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In August 2018, sales of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia increased by 11%, according to the "Association of European Business" (AEB).

Visa payment system has announced the launch of a service in Russia that allows you to make money transfers from card to card by phone number without having to enter a 16-digit card number. 

In August 2018, the total trading volume on the Moscow exchange markets increased by 6% and amounted to 79.5 trillion rubles, according to the message of the trading platform. In July, the Exchange trading volume was 75.2 trillion rubles.

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.

Dmitry Medvedev  - Russian Prime Minister - signed an order that pay 2,971 billion rubles to six regions to Finance road activities. The document was published on Tuesday on the government website.

During eight months of 2018, Russia produced about 473.785 billion cubic meters of gas, which is 5.6% more in annual terms. This became known on Sunday from the materials of FGBU "CDU TEK".

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.

Shares of MegaFon after the start of trading on the Moscow exchange lost 15.88%. They fell by 107 rubles. Now it is om the mark of 567 rubles.

Excise taxes on motor fuel from January 1, 2019 year will grow by 2.7 - 3.7 thousand rubles, Dmitry Kozak - Deputy Prime Minister. But the government will not allow a jump in prices for gas stations.

The area of vineyards planting in the Crimea has almost tripled during last five years. The information was reported by the press service of the Ministry of agriculture with reference to its head Andrei Ryumshin.

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.