The investigation has established that Ural Rakhimov, accused in the case of the theft of shares in the oil company Bashneft, took advantage of the official position of his father Murtaza Rakhimov, who at that time held the post of President of Bashkiria, Interfax reported on Monday with reference to the Moscow City Court ruling issued as a result of consideration of a complaint against the arrest of one of the shares of Bashneft.

photo Getty Images When the Russian leadership stopped gas supplies to Ukraine, it dealt a blow not only to the regime in Kyiv, but also to Gazprom. At urgent and emergency negotiations in Berlin on gas issues, Energy Commissioner Günter Oettinger essentially took Gazprom's side.

Biblio-Globus is negotiating the acquisition of Tez Tour; the deal could lead to the creation of the largest tour operator on the Russian market with total revenue of 90 billion rubles, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Monday , citing an informed source close to one of the companies. “But the final stage is still far away due to the high assessment of the Tez Tour business by its owners,” explained the publication’s interlocutor.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, opening the summit of leaders of the Caspian states in Astrakhan - the so-called meeting of the “Caspian five”, called the Caspian region “an oasis of peace and good neighborliness,” RIA Novosti reports on Monday, September 29 .

The photo sharing service Instagram was blocked in China, Reuters reports citing user messages. Messages about blocking access to Instagram appeared on Twitter amid protests against the current electoral system in Hong Kong. Many eyewitnesses of the events published photographs and videos on their pages with the hashtag #OccupyCentral, which, in particular, showed police using tear gas against demonstrators.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev recommended that the Bank of Russia, together with credit institutions, explore the possibility of expanding sources of funding for banks in foreign currency through the operations of the Central Bank (CB), follows from the list of instructions published on Monday, September 29, on the government website.

Assistant to the President of Russia Andrei Belousov believes that at the moment the ruble is “over-weakened” and expects “a wave of strengthening of the ruble,” Interfax reports on Monday, September 29 . “This is rather not a question for me, this is a question for the Central Bank, since our Central Bank is independently responsible for this policy in this regard. But, if you want my expert opinion, I believe that our ruble is really over-weakened today,” Belousov said .

Ukrainian Minister of Justice Pavel Petrenko said that Ukraine will officially appeal to the Latvian government with a proposal to act as a third party in three court cases that were opened in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on claims from Ukraine against Russia, the reported press on Monday, September 29. -service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice.

The Moscow bank Narodny Kredit stopped making payments and introduced a limit of 25,000 rubles on the issuance of deposits, the Interfax agency reported on Monday , citing an employee of the credit institution’s call center. “Unfortunately, you can only get 25,000 rubles a day,” she told the agency. If the deposit is large, then it will take several days to come to the bank for money. The bank employee also reported that transfers to bank cards and accounts of other banks have been suspended.

Forbes continues to collect applications for participation in the fifth startup competition “School of a Young Billionaire.” This time - presentation of the courier express delivery service Project name: bringo The essence of the project: express courier delivery service Project Leader: Mark Kapchitz city Moscow The rules for participating in the competition and submitting applications can be found here

Photo by RIA Novosti The Ukrainian crisis has brought back onto the agenda not only the hostility between Moscow and Western capitals, but also the issue of nuclear weapons Fatalists believe that essentially nothing changes in world politics - what was, will be in a new historical turn. Now it’s time to believe them. Concepts and approaches that seemed to have sunk into oblivion with the Cold War are returning.

The sale of the oil and gas subsidiary of the German energy concern RWE, the Dea company, to the Russian LetterOne group of billionaires Mikhail Fridman and German Khan reported on Sunday, for €5.1 billion is being delayed due to the fact that the deal has not yet been approved by the British regulator, Bloomberg citing RWE statement. It remains “unclear” whether the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change will approve the sale of the company, RWE said.

Italian tax officials are checking the accuracy of the tax returns of the directors and co-owners of the Milan fashion house Prada, Miuccia Prada (No. 102 in the global ranking of billionaires according to Forbes, net worth - $11.1 billion) and Patrizio Bertelli (No. 234 in the ranking, net worth - $6 billion), follows from statements .

Photo by RIA Novosti The head of Chechnya increasingly speaks on international issues on behalf of Russian Muslims. The new status allows him to more actively influence what is happening in neighboring republics 2014 was a year of great political successes for Ramzan Kadyrov.

Rosneft President Igor Sechin, in an interview with ITAR-TASS, published on the agency's website on Monday, said that Gazprom head Alexey Miller promised to provide the oil company with access to the Sakhalin gas transportation system. Sechin noted that he has no doubt about Rosneft’s access to the Sakhalin pipeline. He said he discussed the issue at a meeting with Miller and Energy Minister Alexander Novak in August.