February 11, 2019, 11:18 pm / Business Exclusively by subscription Billionaire Araz Agalarov took up organic gardening There is not enough organic fruit on the market Ekaterina Burlakova Araz Agalarov has ripened to fruit / Inna Ganenko / Agroinvestor Crocus Group took up gardening - it began to grow organic apples, pears, plums and other fruits in the Moscow region, a company representative told Vedomosti.

From the time President Nicolas Maduro came to power in Venezuela in 2013 to the end of 2017, the country’s economy lost up to $350 billion due to Western sanctions. This estimate is contained in a report by the Strategic Latin American Center for Geopolitics. Experts believe that due to international restrictions on the movement of capital, the country was losing $19 billion a year, due to the inflated cost of borrowing due to sanctions - about $3.3 billion a year.

The world is experiencing not just a series of crises, but a systemic transformation of international relations, but what the new world order will be like is not completely clear. This is stated in the report “The Big Puzzle: Who Will Find the Pieces?”, published on Monday by the organizers of the annual Munich Conference on International Security. The event will take place February 15-17 and is expected to be attended by a record number of politicians and experts this year.

February 11, 2019, 21:14 / Economics The Federal Tax Service excluded four more offshore companies from its black list of countries This will help reduce the burden on business Anna Kholyavko These jurisdictions are popular among Russians, especially Belize and Seychelles / Pixabay The Federal Tax Service of Russia (FTS) has excluded another 10 jurisdictions from the list of countries that poorly exchange tax information with Russia or do not do so at all.

February 11, 2019, 21:28 / Business Former partners in TNK-BP launched two fields in Egypt BP and the company owned by Fridman will increase gas production in the West Nile Delta Anna Chervonnaya BP and DEA began joint development of fields in the West Nile Delta in March 2017 / DEA DEA (part of Mikhail Fridman and Partners' LetterOne) and British BP have begun production at two gas fields in Egypt, Fayoum and Giza, as part of the joint West Nile Delta (WND) project, the companies said.

The father of Senator Rauf Arashukov, adviser to the general director of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz LLC Raul Arashukov, accused in the case of organizing a criminal community and theft of gas, stated in the Moscow City Court that he learned about the preparations for the detention of him and his son a week before. Interfax reports this with reference to a statement by Arashukov Sr. During the hearing, the Moscow City Court confirmed the legality of his arrest.

The market value of these assets, taking into account land plots, is 5.5 billion rubles, according to the assessment reports conducted in the fall and winter of 2018 / Yaroslav Chingaev for Vedomosti Sberbank Asset Management has put its warehouse real estate portfolio, located in the Rental Business fund, up for sale, three consultants who worked with the company's projects told Vedomosti.

The sensation is that Lanthimos, the leader of the “Greek weird wave,” has directed a costume historical drama. England, early 18th century, Queen Anne, Duchess of Marlborough, a plot best known from the popular play “The Glass of Water” by Eugene Scribe. Read on vedomosti.ru There is a war of Spanish succession on the continent, the Tories demand a respite and peace negotiations, the Whigs demand an increase in military spending by increasing land taxes.

February 11, 2019, 21:53 / Business The Ministry of Energy wants to stimulate the production and sales of new turbines for power plants Power Machines previously estimated such a project at 15 billion rubles Elena Vavina Siemens Gas Turbine Technologies produces turbines with a capacity of 187 MW and 329 MW / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti The Ministry of Energy is preparing documentation for conducting competitive selection of power for the construction of power plants with innovative turbines.

11 February 2019, 13:12 / Economics The government estimated spending on national projects at almost 26 trillion rubles Infrastructure development will cost the most, among the “cheapest” national projects are education and science Irina Chevtaeva The government intends to actively develop infrastructure in the next six years / Kirill Kukhmar / TASS The government has published materials with the main indicators of 12 national projects and their costs for the next six years, as well as similar

Chinese Xiaomi has nothing to do with the supply of smartphones that were detained at customs under the Russian brand Inoi. this to the RNS agency. reported The company's press service She emphasized that she is ready to cooperate with the competent authorities in the investigation of what happened.

11 February 2019, 14:18 / Economics The Federal Tax Service excluded ten countries from the offshore blacklist undefined Vedomosti The Federal Tax Service of Russia (FTS) excluded from the list of countries and territories that do not exchange information for tax purposes with Russia Belize, Brazil, Liechtenstein, Monaco, UAE, Seychelles, Uganda, St. Kitts and Nevis, as well as two British offshores - the island Maine and Guernsey.

The Presidium of the Moscow City Court overturned the decision to commute the sentence in the case of the theft of 1.3 billion rubles. during the development of the Vostochny cosmodrome, previously accepted by the appellate court.

February 11, 2019, 18:53 / Business Gazprombank announced an unprecedentedly successful placement of Gazprom Eurobonds undefined Vedomosti Gazprom , placed 7-year Eurobonds for $1.25 billion with a yield of 5.15% per annum, reported Gazprombank which was one of the organizers of the deal. According to the bank, Gazprom’s placement of Eurobonds in dollars was the first such placement since April 2018, when the United States tightened sanctions against Russia.

The ruble strengthened in trading on the Moscow Exchange at the beginning of the day on February 11 after the decision of the international rating agency Moody's to upgrade Russia's sovereign rating. As of 10.35 Moscow time, the dollar fell by 13 kopecks. up to 65.68 rub. compared to Friday's close. The euro, in turn, also fell by 14 kopecks. and amounted to 74.35 rubles.