The Russian government managed to agree with the international payment systems Visa and MasterCard on the conditions for continuing their work in the country. It is reported by Interfax with reference to the source. “They previously agreed on the conditions for continuing work in Russia,” the agency’s source noted.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on May 23 at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum that economic sanctions will affect the economy of the investigators, and the unipolar model of the world order has not taken place, reports Interfax . According to Putin, rapid geopolitical and technological shifts occur in the world. “A single -polar model of the world order did not take place.

The head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Valentin Nalivaichenko said that on the day of the presidential election on May 25, a power special operation will not be held in the east of the country, RIA Novosti reports. “Our task is to ensure security, a peaceful, transparent path for all Ukrainians so that they can vote. We do not plan any military operations on this day, ”said Valentin Nalyvaichenko.

The owner of the Rain television channel Alexander Vinokurov considers the option of his participation in the elections in the Moscow City Duma on September 14 this year, writes in the issue of Friday the Vedomosti newspaper. In an interview with the publication, Alexander Vinokurov said that he had not yet made the final decision this account.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the Ukrainian topic on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, but it will not be the main one, the Russian News Service reports with reference to the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov. The presidential spokesman explained that the main at the PMEF will be meetings with representatives of the business world, but Vladimir Putin has planned meetings with many guests of PMEF.

“Russian railways” expect to conduct indexation of tariffs for cargo transportation at 14-16%in 2015, Interfax reports with reference to the senior vice president of Russian Railways Vadim Mikhailov. As Vadim Mikhailov said on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, in Russian Railways this increase is considered “fair”, as it will allow compensating for the lack of tariff indexation in 2014.

The project “Your History” held on May 18 the city quest “Hunters for the 90s”, combining an intellectual puzzle, a request for serious knowledge of Moscow, immersion in the history and atmosphere of the Russian 1990s and a fun sports race. The game was attended by more than 400 stubborn and inquisitive young Muscovites.

This will be an article in the format "You just do not know how to cook it correctly" with tips how to do it right. That is, how to prepare yourself for elections in Ukraine (May 25, Sunday), so that it becomes interesting. In fact, the president is selected there. He, in principle, is already almost known, there is no intrigue. But then there are several other curious ones (well, for those who are in the topic - so why do it be in it?) Figs. There is their list here. Who is the president?

Former President of the Guatemala Alfonso Portillo is sentenced to prison to wash money in the United States, the Telesur TV channel reports. In the United States, money washing is punishable by imprisonment for up to 20 years. However, Portillo managed to mitigate the sentence with sincere recognition, as well as the consent to return $ 2.5 million to the American budget. As a result of the ex-president, Guatemala was sentenced to five years and 10 months of prison.

Observers of the UN cannot determine the whereabouts of Russian journalists detained in Ukraine, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the statement of the official representative of the World Organization Stefan Duzharrik. According to Duzharrik, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights notified that the observer team could not confirm the location of detained journalists.

A group of Russian observers was allowed to be in Ukraine. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a member of the Presidential Council of Human Rights Elena Topolev-Soldunov. She said that there were 16 people in the group of observers, including a member of the youth human rights movement Julia Arkhipova, as well as representatives of Voice, Levada Center and other organizations. “They were stopped at the border.

The Thai military, who announced martial law on the eve, detained the former prime minister of the country in Bangkok, Yinglak Chinavat. It is reported by BBC . Members of the ex-Prime Minister’s family were also detained, the report said. The location of the detainees has not yet been reported.

Gazprom agreed with China a preliminary advance payment for gas in the amount of $ 25 billion, Interfax reports with reference to the head of the Gazpromexport Alexander Medvedev “The advance is fundamentally agreed - $ 25 billion,” said the head of Gazpromesport on the sidelines of the PMEF. MDVEDEV confirmed that the price of blue fuel will exceed 350 dollars per thousand square cubic meters.

Vladimir Putin expressed the hope that Western partners, including the United States, will prevail common sense, and he will push them to continue cooperation with Russia, Interfax reports. “We have many coinciding points that are of interest to cooperation for both the USA and the Russian Federation. We are not going to engage in self -isolation, but you will not forcibly sweet, as we are popularly said, ”said the Russian President at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum ( PMEF ).

The State Duma approved in the final reading a bill, offering to return the “against all” to the ballots in elections to local governments, Interfax reports. When preparing this initiative for consideration in the second reading, a group of deputies from the Communist Party and Just Russia demanded to discuss the introduction of the column “against all” and in the elections of federal authorities. However, such amendments were rejected.