Sberbank today announced a decrease in yield on deposits in rubles and foreign currency, as well as on savings certificates. Rates have been reduced since May 15 by an average of 0.5–0.75 percentage points. This is the second significant adjustment in interest rates on deposits since the beginning of the year. Photo: Oleg Kharseev, Kommersant Since May 15, Sberbank has been reducing the yield on most of its deposits, according to its press release.

Exchange of messages between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin leads Russian-American relations out of impasse 8K 4 min. ... Russia and the United States are beginning to emerge from the zone of exclusion that has clouded their relations over the past year. According to Kommersant's information, on May 20, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev will go to Washington with a personal message from Vladimir Putin to Barack Obama.

The European Commission approved recommendations to the Council of the European Union to sign an association agreement with Ukraine at the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius if Ukraine fulfills all EU requirements.

The majority of Russians have doubts about the non-systemic opposition, sociologists from the Levada Center have found out. At the same time, in the rating of trust in the leaders of the protest movement, ex-State Duma deputy Gennady Gudkov was ahead of blogger Alexei Navalny. However, citizens' sympathy for the latter is due to pity, and not to his authority, experts are sure. Photo: Gleb Shchelkunov, Kommersant / buy photo Gennady Gudkov inspires more trust among Russians than Alexei Navalny.

Arbitration management reported on income On Tuesday, the management of the Twelfth Arbitration Court of Appeal in Saratov reported on income. In general, judges' earnings are growing steadily. At the same time, the chairman of the arbitration, Nikolai Sharaev, like last year, does not have a personal car. Employees of the Twelfth Arbitration Court of Appeal, located in Saratov, published information about income and property for 2012.

Australian dollar** 793.0058 British pound** 1222.958 Belarusian ruble* 0.0092 Hungarian forint*** 35,098 Danish krone** 139.1705 U.S. dollar** 799.3 Euro** 1037.252 Icelandic krona** 6.5143 Kazakh tenge** 5.2892 Canadian dollar** 788.3648 Norwegian krone** 137.5574 Polish zloty** 248.9503 Russian ruble* 2.5555 Turkish Lira** 441.271 Czech crown** 40.0684 Swedish krona** 120.0684 Swiss frank** 835.4153 Japanese yen** 78.6512 *For 10. **For 100. ***For 1000. According to the NBU

On Tuesday, a meeting of shareholders of JSC Yakhont Store, one of the largest jewelry stores in the center of Novosibirsk, was held. As stated in the official statement of the company, during the meeting a new board of directors was elected. It included Irina Konopatskaya, Oksana Konopatskaya, Nuria Alieva, Marina Zaverten, as well as the general director of the OJSC Elena Yurkina.

The heads of the Novosibirsk prosecutor's office published declarations of their income and property for 2012. Compared to 2011, the income of regional prosecutor Evgeny Ovchinnikov increased by almost 1.3 million rubles. and amounted to 2.9 million rubles. This is 0.5 million rubles. more than that of the Deputy Prosecutor General in the Siberian Federal District Ivan Semchishin. Mr. Ovchinnikov’s family did not make any serious acquisitions during the reporting period.

Liquidation of NPOs will be demanded through the courts Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov said that the Ministry of Justice will ask the court to liquidate the Golos association if the non-profit organization (NPO) does not register as a foreign agent.

The State Duma on Wednesday considered government amendments to the current 2013 budget law in the first reading. Due to problems in the economy and the uncertainty of privatization plans, deputies did not change the main parameters of the state treasury and only redistributed 171 billion rubles, which will be used to implement the May presidential decrees and support agriculture.

Oil Production may be declared insolvent Yesterday, the Voronezh Arbitration Court received a statement of self-bankruptcy of Oil Production CJSC, one of the largest creameries in the region and the main asset of the Masloproduct group of companies, whose main owner Alexey Bazhanov is now accused of embezzling government funds in the amount of 1.1 billion rubles.

The values ​​of the Kommersant currency indicator (Ъ-indicator) were: 8,153 – 8,160 UAH/$, which is higher than Tuesday’s figure (8,142 – 8,151 UAH/$); 10,515 – 10,534 UAH/euro (10,586 – 10,605 UAH/euro); 2,589 – 2,597 UAH/10 rubles. (2,601 – 2,609 UAH/10 rubles). The b-indicator has been calculated by the Kommersant-Ukraine publishing house since March 16, 2009, based on the dollar purchase/sale prices of the largest transactions on the interbank foreign exchange market.

Regional Duma deputy Tatyana Tsybizova left the party Deputy of the Volgograd Regional Duma Tatyana Tsybizova, who has been a member of the party since the founding of the regional branch, left United Russia. The parliamentarian repeatedly criticized the work of the regional department, which was the reason for her leaving the party. United Russia refused to evaluate her decision, but stated that they regretted that she left the party ranks.

Moscow terminated the agreement with Baku on the transit of Azerbaijani oil through its territory. Yesterday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a corresponding order. The agreement between the parties was signed in 1996. According to its terms, Azerbaijan had to transport at least 5 million tons of raw materials per year at a tariff of $15.67 per ton. However, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) pumped no more than 2 million tons per year.

The Ministry of Economy does not support the Ministry of Finance’s proposal to increase the minimum dividend for state-owned companies to 35% from 25% of profits, but considers it possible to calculate these payments according to international rather than Russian reporting standards.