Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, even before the liquidation of the Ministry of Crimean Affairs, instructed departments to prepare a list of candidates from among high-ranking officials for appointment to the positions of first deputy heads of executive authorities of the peninsula, the Kommersant newspaper writes on Tuesday, July 21, citing sources.

Former Minister of Culture of Russia, rector of the Moscow Conservatory Alexander Sokolov sent an appeal to the Ministry of Justice with a request to verify the legality of the conference at which it was announced the merger of three organizations managing copyright and related rights, Interfax reported on Tuesday. The conference was prepared “in the strictest secrecy during the summer holidays,” Sokolov claims.

Access to information about the international search by Interpol for the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych has been temporarily suspended by the commission for monitoring Interpol files, the Interfax-Ukraine agency reported , citing the Ukrainian bureau of the police organization. Access has been suspended pending consideration of the complaint by Yanukovych’s lawyers, which is scheduled for September, the Ukrainian Interpol bureau noted.

Anastasia Novikova Author Paintings by Aivazovsky and Renoir, a 35-carat pink diamond, graffiti by Banksy, a 10th-century statue and other stolen art that they tried to sell Art theft is one of the most lucrative crimes in the world. According to Interpol, they are in third place in terms of profitability after the arms and drug trade. More often than others, paintings are stolen, often on the orders of specific “black” collectors.

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Why did the American billionaire, who unsuccessfully attacked Herbalife, switch to development? The top managers of hedge funds, law firms and pension funds gathered in the hall of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. Billionaire Bill Ackman is on stage. He is trying to convince participants at the Active-Passive Investor Summit that the long-term development of the companies in which he invests is more important to him than speculative profits on the stock exchange.

President Vladimir Putin will participate in the preliminary draw ceremony for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which will be held on July 25 in St. Petersburg, the head of state's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, July 21. He also said that Putin plans to meet with the head of the International Football Federation (FIFA) Joseph Blatter, Interfax reports . The preliminary draw for the 2018 World Cup will take place on July 25 at the Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg.

PJSC Aeroflot - Russian Airlines has decided to liquidate its subsidiary Dobrolet LLC, Interfax reported on Tuesday, July 21, with reference to the SPARK-Interfax database. The low-cost airline Dobrolet began operating in June 2014. The company's activities began with flights to Simferopol. On July 30 of the same year, the European Union introduced restrictive measures against the Russian low-cost airline.

Former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev explained that the country's difficult heritage is to blame for Russia's modern problems, the Russian News Service reported on Tuesday, July 21, with reference to Gorbachev's statement at the presentation of the book by German journalist and political scientist Wilfried Scharnagl, “Changing Course. Polemics in favor of changes in the approach to Russia.” “A rich country cannot turn around.

The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications has determined the amount of fines for organizers of public Wi-Fi networks who evade user registration, according to the relevant bill published on the federal portal of draft regulatory legal acts on Tuesday, July 21. The Ministry proposed to punish users for connecting to public Wi-Fi networks without identification by 5,000-50,000 rubles. This punishment is provided for individual entrepreneurs.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, at a meeting with regional activists of the United Russia party in Novosibirsk on Tuesday, did not rule out that the terms for the seizure of unused agricultural land would be reduced from five to three years, Interfax reports . “Everything must be done to ensure that those who received land, but refuse to cultivate it, have incentives to either start doing this or hand over this land under the threat of monetary fines,” Medvedev said.

photo by RIA Novosti Kyiv believes that the former owner destroyed the economic potential of the enterprise The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) accused the former Russian owners of OJSC Zaporozhye Aluminum Production Plant (ZalK) of deliberately destroying its production potential, the reported on Tuesday, July 21. Ukrainian agency’s website In this regard, criminal proceedings have been opened under Article 113 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (“sabotage”), the report notes.

Renata Akhunova Author Russian business angel Renata Akhunova has been living in California for more than five years and shares her experience in establishing business connections. After moving to Silicon Valley , I attended many events to understand how everything works there. Quite quickly it became obvious: most of them are done by some novice “networkers” for others of the same kind. Or take the so-called “meet-ups” - meetings for entrepreneurs, where investors can drop by.

Sberbank President German Gref said that Sberbank is ready to reduce mortgage interest rates after the macroeconomic situation in Russia stabilizes and the inflation rate decreases, TASS reports on Tuesday, July 21. “The mortgage interest rate will fall significantly only when our macroeconomy stabilizes and the inflation rate drops,” Gref said. He also said that Sberbank is currently moving ahead of the Central Bank and has already reduced rates.

Photo Kommersant The merger of regulators responsible for tariff and antimonopoly policy is contrary to international experience After 20 years of existence in Russia, an independent tariff regulation body , the Federal Tariff Service, was abolished, its functions were transferred to the Federal Antimonopoly Service. Was an independent tariff regulator necessary and what could be the consequences of such a decision?

Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, during a meeting of the North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, refused to plead guilty in the case of preparing terrorist attacks in Crimea, Interfax reported on Tuesday, July 21. “I do not plead guilty. I consider the case political and fabricated,” Sentsov emphasized. The defendant made the corresponding statement after the prosecutor read out the charges.