For the first time since 2013, the United States came out on top in the ranking of countries investing in Russia, according to a study by the EY audit and consulting network. In total, in 2018, foreign investors invested in 211 projects in Russia. Compared to 2017 (238 projects), the number of foreign projects in Russia decreased by 11%, but EY says that this is in line with the general European trend (a decrease of 4%), RBC reports .

The Investigative Committee accused employees of the diplomatic mission of stealing more than 49 million rubles from the accounts of the Russian Embassy in Israel.

Tax evasion should be considered a crime that continues until the debtor finally settles with the state. Such an explanation is contained in the draft resolution of the plenum of the Supreme Court, which is scheduled to be discussed on Thursday, Vedomosti writes .

The Perekrestok supermarket chain will create a digital installment card for customers. This was agreed upon by the retailer X5 Retail Group and BKS Bank, which signed an agreement at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. With the help of virtual cards, customers will have the opportunity to make purchases on credit with a grace period. Cards will be issued almost instantly and will be available in all supermarkets of the chain.

Pope Francis will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 4, AFP reported, citing the Vatican press service. Putin and Francis I will discuss the situation in Ukraine, the Middle East and tensions in the church world, namely the receipt of a tomos on the autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the Argentine agency Télam reports, citing a source in the Vatican, Vedomosti reports.

Russia is ready for the fact that the treaty on measures to further reduce and limit strategic offensive arms (START-3) will not be extended, said President Vladimir Putin “Now we have on the agenda the extension of the START-3 treaty. May not be extended. Our systems are such that they are guaranteed to ensure the security of Russia for a fairly long historical perspective.

The Verkhovna Rada denied the President of Ukraine the dismissal of the head of the Security Service Vasily Hrytsak, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak. Zelensky made submissions on the dismissal of officials on May 30. After Zelensky's victory in the presidential election, Klimkin himself submitted his resignation from the post of head of the Foreign Ministry. Poltorak and Hrytsak also resigned on May 20.

Progress is being made on the issue of the exchange of detainees between Moscow and Kiev, Ukrainian representative Leonid Kuchma said after a meeting of working groups within the Trilateral Contact Group on the Peaceful Settlement of the Situation in Donbas. “I cannot say that tomorrow these issues will be fundamentally resolved. But I know for sure that they will begin to be resolved. The question of our sailors was also raised.

VPN services that have not connected to the state information system to restrict access to prohibited sites will be blocked within a month, said Alexander Zharov, head of Roskomnadzor. “We sent notifications to ten VPNs. Just one of them - Kaspersky Secure Connection connected to the registry. All the rest did not answer, moreover, they wrote on their websites that they would not comply with Russian law.

In 2018, more than 290 thousand enterprises were opened in Russia, and over 600 thousand companies ceased their activities. Thus, the number of closed businesses exceeded the number of opened ones by 2.14 times, follows from a study by the FinExpertiza audit and consulting network, RBC reports . Most of the enterprises opened in Crimea - over 1700, but the number of those closed here is also large - over 1600.

A window was broken in the car of the editor-in-chief of the Znak portal, Dmitry Kolezev, and the young man who did it was detained. According to Mediazona, the journalist said that in the morning he came to his car and saw that the rear window was broken, and a stranger was sitting in the driver's seat. Kolezev called the police, at that moment the young man got out of the car. “He is clearly not very sane, but he stands on his feet. I ask: who are you?

More than 170 servicemen of the Russian air defense units were near the border in the Rostov region on the day when flight MH17 was attacked from the Buk air defense system. writes about this Novaya Gazeta , which had at its disposal documents on ensuring safety on public roads during the movement of Russian troops in June 2014, as well as extracts from orders to put air defense servicemen on allowances and allocate dry rations to them.

The head of the Accounts Chamber, Alexei Kudrin, called the arrest of Baring Vostok founder Michael Calvey a “shock for the economy” Since the beginning of 2019, capital outflow from Russia has doubled and has already reached $40 billion, said the head of the Accounts Chamber, Alexei Kudrin, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. According to him, the situation with investor Michael Calvey is a “shock for the economy”, which is fraught with further capital outflow.

A year ago, in Pskov (under the supervision of plenipotentiary Beglov), the same team headed by political strategist Seravin worked, which is now working for Acting Governor Beglov in St. Petersburg At the beginning of the conference, they broke into our office, Datsik began to yell, swear, and in the style of “Hold me seven” shout that “enemies of the people”, “Judas” and “perverts” had gathered here, that there was “propaganda of pederasty” and others terrible things for him.

The St. Petersburg Economic Forum this year was held against the backdrop of stagnation, the arrest of Michael Calvey, new attacks by the security forces on IT companies, and the absence of Western leaders. On the main topics of SPIEF-2019 - NT correspondent Shock to the economy Traditionally, the audit and consulting company EY presented the report “Investment Attractiveness of European Countries in 2018” at the start of SPIEF.