The intolerance of the ruling circles to criticism is growing: Putin’s friends cannot be analyzed even in expert reports. This threatens to meaning the return of Alexei Kudrin to power Photo: Apral.ru "Intensive therapy" for analyst On Wednesday, it was announced to the decision of Sberbank to dismiss two analysts - Alexander Kudrin, the head of the analytical unit Sberbank CIB, and Alex Fek, one of the strongest analysts in Russian oil and gas.

The administration of US President Donald Trump is considering imposing new duties on the import of foreign cars. According to The Wall Street Journal , Trump is pushing for a 25% tariff. To introduce new tariffs in the United States, they began to study the impact of importing foreign cars on national security. “There is evidence that for decades, imports have been destroying our domestic auto industry,” U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross was quoted as saying by Reuters .

The artist breaks, the poet Harms and all-all-all On the left - Alice Porn, 1937; On the right is an illustration of A. Vvedensky's book “Railway”, 1929 On the left - an illustration to the book of A.A. Milna "Winnie the Pooh and All-all-all", 1960; on the right - a page from the diaries A.

Iran is ready to abandon the resumption of its nuclear program if Europe guarantees the fulfillment of a number of conditions. This was stated by the supreme leader of the country, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Europe must guarantee non-interference in Tehran's policy in the region and not raise the issue of building missiles in Iran. Europe must also ensure that Iranian oil is fully sold. “If the US can stop the sale of our oil, we should be able to sell as much oil as we want.

Russian businessman Roman Abramovich is due to arrive in Israel on May 24 to obtain the country's citizenship. This is reported by Israel Hayom , which notes that the billionaire is building a huge house in the Tel Aviv Neve Tzedek area. Abramovich is a frequent visitor to Israel and recently invested in building a particle accelerator at the Sheba Medical Center.

Russian President Vladimir Putin invited former Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin to head the Roscosmos state corporation. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “I will do everything possible and necessary to justify your trust,” Rogozin replied, TASS reports . Also today, former First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov agreed to Putin's proposal to head Vnesheconombank.

US President Donald Trump canceled a June 12 meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump wrote about this to Kim Jong-un in a letter published by the White House. The US President attributed his decision to "extraordinary malice" and "open hostility" in recent statements by the North Korean leader. “I think that holding a summit at the moment would be inappropriate,” the letter says.

In 2019, Russia plans to create a special fund to finance infrastructure, First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said. According to Vedomosti , the fund will be formed by attracting market loans from the Ministry of Finance. “This money is not opportunistic income, not income from oil and gas. This is the money that we plan to receive from raising debt financing.

The international investigative group established: the shot down by the Malaysian Boeing-777 “Buk” belonged to the Russian Air Defense Brigade, deployed near Kursk. From there he was delivered to the DPR Photo: ru.bellingcat.com The Buk anti-aircraft missile system, which in 2014 in the sky above the Donbass was shot down by the Malaysian Boeing-777, belongs to the 53rd Russian Air Defense Brigade located near Kursk.

What brought the TV presenter to the presidential campaign, and whether it is useful to the Kremlin Photo: ntv.ru The former governor of St. Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak in August 2017 would have turned 80 years old. The legendary St. Petersburg mayor went down in history as the first chosen mayor of Leningrad, who returned his original name to the city, as well as as a person, thanks to whom Russian President Vladimir Putin began a political career.

VTB Group sold an 11.82% stake in the Magnit network to the investment company Marathon Group. Prior to this, VTB owned 29% of Magnit. The amount of the transaction is not disclosed, the acquired stake is estimated at 62.5 billion rubles. based on the value of Magnit shares at the close of trading on May 23, 2018, RBC reports . VTB notes that after the completion of the transaction, the group will continue to actively participate in the development of Magnit's business.

The negative impact of Western sanctions on the Russian economy has increased after the latest wave of restrictive measures, and now they can take up to 0.5% of GDP growth. Such an assessment, according to TASS , was voiced by the head of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Earlier, according to him, sanctions took away up to 0.2-0.3% of GDP growth, but after the last wave, this impact increased.

The Buk anti-aircraft missile system, which in 2014 shot down a Malaysian Boeing-777 in the sky over the Donbass, belongs to the 53rd Russian air defense brigade, located in Kursk. This, according to Reuters , was announced by an international investigation team that is investigating the crash. Investigators made this conclusion based on photos and videos from social networks. At the same time, they still cannot say who shot down the liner and why, TASS notes .

The Russian Embassy in the UK believes that Yulia Skripal's statement, which was circulated the day before, was not written by her. “The video shown only reinforces our concern about the conditions in which she is being held. It is quite obvious that Julia was reading a pre-written text. Moreover, judging by a number of turns, it was a translation from English, and the original was compiled by a native speaker.

A court in Grozny dismissed a complaint about a refusal to open a criminal case against police officers who, according to Oyub Titiev, head of Memorial's Chechen branch, planted drugs on him. “Judge Khlystunov dismissed the complaint. The decision to refuse to initiate proceedings against the policemen who planted the drugs on Oyub has been upheld,” telegram channel reported. Memorial’s Titiev sent a statement about planted drugs to the Investigative Committee in January.