The CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Kirill Dmitriev, sent petitions to change the preventive measure to house arrest to those involved in the Baring Vostok case. This is stated in the RDIF statement. The petitions refer to the founder and head of Baring Vostok, Michael Calvey, as well as the fund’s employees – Ivan Zyuzin, Vahan Agbaryan and Philippe Delpal. The petitions were sent to the Moscow City Court, the Basmanny Court and the Investigative Committee.

The organizing committee for the 2024 Summer Olympics, which will be held in Paris, has proposed including breakdancing in the competition program. This is stated on the organizing committee's Twitter page. According to the head of the organizing committee, Tony Estangue, breakdancing will make the Games more “artistic” and “urban” (his words are quoted by The Canberra Times).

Pavel Rodionov (pictured) may soon leave the Russian Investment Fund for Information and Communication Technologies / Sergey Shakhidzhanyan / TASS The fund Rosinfokominvest (Russian Investment Fund for Information and Communication Technologies), controlled by the Ministry of Communications, will replace its CEO, a person familiar with officials from the Ministry of Communications told Vedomosti and a relevant federal official confirmed.

February 21, 2019, 10:18 / Finance The Central Bank wants to allow access to the Forex market only to qualified investors undefined Vedomosti The Central Bank considers it necessary to limit access to the Forex market for unqualified investors; this approach will be provided for in the bill on categories of individual investors, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Vladimir Chistyukhin said in an interview with TASS.

February 21, 2019, 18:20 / Updated February 22, 2019, 00:15 / Business KFC will open new format restaurants in Moscow You can order an inexpensive steak or chicken burger there Tatyana Romanova Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti The first restaurant of the new format, Sanders Grill by KFC, will open in March on the first floor of the Afimall shopping center, the company’s invitation to Vedomosti says.

At the end of 2018, the supply of warehouse space in Russia amounted to 24.9 million sq. m, of which 57% (14.2 million sq. m) are located in the Moscow region, 13% (3.3 million sq. m) in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, and 30% (7.4 million sq. m) in the regions. Such data are provided in a study by Knight Frank.

February 21, 2019, 17:05 / Business Medvedev approved candidates from the state to the board of directors of Rosneft undefined Vedomosti Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree containing a list of government candidates for the Rosneft board of directors. Their number, as before, will include presidential aide Andrei Belousov, Energy Minister Alexander Novak, and Rosneft chief executive officer Igor Sechin.

February 21, 2019, 15:30 / Technologies Reuters reported Sberbank's plans to buy Rambler Group undefined Vedomosti Sberbank is in negotiations with businessman Alexander Mamut to purchase the Rambler Group media holding, Reuters reported , citing five sources. According to one of the agency’s interlocutors, the management of the state bank does not yet have a consensus on purchasing the holding, but such a possibility is being discussed.

The Moscow trade fair complex in Lyublino, one of the largest retail centers in the capital, will be modernized. This is reported by Kommersant, citing a source close to the owners of the facility – the Kievskaya Ploshchad group of God Nisanov and Zarakh Iliev. According to him, the format of trade here will change, and a modern shopping center will appear in the place of the complex.

Austria supports the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said this in an interview with Zib2 after a meeting with US President Donald Trump. The project was one of the important topics in the negotiations between the leaders of the two countries. Austria “has made its position clear” because it needs secure supplies, the quotes Österreich online portal the chancellor as saying.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has uncovered a scheme to attempt to influence Russia on the Ukrainian presidential elections. This was reported on the website of the Ukrainian department. According to the department, the project involved the creation of “pyramids” in electoral districts and bribery of voters. The SBU named a certain people's deputy of Ukraine as the coordinator of this network, without specifying who exactly they were talking about.

The FSB Economic Security Service believes that the adviser to the general director of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz, Raul Arashukov, together with his accomplices, organized the supply of gas to fictitious subscribers, and then displayed it in the reporting as lost. this reports RBC with reference to a certificate prepared by the special service and sent to the Investigative Committee a week before the arrests in this case.

February 21, 2019, 17:11 / Business Representatives of Russia on the Rosneft board will not change undefined Vedomosti The government has announced nominees from the state to the board of directors of Rosneft (51% of the state-owned company through Rosneftegaz belongs to the Federal Property Management Agency), no changes are envisaged. This follows from a government order signed by Chairman Dmitry Medvedev.

February 21, 2019, 15:59 / Business Magnit has updated its logo As the company explains, he now embodies the care and attention of Kirill Bulanov The second largest Russian retailer Magnit presented a new logo / Magnit retailer The Magnit , the second largest in Russia by turnover, has introduced a new logo. This was reported in a company press release.

After the richly-informed address to the Federal Assembly last year, the president found it difficult to impress his audience with new proposals of the same scale, but the government's sagging ratings and the growth of silent discontent over the increase in the retirement age and the decline in incomes required him to make new promises to improve the standard and quality of life.