The digest of daily business newspaper "Vedomosti" of August 18, 2016

Announcements of daily business newspaper "Vedomosti" of August 18, 2016. STATE COMPANIES CAN PAY TWICE Transfer of privatization of PUBLIC JOINT-STOCK COMPANY JOINT-STOCK OIL COMPANY "BASHNEFT" can affect state companies: the government can suggest to pay some of them interim dividends. Officials discuss idea to oblige to pay some state companies this year interim dividends, told daily business newspaper "Vedomosti" sources. It is a question of three companies: Open joint-stock company "Rossiyskiye zheleznyye dorogi", PUBLIC JOINT-STOCK COMPANY "TRANSNEFT" and PUBLIC JOINT-STOCK COMPANY "SOVKOMFLOT".