Ukraine has refused to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place in Israel in the spring. This is stated in a statement published on the website of the National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine ( NOTU ). Initially, the Ukrainian singer Maruv, selected as a result of audience voting, was supposed to participate in the competition.

The Ministry of Agriculture does not support the proposal of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) to expand the food embargo, writes Kommersant with reference to the minutes of the meeting with the director of the department of regulation of agricultural markets Maxim Titov (the newspaper has a copy of the document, its authenticity was confirmed by three sources of the publication in the industry).

Citgo, an oil refining subsidiary of the Venezuelan state oil corporation PDVSA in the United States, has formally severed relations with its parent structure. The deadline for implementing this decision was set at February 26, Reuters reported , citing two people close to the decision. The termination of relations with PDVSA was demanded by the United States, which imposed sanctions on the state-owned Venezuelan company amid the political crisis in the country.

February 27, 2019, 16:05 / Economics Exclusively by subscription China slows down global trade His trade conflict with the United States does not pass without leaving a mark on the global economy Alexey Nevelsky Mikhail Overchenko The trade conflict with the United States is not going away without a trace / Stephen B. Morton / AP Global trade growth slowed from 4.7% in 2017 to 3.3% in 2018, according to the Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis (CPB), which compiles related statistics.

12 plots of federal land with a total area of ​​300 hectares will be transferred to Russian regions for the construction of residential buildings, parks and infrastructure. The corresponding decision was made at a meeting of the Government Commission for the Development of Housing Construction, according to a statement from the state company Dom.rf, which takes part in the work of the commission.

February 27, 2019, 17:56 / Finance The Ministry of Finance sold OFZ for a record amount since 2014 Investors bought securities worth 58 billion rubles; even the new draft sanctions published by the US Congress did not affect demand Anna Tretyak In January, the share of non-residents in OFZs increased to 25% from 24.4% in December / Maxim Shemetov / Reuters On Wednesday, February 27, the Ministry of Finance held the best OFZ auctions in five years, placing securities for 57.6 billion rubles.

February 27, 2019, 20:31 / Finance FC Otkritie lost the case against its former top manager The bank demanded that ex-security director Sergei Babkin return a bonus of 30 million rubles Anna Tretyak The Moscow Arbitration Court rejected the claim of FC Otkritie Bank against its former security director Sergei Babkin for 30 million rubles.

The Federal Air Transport Agency has sent a recommendation to Russian airlines to completely or partially stop flights over the territories of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, reports RBC , citing a source close to one of the airlines. This information and the authenticity of the document were confirmed to the publication by a top manager of a large tour operator and a source close to the government.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes that the US attitude towards Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems will change, he said in an interview with the Turkish NTV channel . Türkiye does not intend to retreat from the deal with Russia, he clarified. “The relevant institutions are conducting the necessary negotiations right now. They will continue to do so. They will also negotiate with the [US] Congress.

February 27, 2019, 22:18 / Business / Interviews and profiles President of Abrau-Durso: “Most Russian winemakers have inflated self-esteem” Pavel Titov - about the revival of the famous brand, the magic of the place and how to sell Russian champagne to the Chinese Ekaterina Burlakova Pavel Titov, president of the Abrau-Durso group / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti Pavel Titov is a financier by education and first work experience.

It has not yet been possible to turn the autumn elections to the Moscow City Duma into a mayoral holiday / Yaroslav Chingaev / for Vedomosti The Moscow City Hall has decided on the majority of candidates for the autumn elections to the Moscow City Duma; it is planned to renew approximately two-thirds of its members, two people close to the city hall told Vedomosti.

From March 22, Mechel’s ordinary shares will be excluded from the calculation base of the Moscow Exchange index and the RTS index. This is stated on the Moscow Exchange website . have been added to the waiting list for exclusion Shares of PJSC TMK ( Pipe Metallurgical Company ) , and depositary receipts of En+ Group will be included in the waiting list for inclusion in the index.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined short video sharing service TikTok almost $6 million, the agency said in a statement. In his opinion, the company violated the law on protecting children's privacy on the Internet. The FTC's report emphasizes that in 2018 the review focused on Musical.ly, which was merged with TikTok , so the claims initially affected Musical.ly and now the merged app.

Fontanka deleted its news a few hours after publication. The video also became unavailable. Vedomosti requested comments from the publication. At the end of January, unknown persons tried to burn several tons of money in one of the warehouses in Moscow, reported Fontanka . At his disposal was a video recording of burnt banknotes. The mountain of money was set on fire in several places, but the bulk of the banknotes survived.

The duration of flights to Thailand, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries popular with Russian tourists will increase due to the Indo-Pakistani conflict, Dmitry Gorin, head of the transport committee of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), told Interfax. In the current situation, airlines will use alternative routes for flights to these countries, and intermediate landings of aircraft for refueling are also possible, Gorin explained.