An employee of the “K” department of the FSB (supervises the banking sector), Artur Vlasov, fully admitted his guilt in robbery during a meeting of the Moscow District Military Court, reports . Interfax Read on vedomosti.ru Vlasov asked the court to transfer him to house arrest. He recalled that he wrote a confession and partially compensated for the damage. The court refused to reduce his preventive measure.

The population is not sufficiently aware of the preferential mortgage program, according to a message from the Central Bank. The regulator recommended that banks more actively inform citizens about the conditions of this program. Read on vedomosti.ru In particular, the Central Bank proposed providing information about the program in the form of a special leaflet, as well as conducting regular training for credit specialists.

Russian businessman from Vladivostok Daniil Kazanchuk may be involved in the supply of expensive cars to the DPRK despite sanctions. This is reported by The New York Times, which conducted a study jointly with the non-profit organization Center for Advanced Defense Studies (CADS, Center for Advanced Defense Studies). Read on vedomosti.ru NYT drew attention to the fact that during his international trips, Kim Jong-un uses two limousines - Maybach S600 and Maybach S62.

July 17, 2019, 17:44 / Finance Bank profits in the first half of the year exceeded a trillion rubles undefined Vedomosti The profit of the banking sector in the first half of 2019 amounted to 1.005 trillion rubles, according to the Central Bank’s review of the development of the banking sector. Compared to the same period last year, banks earned almost one and a half times more - in January - June 2018, their profit amounted to 634 billion rubles.

17 July 2019, 12:48 / Business The owner of Louis Vuitton overtook Gates in the list of the richest people in the world undefined Vedomosti President of the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy group of companies Bernard Arnault rose to second place in two rankings of the world's richest people - Bloomberg and Forbes magazine . Previously, Microsoft founder Bill Gates occupied second place on the list. Bloomberg estimated Arnault's wealth at $108 billion, and Gates's at $107 billion.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he called Russian leader Vladimir Putin despite the opinion of “Ukraine’s partners.” He reported this in a video published on his YouTube channel. "All, let's say, Ukraine's partners are against me calling Putin. I decided to call Putin because this is, first and foremost, a question for Ukraine, a question for our citizens," Zelensky said.

July 17, 2019, 22:47 / Economy / News Volodin announced the possible abolition of preferential VAT for palm oil undefined Vedomosti A bill to increase the value added tax (VAT) on palm oil to 20% will be submitted to the State Duma on Thursday, July 18, reports Interfax with reference to the speaker of the lower house of parliament Vyacheslav Volodin. According to him, the corresponding initiative was discussed at a meeting held by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with deputies.

July 16, 2019, 11:34 pm / Business Exclusively by subscription Singaporean Olam became the sole owner of Rusmolko The founder of the company Naum Babaev sold the remaining 25% Irina Sinitsyna Rusmolko is one of the ten largest producers of raw milk in Russia / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti The founder and chairman of the board of directors of a large milk producer - the Russian Dairy Company (Rusmolko) Naum Babaev left the business.

Sberbank . Technologies (Sbertech) has been suing the Belize-registered Datahost company for the domain name Sbertech.ru since February, as follows from the file of arbitration cases In March, Sbertech managed to obtain interim measures: the court prohibited the Salenames registrar from canceling this domain, transferring the rights to administer it to someone other than Sbertech, and performing any actions with the domain until the court decision came into force.

17 July 2019, 13:52 / Business Transneft estimates losses from changes in tariff regulation Losses will arise only if expenses are not agreed upon, FAS Anna Chervonnaya is sure The company's losses may be caused by a change in accounting for depreciation in calculating tariffs / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti Transneft .

Real disposable income of Russians in the first half of 2019 decreased by 1.3% compared to the same period last year, Rosstat reported . For comparison: in January–June 2018, household incomes increased by 1.3%. Read on vedomosti.ru In the second quarter of 2019, Russians’ incomes decreased by 0.2% (year-on-year data). Rosstat also revised its estimate for the first quarter: their decline turned out to be more significant - 2.5% instead of the previously announced 2.3%.

The Moscow City Election Commission is ready to recheck all documents of candidates for the Moscow City Duma who were denied registration if they receive official complaints. RIA Novosti about this Chairman of the commission Valentin Gorbunov told . According to him, no such complaints have been received so far.

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin his proposal to change the Constitution in his article “ Living Constitution for Development” published in the Parliamentary Gazette explained . With the help of amendments to the basic law of the country, it is necessary to correct the imbalance between the branches of government, he believes.

July 17, 2019, 21:57 / Finance Exclusively by subscription The banking sector set a profit record In six months, banks earned a trillion rubles, but part of the profit turned out to be paper Anna Eremina Ekaterina Litova Banks’ sources of profit do not change / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti The banking sector earned 1 trillion rubles in the first half of the year. net profit, the Central Bank reported. This is the highest result in the entire history of observations.

The Sela brand was transferred to Melon Fashion Group (which manages the Befree, Love Republic and Zarina clothing chains). This is evidenced by data from Rospatent, reports RBC . Read on vedomosti.ru SPARK-Interfax states that Melon Fashion Group received the right to the Sela trademark on July 15. The parties do not comment on the deal. Melon Fashion Group is in negotiations to purchase the Sela clothing store chain, RBC reported citing sources at the end of May.