Businessman David Koch has died at the age of 80, Bloomberg reports , citing his official representative Christine Nicholas. Along with his brother Charles Koch, he was ranked 11th on the Forbes list of billionaires with a net worth of $50.5 billion. Read on vedomosti.ru According to Bloomberg, most of his fortune comes from a 42% stake in Koch Industries, one of the largest US corporations, whose revenue is about $110 billion a year.

The first showroom of Aurus cars was opened on the territory of the Moscow City complex. The gallery presents the Senat model, which will cost 18 million rubles, said the general director of the distribution company Aurus, Adil Shirinov, at the opening. This price was previously mentioned by the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov. The price of the limousine and other models will be announced later, Shirinov noted.

In Izhevsk, the driver of a Nefaz regular bus lost control and collided with an overhead pipeline support, according to the website of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs. later told reporters As the head of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate for Udmurtia, Ruslan Nabiev, , as a result of the accident, 24 people sought medical help, three are being prepared for hospitalization, there is no threat to their lives, clarifies Interfax .

August 23, 2019, 17:11 / Business / News The NHL refused to consider cocaine a doping in the situation with Kuznetsov undefined Vedomosti The National Hockey League (NHL), unlike the International Hockey Federation, does not consider cocaine a prohibited substance that can affect an athlete’s performance. This is stated in a statement by the league's deputy commissioner Bill Daly about the situation with Russian hockey player Evgeny Kuznetsov.

American toy maker Hasbro will buy Canadian company Entertainment One, which owns the rights to the cartoon Peppa Pig, for $4 billion, according to Hasbro's website. Read on vedomosti.ru The deal has already been approved by the boards of directors of Hasbro and Entertainment One, and now they will have to obtain regulatory approval. The companies expect it to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2019. Hasbro is the world's largest toy company.

The route of the international transport corridor Europe - Western China is planned to be synchronized with tourism and innovation clusters in Russian regions, reports the press service of the state company Avtodor. Read on vedomosti.ru The material notes that a decision was made to analyze the coverage of regional economic growth points by the transport corridor, as well as to synchronize it with the development of industrial and innovation clusters and tourist centers.

The authorities of St. Petersburg decided not to allow citizens to enter the observation deck of the Nevsky Town Hall, which the architects intended as a symbol of the openness of government, writes the city publication Paper, citing Boris Ilyin, head of the directorate for the management of administrative facilities.

23 August 2019, 19:35 / Politics The organizer of the action on August 31 filed a lawsuit against the mayor's office for refusing approval undefined Vedomosti A municipal deputy and member of the council of the Moscow branch of the Party of Change, Elvira Vikhareva, filed a lawsuit against the Moscow mayor's office in the Basmanny Court of the capital due to the refusal to approve the protest action on August 31, she reported this on Facebook .

The Russian Ministry of Transport is preparing changes to the rules of the road (traffic rules) regulating the behavior of users of electromechanical vehicles, reports Interfax with reference to the response of the head of the Russian State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, Mikhail Chernikov, to State Duma deputy Yaroslav Nilov. Read on vedomosti.ru The document is planned to be prepared by the end of 2019.

Arne Dedert / dpa / AFP Deputy Minister of Communications Oleg Ivanov expects to hold the first auctions of frequencies in the 24.5–29.5 GHz range for the fifth generation of communications by the end of 2019, he told Vedomosti. In addition, the deputy minister expects that new generation networks will primarily develop in the 4.4–4.9 GHz range.

Politician Alexei Navalny was released after 30 days of arrest, reported his press secretary Kira Yarmysh on her Twitter page. At the exit from the special detention center in the morning there was a paddy wagon and police officers, they did not detain Navalny. Read on vedomosti.ru The court arrested Navalny for calling for an uncoordinated rally in support of unregistered candidates for the Moscow City Duma on July 27.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the preparation of a symmetrical response to the missile tests that the Pentagon conducted on August 19 and which do not comply with the provisions of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty). He stated this during a meeting of the Russian Security Council, according to the Kremlin website. The order was given to the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant departments.

August 23, 2019, 09:53 / Auto GAZ Group may switch to a four-day working week Vedomosti The GAZ Group may switch to a four-day working week with a reduction in wages from October 21 to April 20, 2020, reports Kommersant with reference to employee forums. The company confirmed this information to the newspaper. The transition to a part-time work week may be required due to the deteriorating situation in the commercial transport market and the consequences of sanctions, the company explained.

The international payment system Mastercard sent notifications to the authorities of Germany and Belgium about the hacking of the system with customer data, Bloomberg reports , citing the supervisory authorities of these countries. The notice states that the hack was noticed by the company on August 19. Read on vedomosti.ru According to Belgian authorities, the leak affected a large number of people, mainly from Germany.

Investigators have seized from the Higher School of Economics (HSE) the personal file and coursework of student Yegor Zhukov, accused of participating in the mass riots on July 27, his lawyer Ilya Novikov wrote on his Facebook page . He suggested that the investigation would look for “evidence of ideological sabotage in student works,” since the video from the criminal case does not contain a single episode where Zhukov behaves aggressively.