The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has decided to increase the size of the observer mission in Ukraine to 500 people in order to ensure the implementation of the Geneva agreements reached by the heads of foreign affairs of Russia, the United States, the EU and Ukraine on April 17. The head of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center, Adam Kobieracki, stated this on Tuesday at a specially convened meeting of the organization’s Permanent Council, ITAR-TASS reports.

The building of the district prosecutor's office was set on fire in Chelyabinsk On Monday night in Chelyabinsk, unknown persons threw Molotov cocktails at two offices of assistant prosecutors of the Kalininsky district. In addition, an inscription calling for arson “for Adolf” and an image of a fascist swastika appeared on the prosecutor’s office building. Investigators from the regional Investigative Committee opened a criminal case into vandalism and damage to property.

US Vice President Joe Biden is holding talks in Kyiv this morning with... O. President of Ukraine Alexander Turchynov, AP reports. Negotiations are taking place in the building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Later, Joe Biden plans to meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

The prosecution demands six years in prison for Denis Pashkov The prosecutor's office is seeking a guilty verdict for the former Minister of Industry and Energy of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Denis Pashkov. The official is accused of stealing 29.3 million rubles. state subsidies allocated to the Sibtyazhmash plant.

Ukrainian presidential candidate Oleg Tsarev says that the new authorities of the country offered $100-200 thousand to soldiers of the disbanded Berkut special forces for returning to service. Berkut, which opposed the radicals in Kyiv, was disbanded at the end of February. The new Ukrainian authorities suspected almost 20 special forces soldiers of involvement in the shooting on the Maidan, but they rejected these accusations.

The demand of Russian tourists for trips to Latvia and Lithuania has decreased by a third. Disappointment in this direction was provoked by the high euro exchange rate, experts say, but Turkey and Egypt not only did not lose their clientele, but even began to attract even more travelers. Photo: Gleb Shchelkunov, Kommersant / buy photo The Russians are disappointed in Lithuania and Latvia.

The Kurgan Regional Court yesterday sentenced one of the leaders of the Shadrinsk criminal group, Dmitry Pryamonosov, to 21 years in prison, accused of 22 robberies and murders of local businessmen and “criminal authorities.” “He was found guilty of banditry (Article 209 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), murder (Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and other crimes,” explained Svetlana Novik, head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry

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The Department of Investment and Entrepreneurship of the Rostov Region will begin accepting documents for participation in a competition to receive compensation for part of the capital or current costs associated with the production of innovative products from April 28, the regional Ministry of Economic Development reported.

The Russian government, on behalf of the head of state, will open a presidential cadet school in Sevastopol, Interfax reports. According to the explanatory note to the document, training at the Sevastopol Presidential Cadet School will last seven years according to innovative programs of general and secondary education, and in high school cadets will study languages ​​in depth and actively engage in sports.

The Mechel company's investment project to develop the Elga coal deposit can be financed by the Chinese China Exim Bank, Vedomosti reports. VEB (a creditor of the company) is negotiating the provision of funds. As VEB Deputy Chairman of the Board Alexander Ivanov noted, the Chinese company can facilitate the import of equipment that will be used for the development of the deposit, and part of the mined coal will be supplied to China. Specific parameters were not disclosed.

Families who lost their homes as a result of floods in the Far East last year will be provided with housing until September 30, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said during the annual report to the State Duma on the government's activities for the year. “The government has allocated about 40 billion rubles to eliminate the consequences and provide assistance. Work to provide housing to affected citizens continues and should be completed by September 30,” the Prime Minister said.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is confident that the Russian authorities will be able to minimize the consequences for the country's economy of the sanctions imposed by the West after Crimea became part of Russia. “I am confident that we will be able to minimize their consequences.

The Federal Tourism Agency has found a new leader The head of the Federal Tourism Agency is changing. As Kommersant has learned, the place of Alexander Radkov, who has headed the department since 2011, may be taken by the former president of the RTS stock exchange and a native of Uralvagonzavod Oleg Safonov.

rent The mood in the rental market in March is not much different from that in February. Supply still exceeds demand, although not everywhere; tenants have realized that their time has come and are trying to bargain. And on the country market, “distant dachas” have become very popular, which many also want to chip in with. Photo: Anton Belitsky, Kommersant / buy photo Bargaining here is reluctant There are more landlords than people willing to rent an apartment—that’s a fact.