Police conducted searches at the office of Moscow United Energy Company (MOEK), one of the company's managers was detained on suspicion of organizing a corruption scheme, the reported on Thursday morning. press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs According to the investigation, the suspects demanded 540 thousand rubles from a representative of a chain of grocery supermarkets for connecting capital construction projects to heat supply systems operated by MOEK.

Oil trader Glencore does not exclude participation in Rosneft's production projects, the online publication Gazeta.Ru reports , citing an informed source. According to the source, Glencore is ready to discuss possible participation in oil production. Previously, Rosneft agreed to supply 67 million tons of oil to Swiss Glencore and Dutch Vitol. Deliveries are planned to begin in 2013, the contract period is 5 years.

First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov instructed to work on a proposal to merge the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) and the Federal Tariff Service (FTS), FAS head Igor Artemyev said on Thursday on the sidelines of an antimonopoly forum organized by the Association of Corporate Lawyers of Russia. “There is a discussion going on in the government. This reflects the government’s position on creating enlarged regulators,” Artemyev said, as quoted by Interfax .

Photo by Dmitry Ternovoy for Forbes And why his fortune decreased by $500 million, although the value of his assets increased by $5 billion It was a good year for Alisher Usmanov . His investment in Facebook has paid off handsomely. At the IPO in the spring of 2012, the social network was valued at $105 billion, and Usmanov and his junior partner Yuri Milner (No. 102) bought the first stake in Facebook in the spring of 2009, based on the valuation of the entire company at $6.5 billion.

The artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Gergiev is the owner of 15% of Eurodon, Russia's largest turkey producer. This information was confirmed to Forbes on Thursday by the general director and main owner of Eurodon, Vadim Vaneev. Vaneev said that he offered Gergiev a share in the company at the very beginning of its formation, as a sign of gratitude for his help.

The Just Sing It karaoke application for mobile devices based on iOS was downloaded by about 70 thousand users in the first two weeks, writes the online publication Businessinsider . Just Sing It launched on the App Store on April 4th. As the publication notes, the application’s popularity immediately after its launch owes much to Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan, who immediately left several enthusiastic reviews about it on her microblog on Twitter.

In 2013, Forbes compiled an anniversary ranking of the richest entrepreneurs. We can sum up the first results This year, Forbes publishes the 10th anniversary ranking of the richest businessmen in Russia. Where did the history of counting the world's largest fortunes begin? For the first time, Bertie Forbes, the founder of Forbes magazine, took it upon himself to assess the fortunes of major businessmen.

US President Barack Obama flew to Boston on Thursday for a mourning ceremony in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack committed during the traditional international marathon, and in his speech he promised to find and punish those responsible for the explosions, reported . AP “We will find you,” Obama said, referring to who was behind the crime.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government Vladislav Surkov told reporters on Thursday about his confidence in the leadership of the Skolkovo Foundation and called the politicization of recent events, including searches, around the innovation center unacceptable. “I trust the management of the Skolkovo Foundation,” RIA Novosti agency quotes Surkov as saying .

The costs of hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia will have to be borne almost entirely by the federal budget, reports the Standard & Poor's rating agency. S&P analysts believe that the majority of Russian regions hosting the 2018 World Cup matches will not be able to accumulate the necessary funds to host World Cup matches on their territory.

The explosion killed 60 to 70 people, and the threat of toxic contamination remains On Thursday, a powerful explosion occurred at a fertilizer plant in the city of West (Texas), as a result of which, according to American media, from 60 to 70 people were killed and more than 100 people were injured.

The press secretary of the Russian Prime Minister Natalya Timakova on Thursday clarified Dmitry Medvedev's words about the possibility of introducing a permissible 0.1 ppm for motorists, saying that this is not about abolishing zero ppm, but about introducing an error when testing for alcohol. “We are not talking about abolishing zero ppm,” RIA Novosti quoted Timakova as saying . She said that some deputies did not quite correctly understand Medvedev’s position on this issue.

An explosion occurred at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, killing 60 to 70 people, local television station KWTX reported Thursday . According to NBC , the explosion injured about 200 people, 40 of them in critical condition. There are two children among those hospitalized. Most of the wounds are shrapnel injuries, caused by glass fragments and other objects destroyed by the explosion. From 70 to 100 houses in the city were destroyed by the blast wave.

According to preliminary data, from five to 15 people were killed in an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, and more than 160 people were injured, the Associated Press reports, citing police. At least three firefighters working at the scene of the disaster are considered missing. Earlier, American media reported that the explosion killed up to 70 people. A powerful explosion occurred at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. The blast wave destroyed more than 70 houses.

Co-owner of Metalloinvest Alisher Usmanov topped the ranking of the 200 richest businessmen in Russia , published by Forbes magazine on Thursday, for the second time in a row. estimated Usmanov's fortune Forbes at $17.6 billion. A year ago, the billionaire's fortune was estimated at $18.1. In second place in the ranking is co-owner of Alfa Group Mikhail Fridman . His fortune is estimated at $16.5 billion, up $3.1 billion from a year ago, when Friedman was sixth.