The State Financial Services Commission has developed a bill that will give the National Bank, the State Commission for Securities and Stock Market and the State Financial Services Commission the right to impose a moratorium on licensing new financial institutions in a crisis - in the event of systemic threats to the financial services markets.

The income of US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle in 2008 was $2.65 million. A significant contribution to the family budget was made by royalties from two bestsellers written by the head of the White House. The tax return released on April 15 states that the total income of the president and his wife was $2,656,902. The amount of federal income tax they paid was $855,323 thousand, and Illinois state income tax was $77,883 thousand.

Since the beginning of the year, the republic has lost more than seven billion rubles in income Tatarstan is experiencing problems with filling its budget - the republic’s own revenues fell by almost a third compared to last year. In this regard, the Ministry of Finance intends to apply to the Russian government for budget loans. Deputies believe that in this way it will be possible to rectify the situation. Experts believe that the republic will be able to keep the deficit at 18-20%.

Term (days)MIBOR (rub.)MosPrimeRa te (rub.)RIBOR (RUB)LIBOR ($)LIBOR (JPY)LIBOR (EUR)LIBOR (GBP)LIBOR (CHF) 1 9.32 8.67 7.91 0.2625 0.1838 0.795 0.60 0.115 7 11.23 10.42 — 0.3556 0.2063 0.8469 0.655 0.14 thirty 14.95 13.74 — 0.4481 0.355 0.9888 0.9225 0.225 60 — 14.92 — 0.885 0.4881 1.2125 1.3463 0.30 90 17.22 15.88 — 1.1125 0.5656 1.4125 1.5344 0.3983 180 19.27 18.46 — 1.6469 0.7513 1.6075 1.7675 0.5317 360 20.0 — — 1.9125 0.925 1.7669 1.9863 0.84

The State Corporation “Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs” (Vnesheconombank) will provide support to the Nizhny Novgorod region in more than 20 priority areas. The head of the region, Valery Shantsev, announced this yesterday. Projects in the aviation industry, automotive industry, petrochemicals, timber processing and metro construction are considered as priority areas.

Mechanisms are still missing The political decision to provide benefits on the export duty on oil from the fields of Eastern Siberia has been made. The controversy about how to implement it descended to the level of the performers. At a meeting on April 9, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin gave the relevant departments a week to develop an agreed draft resolution.

Indian flutist Hari Prasad Chaurasia performed at the National Philharmonic concert/folklore On Tuesday, the National Philharmonic Hall hosted a concert by one of the most famous flutists in the world, a living national treasure of India, Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia.

The investigation suspects that the head of the third department of the main investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Albert Bogdanovich, who led the investigation into the case of Alexander Bulbov, died on April 5 under unclear circumstances. This was stated on April 16 by the official representative of the Investigative Committee at the Russian Prosecutor's Office, Vladimir Markin.

On April 16, the counter-terrorist operation (CTO) regime, in force since 1999, was lifted in Chechnya. This was reported by the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC). “As of 00:00 on April 16, the order declaring the territory of the republic a zone for conducting counter-terrorism operations was canceled,” the NAC said in a statement.

The First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB) announced the suspension of cooperation with the rating agencies Moody`s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings. “In 2009, credit ratings have no practical value for FUIB, since today the world capital markets are virtually closed,” said Rafal Juszczak, Chairman of the Board of FUIB.

LastChangedOpen positionsVolume bidding Oil and energy Brent Blend, IPE ($/bar, 1000 bar) May 0.52 +0.004 27443 9379 June 0.53 +0.0 156522 81627 July 0.54 -0.0 113895 30764 August 0.55 -0.002 38792 12089 West Texas crude, NYMEX ($/bar., 1000 bar.) May 49.87 +0.46 107341 119660 June 52.39 -0.13 324310 92685 July 54.61 -0.32 149930 28287 August 56.01 -0.43 46295 9391 Gasoil, IPE ($/t, 100 t) May 4.53 +0.008 80223 34316 June 4.61 0.0 72961 30524 July 4.68 -0.028 33819 11503 Heating oil, NYMEX

The supervisory authority came up with a legislative initiative Saratov regional prosecutor Vladimir Stepanov put forward a legislative initiative providing for the possibility of creating a reserve fund in the region. However, the bill he proposed did not find understanding in the regional government and among a number of parliamentarians. Some experts, on the contrary, believe that the creation of a reserve fund would contribute to the successful solution of economic problems in the region.

Investigative authorities have charged 12 suspects with smuggling large quantities of Chinese-made goods into Russia. Among the accused are two customs officers. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Prosecutor's Office informed about this on April 16.

The Verkhovna Rada yesterday adopted a resolution “On measures to preserve the cultural heritage monument of Palanok Castle (Mukachevo, Transcarpathian region)”, providing for granting the castle the status of a state historical and architectural reserve. The document was registered on March 18 by people's deputies Irina Gerashchenko (Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense), Mykola Tomenko, Mikhail Kosiv (both BYuT) and Anna German (Party of Regions).

Maurice Druon has died Obituary On Tuesday, in his Paris home, ten days short of his 91st birthday, Maurice Druon, writer, resistance fighter, former Minister of Culture (1973-1974), one of the 40 “immortal” academicians (1966), holder of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, died. . In Russia, the author of the seven-volume “Cursed Kings” (1955-1977) was less well known, but loved more than in his homeland.