The head of the board of directors of NLMK Vladimir Lisin (No. 8 in the ranking of the 200 richest Russians according to Forbes , fortune - $14.1 billion) can sell up to 30% of the shares of his shipping holding Volgo-Balt Transport Holding (VBTH) to minority shareholders Rishat Bagautdinov and Vladimir Kasyanenko, who now control 20%, the Kommersant newspaper wrote on Monday, citing two sources familiar with the progress of the negotiations.

REUTERS Detroit authorities have never learned how to govern a city from which life is disappearing. Similar problems are brewing in Russian regions The beginning of the official bankruptcy procedure for Detroit, the long-standing beauty and pride of the American automobile industry, raised many questions both in the United States and abroad.

The number of active users of the Facebook For Every Phone mobile app, launched two years ago, has exceeded 100 million, AFP reported on Monday, citing a company statement. Facebook launched this application in July 2011. The social network claims that the application allows people to connect with each other, regardless of what mobile device they use. “Facebook for every phone” is widely used in developing countries.

The Sovetsky District Court of Tula on Monday found former governor of the Tula region Vyacheslav Dudka guilty in the case of a bribe in the amount of 40 million rubles, RIA Novosti reported, citing judge Igor Alifanov, who announced the verdict. The court also established the guilt of another defendant in the case, Viktor Volkov.

Former CIA employee Edward Snowden did not apply to the union of employees and veterans of law enforcement and security agencies of Russia with a request to accept him into the organization and provide protection, a member of the Public Chamber of Russia, lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, who advises the Sherementyevo located in the transit zone, said on Monday. Snowden.

photo by Alena Kondurina for Forbes Co-owner of the Internet mall WikiMart.ru on how Navalny’s sentence differs from the Khodorkovsky case I came into business in the early 2000s, at an extremely interesting time. Our job in strategic consulting was to transform the disparate, often conflicting desires of customers - managers at various levels - into structured development plans.

Senator John McCain, who was one of the initiators of the Magnitsky Act, called on the US administration to expand the list of Russians subject to visa and financial sanctions. McCain said this in an exclusive interview with CNN. "The time has come to take a tougher stance towards Russia.

On the day of the Moscow mayoral elections on September 8, buffets will be set up in the area of ​​the polling stations, and concerts will also be possible, said the head of the Moscow City Election Commission, Valentin Gorbunov, at a press conference on Monday. “Elections are a holiday. As always, there will be buffets. Taking into account local opportunities, there will also be concert programs,” Interfax quotes Gorbunov as saying .

The baby of the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, and Duchess Kate, who is expected to be born on Monday, could inherit a $1 billion fortune in the future, according to a blog on the website of The Wall Street Journal. WSJ obtained such data by summing up estimates of the fortunes of members of the royal family, whose heir the child may become. The WSJ data was provided by Wealth-X, a company that estimates the wealth of the world's richest people.

photo Rex Features What threatens the United States with the curtailment of the quantitative easing program No surprises: speaking to Congress last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke promised markets the most accommodative policy possible, that is, a continuation of the feast of monetary stimulus “taking into account economic and financial trends.” Stock indices responded with new growth.

OMON officer Alexander Kozmin, recognized as a victim in the case of the riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, said that he has no claims against the accused Mikhail Kosenko, RAPSI reported on Monday , citing the accused’s lawyer Dmitry Ayvazyan. According to Ayvazyan, in court the riot policeman stated that Kosenko did not beat him and he had no claims against him. “During the interrogation, he said: “I don’t know this man, this man didn’t beat me,” the lawyer said.

Sberbank has submitted an application to buy out 10,317 new shares of Krasnaya Polyana under the preemptive right for 7.8 billion rubles (based on the placement price of 755,375 rubles per share), Vedomosti reported on Monday , citing a bank representative. In total, Krasnaya Polyana plans to place 29,109 new shares, which will allow the company to attract about 22 billion rubles. The securities that will not be redeemed under the pre-emptive right will be offered by public subscription.

The cause of death of the 39-year-old lead singer of the group “King and the Clown” Mikhail Gorshenev, who died on July 19, was heart failure, RIA Novosti reports , citing a representative of the group. "The official cause of death is heart failure," a group spokesman said Monday. Previously, the cause of Gorshenev’s death was not reported. On Saturday, July 20, the Investigative Committee announced the start of a pre-investigation investigation into the death of the musician.

The Yaroslavl Regional Election Commission refuses to accept documents necessary to register the list of candidates for elections to the local Duma from the Civic Platform party of billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov (No. 10 in the Russian Forbes ranking, net worth $13 billion), the list of which is headed by the removed mayor of Yaroslavl, Evgeniy reported on Monday Urlashov, Interfax with reference to the press service of the regional branch of the party.

The founder of the hedge fund Third Point, a member of the Forbes world billionaire ranking, Daniel Loeb is selling the majority of Third Point's stake in Yahoo Inc. and leaves the board of directors of the Internet corporation, Forbes reports . The investment in Yahoo turned out to be one of the most successful in Loeb's career. He will sell 40 million shares to the company itself for $1.16 billion, retaining a stake of 20 million shares.