The head of government, Dmitry Medvedev , instructed the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation to prepare bills to reduce excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. Also, in connection with a change in excise tax rates, the Ministry of Finance was also instructed to submit to the government the amendments to the law on the budget for 2018-2020. The Cabinet of Ministers decided to reduce excise taxes on fuel for the first time since 2015.

Russian non -profit organizations applied to the State Duma with a request to develop and approve the Code of Deputy Ethics, "prohibiting any sexual actions against people with whom the deputy communicates in working status." The authors of the letter offer violators of this code to be held accountable - up to the termination of their deputy powers, according to the website of the signaling appeal of the organization Transpensers Internet - Russia.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commented on the statement by the daughter of the ex-GRU officer Sergei Skripal-Julia Skripal, who handed the video to reporters through the police.

The daughter of the former GRU employee Sergei Skripal Julia, who suffered from poisoning with a neuro-paralytic substance with her father, turned to reporters for the first time after discharge from the hospital. Her appeal recorded in the video was transferred by Reuters by police. The correspondents themselves did not meet with Julia. On the record, it is noticeable that the girl says without improvising, but repeating the pre -prepared text.

Ilya Karpyuk Alexey Kudrin duma.gov.ru The new head of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin gave a large interview with TASS , in which he spoke in more detail about his plans for a new post. The Accounts Chamber, like many other Russian departments, is “adjusted” to its leader and, quite likely, now the organ will become more influential than ever in the history of its existence.

Actor Nikolai Karachentsov was hospitalized in one of the Moscow hospitals, Mash reports. According to the telegram channel, the actor picked up the virus after treatment in Israel. However, on May 18, the son of actor Andrei Karachentsov told TASS that his father after returning from Israel was immediately hospitalized in Moscow to examine and continue treatment.

Simon Zhavoronkov At the pixabay.com gas station The federal government may decide on reducing excise taxes on motor fuel, so gasoline at gas stations can cheaper by about 2 rubles. The country was written on Wednesday almost simultaneously the country's business publications with exiles to sources in the government, oil companies, etc.

Genetics came to the conclusion that the largest amphibian in the world is the Chinese gigantic salamander ( Andrias davidianus ) is in fact not one species, but five different ones. Now this must be taken into account when planning measures to preserve this animal. This species is found in mountain ponds. Salamander feeds on water insects, crustaceans, frogs and fish. On average, adult Chinese gigantic salamanders have a length of 115 centimeters, and their weight is 25-30 kilograms.

At the International Armament and Military-Technical Property Exhibition, Kadex 2018 for the first time presented the Proton-L and the Proton-M Russian production launch vehicles. Their main advantage is the expanded possibilities of launching spacecraft, the Khrunichev Center reports on its website . “Proton-l” is an optimized version of the three-stage proton-m launch vehicle, devoid of the second stage. Both launch vehicles uses a new, less toxic type of fuel naphtil .

The tension in the Donbass has sharply aggravated in recent days. Kyiv and representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic are daily reporting losses due to artillery shelling and even sabotage. Both sides accuse each other of escalation. A variety of opinions are expressed about the reasons for the exacerbation.

The KinoPoisk site, which is a “subsidiary” of the Yandex service, turned into a paid online cinema and began to show films in streaming video mode. Users are offered to watch “premiere” paintings and fresh series of Russian and foreign production as Full HD and with official dubbing. The video is available in the new section "KinoPoisk" - "Online".

On Thursday, May 24, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum begins. By tradition, during its holding, the leaders of the largest Russian companies and officials of the economic block of government are most open to the press. It is preceded by all this great interview, which was given by the head of Sberbank German Gref to the channel "Russia 24". Gref spoke about some extremely important trends that are noticed in Sberbank.

The head of the Russian government, Dmitry Medvedev, signed a list of instructions that members of the Cabinet of Ministers must be fulfilled as part of the implementation of national goals and strategic objectives of the country's development until 2024 (May Decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin). The list of instructions is published on the website of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Georgy Chizhov The shelling of the Gorlovka DNR24.su The tension in the Donbass has sharply aggravated in recent days. Kyiv and representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic are daily reporting losses due to artillery shelling and even sabotage. Both sides accuse each other of escalation. A variety of opinions are expressed about the reasons for the exacerbation.

The Arsenal football club from London appointed the head coach of the Spaniard Unai Emery. This was reported on the team’s website. Emery was changed by the Frenchman Arsen Wenger, who headed Arsenal from 1996 to 2018. Wenger left the team after the end of the 2017/2018 season. Unai Emeri had previously coached the French club “Paris Saint-Germain” (PSG) and Moscow “Spartak”.