Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that today there is a gradual de-escalation in Donbass. “Today we can state, still with restrained caution, that a gradual de-escalation is underway,” Mr. Poroshenko said on Friday in an interview with the 1+1 TV channel. According to him, this is evidenced by the fact that for several days the Kiev side has not recorded losses. The President of Ukraine added that elections in Donbass will be held only when they meet OSCE requirements.

The Presnensky Court of Moscow extended the house arrest of the defendant in the Oboronservis case, Evgenia Vasilyeva, until June 23. In court, prosecutors insisted on extending Evgenia Vasilyeva’s house arrest due to the fact that the process was not completed and she could escape, Interfax reports. Evgenia Vasilyeva is accused of exceeding official powers, fraud on an especially large scale, abuse of power and money laundering.

The heads of the Donetsk and Lugansk “people's republics” (DPR and LPR), Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky, appealed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande with a request to impose sanctions against a number of Ukrainian leaders.

The case of treason brought against a housewife from Vyazma was dropped for lack of evidence of a crime As Kommersant learned, the examination ordered by the investigation did not find state secrets in the information that Svetlana Davydova, a resident of Vyazma, provided to the Ukrainian Embassy. In fact, experts admitted that her reports about the possible transfer of Russian troops to Donbass are not secret and do not pose a threat to the security of the Russian Federation. One of Ms.

The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications supported the transition of Soviet films into the public domain. This means that the video materials will be available for download on the Internet for everyone and for free. President of the Association of Internet Publishers Ivan Zasursky answered questions from Kommersant FM host Marat Kashin. Photo: RGAKFD/Rosinform, Kommersant The authorities have yet to work out the issue of copyright.

A database of entrepreneurs who were injured in the fire at the Admiral shopping center will be created in Kazan, the press service of the Kazan city administration told TASS . “The possibility of providing a deferment or debt restructuring, and issuing new loans by key banks of Tatarstan at a preferential rate of 8-9% will be discussed. Other possible forms of state support for affected entrepreneurs are also being considered,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

Boris Barabanov on Will Butler's debut album Arcade Fire has only one truly grandiose album—its first. This seditious idea of ​​the Weekend columnist is shared by several fairly authoritative musical people whose opinions can be trusted. After the 2010 Grammy, Arcade Fire moved to the big leagues, the band's name is written in the biggest letters on festival posters, and every note of their new albums is carefully absorbed by journalists and bloggers.

At an auction on March 12, the territorial department of the Federal Property Management Agency in Bashkiria sold 1.8% of the authorized capital of Bashkir Investment House CJSC to individual Almaz Makhmutov. The transaction cost was 26.39 thousand rubles, the starting price was 24.14 thousand rubles. As follows from the department’s message, an application to participate in the auction was also submitted by the individual Ravshan Dyumeev. His price offer is not given.

On March 12, as part of a project to improve the financial literacy of young people, the Volga Bank hosted a meeting between the director of the branch network management, Alexey Smolnikov, and students from regional universities, the bank’s press service reported on Friday.

The number of Russians satisfied with their lives has reached 52%, according to a survey by VTsIOM. Western media consider this statistics paradoxical against the backdrop of the economic crisis and sanctions. Independent analyst Alexander Klyukin is trying to find an answer to the question of why, in such conditions, more than half of Russian residents feel happy. Photo: Petr Kassin, Kommersant / buy photo I came across an interesting article from the French press.

The company purchased Autotrading trucks One of the largest Russian players in commercial trucking, Business Lines, conducted the first M&A deal since the former president of A1, Mikhail Khabarov, became its co-owner. Business Lines purchased 120 Mercedes-Benz tractors with semi-trailers from the Autotrading company, which, according to market participants, could cost it 0.6-1 billion rubles.

The bank will find borrowers using artificial intelligence Sberbank announced the purchase of control in the developer of the mobile payment system and loyalty program Platius, as well as in the online advertising platform Segmento, which uses artificial intelligence technologies. The targeted advertising project is also being developed by the American retailer Walmart, where Lev Khasis, first deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank, previously worked.

Press release The branch of IDGC of Center, JSC - Voronezhenergo, has completed preparations for the period of spring floods. Power engineers have fully implemented the measures provided to ensure stable operation of power grid facilities and the safety of power equipment throughout the entire period. To coordinate actions to prepare for and manage the flood in Voronezhenergo, a special flood commission was created.

At Yekaterinburg Koltsovo airport this morning, three flights from Hurghada, Orenburg and Izhevsk were delayed due to a snowstorm. TASS reports this with reference to Dmitry Tyukhtin, director of strategic communications at the airport. “Three planes were delayed for two to three hours. Now Koltsovo airport is operating as normal,” he said. Kommersant-Online

Today, an agreement was signed on the interaction of the consumer market department of the Rostov region with the Rostov State Economic University (RINH) and the Internet portal 161.ru, the information policy department of the regional government reported. The main purpose of the agreement is to monitor retail prices for a socially significant group of goods at trade enterprises and retail markets in urban districts and urban settlements of the region.