"VEB.RF" under the leadership of Igor Shuvalov may not just enter a new market – elevator production, but become a dominant player in it / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti " VEB.RF " will be engaged in the consolidation of elevator manufacturing enterprises, follows from the letter of the first deputy chairman of the board of the state corporation Mikhail Kuzovlev to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak.

Three large American banks - Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup - checked customer accounts to exclude the possibility of participation in money laundering from Russia. The heads of these banks spoke about this at a hearing in the US Congress, reports the Financial Times.

The scale of violations of the law is not decreasing, despite the zeal of the Prosecutor General's Office. Local and regional authorities are passing thousands of illegal legal acts, officials are lying in their income declarations, unscrupulous security officials continue to "harass businesses" with impunity, and convicts are regularly beaten and tortured in correctional facilities.

Deputies delegated to the government the authority to determine the procedure for installing, operating and upgrading “technical means of countering threats” in the telecom operator’s network - this is equipment that operators will have to install in accordance with the bill on the sovereign RuNet. Previously, Roskomnadzor had to determine this procedure.

Regions still have time to soften the municipal filter in gubernatorial elections / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti The Duma opposition in the gubernatorial elections in September can independently overcome the municipal filter in Sakhalin if it manages to agree on an exchange of signatures, according to a report by the Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Studies (ISEPS).

for the purchase of Aurus cars were received More than 500 applications , Interfax reports with reference to the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov. First, the department intends to satisfy demand in the domestic market, and facilities after the launch of serial production at Sollers in Yelabuga (Tatarstan), enter foreign markets. The launch of serial production is planned for 2021.

The Moscow City Court has postponed consideration of the appeal against the arrest of former Minister for Open Government Affairs Mikhail Abyzov. During the hearing, the lawyer stated that the relevant complaint had not been received by the court and requested a postponement. Abyzov and the investigation supported the petition. The next meeting is scheduled for April 12.

The Russian Union of Tourism Industry (RST) does not support the introduction of a tax on foreign tourists coming to St. Petersburg, the organization’s press secretary Irina Tyurina told Interfax. According to her, the PCT, as well as the Russian Hotel Organization, approached the acting governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, back in October last year with a request to postpone the introduction of the tourist tax.

against the founder of the Hermitage Capital fund, In Russia , five criminal cases have been opened William Browder, said Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika, speaking in the Federation Council. “We have already achieved a lot. Currently in Russia he is a defendant in five criminal cases, including murder, the creation of a criminal community, and the legalization of stolen 5 billion rubles,” he clarified (quoted by Interfax).

The Japanese Astroscale, which intends to start cleaning up space debris, has attracted investments in the amount of $102 million, reports the Financial Times. According to experts, such services will quickly become in demand, since debris in Earth’s orbit poses a danger to satellites and space stations. Read on vedomosti.ru The European Space Agency estimates there are currently about 900,000 objects larger than 1 cm within 2,000 km of Earth.

April 10, 2019, 18:47 / Updated April 10, 2019, 22:55 / Business Cherkizovo Group refused SPO Investors were not satisfied with the price Ekaterina Burlakova Vitaly Petlevoy Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti Russia's largest producer of poultry meat and finished meat products, the Cherkizovo group, refused to place shares on the Moscow Exchange, two people close to different parties to the failed deal told Vedomosti.

The Moscow District Military Court sentenced Dmitry Dokuchaev, an employee of the FSB Information Security Center, to six years in prison in a treason case, a reports . RIA Novosti correspondent Read on vedomosti.ru He was found guilty under Art. 275 of the Criminal Code (treason). The judge also decided to strip him of the rank of major.

April 11, 2019, 00:12 / Politics The Supreme Court wants to limit the special procedure for considering criminal cases His previous initiative on this issue lay in the Duma for 10 years without movement Anastasia Kornya The bill proposes to limit the scope of application of a special order to crimes of minor and medium gravity / Sergey Porter / Vedomosti The plenum of the Supreme Court plans to discuss on Thursday draft amendments to the articles of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) regulating

The Ukrainian government has expanded trade sanctions against Russia by adopting a corresponding resolution. The meeting was broadcast on YouTube.

About 70% of the $500 million six-year bond issue from Russia's largest leasing company, the State Transport Leasing Company ( STLC ), was bought by European investors, Denis Shulakov, first vice president of Gazprombank, told Vedomosti. Read on vedomosti.ru 17% were bought by Austrian and German investors, 18% by British investors, 8% by the Swiss, and another 27% of the issue by investors from continental Europe, he lists.