US President Donald Trump confirmed his intention to veto a resolution approved by the Senate to lift the state of emergency. “I look forward to vetoing the Democratic-led resolution that would open up the crime and drug trafficking that is plaguing our country,” Trump wrote on Twitter. Read on vedomosti.ru The day before, 59 senators voted to cancel the state of emergency introduced by Trump; the White House’s position was supported by only 41 representatives of the upper house of Congress.

March 15, 2019, 05:54 / Business Boeing suspends deliveries of 737 MAX undefined Vedomosti Boeing has suspended deliveries of its best-selling 737 MAX 8 and 9 aircraft following a plane crash in Ethiopia, Reuters reports , citing a statement from the manufacturer. Boeing will continue to produce planes, but their flights will resume after a software update, US lawmakers said yesterday. Boeing said it will improve the software "across the 737 MAX fleet" in the coming weeks.

Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska filed a lawsuit in Washington against the US Treasury Department, reports the Financial Times. Deripaska demands the lifting of the sanctions imposed against him in 2018. Deripaska’s representative confirmed to Vedomosti that the businessman filed a complaint against the US Treasury and OFAC (the department of the ministry responsible for imposing sanctions).

Sergei Malgavko/TASS The European Union has imposed sanctions against eight Russians over the conflict in the Kerch Strait, the EU's official journal reports . The restrictive measures include, in particular, the head of the FSB Border Department for Crimea, Sergei Stankevich, his deputy Andrei Shein, as well as the commander of the Southern Military District (SMD), Aleksandr Dvornikov.

March 15, 2019, 20:58 / Finance The auditor doubted the ability of IC Respect to continue its continuous work The former largest insurer of developers received the first loss in eight years Danis Yumabaev General Director of Respect Alexander Artamonov said that the Central Bank prohibited Respect from insuring developers / Vladimir Trefilov / RIA Novosti The former largest insurer of developers, IC Respect, received a loss of 249.8 million rubles in 2018. against a profit of RUB 583.9 million.

The Yandex company has begun testing a new social service, Aura, which operates within its mobile application. This was initially reported by Roem.ru, citing unnamed employees of the search engine. Later, a Yandex representative confirmed to Vedomosti that the company had launched beta testing of the service.

March 15, 2019, 15:40 / Business Eni will plant a forest the size of a quarter of Italy to reduce emissions of harmful substances undefined Vedomosti Italian oil company Eni plans to plant forests in an area four times the size of Wales (about 25% of Italy), chief executive Claudio Descalzi said during the company's annual strategy presentation. According to him, forest restoration will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, writes the Financial Times .

Canada imposed new sanctions against Russia on March 15 / ROMAN PILIPEY / EPA / TASS Canada imposed new sanctions against Russia on March 15, the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on its website. The sanctions list includes 114 individuals and 15 legal entities. The restrictions are intended to be a response to Russia's actions in the Kerch Strait, eastern Ukraine and Crimea, according to the report.

Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky proposed to give priority to showing domestic films in cinemas not only during the New Year holidays and May 9, but also on National Unity Day on November 4. The minister made this proposal at a meeting of the government council on cinema.

Gazprombank is going to transfer to the Federal Property Management Agency a stake in Eurofinance Mosnarbank, against which the United States imposed sanctions on March 11 due to ties with the Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA, TASS reports . “ Gazprombank ... is now holding consultations with relevant departments. As far as I know, the bank intends to soon send its proposals to the government,” a source familiar with the progress of the negotiations told TASS.

State Duma deputy from "A Just Russia" Vadim Belousov, who was stripped of parliamentary immunity in December, has been detained. This was reported to Interfax by his lawyer Igor Trunov. According to him, Belousov was summoned to Yekaterinburg for questioning by an investigator, and when he arrived for questioning, he was detained and taken to court. The latter will consider the investigator's motion to arrest the deputy on March 15.

Producers, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, propose launching a system for recording online views / Alexandra Astakhova / Vedomosti At a meeting of the government council on cinema, Anatoly Maksimov, CEO of the production company Direktsiya Kino, proposed introducing a state system for recording online movie and TV series views in Russia, three council members told Vedomosti. The Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky also spoke about this.

March 15, 2019, 14:40 / Business Gazprombank withdrew from the company that owns a stake in the joint venture with PDVSA undefined Vedomosti Gazprombank has withdrawn from the capital of GPB Global Resources, which owns a stake in a joint venture with the Venezuelan state-owned oil company Petrleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), Interfax reports, citing the bank.

March 15, 2019, 18:27 / Economics China passed new foreign investment law But foreign business doubts its effectiveness Alexey Nevelsky The process of preparing rules governing the implementation of the new law could take years / Kin Cheung / AP China on Friday passed a law designed to make working conditions more transparent for foreign companies and help them compete with local state-owned companies. Beijing hopes this will help it reach a trade agreement with the United States.

Ukraine must be obliged to compensate for the losses that Crimea suffered during the time it was part of it. This was stated by State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin at the first joint meeting of the Council of the Lower House and the State Council of Crimea, dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the peninsula’s annexation to Russia, TASS reports .