Russian President Vladimir Putin scolded the head of the Ministry of Regional Development, Igor Slyunyaev, at a meeting of the State Council, demanding that he and all ministers present to him only the agreed positions of the government, and not individual proposals from ministries.

The Investigative Committee of Russia does not carry out anyone’s political orders and there is no pressure on the department in investigating high-profile cases, including Oboronservis, ICR official representative Vladimir Markin said on Friday on the Russian News Service radio station. Markin refuted the assertion that the TFR is a political body or a political instrument. “We are not, I say right away,” he emphasized.

One of the largest producers of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers in Russia, Uralchem, became the owner of Perm Mineral Fertilizers, purchasing the remaining share of 44.27% for $397 million, the Prime agency reported on Friday, citing the press service of Uralchem. The stake was purchased by Uralchem ​​from its Cypriot subsidiary Uralchem ​​Freight Limited.

The Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) is not a “political body or instrument” and does not carry out political orders, ICR official representative Vladimir Markin said on the Russian News Service on Friday. Markin recalled the case of the former head of Stavropol , United Russia member Igor Bestuzhev, accused of taking a bribe. “After we opened a criminal case, we were immediately accused of being a political order. The man seriously claimed that someone had ordered it.

The Odintsovo City Court of the Moscow Region was unable to resolve on Friday the issue of choosing a preventive measure against activist of the Federation of Motorists of Russia (FAR) Vadim Korovin and extended his detention until June 3, RIA Novosti reported . The court on Monday will again consider the issue of a preventive measure against Korovin, who is suspected of using violence against a traffic police officer.

The Skolkovo Foundation issued 102 grants worth 5.8 billion rubles, despite the fact that the law on the innovation city does not say that the fund has the right to issue grants, the Vedomosti newspaper reported on Friday , citing Accounts Chamber auditor Sergei Ryabukhin The publication recalls that in 2012, the Accounts Chamber identified numerous violations in the fund and referred the case to the Investigative Committee.

The police suspect that about $900 million was withdrawn from Russia through the All-Russian Regional Development Bank (RRDB), controlled by Rosneft, the Vedomosti newspaper reported on Friday, citing sources in law enforcement agencies.

LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed renting out empty apartments in order to reduce real estate rental prices. “We have many vacant apartments where people could live... Rents would be lower,” Zhirinovsky said at a meeting of the State Council on housing and communal services with the participation of President Vladimir Putin. The deputy added that, first of all, this problem concerns Moscow, RIA Novosti reports .

Experts from the Accounts Chamber and economic experts attracted by the department reproached the government for being too optimistic when choosing scenario conditions and the main parameters of the forecast for the country's socio-economic development for 2014-2016, as the department's press service reported on Friday. This position was expressed by experts following a discussion in SP of the forecast of socio-economic development of Russia reviewed by the government on May 16.

Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev (No. 14 on the list of Russia's richest businessmen, worth $9.1 billion) intends to demolish his Maison de l'Amitie mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, by the end of the year, reports the British newspaper The Daily Mail . According to the publication, the decision to demolish the house with an area of ​​3066 square meters. Rybolovlev accepted the apartment due to mold spreading throughout the building.

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Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, the grandson of Joseph Stalin, filed a statement with the Moscow police asking to open a criminal case for libel against Leonid Gozman, Dzhugashvili's lawyer Sergei Strygin told Interfax on Friday. Dzhugashvili’s claims are related to a statement that Gozman made during the “Duel” program on May 16. Gozman then stated that he considered Stalin a criminal and compared him to Adolf Hitler.

Businessman Alexei Kozlov, who was released from custody by the Presidium of the Moscow City Court on Friday, may be released from prison over the weekend, Kozlov’s lawyer Alkhas Abgadzhadva told Interfax . The lawyer noted that Kozlov should be released in the near future, but it all depends on how soon the documents about the court decision reach the colony in the Ivanovo region. “I hope that Alexey will be released over the coming weekend,” Abgajadva said.

An Australian miner kept black opal, whose value is estimated at $3 million, secret from everyone for 14 years, reports The Wall Street Journal . In the media, the miner, who asked not to disclose his last name, is called by his first name: “Bobby.” He lives in Lightning Ridge (New South Wales), which is known as the world center for opal mining. Bobby found the 306-carat stone at the bottom of a bucket of rough opals.

The main shareholder of Sberbank, the Central Bank of Russia, did not vote for the candidacy of Sergei Guriev in the elections to the supervisory board of Sberbank, RIA Novosti reported , citing a source close to Sberbank, on Friday. “The Central Bank votes only for those it nominates,” the source said.