Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accepted the early resignation of Tyumen Region Governor Vladimir Yakushev, appointing him acting head of the region until elections in September 2014, the reported . Kremlin press service Yakushev's term of office was supposed to expire in October 2015. Vladimir Yakushev took over as governor of the Tyumen region in November 2005.

The MasterCard payment system has stopped servicing cards of the Russian Tempbank, which was included by the US Treasury Department in the sanctions list for Syria, the Interfax agency reported on Tuesday , citing an employee of the bank’s call center. “The American side has blocked our cards. Now it is only possible to withdraw cash from our cash desks and ATMs, as well as ATMs of the Bank of Moscow,” the agency quotes him as saying.

The Black Sea Fleet will receive about 30 warships of various classes and support vessels within six years, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Viktor Chirkov said on Tuesday. Chirkov emphasized that these are long-overdue needs of the Black Sea Fleet, and we are not talking about an “unjustified build-up of forces,” RIA Novosti reports .

Gazprom on Tuesday issued a preliminary invoice to Naftogaz of Ukraine for payment of $1.66 billion for gas supplies in June based on the contracted supply volume of 114 cubic meters. m per day, said the official representative of the gas holding Sergei Kupriyanov. A representative of Gazprom noted that the corresponding notification was sent to Naftogaz of Ukraine, Interfax reports.

The outflow of funds from individuals from SMP Bank since April 28, the date of the imposition of sanctions by the United States, amounted to about 3 billion rubles, Interfax reported on Tuesday, May 13, citing the chairman of the board of the bank, Dmitry Kalantyrsky. He added that at the same time, the bank recorded an inflow of approximately the same level in funds from legal entities during this time.

Rostelecom is going to reduce the number of employees by 7-10% per year, Prime reports on Tuesday, May 13, citing the general director of the state-owned company Sergei Kalugin. “We will reduce our number by about 7-10% per year. We will increase wages at approximately the same pace,” Kalugin said at the annual extended meeting of the board of the Ministry of Communications. According to him, in 2014 it is planned to increase salaries by 7%.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the expansion of the sanctions list against Russia in connection with the situation in Ukraine and included 12 more Ukrainian and Russian citizens, according to a message published on Tuesday night on the prime minister’s website. “Today we are announcing sanctions against six more Russians and Ukrainians who contributed to Russia’s violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” the statement said.

Texts Andrey Author Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse and other musicians whose successful albums were released after their deaths On May 13, 2014, Michael Jackson's new album XSCAPE will be released, which will include eight unknown and previously unreleased songs. The record will be made with the help of a fire brigade of America's best music producers, led by Timbaland, designed to "refresh and modernize" the material found by Epic Records head L.A.

The Rostec state corporation and the state-owned United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) ordered their subsidiaries to transfer accounts to state banks or to Novikombank, whose board of directors is headed by Sergei Chemezov, the reported on Tuesday. Vedomosti newspaper The publication refers to copies of letters sent by Rostec and UAC to their subsidiaries.

photo Reuters Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, joins Warren Buffett and Bill Gates' charity campaign One of the most influential women in the world, Sheryl Sandberg, has joined the charitable movement The Giving Pledge , which was initiated by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates. The campaign began in June 2010, when billionaires pledged to give half of their wealth to charity during their lifetime or after death and began encouraging their peers to join them.

Stroytransgaz The ARKS company, whose shareholder is Gennady Timchenko's , filed a complaint with the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) about the results of the competition for the construction of the first section of the first start-up complex of the first stage of construction of the Central Ring Road (TsKAD), the winner of which was Stroygazconsulting LLC, controlled by businessman Ziyad Manasir . A notice of acceptance of the complaint was published on the FAS website.

Carlsberg-Ukraine has stopped supplies and sales of beer in Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, Donetsk region, due to the current situation in the region, ITAR-TASS reported on Tuesday, May 13, citing the company’s press service. “We have stopped the supply and sale of beer in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk so that our employees do not take risks,” the press service said, adding that Carlsberg-Ukraine is going to resume supplies after the situation in the east of the country has stabilized.

reported on Tuesday, May 13 President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko proposed to the VTB Group to develop financing of Belarusian defense enterprises, Interfax .

The head of the Virgin Group , Richard Branson (No. 301 in the global Forbes ranking, net worth: $5.1 billion) and Yahoo founder Jerry Yang (No. 905, $2 billion) were among a group of investors who invested $30 million in co-financing a Bitcoin processing service, reports Tuesday. May 13, The Wall Street Journal. In total, investors valued Bitcoin startup Bitpay at $160 million, which is the highest valuation among all Bitcoin services.

Sixteen top managers of Rosneft, including the president and chairman of the board of the oil company Igor Sechin (No. 1 in the ranking of the most expensive Russian top managers according to Forbes , total compensation for the year - $50 million), on instructions from the president and the government, provided information about their income and income of their family members, reported on Tuesday.