Forbes publishes the eleventh ranking of the richest entrepreneurs Forbes assessed the fortunes of approximately 300 Russian businessmen and selected the 200 largest. Over the year, the Forbes list was updated by 18 people, six businessmen returned to it, and 12 appeared for the first time. A ticket to the ranking this year costs $450 million.

Quadripartite negotiations with the participation of the foreign ministers of Russia, the United States, the European Union and Ukraine, dedicated to ways to resolve the Ukrainian internal political crisis, began on Thursday in Geneva, RIA Novosti reported . Russia is represented at the meeting by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that a compromise on the situation in Ukraine should be found within this country, and not between third players, in particular Russia and the United States. Thus, Putin responded during the “direct line” to a question from politician Irina Khakamada, who believes that the main role in ending the conflict in Ukraine is played by Russia, which insists on a referendum, and the United States, which insists on holding presidential elections.

The famous Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez died on April 17 at the age of 88. This was reported by the Associated Press, citing a source close to the Marquez family. The death of the 1982 Nobel Prize winner in literature occurred after a long illness. At the turn of the 1980s-1990s, Marquez suffered from lung cancer, but since the late 1990s he again had to fight cancer. He survived several complex operations and underwent long courses of treatment.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, during the traditional “direct line,” accused NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen of secretly recording their conversation during a personal meeting and then publishing it in the media. Putin spoke about one of the meetings that was not planned, but which was requested by today’s NATO Secretary General Rasmussen, who at that time served as Prime Minister of Denmark.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, answering a question during a “direct line” about when the country will see the first lady, said that he first needs to marry off his ex-wife Lyudmila. “You know what? First I need to marry off my ex-wife Lyudmila Alexandrovna, and then think about myself,” Putin answered the audience’s question. On June 6, 2013, Vladimir and Lyudmila Putin, after attending the ballet “Esmeralda,” announced their decision to divorce after 30 years of marriage.

Leaders of the ranking of the richest Russian entrepreneurs in 2014 Who entered the top twenty of the eleventh ranking of the richest entrepreneurs in 2014 and how the places were distributed among the leaders of the list - in the Forbes gallery.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, during the traditional “direct line,” expressed confidence that the US President would save his life in the event of a critical situation. A six-year-old girl, Albina, asked the President of Russia a question regarding Russian-American relations. “Do you think Obama would have saved you if you were drowning?” - she asked Putin. Putin responded that he hoped never to find himself in such a situation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin during a “direct line” on Thursday rejected the idea of ​​​​returning Alaska to Russia, following the example of Crimea. "Why do we need it?" — the head of the Russian state jokingly responded to the proposal of one of the pensioners to annex Alaska to Russia after Crimea. Putin recalled that Russia is a northern country, and 70% of our territory belongs to the regions of the North and the Far North.

During quadripartite talks in Geneva, with the participation of Russia, the United States, the EU and Ukraine, a statement was adopted defining the first steps to reduce tensions in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday. Among the initial and concrete steps to de-escalate tensions and establish security for all citizens of Ukraine, the statement named the disarmament of all illegal armed groups in Ukraine.

Arianna Huffington has been an Athens schoolgirl, a Cambridge student, a London writer, a New York politician, ran for governor of California, lost, and created one of the most popular websites in the world. Arianna Huffington is the true queen of reincarnation. “I feel like I’ve lived several lives at once,” Huffington said in an interview with the British Guardian.

The ups and downs of a billionaire as president of the Russian Biathlon Union - in the Forbes gallery Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov announced on April 16, almost two months after the end of the Sochi Olympics, that he was retiring from biathlon. On May 20, new elections for the President of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBR) will take place; Prokhorov will no longer participate in them. Executive Director Sergei Kushchenko will leave the SBR together with him.

The United States does not rule out easing sanctions against Russia if there is clear progress in resolving the crisis in Ukraine, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday at a press conference following a quadrilateral meeting in Geneva. Kerry said that Washington expects this week or early next week a number of visible steps to fulfill the conditions put forward in the communiqué adopted following the negotiations in Geneva.

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's Volga Group Gennady Timchenko sold a 50% stake in the Cypriot IPP Oil Products, which also owns the oil trader IPP BV, Geneva branch, reported on Thursday, April 17, citing a representative of the businessman. the Vedomosti newspaper The publication’s interlocutor said that Timchenko’s share in IPP Oil Products was bought by his partner in the Cyprus company. However, he refused to name the partner and the amount of the transaction.