March 23, 2019, 10:56 / Personal account Exclusively by subscription Deposit rates may begin to decline within a week Bankers predicted what awaits the market after the next freeze of the Central Bank's key rate Lyudmila Koval First of all, rates on deposits will decrease, and as a result, on loans in the future / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti Rates on ruble deposits in large banks have been constantly increasing since September last year, including due to an increase in the key rate of the

Ukrainian presidential candidate actor Volodymyr Zelensky named a change of power in Moscow as a condition for Crimea's return to the Ukrainian state. "Crimea will return only when the power in Russia changes. I have no other choice," Zelensky said in an interview with the ICTV channel.

Every fifth Russian (22.5%) is a heavy smoker and cannot go a day without a cigarette, RBC reports , citing a study by Rosstat. Respondents aged 15 and over were asked whether they smoke and how often. Among those aged 15–19, 6.9% of respondents smoke daily, 22.8% of those aged 22–24, 29.7% of those aged 25–29, and 29.9% of those aged 30–39. The group of respondents aged 40 to 50 turned out to be the biggest smoker: 32.5% of them smoke daily.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Economic Development to prepare a concept for a new Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO), the government website reports . The instruction was given following a government meeting held on March 21. The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Economic Development must submit proposals for updating the code by June 1 of this year.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will answer questions from users of the social network VKontakte for the first time during a live broadcast on March 29, the government press service reported. "The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation will answer current questions that are most frequently received by the government live," the statement said. All registered VKontakte users can send their questions to the Prime Minister on the VKLive with Dmitry Medvedev page .

A sharp increase in acute intestinal infection cases has been reported in the Dagestani city of Khasavyurt, the republic's Health Ministry reported . According to the department, 86 people, including 72 children, have been admitted to hospitals. The condition of those hospitalized is mostly mild; no serious cases have been recorded. As of today, 49 people remain in hospitals, including 35 children, the regional department of Rospotrebnadzor reported.

The Moscow petty bourgeois court declared illegal the decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation to transfer the mandate of a State Duma deputy to former presidential candidate Pavel Grudinin, Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission Nikolai Bulaev told Interfax.

Kazakhstan's new president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has signed constitutional amendments to rename the country's capital from Astana to Nur-Sultan, his press service reported . The decree comes into force on March 23. The capital has been renamed in honor of former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who signed a decree resigning from his post on March 19.

"Zelenopark" is one of the largest shopping and entertainment complexes not only in Zelenograd, but also in Moscow / zelenopark The Moscow Region Arbitration Court has ordered Lidkom Investments Limited to demolish its Zelenopark shopping and entertainment complex, Infoportal Zelenograd was the first to report . According to the claim materials, Transneft – Upper Volga filed a claim in 2015 to have the facility declared an unauthorized structure.

Politics In Tatarstan, state employees were prohibited from charging their phones at work 23.03.2019 Employees of municipal budgetary institutions of the Baltasinsky district of Tatarstan were prohibited from charging mobile phones at work due to energy savings, reports with reference to the relevant document. Kazan Reporter Read on vedomosti.ru The document published by the publication was signed on March 18 by the head of the Baltasinsky district executive committee, Aidar Khairutdinov.

March 23, 2019, 18:57 / Business Gazprom Neft will finance the decoration of a church in Serbia with mosaics undefined Vedomosti The Russian company Gazprom Neft has signed an agreement with the Serbian Orthodox Church to continue financing the mosaics in Serbia's largest Orthodox Church of St. Sava in Belgrade, reports RIA Novosti . The project coordinator is Rossotrudnichestvo.

The Executive Committee of the Baltasinsky District of Tatarstan has lifted the ban on public sector employees charging their mobile phones at work. " The second paragraph of the written instruction <...> regarding the ban on connecting chargers for phones, smartphones and electric kettles has been lifted," the committee's press service reported on Saturday.