St. Petersburg businessmen discuss their criteria for an ideal home outside the metropolis. Konstantin Titov, General Director of ROCLA Rus LLC: Unfortunately, with the existing infrastructure it is impossible to consider a country house in any capacity other than a summer cottage. Of course, in some cottage villages there are shops, places for recreation, etc., but life is not limited to this.

On Thursday evening, the Kiev metro was evacuated due to a suspicious box found. She was discovered by a police officer between two escalators at the University station. Live on Kommersant FM, correspondent of the Kommersant-Ukraine newspaper Artem Skoropadsky told the details of the incident. “At 17:30 Ukrainian time, a Kyiv metro employee at the University station, one of the deepest metro stations, discovered a medium-sized box with protruding wires,” the correspondent said.

Today, April 14, former President Leonid Kuchma hired lawyer Sergei Ulyanov to replace the deceased Mikhail Kisilevich in the case of the ex-president’s involvement in the murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze. Mr. Kuchma said this before entering the Main Directorate for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Prosecutor General’s Office. “Yes, they found it. Sergei Ulyanov, but he has nothing to do with Lenin. I think that today there will be no reason to object,” Kuchma said.

Paratroopers died during exercises near Pskov Four servicemen of the 106th Airborne Division died as a result of the explosion of a Nona self-propelled artillery gun at a training ground in the Strugokrasnensky district of the Pskov region.

According to the Mari El government website, construction of a universal football and athletics arena has begun in Yoshkar-Ola. The first pile was driven by the head of the region, Leonid Markelov, on whose initiative this facility is being built. The complex, which will be put into operation in 2012, is financed as part of the federal target program for the development of physical education and sports. 250 million rubles have already been allocated for the construction of the facility.

Rospotrebnadzor took aim at the head of Alfa Bank Rospotrebnadzor has decided to use a new way of putting pressure on banks in an effort to protect citizens from violations of their consumer rights. Yesterday it became known that the head of the department demanded the disqualification of the chairman of the board of Alfa Bank, Rushan Khvesyuk.

Yesterday, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a draft law developed by the Ministry of Infrastructure on the introduction of a general procedure for providing transport services to preferential categories of citizens. Instead of paying compensation, road carriers are offered to provide targeted social assistance to the population. “Certain categories of citizens have the right to preferential travel in city, suburban and intercity transport.

Sotsgorbank received new sanctions from the regulator The Bank of Russia has become less prompt in revoking licenses from problem banks. As the example of the largest problematic bank in the Moscow region, Sotsgorbank, shows, the Central Bank now prefers less radical instruments of influence. New sanctions - one tougher than the other - are imposed on this bank every month, however, despite its actual incapacity, it still retains its license.

Academicians are going to recover 2.5 million rubles from the inventor The Presnensky District Court of Moscow yesterday accepted for consideration the civil claim of members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN) Eduard Kruglyakov and Evgeny Alexandrov against the notorious inventor Viktor Petrik. Academicians claim that Mr. Petrik constantly insults them in his speeches in the media, estimating the moral damage caused at 2.5 million rubles.

24 1 min. ... Today, April 14, the release date for the next film in the longest series in history - the James Bond films - has become known. The next, 23rd Bond film will be released on November 9, 2012. MGM and Sony Pictures have entered into a partnership agreement providing for joint participation in financing the filming and distribution of the film. Its name has not yet been approved.

The Ministry of Construction of Chuvashia reports that in 2011, funds in the amount of 4,596 million rubles were allocated from the federal budget for the construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of the federal network of roads passing through the territory of Chuvashia.

Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Volga Federal District, head of the investigative unit, Vyacheslav Starkov, successfully passed recertification and will continue to serve in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. By decree of President Medvedev, he was reassigned to his position. By the same decree, Mr. Starkov was awarded the rank of Major General of Police.

441 1 min. ... Among students specializing in business and economics: 1. Gazprom 2. LUKOIL 3. Sberbank 4. BMW 5. Russian Railways 6. VTB24 7. Google 8.Toyota 9. Coca-Cola 10. Rosneft 11.Microsoft 12. Bank of Moscow 13. IKEA 14. L'Oreal 15. Nokia 16. Procter & Gamble 17. Raiffeisen 18. Unilever 19. PricewaterhouseCoopers 20. Nestle 21. Ernst & Young 22. Bank of America/Merrill Lynch 23. "Tatneft" 24. MTC 25. KPMG Students majoring in engineering and science include: 1. Gazprom 2. LUKOIL 3.

Today, April 14, the expert-analytical group to review the functioning of the oil and petroleum products market under the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry during its meeting recommended setting the upper limit of the price corridor for petroleum products at a level not higher than 9.95 UAH/l for A-grade gasoline. 95 and 9.45 UAH/l for diesel fuel. “We don’t just recommend certain prices, but provide an economically justified level of fuel cost.

Announcements about a potential restructuring of Greece's debt and a sharp fall in bonds could cause a "chain reaction" in the eurozone countries. Times are also difficult for the dollar: proposals to reduce the budget deficit in the United States must find a response from the market. Konstantin Maksimov asked questions about trends in this area to Hawk Sunshine, Deputy General Director for Investment Banking at Metropol.