08 December 2019, 23:58 / Economics Exclusively by subscription The Ministry of Economic Development is looking for new ways to attract investment in the economy It bets on mutual funds with RDIF participation Anna Kholyavko RDIF may create two closed-end mutual funds to attract investments from Russian businesses and citizens / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) may create two closed-end mutual investment funds (ZMUIF) to attract investments from Russian

The Vkusville chain of stores will create a marketplace for goods and services called Doverium, a company representative told Vedomosti. Testing of the platform will begin in December 2019. Now “Doverium” is a community of Vkusville partners who give discounts to the retailer’s clients. These are six companies, including clinics, a toy store, etc. They, according to a representative of Vkusville, will become the first participants in the marketplace.

Russian billionaire and president of the International Fencing Federation Alisher Usmanov wrote a letter to the presidents of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Craig Reedie and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach. In it, the businessman condemned the possible ban on all Russian athletes competing in international competitions under the Russian flag.

There will be no alternative Games of our own with North Korea, Turkmenistan and Belarus. We love it too much when our flag is higher than the American, Canadian, German, etc. On the day this column is published, a meeting of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee will be held in Lausanne.

December 08, 2019, 16:47 / Society Kudrin explained the reduction in funding for the Committee of Civil Initiatives undefined Vedomosti The Committee of Civil Initiatives (KGI) will continue its work, despite the reduction in funding, wrote one of its founders, Chairman of the Accounts Chamber Alexey Kudrin on Facebook . However, next year some of KGI’s projects will be closed because the main sponsor, Norilsk Nickel , refused to finance them, he explained.

December 08, 2019, 23:57 / Business Standards for improved food products have been developed in Russia But they can interfere with the promotion of such food, experts fear Ekaterina Burlakova New labeling would not prevent the promotion of food with improved qualities, experts fear / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti Rosstandart has approved national standards for products “with improved environmental characteristics,” a person close to the developers told Vedomosti, and a representative of the agency

Maxim Shemetov / Reuters On Monday, December 9, the Normandy Four are set to meet in Paris – the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany will discuss the settlement of the conflict in Donbass together for the first time in three years. In addition, Paris may become the venue for the long-awaited first meeting of the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky. Vedomosti asked experts what to expect from this Normandy summit and what not to expect.

08 December 2019, 23:50 / Politics Former prisoner ran over in Russian paddy wagons for 15 million rubles in compensation But I agree to receive at least 2.25 million from the state, based on the tariffs of the ECHR Anastasia Kornya The former prisoner estimated that he ran over 15 million rubles in a Russian paddy wagon.

Many expect more from Vladimir Putin's (left) first meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky than it can deliver, experts say / AFP On Monday, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany will gather in Paris for talks on settling the conflict in southeastern Ukraine. The first Normandy format summit in three years is also expected to host the first face-to-face meeting between Russian and Ukrainian Presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.

December 09, 2019, 00:07 / Real estate Yandex is preparing to conclude one of the largest deals in the office market The company wants to rent up to 45,000 sq. m in the Oko tower in Moscow City Anton Filatov Ksenia Boletskaya Yandex can rent up to 45,000 sq.

December 08, 2019, 13:45 / Business / News The Committee of Civil Initiatives founded by Kudrin lost its funding undefined Vedomosti The Dialogue Foundation, founded by the Chairman of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin, will lay off 60–70% of its employees in the next two months, reports RBC , citing sources. “Dialogue” (formerly called the Kudrin Foundation for the Development of Civil Initiatives) was created to support projects of the Committee of Civil Initiatives (KGI).

Tinkoff has updated its application: it will feature a “Services” window, which will feature all financial and consumer services / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti Tinkoff Bank has updated its application: it will feature a "Services" window, which will feature all financial and consumer services, a bank representative said.

Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) also manages to invent the phonograph in The Current War / The Weinstein Company The debut story of Yale School of Drama student Michael Mitnick has undergone an amazing genre transformation. At first it was a musical, which was even staged at Yale in 2008. The theater was small, the budget of the performance was ridiculous, and on stage, to the song "I Believe", they electrocuted a cardboard horse.

When Saudi Aramco, the state oil company, completes its initial public offering in the coming days, it will become the world's largest company, with a market capitalization of $1.7 trillion. But there hasn't been the same excitement and attention to this fact as, for example, to the story of Apple reaching the $1 trillion market capitalization mark.

Against the backdrop of falling interest rates on deposits, citizens are looking for alternative ways to preserve and increase their savings / M. Stulov / Vedomosti The number of retail investors on the stock market is growing – by December 1, 3.5 million people had opened brokerage accounts on the Moscow Exchange. Since the beginning of the year, 1.57 million citizens have done so, of which 273,000 in November, the exchange calculated. However, the number of active players among them is small.