Politics

Donald Trump extended the state of emergency for a year on Monday. It was introduced in the country after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

The Mayor Sergei Sobyanin publicly announced his victory in the election of the Mayor of Moscow 2018. His publishing on the page is addressed of the election headquarters.

Trade between Russia and China increased by 25.7% at the end of January-August 2018 compared to the same period last year. This information published the General customs administration of China on Saturday.

The US President - Donald Trump - has threatened China's new import duties.

The Ministry of labor presented the draft budget of the Pension Fund of Russia for 2019 and the next two years. The transfer from the Federal budget during next three years will be 10 trillion rubles.

Russia and Azerbaijan signed a joint statement on priority areas of economic cooperation. The document was signed during conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev.

Donald Trump – the President of United Stetes of America - once again has threatened US can leave the World Trade Organization (WTO). This statement of the American President was made in an interview with Bloomberg.

Russia invested in Ukraine more than all other countries in the first half of 2018. This information is reported on the State statistics service of Ukraine.

The Bank of Russia will not buy currency for the Ministry of Finance from August, 23 to the end of September.

The Central Bank of Russia has increased purchases of gold to the maximum since the beginning of the year. This information published in the official site of the International monetary Fund.

Washington has blocked Russian assets in the country for hundreds of millions dollars, reported in a statement Sigal Mandelker - the Head of the US Treasury. 

In Berlin, ended the conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chancellor Angela Merkel. It lasted about three hours.

The fee for the negative impact on the environment can be converted into an environmental tax. New type of taxes  discussed the Ministry of Finance according to the Tax code of the Russian Federation.

Leaders of five Caspian states will sign a convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea at their summit in city of Aktau (Kazakhstan) on August, 12.

New indoor high voltage substation at Shurton will feed electricity from Hinkley Point C power station into the national grid.