The prosecutor's office of the Nizhny Novgorod region began checking the legality of the actions of the Nizhny Novgorod administration, which allocated almost 100 million rubles to the city's management companies. federal funds to replace working elevators.

164 1 min. ... The Bank of Russia summed up the first results of the new supervision procedure for non-transparent banks introduced in April. In accordance with the recommendations of the Central Bank “On urgent measures of rapid supervisory response,” territorial departments are instructed to introduce supervision on a daily basis to “prevent situations of rapid deterioration in the financial position” of banks (see Kommersant on April 18).

tools The share of clients wishing to obtain an online loan is constantly growing. On the one hand, thanks to online loans, bank costs are significantly reduced, on the other hand, the quality of online borrowers is much worse than traditional clients. Already the 2008 crisis forced banks to reconsider their advertising budgets and pushed them to search for the most effective channels for attracting customers. Thus, banks began to employ lead generators who collect data about potential clients.

A fire broke out in the Moscow metro this morning during rush hour. On the Sokolnicheskaya line of the subway, in the section between the Lenin Library and Okhotny Ryad stations, the power cable feeding the train caught fire. The red line of the subway was blocked, 4.5 thousand people were evacuated from stations, more than 40 people who were poisoned by combustion products sought medical help, and four citizens were hospitalized.

The trial of the main WikiLeaks informant has begun in the United States. US authorities intend to seek a life sentence for private Bradley Manning, accused of transferring classified materials to the WikiLeaks website. The trial that began in Maryland threatens the US administration with new troubles. American human rights activists insist that the Manning case is part of a large-scale campaign against information leaks waged by the White House.

Today, President Viktor Yanukovych will meet with the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Robert Mueller. This was reported by the press service of the head of state .

Due to a fire in the Moscow metro, the entire Sokolnicheskaya line was closed. Car traffic along Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street was also suspended. According to the latest data, 47 people were injured as a result of a fire in the capital’s subway, seven were hospitalized. An eyewitness to the incident, head of the “Crime” department of the Kommersant Publishing House, Maxim Varyvdin, told the details to presenter Alexey Korneev.

A meeting of the executive committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) was held at the House of Football, at which the venue for the 2014 World Cup qualifying match between Ukraine and England and some other matches was approved, the FFU said in a release.

London football club Arsenal announced the departure of midfielder Andrei Arshavin from the team. This is stated in a message published on the official Arsenal website. At the same time, midfielder Denilson and defender Sebastien Schillaci will leave the team. Their contracts end on June 30. “We wish them all the best for the future,” it said.

The brewer closed another plant in Russia The world's largest beer producer AB InBev has closed its second plant in Russia over the past year. Following the shutdown of the Kursk plant last August, production at the Novocheboksarsk plant has now ceased. Before this, AB InBev negotiated with the local administration about providing subsidies, but the Russian government opposed the regions giving preferences to alcohol companies.

The Ministry of Economy of the Nizhny Novgorod Region published information on the expected fulfillment of the forecast for the socio-economic development of the region in 2013, taking into account the indicators of the first quarter. According to preliminary estimates, industrial production growth this year is expected to be 4.5%, including 4.8% in the manufacturing sector.

As stated in a study by the recruiting portal Superjob.ru during a survey of residents of Russian megacities, Tyumen residents are more satisfied with life in their hometown (88% of respondents). “The city is very clean, and all the people are kind,” “The happiest people live in Tyumen, and I’m one of them,” Superjob.ru quotes them.

This week the arbitration court upheld the decision of the Rostov OFAS to impose an administrative fine in the amount of more than 27.84 million rubles. to the branch of IDGC of the South, JSC - Rostovenergo, reported the press service of the antimonopoly service.

As Kommersant learned, LLC LUKOIL-Permnefteproduct applied to the city commission for land use and development with a proposal to amend the rules of land use and development (PLZ), expanding the list of auxiliary types of permitted use in the Ts-1 zone (service and business zone activity of the city center). The company proposed to supplement it with built-in gas stations, subject to compliance with the requirements of technical regulations for the Ts-1 zone.

As Martin Ricken, director of corporate communications for Lufthansa in Europe, said, the carrier currently operates three flights a week on the Frankfurt-Ekaterinburg route and back on Airbus A319 aircraft. “Starting October 2013, changes will be made to the dates of flights: planes will depart from Frankfurt to the capital of the Urals on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, and from Yekaterinburg on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.