July 12, 2019, 19:44 / Finance / News Kerimov’s son became a co-owner of the Sberbank structure undefined Vedomosti The son of businessman Suleiman Kerimov, Said, acquired a stake in Market Special Depositary (RSD), which was previously wholly owned by Sberbank, reports Interfax . He became the owner of 49% of the structure through the Grandeco company. According to SPARK-Interfax, Grandeco is 99.5% owned by Said Kerimov. The company's minority shareholder is its CEO Igor Degtyarev.

12 July 2019, 18:33 / Technologies Artificial intelligence has learned to bluff The computer beat five professional poker players at once Alexey Nevelsky A computer cannot be forced to make a mistake due to fatigue or inattention / Dmitry Feoktistov / TASS Experts from Facebook and Carnegie Mellon University have reached a new stage in the development of artificial intelligence (AI).

New provisions of the law “On the National Payment System” may lead to the departure of international payment systems (IPS) from Russia, reports the Kommersant newspaper . Currently, the subsidiaries of Visa, MasterCard, China Union Pay and JCB are included in the register of payment system operators of the Central Bank.

Acting Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov announced his intention to participate in the pre-election debates. He wrote about this on his page on the social network VKontakte. "I consider it important to honestly and openly present to you my vision of the development of St. Petersburg," he explained his decision. He launched a vote under the message. As of 20:50 Moscow time, more than 2,700 people had voted. More than 80% of those who voted approved Beglov's statement.

Alexander Vorobyov, arrested on suspicion of treason, was dismissed from his post as assistant to the plenipotentiary representative of the President of Russia in the Ural Federal District, Interfax , RIA Novosti and TASS report , citing sources. Vorobyov is no longer listed as assistants on the embassy’s website. Read on vedomosti.ru Earlier, Deputy Plenipotentiary Boris Kirillov said that a personnel decision on Vorobyov would be made on July 8.

At a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak today, July 12, agricultural machinery manufacturers asked him to extend the program of subsidizing discounts on their products, Konstantin Babkin, president of the Rosspetsmash association and co-owner of Rostselmash, told Vedomosti. In essence, we are talking about agreeing on a transition period for the introduction of a new mechanism of state support for demand - preferential leasing.

Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Russian Pension Fund (PFR) Alexey Ivanov is suspected of receiving not one, but a number of bribes, but he was not caught red-handed, Kommersant newspaper writes , citing sources. The sources do not report the exact amount of bribes. According to one of the publication's sources, the bribes were not very large and amounted to only a few million rubles.

The Belarusian operator of the Druzhba oil pipeline, Gomeltransneft Druzhba, has fully completed the cleanup of contaminated oil that arrived from Russia at the end of April, the company said in a statement. As Gomeltransneft Druzhba noted, the work was completed ahead of schedule. The Belarusian state oil company Belneftekhim reported that, according to plans, the displacement of contaminated oil will be completed only in August.

The Bank of Russia and the Ministry of Finance may postpone public discussion of the bill on the introduction of an individual pension capital system (IPC) to 2020, reports RBC , citing sources in the government and sources close to the Central Bank.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested until September 9 the director of the department for work with government agencies of Technoserv Management LLC, Alexey Kopeikin, reports Interfax . He is suspected of committing a crime under Part 4 of Art. 291.1 of the Criminal Code (mediation in bribery on a particularly large scale). Read on vedomosti.ru TASS names Kopeikin as a defendant in the same criminal case in which the deputy head of the Pension Fund, Alexey Ivanov, is involved.

July 12, 2019, 15:11 / Finance The Central Bank responded to reports about the possible departure of Visa and Mastercard from Russia undefined Vedomosti The Central Bank is confident that all payment systems will continue to operate in Russia as before, the regulator’s press service reported. “We see no reason for concern,” the Central Bank press service commented on the situation.

July 12, 2019, 17:09 / Business / News Volkswagen will invest $2.6 billion in joint development of self-driving cars with Ford undefined Vedomosti Germany's Volkswagen Group (VW) is investing $2.6 billion in Ford Motor partner Argo AI, which specializes in developing self-driving car technologies, the companies said .

On Friday, July 12, the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works ( NLMK ) of Vladimir Lisin launched into commercial operation a complex for the capture and processing of chemical products from coke production, said a representative of the largest Russian steel producer (17 million tons in 2018). Construction lasted since 2015, the total cost of the project is estimated at 4.6 billion rubles, it was financed from the company’s own funds, the representative clarifies.

A fire occurred in the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (RGALI), according to the website of the Moscow Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Read on vedomosti.ru The fire was reported to the Ministry of Emergency Situations at 13.23 Moscow time. On the fourth floor of the building, paper products caught fire on an area of ​​10 square meters. m, the department said. Later, the area of ​​the fire grew 15 times - up to 150 square meters. m.

July 12, 2019, 12:53 / Media NMG became a co-owner of the company that co-produced the series “Kitchen” and “Eleon” The holding studio received a 25% stake in Keystone Production Ksenia Boletskaya kinopoisk NMG Studio (part of the National Media Group, NMG) bought 25% of the Keystone Production film company, an NMG representative told Vedomosti. The deal is closed, he said, its financial terms are not disclosed.