Former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, who is a witness in the case of theft at Oboronstroy, continues to use an official Ministry of Defense car with special signals, permission for which was issued by the current head of the department Sergei Shoigu, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Monday. “The official car is actually at the disposal of former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov,” the publication quotes the words of an officer of the Main Armored Directorate.

Belneftekhim called the decision of the management of Uralkali to stop exporting products through the Belarusian Potash Company (BPC) a “provocation” that brought down the world potash fertilizer market, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the concern.

One of the founders of the Internet company Google, Sergey Brin newspaper wrote (No. 21 in the ranking of the world's richest billionaires according to Forbes, net worth: $22.8 billion) invested $325,000 in research aimed at creating the world's first artificial hamburger, the Guardian on Monday. The research conducted by Dutch scientists has been known for a long time. But the name of the project's sponsor became known only at a press conference in London on Monday.

ITAR-TASS Businessmen from the Forbes list join the board of trustees of the Russian Geographical Society to gain direct access to Vladimir Putin to solve their problems The former apartment building of the Moscow Merchant Society on Novaya Square in Moscow was cordoned off by employees of the Federal Security Service immediately after the New Year holidays in 2013.

Member of the Federation Council Ruslan Gattarov sent a letter to the head of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) Konstantin Romodanovsky with a proposal to ban the entry into Russia of members of the American group Bloodhound Gang, one of whom Russian parliamentarians accuse of desecrating the Russian flag, RIA Novosti reports .

The number of streams of songs by the American band Bloodhound Gang on the Yandex.Music service on Saturday, August 3, increased 4.5 times compared to the average number of streams last week after the scandal with the incident with the Russian flag at the band’s performance in Odessa, they reported Yandex on Monday. Yandex also recorded a sharp increase in the number of requests for information about the Bloodhound Gang group in the search engine.

The Russian Ministry of Energy recommended that oil companies refuse to export petroleum products as long as the situation in the domestic fuel market is tense, the reported on Monday, citing participants in a meeting of the department’s operational headquarters. Vedomosti newspaper Demand for fuel is growing faster than supply, so a shortage cannot be avoided in the third quarter without additional supplies of Belarusian gasoline, one of the interlocutors told the publication.

The head of Sberbank, German Gref, on Monday told Russian President Vladimir Putin about the results of the bank’s work over five years and that the financial institution’s assets during this time have grown more than threefold and will reach 17 trillion rubles by the end of the year, the ITAR-TASS agency reported .

Investigators have opened a criminal case into the murder of 75-year-old Orthodox priest Pavel Adelgeim in Pskov on Monday, according to the website of the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR). “According to preliminary data, a resident of the city of Moscow, born in 1986, who was visiting him, may be involved in the crime. At the time of his arrest, the man inflicted knife wounds on himself and was hospitalized,” the Investigative Committee said in a statement.

The Belarusian manufacturer and supplier of potash mineral fertilizers Belaruskali reported that it has found a new trader in Qatar, ready to sell up to 3 million tons of Belarusian-produced potash fertilizers per year, the Prime agency reported on Monday, citing a statement from the company.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs opened a criminal case into the desecration of the Russian flag by the bass guitarist of the rock band Bloodhound Gang during a concert in Odessa, the reported on Monday. ministry’s press center “The specialized investigation unit of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Krasnodar Territory has opened a criminal case on the fact of desecration of the national flag of Russia,” the department said in a statement.

A second homemade explosive device was found near the Kristall plant store in Makhachkala, where a bomb was found on Sunday evening, RIA Novosti reports , citing the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Dagestan. “The bomb was found 20 meters from the entrance to the store,” said an employee of the press service of the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs on Monday. According to him, the place is currently cordoned off, and sappers are defusing the bomb.

The founder of the Onexim group and leader of the Civic Platform party, Mikhail Prokhorov (No. 10 in the ranking of the 200 richest businessmen in Russia according to Forbes , net worth: $13 billion) is the most attractive Russian businessman, group Vedomosti reports, citing data from a survey conducted by the research the center of the Superjob.ru portal. According to the survey, 13% of respondents sympathize with Prokhorov.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection (Ministry of Labor) of Russia has identified the two main reasons for violations of labor legislation in the country, which turned out to be the lack of employment contracts with workers and delayed wages, said on Monday.

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova topped the annual ranking of the world's highest-paid athletes according to Forbes in 2013, this was reported on Monday on the website of the American magazine.