Elena Burmistrova, who held the position of deputy general director of Gazprom Export LLC, became the general director of this company on July 1, Interfax reports , citing sources. As one of the agency's interlocutors reported, Alexander Medvedev, who was previously the general director of Gazprom Export, will remain deputy chairman of the board of Gazprom, curator of social development and sports programs.

The introduction of additional sanctions against Russia could push the Russian economy into recession, US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said on Tuesday in Washington. This is reported by Bloomberg . Liu said he intends to discuss sanctions against Russia with Chinese officials. The head of the US Treasury will go on a two-day official visit to China on July 9. American officials have repeatedly made statements about the possibility of expanding sanctions against Russia.

With the same size of economy, countries can differ significantly in the level of social development With the same size of per capita GDP, countries can differ significantly in the level of social development, according to the results of the Social Progress Index study, prepared by the American non-profit organization Social Progress Imperative. When calculating, only the actual results of countries' economic policies in the social sphere were taken into account, and not the resources expended.

The Bank of Russia intends to soon introduce “methods for express assessment of banks for the presence of hidden deposits,” said the head of the regulator, Elvira Nabiullina, at the International Banking Congress in St. Petersburg on Tuesday. She noted that the Central Bank recently encountered cases of concealment of deposits, but did not specify which banks, ITAR-TASS reports .

photo Kommersant The influx of cheap labor from the Caucasus and Central Asia and the desire of the “protecting” security forces and officials to earn money stimulate the “Cherkizonization” of Moscow lands An answer to Putin’s sacramental question, which at one time caused a lot of noise, may soon be received: “Where are the plantings?” Five years after the closure of the Cherkizovsky market (whose activities in the summer of 2009 caused dissatisfaction with the then prime minister), the former

The film crew of the Russian television channel REN TV came under mortar fire at the Izvarino checkpoint near Lugansk, the correspondent was injured as a result of a shell explosion, the channel reported on Twitter. “Our correspondent Denis Kulaga is shell-shocked at the border at the Izvarino checkpoint, he doesn’t hear anything. The guys were covered by a blast wave,” REN TV said in a report.

reports on Tuesday, July 1 Some members of the Russian government are going to spend their summer holidays in Russia, Interfax .

The Federal Migration Service (FMS) of Russia refused to comment on reports that former US National Security Agency (NSA) employee Edward Snowden has filed an application to extend temporary asylum, which expires on July 31, Interfax reported on Tuesday. Previously, the FMS also refused to comment on the Snowden case.

At a meeting on Tuesday, the State Duma, by a majority vote, approved in the first reading amendments to the law “On Advertising,” which prohibits the display of advertising on pay TV channels, Slon.ru reports . 234 deputies voted for the bill, 204 parliamentarians voted against, and one abstained.

Russia's leadership has no intention of "closing" relations with the United States, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday at a meeting of Russian ambassadors and permanent representatives. Putin's speech at the part of the meeting open to the media was broadcast by the Rossiya 24 TV channel. “Bilateral relations are not in the best shape right now, this is true, but it is by no means the fault of Russia. We have always tried to be predictable partners and conduct business on an equal basis.

Militia of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) reported that they shot down two Ukrainian planes near the village of Lugansk on Tuesday, July 1, RIA Novosti reports . “Quite recently, five attack aircraft entered the Luganskaya village and bombed. Two planes were shot down, the other three managed to escape,” said Vladimir Inogorodsky, head of the LPR press service.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko (No. 7 on the list of the richest Ukrainians in the American Forbes 2014 ranking , wealth - $1.3 billion) decided to suspend the unilateral ceasefire in Donbass, the press service of the head of the Ukrainian state reported on Tuesday. “We will advance and liberate our land,” the President of Ukraine noted in his address to the people.

photo Fotodom/Rex Features What is the posthumous income of the King of Pop since 2009? Michael Jackson knew how to turn fame into money like no one else. This is what Michael Jackson, Inc. is all about. is the first business biography of the King of Pop. Over the course of his career, he earned about $1.1 billion, or almost $2 billion when adjusted for inflation. If you add up the earnings of Jay-Z, Taylor Swift and Kanye West since 2009, you get $544 million.

The Russian Ministry of Finance proposes to cancel the benefits for gas supplies via the Blue Stream pipeline in connection with the project reaching payback and introduce an export duty on gas supplied to Turkey, which will bring 40 billion rubles to the budget over three years, the head of the department, Anton Siluanov, said on Tuesday. . Siluanov told reporters that the Ministry of Finance had made a number of decisions on budget revenue sources for 2015-2017.

The Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia decided to sell ordinary shares of the Moscow Exchange owned by the Central Bank, according to the regulator’s website.