The car of Stanislav Valezhnikov, managing partner of the Central District law firm, was set on fire on Sunday night near the lawyer’s house in the Northern district of Voronezh. This is the second incident involving Mr. Valezhnikov: on April 18, he was beaten near his house and taken to the hospital with soft tissue injuries.

The gigantic volume of existing data is practically not processed or stored; no more than 20% of the created data even ends up on the global network, IDC calculated. By 2020, this figure will double, but more importantly, the ability of companies to extract value from data will increase. The digital data produced by humanity is largely ephemeral and short-lived, IDC analysts state in the Digital Universe 2020 report.

A New York court on Tuesday sentenced 57-year-old Russian native Anatoly Golubchik to five years in prison for money laundering, organizing an illegal gambling business and extortion. According to the American prosecutor's office, one of the leaders of the international criminal group, which included Golubchik, was businessman Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov, also known as Taiwanchik, currently living in Russia.

The head of a district in the Krasnoyarsk Territory was forgiven for purchasing an award at state expense The head of the Shushensky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Anatoly Kerzik, was sentenced by the court to two years of suspended imprisonment. He was accused of purchasing the non-state award “Order of Stolypin” at budget expense. The official did not repent of his crime and did not admit guilt.

Former officials are asked to keep an eye on current ones The authorities of Tatarstan intend to involve public councils (PCs) created under the ministries and municipalities of the republic in the fight against corruption. Yesterday, at a round table in the office of the President of Tatarstan, officials suggested that they monitor the expenses of officials, publish information about suspicious tenders in the media, and learn to ask “inconvenient questions” to heads of departments.

Almost half of Muscovites go to the theater less than once a year. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation. However, as it turned out, less than 10% of respondents had never been to theaters. Experts attribute this to the lack of venues where performances can be watched. Details from Daria Gorstkina and Yulia Pontus. Photo: Yuri Martyanov, Kommersant / buy photo Most Muscovites last visited the theater more than two years ago.

Sanctions against Russia do not apply to supplies of Russian Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said at a briefing in Washington on April 29. “As far as I understand, the sanctions announced yesterday do not affect the Ministry of Defense and, in particular, the Mi-17 contracts,” Mr. Kirby said.

Expert opinion According to the President of the Association of Russian Banks GAREGIN TOSUNYAN, contradictions in the regulatory documents by which banks operate are one of the reasons for nervousness in the financial market. Garegin Tosunyan is convinced that deprivation of licenses is not the only way to improve the country’s banking system; there are other tools Photo: Pavel Kassin, Kommersant / buy photo The past year was eventful.

The IMF has worsened its forecasts for Russia The Russian economy has entered a recession. Representatives of the International Monetary Fund announced this on April 30. The IMF has lowered its forecast for economic growth in Russia to almost zero, and also stated that capital outflow from the country will amount to $100 billion. If the situation develops negatively, the IMF does not rule out further revisions of the forecast. Details from Natalia Suvorova.

The region is preparing to build a network of waste recycling plants The government of the Tyumen region has announced a competition for the construction of four new waste processing plants in the region on the basis of a concession agreement.

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The FBI will create a special unit to search for the assets of foreign leaders whom the United States considers corrupt, RIA Novosti reported on April 30, citing the US Department of Justice. The United States is already conducting an extensive investigation into the assets of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who was ousted in February, by seven prosecutors. US Attorney General Eric Holder participated in a multilateral meeting in London to search for the assets of Mr.

Nikolai Merkushkin showed Dmitry Azarov how not to repair roads The head of the region, Nikolai Merkushkin, called the technologies used to repair roads in the regional center outdated. According to him, such technologies were used 15 years ago, and roads repaired in this way will again fall into disrepair after winter.

Dream Industries shareholder conflict is over Shareholders of Dream Industries (Zvooq.ru, Bookmate.com, etc.), who had been in conflict since December 2012, agreed to a peace settlement. Co-founder and ex-CEO of DI Alexey Ostroukhov resigned from its co-owners, selling his 22% stake to the remaining majority shareholders - Viktor Frumkin, Simon Dunlop and Dmitry Kostygin.

In the village of Vikhrevo in the Sergiev Posad municipal district of the Moscow region, a Sky Ranger light aircraft crashed. As a result of the crash, one person was killed and one was injured, according to the website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Moscow Region.