A court in Cairo has decided to release former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the case of the death of demonstrators during the revolutionary events of 2011, but the ex-president will still remain in custody, Agence France-Presse reported on Monday .

The Kremlin is considering possible candidates for the post of presidential assistant for economics to replace Elvira Nabiullina, who has left this post, and who will head the Bank of Russia from June, the reported on Monday. Vedomosti newspaper The most likely candidate, the publication cites the opinion of a source close to the presidential administration, is Minister of Economic Development Andrei Belousov.

Pavel Sokolov Author Helicopter, boats, snowmobiles: these and other unusual vehicles that Russian officials like to ride on According to the law, officials are required to declare all vehicles owned by them and their immediate family members. For most, everything is more or less standard: a car (or cars), motorcycles, trailers. But there are also exceptions.

photo by Fotobank/Getty Images Carnival protest challenges the state's claim to absolute dominance. It was decided to end this The FEMEN show in Hannover, with its usual display of breasts - this time to the leaders of Germany and Russia - proved the same thing as the Pussy Riot action a year earlier: in the “society of the spectacle,” artistic actions become the main exponents of politics. This time, Ukrainian girls managed to formulate the essence and metaphysics of Russian protest.

At least two people were killed and 23 injured in explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, Boston police said on Twitter . Earlier, information appeared in the media about 60 dead. It has not been officially confirmed.

State Duma deputy Grigory Anikeev (United Russia) earned the most in the lower house of parliament in 2012, according to declarations published on the State Duma website on Monday. According to the published document, Anikeev’s income amounted to 1.1 billion rubles. During the year, Anikeev’s income decreased by more than half over the year: in 2011, the deputy received 2.7 billion rubles. State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin declared an income of 3.943 million rubles in 2012.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday met with US Presidential Assistant for National Security Thomas Donilon, joining for a while the negotiations between Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and his American counterpart in the Kremlin, RIA Novosti reported . Donilon conveyed Obama's message to Putin.

The Rostec state corporation, the French automobile concern Renault and Troika Dialog Investments Limited transferred their shares in the automaker AvtoVAZ to the joint venture Alliance Rostec Auto BV, RIA Novosti reports . According to the documents, Renault transferred 25% of AvtoVAZ shares to the joint venture, Rostec - 28.98% of shares and Troika Dialog Investments Limited - 20.53% of shares. Thus, Alliance Rostec Auto BV became the owner of 74.51% of the shares of the auto concern.

NPO Special Equipment and Communications of the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced a tender for the development of a system for preventing and detecting computer attacks worth up to 39.4 million rubles. The corresponding application was posted on the government procurement website, RIA Novosti reports .

The United States has stated that the Magnitsky list may be canceled in the future, but Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov doubts this, citing the fate of the Jackson-Vanik amendment as an example, RIA Novosti reported .

Photo by RIA Novosti The government can try to stimulate the economy with government investments and concessional loans, but this will not help Good news does not always come from distant Blagoveshchensk. It so happened that it was in this Far Eastern city that Minister of Economic Development Andrei Belousov officially announced the imminent end of long economic growth.

US President Barack Obama's message to Vladimir Putin is constructive and contains a number of new proposals for cooperation between the US and Russia, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters on Monday. “Assistant to the US President for National Security Thomas Donilon brought a message from Barack Obama; it is in a very constructive tone and contains a number of proposals to deepen bilateral dialogue and cooperation,” RIA Novosti quotes Ushakov .

Washington expects to hold a summit between Russia and the United States in early September this year, US National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden told reporters on Monday. According to Hayden, this topic was discussed during the visit to Moscow of US Presidential Assistant for National Security Thomas Donilon, reports Reuters . “The negotiations were full and constructive,” she said.

Photo by ITAR-TASS Is it possible to lose the right to an agricultural plot that is not used for its intended purpose? The full question reads like this: “I own a plot of land classified as agricultural land. I heard that if lands are not used for their intended purpose for a long time, they can be confiscated from the owner.

Photo by Evgeny Dudin for Forbes The creator and owner of the largest retail chain in Russia talks to Forbes about his business, politics, football and the future of Russia Retailer "Magnit" has become the absolute leader in the industry. The largest Russian grocery retail chain in terms of capitalization, number of stores and number of employees has finally become the largest in terms of revenue.