06 February 2019, 00:30 / Business Why Russian Railways is in no hurry to sell non-refundable tickets for long-distance trains The company has the right to offer them from the beginning of the year, but so far such tickets are available only on three routes Vladimir Shtanov Non-refundable tickets are allowed to be sold only in compartment, CB and higher class carriages / S.

At the Business Russia forum, President Vladimir Putin proposed several innovations that affect the interests of Russian business. Acquiring fees The President called the current commissions in Russia for retailers for bank acquiring too high.

Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin demanded that the Federal Property Management Agency report monthly on the execution of the federal budget in terms of income falling under the authority of the agency, according to the website of the Ministry of Economic Development. The Federal Property Management Agency must report to the ministry the income from the management and sale of state property.

State Duma deputies will consider amendments to Art. in the first reading. 220 part 2 of the Tax Code of Russia. The bill provides for the introduction of a tax deduction on cars for residents of the Far Eastern Federal District. The passport of the bill is posted on the State Duma website . It is proposed to introduce a tax deduction on cars that residents of the Far East buy abroad for personal use.

The Central Bank has clarified the rules according to which non-state pension funds (NPFs) can invest citizens’ savings in shares of Russian companies during IPOs. This is stated in the regulator’s directive, which comes into force on February 6. Now funds can participate in IPOs if the value of the shares being placed exceeds RUB 50 billion. They can buy no more than 5% of the offered securities.

Yandex is launching the production of original series, sources in several media companies told Vedomosti. According to them, Yandex employees, in search of projects, have been actively communicating with producers since the end of last year; the Internet company intends to order the production of eight to 10 series this year and will probably show its first projects at the beginning of 2020.

Former head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov was appointed advisor to the president of the United Aircraft Corporation ( UAC ). this TASS reports with reference to the company. Puchkov has been working at UAC since the end of 2018, the corporation’s press service told the agency. It was also clarified there that he coordinates the development of the concept for the development of hydroaviation.

06 February 2019, 16:35 / Economics Inflation accelerated to 5% for the first time in two years undefined Vedomosti The growth in consumer prices in January 2019 was 1% after 0.8% in December, Rosstat reported. In annual terms, inflation accelerated from 4.3% to 5%. The last time it reached this level was in January 2017. For comparison: in January 2018, prices increased by 0.3%, and in annual terms inflation was 2.2%.

06 February 2019, 12:41 / Auto The Minister of Transport proposed to toughen the punishment for fictitious technical inspection undefined Vedomosti Punishment for dishonest inspection must be tightened, Transport Minister Evgeniy Dietrich said at a State Duma meeting. “My personal, departmental, if you like, point of view on this matter is that technical inspection needs to be improved.

06 February 2019, 16:10 / Economics Siluanov disclosed data on the second capital amnesty undefined Vedomosti During the capital amnesty, businesses declared more than 10 billion euros in their accounts in 2018, said First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov. “Over the last year, colleagues (business – Vedomosti) declared account balances of more than 10 billion euros alone,” Siluanov said.

The government supports the bill of the head of the Duma Committee on Financial Markets, Anatoly Aksakov, on the creation of a service for banks to check information about subscribers of mobile operators, but in its conclusion it points out some shortcomings that need to be eliminated by the second reading. Vedomosti reviewed a copy of the document provided by the government office.

Commissions for retailers when paying with cards of 3% are too high, this is a quasi-tax, we need to work on this issue, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday at the Business Russia forum, answering a question from the audience. He added that in some countries the commission is much lower: for certain debits - 0.2%, for credit cards - 0.3%. He noted that “electronic commerce is developing rapidly, at a gigantic pace,” and card fees are a growth limiter.

Medvedchuk, commenting on the statement of the Prosecutor General's Office, stated that it "has nothing to do with the rule of law and legal policy" / Alexey Druzhinin / TASS If a criminal case is opened in Ukraine against Viktor Medvedchuk, the chairman of the political council of the Ukrainian party "Opposition Platform - For Life", it will be another political repression. This was stated by the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov.

The Investigative Committee of Russia has put two heads of branches of gas distribution companies on the wanted list in the case of the theft of Gazprom gas worth 30 billion rubles. This and. O. executive director of Budennovskgazprombytservis JSC Uali Evgamukov and executive director of the Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Stavropol LLC branch in Nevinnomyssk Umar Kalmykov, the investigation reported.

The textbook “Economics,” edited by HSE professor Igor Lipsits, was excluded from the federal list of textbooks (FLU) due to errors, typos and some other comments. This was stated by the press service of the Ministry of Education, TASS reports . As the department stated, in 2018, by decision of the scientific and methodological council, the textbooks underwent additional examination, as a result of which more than 200 “subject lines of textbooks” were excluded from the federal list.