The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved a bill with additional sanctions against Russia, dubbed "sanctions from hell" by the media, Reuters reports . The document, called "Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act" (DASKA), was voted in favor by 17 people, with five Republican senators voting against. The bill has been sent to the full Senate for consideration, but it is not clear when a vote on the issue might take place.

December 18, 2019, 12:19 / Society REN TV reported on the visit of security forces to the company of Said Gutseriev The Safmar group refutes reports of searches that appeared in Telegram channels Ekaterina Eremenko Ekaterina Litova Alisa Shtykina Alexey Nikolsky Said Gutseriev / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti Law enforcement officers came to the office of the Forteinvest company of Said Gutseriev, the son of billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev, in Moscow, reported REN TV .

December 18, 2019, 16:05 / Society City of London introduces ban on petrol and diesel cars The financial district is one of the most polluted in the UK Mikhail Overchenko In a few months, it will be possible to drive along this street only with an electric or hybrid car / Yui Mok / PA Images / TASS For the first time in the UK, internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, both diesel and petrol, will be banned on one of the streets in the City of London.

December 18, 2019, 14:50 / Finance DIA filed a lawsuit against former managers of Tatfondbank for 141 billion rubles Top management did not prevent the bank's bankruptcy, says agency Angelina Krechetova Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti The Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) filed a claim with the Arbitration Court of Tatarstan to bring to subsidiary liability the main owner and former chairman of the board of Tatfondbank, Robert Musin, and 10 other former top managers of the bank.

December 18, 2019, 02:38 / Finance / News Qiwi co-founders Sergey Solonin and Boris Kim will exchange positions in the company undefined Vedomosti group of companies Co-founders of the Qiwi Sergey Solonin and Boris Kim will replace each other as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, respectively. This was reported by Qiwi .

The management of Gazprom Neft returned Alexander Korobkov to the post of general director of the offshore subsidiary Gazpromneft-Sakhalin, according to data from the SPARK-Interfax system. Korobkov graduated from MGIMO with a degree in Finance and Credit. He has been working in the structures of Gazprom Neft for 14 years. In 2010, he held the position of head of the company's asset acquisition and integration department. A year later, he was appointed head of Gazpromneft-Sakhalin.

December 19, 2019, 00:00 / Business American engines began to be installed on the legendary “corn farm” The Russian regions need the plane - there is no replacement for it and there will not be in the near future Alexander Vorobyov State Unitary Enterprise Kolyma Aviation received the first TVS-2MS small aircraft in early December (pictured) / Evgeniy Epanchintsev / RIA Novosti State Unitary Enterprise Kolyma Aviation (belongs to the Magadan region) received the first TVS-2MS small aircraft in

December 18, 2019, 18:38 / Finance The Central Bank reported a reduction in the number of supporters of cash payment Vedomosti The Central Bank conducted a study of the attitude of the Russian population towards cash. It showed that Russians are increasingly using not cash for payments, but bank cards and other methods of non-cash payments. Thus, according to the study, from 2010 to 2018, the share of those who pay only in cash decreased by more than 10 times - from 65 to 6%.

December 18, 2019, 23:57 / Economics The Ministry of Natural Resources wants to reduce payments for garbage for those who sort it The department is going to introduce such amendments to the government Ekaterina Mereminskaya Amendments to introduce separate waste collection are already being agreed upon / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti Why should a person who separates waste, i.e., thanks to whom the operator receives valuable raw materials, pay the same amount as everyone else, there are a lot of such

The Legislative Assembly agreed on the appointment of Maxim Sokolov to the post of Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg for transport, investment and tourism. The corresponding resolution was published on the official website of the department. Maxim Sokolov graduated from Leningrad State University. For five years he headed the Committee on Investments and Strategic Projects of the Government of St. Petersburg.

An hour ago / Economy The Supreme Court explained the rules for attracting heirs for debts Heirs of entrepreneurs and top managers face new financial risks Alisa Shtykina Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti Creditors may receive new opportunities to bring children of debtors to subsidiary liability.

December 18, 2019, 15:07 / Economy / News Sobyanin commented on complaints about garbage removal from Moscow to other regions undefined Vedomosti Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin responded to claims about the removal of household waste from the capital to other regions. The question about separate waste collection during the mayor’s report in the Moscow City Duma was asked by A Just Russia deputy Alexander Solovyov.

Sberbank and Rambler's attempt to minimize reputational damage by asking to close the criminal case on the violation of the Internet holding's rights to Nginx developments seems natural, but may not be entirely successful. In addition, the Internet holding has not completely abandoned its claims against Nginx, and the prospect of closing the case is not obvious - the point is no longer the parties' readiness for reconciliation.

December 18, 2019, 11:58 / Business The US Department of Justice approved the sale of TMK enterprises in America The deal will bring the Russian company more than $1 billion Polina Trifonova Now TMK is the world's largest pipe manufacturer / Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg via Getty Images The US Department of Justice has approved the sale of Pipe Metallurgical Company ( TMK ) by Dmitry Pumpyansky of its enterprises in North America. The buyer is the Italian pipe manufacturer Tenaris.

Varvara Grankova This year there will be more New Year's corporate parties than last year, companies are already renting clubs for employees, ordering refreshments and artists, says Yegor Dobrogorsky, CEO of the event agency Communicator Creative Events. According to his estimates, on average in 2019 a corporate party for 400 people without inviting pop stars costs 11 million rubles.