Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a government meeting on Thursday demanded that the adoption of a law on tightening liability for non-payments be accelerated so that the new mechanism would work in the fall of 2015, RIA Novosti reports .

The Basmanny Court of Moscow on Thursday placed the former head of the Energia rocket and space corporation, Vitaly Lopota, under house arrest on charges of abuse of power, the TASS agency reported , citing court press secretary Anna Fadeeva. “The court granted the investigator’s request to select Lopota as a preventive measure in the form of house arrest for a period until July 14,” the agency quotes her as saying.

Armenia and Belarus refused to sign at the Eastern Partnership summit, which started on Thursday, May 21, in Riga, the final communiqué and any other document that contains words about the “illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia,” Reuters reports, citing sources. According to EU diplomats, after negotiations between the countries participating in the summit, it was decided to develop a compromise version of the text.

Photo by Denis Grishkina/RIA Novosti Forbes sources have long called Vagit Alekperov the owner of Spartak. Perhaps he will form a new management team for Spartak Chairman of the board of directors of the Spartak football club, vice-president of the oil company Lukoil, Leonid Fedun , on Thursday, May 21, announced his intention to “give powers” ​​to manage Spartak to professionals.

photo by Finbarr O'Reilly The wife of Vladimir Ashurkov, an ally of Alexei Navalny, talks about the transformation from a socialite and successful entrepreneur into a political emigrant and defendant in a criminal case The life of Alexandrina Markvo flows according to an intricate scenario. The co-founder of a fashion agency, a socialite, the head of a production bureau (organizes cultural events), instead of glossy reviews, settled in crime news reports.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Russia has prepared a draft law that will oblige state and municipal employees to comply with a code of ethics and official conduct, according to materials posted on Thursday on a single portal of legal information. The document was prepared in order to implement the national anti-corruption plan.

The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, reported on income for 2014, which amounted to 7.53 million rubles, according to information on income and property published on Thursday on the ICR website. Bastrykin’s declared income in 2013 was 7.8 million rubles. Bastrykin, his wife and two minor children have an apartment with an area of ​​224 square meters. m and two dachas (257 and 294 sq. m).

Photo by Ivan Petrov / PhotoXPress If earlier Moscow and Brussels built their gas business on the model of “interpenetration and interdependence”, now they are moving to a model of “pure diversification” In April 2015, at the conference “Europe and Eurasia: Towards a New Model of Energy Security”, organized by the Valdai Discussion Club, Energy Minister Alexander Novak and the head of Gazprom Alexey Miller presented a new concept of cooperation in the gas sector between Russia and European

The Sovetsky District Court of Bryansk placed the former governor of the Bryansk region Nikolai Denin under house arrest on Thursday in a case of abuse of power, Interfax reported , citing a source in law enforcement agencies. This was confirmed on Thursday evening by an informed TASS source . “The court chose house arrest as a preventive measure for Nikolai Denin,” he said.

The terminal area has increased by 6,000 square meters: Forbes photo report Moscow's busiest airport, Domodedovo, has launched a new sector in the eastern part of the terminal. The terminal area has increased by 6,000 square meters. m, or about a quarter. Sector E is intended to serve passengers on international lines. According to a Domodedovo representative, the capacity of the international air lines zone increased by 31% to 3,850 people per hour.

The head of Sberbank German Gref, having familiarized himself with the Kazakh nation’s plan “100 steps of further state construction,” experienced a “culture shock” and compared this plan with the program of the Singapore government, Interfax reported on Thursday, May 21.

About 1 billion rubles will be spent on celebrating the 1000th anniversary of the death of Prince Vladimir, during which the baptism of Russia took place, RBC reported on Thursday, May 21, citing data specified in a government order dated September 2014. The largest expenditure - almost 405 million rubles - will go to the installation of a monument to Prince Vladimir on the Sparrow Hills, the agency notes.

The Transstroy Corporation, part of Oleg Deripaska's Basic Element group , will independently complete the main part of the roof of the Zenit Arena stadium in St. Petersburg due to the fact that the Mostootryad-19 company, which was supposed to perform part of the work under a subcontract reports on Thursday, May 21, , is close to bankruptcy, TASS citing the company’s press service.

The National Union of Milk Producers (Soyuzmoloko) has expressed concerns that yoghurts with fruit fillings may fall under the law regulating the alcohol market, reported on Thursday. Vedomosti According to the publication, Soyuzmoloko sent a letter to the head of Rosalkogolregulirovanie, Igor Chuyan, at the end of April asking him not to allow yoghurts to fall under the law. The Union indicates that fruit fillers added to some dairy products contain alcohol-based flavorings.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday presented Megafon CEO Ivan Tavrin with the Order of Friendship, according to the list of those who received state awards published on the Kremlin website. Ivan Tavrin is a business partner of billionaire Alisher Usmanov . Tavrin is a shareholder of UTV Holding and USM Holdings, which owns shares in Metalloinvest, Megafon, Mail.Ru Group and other assets.