Finances

Fitch international rating Agency confirmed Gazprom's long-term Issuer default rating (IDR) in foreign and national currency at the level of BBB -, the forecast is positive, the Agency said.

AvtoVAZ will hold a delisting of the shares from the Moscow Exchange. This was told to journalists by the head of the state Corporation "Rostec" Sergey Chemezov. 

The total volume of potential problems of the Russian banking sector at the moment is more than 4 trillion rubles, follows from the materials of the Fitch rating Agency for the conference "Forecast on the macroeconomic situation and the banking sector".

A plan for the development of the Russian main infrastructure involves investments of 6.3 trillion rubles. It is 15% less than the original proposal.

Despite the sharp decline in prices, Russian wheat exports are growing, and the harvest is increasing, which poses a threat to American farmers. It is reported by the Wall Street Journal.

Deputy Minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology of Japan Kazuo Todani resigned, taking the blame for the bribery scandals in the Department. His decision on Friday was approved at a meeting of the Japanese government.

The Bank of Russia currently considers the optimal inflation forecast for 2019 at the level of 5-5.5%, told reporters first Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Ksenia Yudaeva on the sidelines of the Second Eurasian women's forum.

The Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation transferred 13.6 trillion rubles of taxes for January-August 2018 to the consolidated budget of Russia.

The company, which is both a service for the placement of goods from different buyers and sellers of its own products, can use the data of its competitors retailers, according to the EU regulators.

The attackers brought, illegally, of the order of 6.7 billion yen ($60 million) in cash with an online exchange Bureau Tech Corp. This was reported on Thursday by Kyodo.

International oilfield services company Schlumberger is ready to provide a part of the technologies to the Russian competitor in order to buy a share in the largest Russian service company Eurasia Drilling Company (EDC).

The government proposes to increase the minimum wage in Russia from January 1, 2019 to 11 280 rubles, said Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova at a meeting of the RTC. 

The US Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the statements of the head of Tesla Elon Musk on the possibility of redemption of its shares and withdrawal from the exchange. This information was reported by Bloomberg, citing on other sources.

China has reduced investments in bonds of the us national debt by 7.7 billion dollars, according to the latest data of the US Treasury. 

MTS bought a 13.7% stake in Youdo Web Technologies, which owns the online service Youdo, for $12 million, the operator said.