Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov did not comment on the proposal of the head of the administration of the head of Chechnya, Magomed Daudov, to legalize polygamy in Russia, explaining that he was not aware of the initiative, TASS reports on Tuesday, May 19. “To be honest, I have not seen his statement in which he proposed legalizing polygamy,” Peskov said.

Russian parliamentarians have submitted to the State Duma a bill on the confiscation of property of relatives of corrupt officials in the absence of evidence of its origin, reported on Tuesday, May 19. Rossiyskaya Gazeta According to the newspaper, the corresponding document was submitted to the State Duma by deputy Oleg Nilov. It states that we are talking about the confiscation of property, first of all, from the corrupt official himself.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine sent a note of protest to Moscow in connection with the detention of two alleged Russian servicemen near the town of Shchastya in the Lugansk region, Ukrainian Ambassador-at-Large Dmitry Kuleba said at a briefing in Kiev on Tuesday.

The structure of the Novatek company - Novatek-Chelyabinsk - cut off the gas supply to the subsidiary of Uralvagonzavod, ChTZ-Uraltrak, due to a debt of 171.9 million rubles, Interfax reports on Tuesday, May 19, citing the press - service of the Novatek-Chelyabinsk company. The gas company emphasized that the shutdown was carried out in compliance with the law: the plant was notified of the upcoming shutdown, and meetings were held on this topic with the participation of the regional government.

Tariffs for housing and communal services in Moscow will increase by an average of 10% from July 1, head of the capital’s department of economic policy and development Maxim Reshetnikov said on Tuesday, May 19. He clarified that heating prices will rise by 13%, cold water and sanitation - by 5.9%, hot water supply - by 11.5%, gas - by 7.5%, Interfax reports . Electricity tariffs will increase from 7.5% to 13.7% depending on the time of day of consumption, Reshetnikov said.

Laying the Turkish Stream gas pipeline in shallow waters will begin in the first ten days of June, Gazprom Deputy Chairman of the Board Vitaly Markelov said at a press conference on Tuesday, May 19. Two vessels will work on laying the gas pipeline. The first pipes will be laid by the Italian company Saipem. The company also reported that Gazprom uses all the pipes purchased for the closed South Stream project during the construction of the Turkish Stream, TASS reports .

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has resumed negotiations on the entry of the Russian-Chinese Investment Fund (RCIF), created jointly with China Investment Corporation, into the capital of the Detsky Mir retail chain, owned by AFK Sistema Vladimir Yevtushenkov , RDIF head Kirill Dmitriev said on Tuesday . “We are optimistic about our investments in Detsky Mir,” Interfax quotes Dmitriev as saying .

MTS President Andrei Dubovskov said on Tuesday, May 19, that the company does not yet plan to buy the Svyaznoy retailer, despite the fact that in 2014 it was negotiating its acquisition, Interfax reports . “If we can continue to maintain the low level of churn that has been demonstrated over these years, with the same, or perhaps faster, pace of connections, then we are not interested in spending tens of billions on this expensive pleasure.

The Abrau-Durso company acquired 51% of the Vedernikov Winery group of companies, which produces wines, including under the Krasnotop Zolotovsky brand, TASS reports on Tuesday, May 19, citing the Abrau-Durso press service. The deal was closed in mid-May for an undisclosed amount. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Abrau-Durso Pavel Titov said that the funds from the transaction will be used to technically equip Vedernikov facilities , purchase new equipment and expand the raw material base.

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The State Duma adopted on Tuesday, May 19, in the first reading, the presidential bill on the creation of the Roscosmos state corporation, RIA Novosti reports . The draft law provides for the creation of a corporation for space activities in the form of a non-profit organization. This organization should become an authorized body in the field of space activities on behalf of Russia. “The state corporation will receive the right to license space activities.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted on Tuesday in two readings a law allowing the government of Arseniy Yatsenyuk to introduce a moratorium on payments on restructured external debt, the TASS agency reported . 256 Ukrainian parliamentarians voted for the adoption of the new law, with the required minimum of 226 votes. The new law on the specifics of transactions with state, state-guaranteed debt and local debt will be in force until July 1, 2016.

Activists from the Moscow headquarters of the United Popular Front (ONF) suspected the Moscow mayor's office of violating government procurement rules worth 1.7 billion rubles and prepared statements to the prosecutor's office and the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), Kommersant reported , citing its sources on Tuesday, 19 May.

The State Duma, at a meeting on Tuesday, May 19, adopted in the third reading a bill on foreign and international non-governmental organizations that are undesirable in Russia, Interfax reports . The bill provides that the activities of a foreign or international organization that pose a threat to the foundations of the constitutional order, defense capability or security of Russia may be considered undesirable.

State Duma deputies were notified of the possible postponement of elections to the lower house of parliament from December to September 2016, RBC reported on Tuesday, May 19 , which was told about this by several parliamentarians. According to one of the agency’s interlocutors, the leadership of the State Duma said that the issue of postponing the elections has already been resolved, and all that remains is to determine the method of its legislative implementation.