VTB’s profit in the first quarter of 2014 decreased almost to zero. According to the report of the bank itself, net profit decreased by 40 times to 400 million rubles. The VTB report did not justify even the most pessimistic forecasts - as a result of its campaign on the exchange, 5 percent lower than the opening traded during the day. VTB showed a decrease in net operating income due to the fact that he doubled the deductions to reserves from 22 billion to 47.6 billion rubles.

Ukraine considers the issue of withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Independent States, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Daniil Lubkovsky. “This organization turned out to be helpless, thus we adhere to our vision and its approach, and I confirm the words of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council that we are considering the issue of withdrawal from the CIS,” he explained.

Patriarch Kirill congratulated the politician and businessman Petro Poroshenko on the victory in the presidential election and expressed the hope that this choice of Ukrainian citizens will help to end bloodshed in the country , the press service of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church) reports.

Rostransnadzor called the cause of a large railway accident in the Moscow region the emission of the track, to which he led a number of violations by travel workers, the press service of the department reports. “The reason for the gathering of train wagons No.

Andrey Levkin Elections in Ukraine On May 23, there was an article “ Ukrainian elections to treat them”, where there were 10 points about the Ukrainian elections. And now the answers to 10 questions from that article. On points. Who is the president? Closer to the night on Tuesday, the CEC of Ukraine counted 92.16% of the protocols. Petro Poroshenko - 54.33%.

In the Donetsk region, unknown people blew up the railway track, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Department of Internal Policy of the Donetsk Regional State Administration. “In the morning in the Maryinsky district, between the cities of Krasnogorovka and Kurakhovo, the railway track was blown up by unknown persons,” the representative of the department said. The railway message between the two cities has been violated. All trains following Donetsk are directed along the spare branch.

The chief of staff of the defense of Nigeria, Alex Badeh, said that the whereabouts of more than 200 stolen schoolgirls were determined, the France Press agency reports. “Good news for girls is that we know where they are, but we cannot tell you,” Badeh told reporters. The abduction occurred on April 14 of this year. Then the militants of the Islamist group "Boko Haram" attacked the women's boarding school in the city of Shimki of the state of Borona and stole 276 students of this institution.

In Gorlovka, the head of the criminal police of the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka, Donetsk region, Roman Babyuk and the head of the criminal investigation department of the same district, Dmitry Krikunov, were publicly shot in front of the personnel. This was reported by the Portal " island " with reference to an eyewitness. According to the interlocutor of the publication, the execution occurred at 11:30 (12:30 Moscow time) on the territory of the Gorlovsky crap.

A group of students attending the archaeological circle found in the north of Chile a mummy, which has been 7 thousand years old. This was reported by the Chilean newspaper TERSERA . The schoolchildren reportedly made the find last weekend while staying in the territory of the tourist attractions of Morro de Aric. Experts believe that the archaeological artifact came to the surface of the Earth as a result of a powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.2, which occurred in April of this year.

The police detained the six activists of the Dutch branch of Greenpeace, who previously blocked the Saturn drill platform, captured by Gazprom Neft for work in the Barents Sea. This was reported on the website of "Greenpeace Russia". “Six climbers who climbed the supports of the oil platform have been detained, they have not yet been charged,” the Greenpeace of Russia says.

In Donetsk between the National Guard and the forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the battle began, it is going on near the regional military registration and enlistment office, where one of the “garrisons” of militias is located, RIA Novosti reports citing the headquarters of the militias. “The battle goes at the crossroads of Kyiv Avenue and Buslaev Street. The military enlistment office is located there, ”said the representative of the militias.

Zeleny Prospekt Street in the Novogireevo metro area in the east of Moscow was flooded due to heavy rain, traffic is difficult. It is reported by RIA Novosti . According to the agency correspondent, in some places the water reaches the bodies of cars. Public transport does not work, the movement of trolleybuses was stopped, several stops were also flooded. It is difficult to move along the green avenue from the Novogireevo metro station towards the Porovo metro.

Polit.ru offers your attention the five news of the day. The selection included the three most read news, one news selected by the editorial office, and the most unusual, in our opinion, news today. 1. Ukrainian special forces storms the headquarters of the DPR in Mariupol Ukrainian security forces conduct an attack on the headquarters of supporters of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in Mariupol, Donetsk region. This was reported by representatives of the militia.

Military aircraft fly over the center of the Ukrainian Donetsk again, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. According to the journalist, these are the same aircraft that ran the day before during the battle at the airport between militias and Ukrainian security forces. Locals shoot planes on mobile phones. As noted, there are currently no combat operations. The airport is controlled by the Ukrainian military, the air traffic with Donetsk was not resumed.

The former head of the Department of Property Relations of the Ministry of Defense Evgenia Vasilyeva arrested six real estate, a bank account worth 25 million rubles and accounts of organizations controlled by it in the amount of over 300 million rubles. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the official representative of the IC Vladimir Markin.