The Russian Championship in Lobnya will determine the lineups for the European and World Championships The Russian Fencing Championship on April 15–22 in Lobnya, near Moscow, at which 12 sets of awards will be competed, will become a qualifying start for the European Championships (June, Strasbourg) and the World Championships (July, Kazan).

State stake in Khaibullinsk Mining Company put up for auction The Ministry of Land and Property Relations of Bashkiria announced its intention to sell at auction 100% of the shares of OJSC Khaibullinskaya Mining Company (KMC). The government expects to receive 120.8 million rubles from the sale of the stake. Since KhGK has been managed by the UMMC holding for 10 years, experts call it or one of its structures the most likely buyer.

blur and flow before the eyes of business department correspondent Natalya Skorlygina More than once, not even ten times, our newspaper tried to tackle the topic of water use. For example, understand water supply and sanitation. This economically important, catastrophically underinvested industry, close to the consumer, is appetizing for a journalist both because of the abundance of its own problems and the mass of small incidents.

The Gucci company announced that it itself will control stores in Moscow. Experts believe that the refusal of distributor services indicates that the brand has firmly established itself in the Russian market and is ready to develop independently. Photo: Vasily Shaposhnikov, Kommersant Gucci takes control of boutiques in Moscow. This was reported by representatives of the company itself.

The representative of Bashkiria in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Rafail Zinurov, having moved to work in the Federation Council last fall from the post of vice-speaker of the Kurultai of the Republic, has somewhat worsened his material well-being, as follows from his declaration for 2013. In the Federation Council, Mr. Zinurov declared income in the amount of 3.12 million rubles.

Representatives of the Ukrainian Right Sector demanded to close the border between Ukraine and Russia, ITAR-TASS reports, citing a statement from the organization. “We demand the closure of Ukraine’s borders, and since Russia claims that the “little green men” are not its military personnel, we demand the destruction of these terrorists. We recognize the current government. Despite this, we regard her actions as unprofessional and bordering on sabotage.

Fertilizer producers' dividends fall Dividends of Russian chemical companies are falling following a decline in key financial indicators caused by low prices on the market. Following Uralkali, Phosagro more than halved its payments to shareholders. The company as a whole will pay 4.5 billion rubles. for 2013, this is 2.4 times lower than last year.

Law enforcement agencies are investigating the circumstances of the incident on the street. Vodopyanov in the Sovetsky district of the regional center, where an unknown man shot and killed the head of one of the city’s fruit and vegetable enterprises, Interfax reports with reference to the head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the region, Vladimir Yurchenko. He noted that the murder occurred on Tuesday around 7 a.m.

A state of emergency has been introduced in the Trans-Baikal Territory due to forest fires, Interfax reports, citing a message from the governor’s press service. “Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Trans-Baikal Territory Gennady Chupina has been appointed head of the emergency response work,” the message says.

The United States has sent a group of employees from the FBI, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Finance to Ukraine to assist the Kiev authorities in the return of Ukrainian assets abroad, and will also convene a multilateral meeting for these purposes with the participation of Ukrainian officials, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the US State Department on the night of April 15 .

The prosecutor's office of the Omsk region convicted the Tevriz branch of the Omsk region of Rosgosstrakh OJSC of imposing additional insurance services on citizens.

Ukrainian troops are preparing to storm Slavyansk, Sergei Tsyplakov, a representative of the Donbass People’s Militia, told RIA Novosti . “Now there is a serious assault on the city of Slavyansk, armored personnel carriers are entering the city, there are a lot of troops. The guys are preparing for defense,” the activist said.

The prosecutor's office of Surgut (KhMAO) conducted an investigation into the collapse of the Gazprom Pererabotki administrative building under construction on March 6, which resulted in the death of two people and one injury.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the appointment of Sergei Menyailo and... O. governor of Sevastopol, according to the Kremlin website .

Governor Zhilkin proposed two ways to solve the problem of emergency housing At the beginning of summer, on June 2, the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation will be held in Astrakhan. It is expected to discuss the problems of relocating citizens from dilapidated housing. The Astrakhan governor has been appointed as the rapporteur at this meeting.