Russia categorically disagrees with the accusations made by the Ukrainian side about the disruption of gas negotiations, press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told Interfax on Friday, June 13. “We are rather inclined to a different point of view, still stating a lack of desire on Kyiv’s part to resolve the issues at hand,” Peskov said. According to him, the Russian position is “constructive and transparent” and is based on the existing gas contract.

The paintings “The Death of Ivan the Terrible” by Konstantin Makovsky and a landscape by Vasily Polenov, the total cost of which is estimated at 7 million rubles, were stolen from a private gallery in the center of Moscow, Interfax reported , citing a source in law enforcement agencies on Friday. According to the agency's interlocutor, on Thursday an unknown person stole two paintings from a private art gallery located in the Marriott Grand Hotel on Tverskaya Street, building 26.

Investment company Rasperia Trading Ltd., controlled by billionaire Oleg Deripaska , notified the Austrian antimonopoly authority of its intention to acquire another 5.6% stake in the Austrian construction company Strabag, as a result of which its share in Strabag will increase to 25%, Reuters reports citing a message from Austrian antimonopoly officials .

Kyiv is ready to compromise and pay Gazprom $326 per 1,000 cubic meters. m of gas within 18 months, during which it is expected to resolve the price dispute,” said the head of Naftogaz of Ukraine, Andrei Kobolev, at a press conference on Friday. He noted that Ukraine could repay its debt to Gazprom on Friday, June 13 "in the amount of $1.9 billion, ITAR-TASS reports . Kobolev recalled that the dispute between Russia and Ukraine is in the range of $265.5 and $385 per 1000 cubic meters. m.

The Board of Directors of the European branch of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA Europe) has decided to move the 2015 European Basketball Championship from Ukraine to another country, reported on Twitter. FIBA ​​Europe It is not reported where exactly the championship will be moved. From a message published on the FIBA ​​Europe microblog, it follows that several places may receive the right to host the championship.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko (No. 7 in the list of the richest Ukrainians in the American Forbes 2014 ranking , wealth - $1.3 billion) instructed the Governor of the Donetsk region Sergei Taruta (No. 16 in the ranking of the 100 richest people in Ukraine according to Ukrainian Forbes, wealth - $597 million ) temporarily move the office of the regional state administration to Mariupol, according to the website of the President of Ukraine.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk instructed the relevant ministries, the management of Naftogaz of Ukraine and regional administrations to switch to a plan for the functioning of the energy industry, which provides for the cessation of gas supplies by Russia from Monday, June 16, follows from a message published on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Friday.

Deputy head of the Dnepropetrovsk regional state administration Gennady Korban handed over to the administration of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko (No. 7 on the list of the richest Ukrainians in the American Forbes 2014 ranking , wealth - $1.3 billion) an engineering project and a feasibility study for the construction of a fortified wall along the border with Russia stretching back to 1920 km, reports the Interfax-Ukraine agency .

The reason for the suspension of negotiations on the South Stream gas pipeline was Russia's appeal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) with a complaint about the Third Energy Package, said Günther Oettinger, a member of the European Commission on Energy, at a press conference in Luxembourg on Friday. Ettinger noted that Russia, having applied to the WTO, “has questioned the compliance of the legislation of the internal European market with WTO rules, ” Interfax reports .

Ukrainian security forces have been conducting the active phase of a special operation in Mariupol since 04:50 local time (05:50 Moscow time), reported on his Facebook page on Friday. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov According to Avakov, the operation is aimed at “liquidating a fortified area of ​​DPR terrorists led by a criminal authority nicknamed Chechen.” “It’s going according to plan. Successfully. All the key strongholds of the terrorists have been taken under control at this time.

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Three people died from injuries received in the explosion of the minibus of the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Denis Pushilin near the building of the Donetsk regional administration (DPR Government House), according to the temporary website of the Donetsk regional state administration. The report notes that a total of seven people were taken to the hospital.

A federal grand jury in Virginia, USA, has indicted Romanian hacker Marcel Lazar Leel (operating under the pseudonym Gussifer) for hacking the email and social media accounts of former high-ranking US officials and their relatives, including a family member of former US President George Bush, Reuters reported . Leel is charged with fraud, unauthorized access to a protected computer, aggravated identity theft, cyberstalking and obstruction of justice.

On the night of June 13, a Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle (BMP) violated the Russian state border in the Rostov region, Vasily Malaev, head of the press service of the FSB border department for the Rostov region, told Interfax on Friday. According to him, at about 12:30 Moscow time, Ukrainian military personnel violated the border near the village of Ezerovo, Kuibyshev district, Rostov region.

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