Prosecutor General of Ukraine Vitaly Yarema announced the initiation of a new criminal case against ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, Interfax-Ukraine reports on Tuesday, September 30 .

The sanctions had an impact on the plans of the Anglo-Dutch company Shell to develop the Bazhenov Formation fields in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (KhMAO), ITAR-TASS reported on Tuesday, September 30, citing the company’s press service.

The Swiss EuroChem Group AG became the direct owner of 89.83% of the authorized capital of Eurochem MCC OJSC, Interfax reported on Tuesday, September 30 . The Cypriot EuroChem Group SE transferred its shares to the Swiss structure, where 92.2% is controlled by Andrey Melnichenko , 7.8% by EuroChem CEO Dmitry Strezhnev . The deal occurred as part of the group's reorganization. The remaining 10.17% of Eurochem's authorized capital consists of treasury shares.

A New York State Supreme Court judge refused to grant the request of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev , who demanded to dismiss the lawsuit of his ex-wife Elena Rybolovleva regarding his purchase of a penthouse in Manhattan for $88 million, Bloomberg reports , citing published court materials. Rybolovlev's complaint was dismissed on the basis that the defendant failed to demonstrate that New York was not the proper jurisdiction for this proceeding.

The Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC) discovered “numerous legal inaccuracies, errors and obviously unworkable provisions” in the bill on limiting foreign participation in Russian media, adopted by the State Duma in the third reading on September 26, follows from a preliminary expert opinion . published on the HRC website on Tuesday.

The Central Bank revoked the licenses of Makhachkala's Esidbank, Priority Bank from Samara and Moscow's Soyuzprombank on Tuesday, the reported . regulator's press service “The Bank of Russia informs about the decision taken to revoke the license for banking operations from the credit organization Esidbank (Makhachkala), Priority Bank (Samara) and Soyuzprombank (Moscow), reports say .

The largest oil services company Schlumberger is recalling employees from Russia who are citizens of the United States or European Union due to sanctions, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing two sources. About 20 middle and senior managers will leave Russia, one of the agency’s interlocutors said.

The head of the Ministry of Energy, Alexander Novak, said that the ministry will consider Rosneft’s application for the allocation of funds from the National Welfare Fund (NWF) within a month, Interfax reported on Tuesday, September 30 .

Switzerland has agreed to return to Russia the assets of former member of the Federation Council Igor Izmestyev, who is serving a life sentence for banditry and murder under the verdict of the Moscow City Court, the press service of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office reported on Tuesday.

President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting of the Russian Security Council on Wednesday, October 1, at which issues of sustainable functioning of the Russian segment of the Internet will be considered, ITAR-TASS reports citing the Kremlin press service. The Security Council will discuss the issue of countering threats to national security in the information sphere, the Kremlin press service reported.

The ceremony of handing over to the Russian Navy the first Mistral helicopter carrier, built in Saint-Nazaire, France, is scheduled for November 4, Interfax-AVN reported on Tuesday, citing a source in the Russian shipbuilding industry. In turn, Deputy General Director of Rosoboronexport Igor Sevastyanov said that Russia expects the signing of the act of transfer of the ship before the beginning of November.

The Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) will study the role of a number of individuals from the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine in concealing the facts of genocide of the Russian-speaking population in Donbass, official representative of the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said on Tuesday.

General Director of Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk Konstantin Stepovoy denied information that appeared earlier in the media that gas transportation through the Power of Siberia pipeline will begin two years later than planned - in 2020, according to a message from the Gazprom press service received on Tuesday , September 30, in Forbes.

The Ministry of Finance has prepared a draft government resolution allowing the investment of pension savings in securities of banks that have fallen under Western sanctions. The document was published on a single portal for posting information on the development of draft regulations. International rating agencies do not assign ratings to any long-term debt obligations of sanctioned banks.

The Gazprom Neft company has agreed to open a non-renewable and unsecured credit line with Rosselkhozbank in the amount of 30 billion rubles, Interfax reported on Tuesday, September 30, citing the company’s press service. The funds will be available for two years. The loan repayment period is five years. The funding will be used for general corporate purposes, including the implementation of the investment program in 2015.