“The situation is extremely surprising and unsightly. We have been fighting for so many years to ensure that we have information and technological independence, but in the end this happens,” indignant State Duma deputy Vladislav Reznik, who in 2014 rewrote the law on the national payment system in a few hours. This happened after Visa and Mastercard cards issued by Rossiya Bank and SMP Bank were blocked due to sanctions - this should not have happened again.

13 March 2019, 14:24 / Finance The state will additionally capitalize Promsvyazbank by 50 billion rubles The bank will receive money in equal shares over the next three years Alexandra Astapenko Last year Promsvyazbank was already recapitalized / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti Promsvyazbank according to its strategy in 2019–2021. will be recapitalized by 50 billion rubles. Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev spoke about this on Wednesday.

March 13, 2019, 11:29 pm / Business The Ministry of Natural Resources proposed to equalize water rates for thermal power plants and nuclear power plants This will allow energy workers to save about 20 billion rubles, but there will also be dissatisfied people, experts say Elena Vavina Some energy workers consider the current tariff mechanism for the water they use to be unfair / Vitaly Nevar / TASS The Ministry of Natural Resources proposed its own solution to the problem of high rates for power

March 13, 2019, 21:26 / Auto Volkswagen decided to localize turbo engine production in Russia undefined Vedomosti Volkswagen will localize production of the turbo engine (1.4 liter) in Russia, and will also increase production of the 1.6-liter engine produced in Kaluga if it reaches an agreement with the Ministry of Industry and Trade on the terms of a special investment contract (SPIC), said the general director of the Russian division of the company, Markus Ozegovich.

March 13, 2019, 11:04 pm / Business Exclusively by subscription Metro will sacrifice profitability to restore business in Russia She established discounts of 10–15% for large purchases, without agreeing with suppliers to reduce prices Natalya Ishchenko Falling sales force Metro to be particularly flexible / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti The German trading company Metro has again revised its pricing policy, its representative said.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has ordered Novaya Gazeta to pay 40,000 rubles in a lawsuit filed by former Russian Railways CEO Vladimir Yakunin to protect his honor, dignity and business reputation. This was reported by the court's press secretary Yunona Tsareva, Interfax reports. According to her, Yakunin's demands have been partially satisfied. Novaya Gazeta must refute the information published in the article "Billions were scooped up by the colonel" and delete the material itself.

The US House of Representatives has passed four bills aimed against the Russian government and, in particular, against President Vladimir Putin, the Associated Press reports . The Democratic majority in the lower chamber continues to focus its foreign policy on containing “Russian aggression” and criticizing President Donald Trump. The most high-profile initiative, which the Kremlin previously called "Russophobic efforts," concerns the disclosure of Vladimir Putin's assets.

Russia responded to the ECHR's questions on the complaint of Ukrainian citizen Oleg Sentsov / Zuma / TASS The ECHR has completed communication on the complaint of Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, who is serving a sentence in Russia and was sentenced in 2015 to 20 years in a maximum security prison in the case of "Crimean terrorists", against his detention and arrest. This was reported by Natasha Dobreva, a lawyer for the International Agora, who represents Sentsov in Strasbourg.

March 13, 2019, 18:23 / Business / News The Prosecutor General will check cases of charging double fees for garbage removal undefined Vedomosti Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika instructed regional prosecutors to check data on the collection of double fees from citizens for the removal of municipal solid waste (MSW), said the official representative of the supervisory agency, Alexander Kurennoy.

The Federation Council approved the law on blocking Internet resources for publishing fake news. 149 senators voted for its adoption, three were against it, and three more abstained. The meeting is broadcast on the website of the upper house of parliament.

A Washington court sentenced Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort to a total of 7.5 years in prison, Bloomberg reports . According to Reuters, he will spend nine months less in prison given the time he has already served. On Wednesday, March 13, Manafort was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison.

Google has launched a job search function in its search engine, the company's press service reported. If a user makes such queries in the search engine as, for example, "job nearby" or "teacher vacancy", the results will display vacancies posted on various specialized sites. The user will be able to find out the salary, employer rating and reviews about him. He will also be able to apply a location filter to find vacancies in areas suitable for him.

March 13, 2019, 11:21 am / Business OPEC members warned the US about the risks of adopting an anti-cartel law undefined Vedomosti OPEC will not be able to work if the United States passes the anti-cartel bill NOPEC (No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act), which will allow Washington to sue the organization.

The bill on punishment for fake news cannot be called censorship, said presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. Read on vedomosti.ru According to him, the area of ​​fake news is quite strictly regulated in many countries, including European ones, and such regulation should be introduced in Russia. There may be “some concerns” regarding law enforcement, Peskov noted (quoted by TASS). But “we have repeatedly encountered situations where such fears turned out to be unfounded,” he added.

March 13, 2019, 23:04 / Economics Why real estate transactions may fall under the control of Rosfinmonitoring Notaries received a letter with criteria for suspicious real estate transactions Anna Kholyavko Daria Borisyak Real estate can be conveniently used for money laundering, Rosfinmonitoring warned / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti “Excessive secrecy and vagueness of answers”, “insistence on cash payments”, “participation in the transaction of persons of an atypical <...> age and social group” -