US authorities may have decided to strike a blow at the Russian banking system by de facto freezing negotiations with Moscow on an agreement on the exchange of tax information under FATCA rules, the Vedomosti newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing a federal official and a source close to the Kremlin. Washington did not openly announce the termination of negotiations, but clearly “took a break” and “is silent for now,” a federal official explained to the publication.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday promised to work on the issue of rehabilitation of the repressed Crimean Tatars and does not exclude the possibility of meeting with Tatar activists living in Crimea, the reported . Kremlin press service The request to extend the law “On the Rehabilitation of Repressed Peoples” to the Crimean Tatars was made during a working meeting between Putin and Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.

vk.com/durov The resignation of Pavel Durov from the post of general director of VKontakte will provoke a debate between the two shareholders of the social network, each of which has the right of veto. The UCP Foundation, which owns 48% of the social network VKontakte, has prepared a manifesto with requirements for the candidacy of a new general director of the social network, a source familiar with the document told Forbes.

Deputies of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, led by Gennady Zyuganov, introduced a bill to the State Duma that proposes to allow criminal cases to be initiated against officials if there is evidence of a significant increase in their property, exceeding basic income, Interfax reported on Tuesday, April 1 .

Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol unanimously decided to appoint the head of the administration, Alexei Chaly, as acting governor of the city, the Kryminform agency reported on Tuesday, April 1 . Chaly was entrusted with the responsibility to form executive authorities at his own discretion, based on the needs of the city. The executive authorities of Sevastopol should acquire a clearer structure after the adoption of the City Charter, the agency notes.

Prime Minister of Crimea Sergei Aksenov demanded to immediately stop tax payments from peninsula enterprises to Kiev, the Kryminform agency reported on Tuesday, April 1 . During a meeting on financial and economic issues with the leaders of cities and regions of Crimea, Aksenov was informed that a number of enterprises continued to pay taxes to Ukraine.

photo ITAR-TASS There are no conditions for the rapid creation of a national payment system yet In September 1998, “a difficult journalistic fate” brought the author of these lines to the city of Cannes. In addition to the pleasant - the velvet season on the Cote d'Azur and communication with Russian bankers who were relaxed away from the financial crisis that shook their homeland - the trip also brought a lot of useful things.

The Russian Presidential Administration supported the bill to return winter time, the author of the initiative, head of the Duma Committee on Health Protection Sergei Kalashnikov told ITAR-TASS on Tuesday. According to him, the State Duma committee will discuss the bill at a meeting on Wednesday, April 2. “Since the presidential administration has approved it, we will accept it,” the parliamentarian said.

The Russian Ministry of Transport supported the LDPR bill on introducing “black lists” of air passengers, Interfax reported on Tuesday, April 1, with reference to Deputy Minister of Transport Sergei Aristov. He added that the Ministry of Transport sent a positive opinion on the bill to the government. “In general, having given several directions on how to improve the bill, we, in principle, found it possible to support it when finalized,” he noted.

Airports that can boast the definition of “the best” for certain indicators - in the Forbes gallery The airport is, last but not least, a check-in counter, border guard and duty-free booths. And first of all, it is a dream and joyful excitement, familiar to everyone. Anticipation of the road, new countries, meetings and impressions. All the more interesting are airports that can boast the definition of “the best” in terms of certain indicators.

Why the menu on a tablet is interesting, how to meet a girl at the next table and other details about the startup MenuForYou How the idea came about Once I was sitting in a restaurant with friends, and pretty girls from the next table looked at us, smiling shyly. Then I thought it would be cool to write something to them. Don’t leave the table to the encouragement of your friends, don’t shout across the entire restaurant, but just write.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the heads of the SCO military departments on Tuesday that a scenario developed along the lines of the “Arab Spring” was applied in Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports . According to Shoigu, in the future, “the Kiev leadership’s flirtation with neo-Nazis and the encouragement of Russophobic sentiments” could turn into a tragedy not only for Ukraine, but for the whole of Europe, Interfax reports .

Rosaviatsia liquidated its territorial administration in Tatarstan due to violations identified during an inspection that took place in the department after the crash of a Boeing-737 plane in Kazan in November 2013, Prime reports on Tuesday, April 1, citing someone close to the Ministry of Transport. source. The agency's interlocutor did not specify what specific shortcomings were identified during the audit, which Rosaviation carried out jointly with the Interstate Aviation Committee.

Activists of the radical Right Sector movement agreed to leave their headquarters at the Dnepr Hotel in the center of Kiev, which was blocked by police on Monday evening, Channel 5 journalist Svyatoslav Tsegolko reported on his Facebook page, citing police sources . . He noted that the parties had not reached an agreement on whether the Right Sector would be allowed to leave with weapons. According to the journalist, activists began packing things into a truck at night.

At an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday, the Federation Council voted to denounce Russian-Ukrainian agreements on the Black Sea Fleet, including an agreement that provided Ukraine with a discount on gas in exchange for basing the Russian fleet in Sevastopol. Senators voted unanimously for the relevant law, Interfax reports .