained the decision.

Russia calls on “Western colleagues to abandon methods of blackmail, threats and provocations” and respect international law. this President Vladimir Putin stated in an interview with the Serbian publications Politika and Evening News, answering a question about maintaining peace, including against the backdrop of US statements about withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty).

President and Chairman of the Board of Sberbank German Gref called digitalization the only way to fight corruption in Russia, TASS reports citing a statement by the head of the state bank. According to him, the eradication of corruption can only be achieved through transparent process activities, “put into digital form.” The market should have access to this information, he said.

An increase in the basic VAT rate in Russia from 18 to 20% may lead to an increase in the retail price of champagne, the Prime agency reports , citing Alan Sokolov, director of the Association of Sparkling Wine Producers. The increased tax rate came into effect on January 1. “That is, on the shelf this percentage will be from 5 to 10%, depending on the appetites of distributors and retail, how much they mark up,” the agency’s interlocutor warned.

The results of the first auctions of the Ministry of Finance this year were the best since July. On January 16, the ministry placed all the proposed securities for 35 billion rubles: six-year and 11-year issues of 15 billion each, as well as a 10-year inflation issue (OFZ-in) of 5 billion. The last time the Ministry of Finance borrowed a little more than 35 billion rubles. (35.2 billion) July 25 last year.

January 16, 2019, 16:47 / Economics The Ministry of Finance has found a platform for listing sanctioned companies undefined Vedomosti The Russian Ministry of Finance has decided on a platform for listing companies under sanctions, Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev told reporters on the sidelines of the Gaidar Forum. “Yes, we’ve decided, but we’re not ready to “publish” it yet.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday sued Ukrainian hacker Alexander Eremenko, six traders from Ukraine, Russia and California and two legal entities. She accuses them of illegally earning at least $4.1 million in the stock market by hacking her system for disclosing company financial results. In addition, the US Department of Justice brought criminal charges against Eremenko and another Ukrainian, Artem Radchenko, who allegedly helped him.

Varvara Grankova Gazprom employees are required to study the corporate ethics code. To do this, employees will take a special training course and then pass a test on their knowledge of the rules. Ethics exams will be held at least once every three years. The board of directors introduced this requirement into the code. According to a Gazprom representative, in 2018 the company developed an electronic course based on the corporate ethics code.

The governor of the Chelyabinsk region, Boris Dubrovsky, explained his statement about “dancing on the bones” and an attempt to “stir up the situation,” which he made after residents of a building damaged by an explosion in Magnitogorsk began collecting signatures for the complete vacancy of the house.

Reports about a VIP cell and privileged conditions for Ulyukaev are not true, BFM reports with reference to the deputy chairman of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission, Eva Merkacheva. “Anyone who comes there to check will be surprised, because he is in absolutely the same conditions as the rest of the convicts. It is a fact. The only indulgence is working in the library,” she emphasized.

President Vladimir Putin asked First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov and Chairman of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina to pay attention to the dynamics of price growth at the beginning of 2019. “I understand that nothing unexpected is happening there [with inflation], however, there are issues that require additional attention on your part, I mean the planned indicators,” Putin said at a meeting with government members.

In the city of Shakhty in the Rostov region, the body of the last—fifth—victim of a gas explosion in a residential apartment building was found. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the region, Interfax reports. The department noted that rescue operations have been completed. An explosion on the top—ninth—floor of a building in Shakhty occurred on the morning of January 14.

NZCM The St. Petersburg metal processing plant Nevsky Zavod Tsvetnykh Metallov (NZCM) filed a lawsuit against the social network VKontakte in the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. The lawsuit was filed in mid-December, the first hearing of the case will take place on February 14, according to the card index of arbitration cases. A representative of the plant confirmed to Vedomosti that the lawsuit had been filed.

January 16, 2019, 14:59 / Business / Politics Oreshkin did not see any problems for the Russian economy in the sanctions against UC Rusal Vedomosti Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin said that he does not see any direct problems for the Russian economy from US sanctions against UC Rusal of businessman Oleg Deripaska. this The official said in an interview with Business FM radio station.